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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1909
Page
4
Advertisements claim Root Juice cures stomach liver kidney and nerve troubles by removing the cause of bloating belching constipation heartburn headaches and rheumatism. Morgan’s drug store offers it at one dollar per bottle or three for two dollars and a half.
Elmer Batterson of Chicago visits Muscatine on business matters while Miss Daisy Terry of Toledo and Mrs J Geiger of West Fourth street travel to Denver. Des Moines man H B Morgan leaves after a brief stay with relatives, and Dr Lee Gardner from Cornell Ill arrives for a few days with Chief W J Vannatta. Mr and Mrs E Donnell of St Louis depart for Clinton then St Paul via river, planning return to St Louis.
E S Batterson of Chicago will conduct a week long educational institute at Fort Worth Texas starting August 3 for Commercial club secretaries. The program emphasizes practical city building, town publicity and economic development with round table format and local participation. The course is free and aims to train Texas secretaries for post graduate level work in commercial club organization.
The notice lists morning 10 a m at Town Building with E S Batterson, afternoon 2 p m on Freight Rates with H H Haines, and evening 8 p m on Commercial Club Activities with K E S Batterson.
Morning session on August 4 features E. S. Batterson on extension and protection of local trade and Good Roads advocate T. W. Larkin presenting Some Principles of Industrial Ex., with WOHSION and access E. S. Batterson also listed.
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement promises a 100 dollar reward for incurable catarrh and touts F J Cheney Co as trustworthy. The notice includes testimonials from Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesalers in Toledo Ohio and claims internal cure by blood and mucous contact. Hall's Family Pills are recommended for constipation.
The Paudhet band will give an open-air concert at Electric Park Sunday evening featuring a lengthy program of marches overtures waltzes and solos. If weather permits many attendees are expected and the lineup includes works by McFall Donizetti Hammerstein Osterman Voelker and Adams.
The First Presbyterian church Sunday school hosts a large picnic at Weed Park Tuesday afternoon starting 1:30 pm with transport to the park at 2:00. Activities include boys and girls events, a unique girls baseball game, relay and volleyball contests, prize drawings, supper, balloon ascent, and animal feeding. Committees and organizers listed for transportation finance ice cream games prizes and more.
Interest grows as the $1900 motor boat race between Independence II Red Top II Minnie C III and Lamb IV nears. E Corsepius of Ft. Madison and W E Hughey of Bellevue expect to enter if boats are ready by August 3. The Burlington Launch club purses 50 miles a race. Corsepius awaits engines while Hughey repairs Red Top II.
The Diamond Jo liner St. Paul passed up the river this morning, marking a routine inland voyage as it moves toward its scheduled port of call.
Advert explains Q Ban Hair Restorer and Q Ban Hair Tonic with testimonials from John Birkholtz and Lucela Mason of Omaha. Claims include turning gray back to youthful color, stopping hair loss, curing scalp itch and dandruff. Offer: six bottles for stubborn cases or 50 cent free sample via local druggists, shipping from Hessig Ellis Drug Co Memphis.
The river stage today near St Louis to St Paul is 6.9 feet, down 0.3 foot in 24 hours. The Mignon steamer towed McWilliams dredge to Wapello Friday night via the Iowa river. Rev. and Mrs. Hanley of West Liberty and Rev. and Mrs. Robertson of Keota are spending several days at Geneva Island.
In Fre donia Columbus Junction Iowa relatives and friends gathered Friday to honor Mrs Christiana Newell on her ninety first birthday at her son Robert Newell's home. The event drew family members from Wapello Minneapolis Winslow and Muscatine with updates on local visits and community events throughout the day.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and all three of her children arrived in Naples today as the Roosevelt party begins a visit to the city.
Miss Sue Browning, longtime owner and operator of local commercial colleges, accepts the head of the department of commercial training and field secretary post at National Memorial University in Mason City Iowa. She starts September 1 in a growing institution seeking strong leadership.
The Ladies' Aid Society open meeting at the First Methodist church featured vocal and instrumental performances by Rhea Legler Fern Crow and a readings by Mrs Otis Ames. Miriam Rebekah Lodge installed officers led by N G Mrs Ellen Ashcraft with a light social afterward.
At a Laurent council meeting last evening the Knights of Columbus decided to stage the society's first annual outing at Weed Park during the summer. A committee led by Mark M. Anson, William Fayle, A. G. Bestenlehner and J. F. Devitt was named to plan the affair.
Mrs Emil Kranz hosted a gathering of about fifteen ladies yesterday afternoon at 1002 Sycamore Street. The group spent time sewing and socializing and refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at Mrs Rankin’s home west of the city.
Gertrude and Paul Houdek visited Washington Illinois with 29 other youths at a Fourth of July party hosted by Miss Anne Houdek. The gathering provided an excellent time for all attendees.
The Beta Tau Phi boys spent last evening as guests of the Delta Kappa Phi girls who have camped at Eversmeyer’s cottage for a week at Geneva Island. They returned to the city late last night and the girls plan to break camp and return to Muscatine this evening.
Mrs A R Klein entertained last evening at 117 West Eighth street in honor of Miss Helen Knopp and Miss Florence Schweritfeger who are soon to be married. The Industrial Sewing society of Banner lodge will hold a called meeting at Yeoman hall Monday at 2 30 in the afternoon with business of importance on the agenda.
Electa Chapter Eastern Star will not meet in July. The next session and initiation is scheduled for Angust 9th. Farther Lights Society of the First Baptist Church meets Monday evening July 12 at Mrs. Fred Hoefflin’s home 1096 Lucas Street. Ladies Aid of German Methodist Church gathered yesterday for sewing at the church parlors.
All Royal Neighbors and friends invited to join the Sun shine Club excursion aboard the Columbia to Davenport on Tuesday.
River bulletin reports stage and height changes for Davenport and Muscatine with declines of about 0.3 feet. Forecast for the next 48 hours notes a continuing falling tendency from Dubuque to Muscatine, per forecaster J. M. Sherier.
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