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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1908
Page
1
Muscatine marks 1908 as a dry year with saloons closed from 10 pm New Year Eve. City vows watch on gambling and vice while churches host programs and residents reflect on morality. Davenport also declares a dry start as all saloons close for the holiday.
Evangelist Sunday addressed five thousand people in Bloomington on New Year’s night. The gathering raised 101 dollars in collections and featured a dramatic prayer blessing Mayor Edward Holland and city officials. Sunday also agreed to officiate as umpire for two indoor baseball games at the Armory, Turners and Olympics facing Company D and Knights of Columbus.
Rumor of Miss Marjorie Allen engagement to Count Eberhardt von Moltke denied by Miss Allen and her mother. Allen family says the story, rooted in a Hamburg line cruise, is fake. The Chicago Tribune and other dispatches report the couple’s meeting in Hamburg and social speculation in the Tri-Cities.
Robert LaGrille hosted hundreds of underprivileged children at the Best restaurant this afternoon. The dinner was well received and praised by the attendees for its quality and generosity.
A sharp cold snap grips Wisconsin and Minnesota with the first zero reading of the season. La Crosse reports freezing conditions as Winnipeg records ten below zero.
Tokyo officials released a memorandum to Ambassador OBrien replying to American emigration control ideas. The note favors some US suggestions while rejecting others as incompatible with Japan dignity and proposing further restrictions. Washington may issue a counter, with Japan hoping for a satisfactory understanding.
San Francisco January 1 betting favors Abe Attell at 2 to 1 over Moran for the Colma arena featherweight clash at 2:15 PM Pacific. James Jeffries to referee. both fighters meet weight and claim top form.
A rail road express from Buffalo to Philadelphia struck a shifting engine at Montandon, Pennsylvania, early today. More than a dozen passengers were injured though none are believed fatally hurt. The crash occurred ten miles west of Sunbury on January 1.
Chicago report details 23 year old Dr. Joseph Oppenheim seized by delirium from typhoid fever leaping from a third floor window at Presbyterian hospital. He fell fifty feet onto a Wood Street court, was found unconscious with injuries likely to be fatal.
Governor Hughes urges Albany to amend bank and trust laws to curb abuses revealed in the financial upheaval and to strengthen state supervised institutions. He also calls for suppressing race track gambling, direct primary nominations, a simplified ballot, emigrant care, forests expansion, forest fish and game law revision, and hunting fees.
Muscatine basketball team, after a long undefeated run across eight states, lost 36 to 21 at Wabash College in Crawfordsville Indiana. Playing under college rules disadvantaged Muscatine, with Hoosiers leading throughout and Muscatine showing fast teamwork and skilled passes. The squad stays in Crawfordsville to meet Indianapolis Thursday night.
Denver dispatch reports William D. Haywood removed as secretary and treasurer of the Western Federation of Labor. Ernest Mills named to the post by the executive board. Rumors say Haywood is out for good, but Mills denies any final break with the organization.
In Collinsville Illinois an explosion ignited Elmer Duwinski’s home burning three children and injuring the mother. In Philadelphia carpet makers Kerr Saylor Co and Pennsylvania Gas Fixture Co suffered a $150000 loss as a man died from excitement removing horses. In Pittsburgh two firemen were seriously hurt as the Excelsior building burned for a $100000 loss.
Hugo Kelly and Billy Papke likely to clash soon after their Milwaukee bout. Kelly with manager Silvio Ferretti and trainer Curley Suppes returned to Chicago. Ferretti and Papke's manager Jones agreed to another bout at 158 pounds instead of 154.
In St. Petersburg on January 1 the trial of 167 Duma members who signed the Viborg manifesto concluded. One hundred sixty seven were convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment with loss of political rights. Two were acquitted for signing under misapprehension. Ramischwill, already held, will be freed. If no appeal is filed, sentences take effect January 29 and the deputies remain at large without bail until then.
At Carmi Illinois on January 1 Herbert Evans of Carrier Mills used a shotgun to force C L Lyles to surrender his niece Lena Daniels to him for elopement. Lyles delayed pursuit then the couple fled in Lyles’ buggy while Evans and Lena rode away in the buggy.
Buxton Y M C A defeated Muscatine Y M C A by 46 to 4 in Buxton. Muscatine squad planned to play in Ottumwa tonight or tomorrow while guests at Director Johnson’s Ottumwa home.
At the regular M. Club meeting held at Park Avenue Methodist Mission Miss Grace was elected president Alber hard first vice president Crisford second vice president Miss Alice Howely secretary and John Franklin treasurer. The retiring officers reported the society’s good condition and $24 was raised toward defraying expo costs for the installation place in the church. Afterward the group joined in water exercises.
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