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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
2
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church held its annual meeting in the church parlors reviewing the year’s work and electing officers for the coming year. The group, now 80 members with 29 new recruits, reported $177 raised for domestic missionary work via mite boxes free offerings and socials.
German Baptist Sunday school members left for Weed Park yesterday with lunch baskets and enjoyed a full day of games races and a 6 o clock picnic supper. Despite morning clouds an unusually large crowd attended and returned home content after a rain or shine outing.
Trinity Sunday school and parish members held their annual picnic aboard a boat from Muscatine to Rock Island. About 300 people enjoyed the chute, figure, and Alice in White at the Watch Tower. A delay occurred as the State Lawyers association chartered the boat, returning to Rock Island at 7:30 and reaching the tri cities by 10 45.
Merit Reddick of the Hill building on East Third street seeks 15 dollars for storm damage after a Wednesday flood backed into his basement when the sewer backed up. The claim will be presented to the council at the next meeting.
The advertisement touts Dr Hale's Household Ointment as a quick remedy for itching and skin diseases in humans and animals. It claims unequaled healing for cat scratches bruises burns and other abrasions with a price of 25 cents at drug stores or from Kenyon & Thomas Adams NY.
At the regular weekly Red Men meeting last evening the group voted to suspend all sessions during chautauqua. Members thanked Muscatine citizens for support of the Fourth of July celebration. Officers installed include Prophet Dr H J Dean Sachem Albert Vetter Senior Sagamore Jake Whistler Junior Sagamore Herbert Thompson.
West Liberty scenes among residents and visitors with trips to Davenport and Cedar Rapids. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. E Anderson and daughter Mary at a reunion. Mrs. Adelia Bingham visiting Lincoln Nebraska. Miss Elsie Scott visiting Chicago. Rev. J R Hanley and Miss Mary Robertson from Jamestown expo. a Pythian Sisters exchange at John Weth's. and multiple calls on relatives in Nichols Downey Iowa and Des Moines. A thunderstorm brought a heavy shower and a lightning strike at Mrs. E E Harrison's Park avenue home.
Advertisement notes two germicides ZEMO and ZEMOTONE can destroy germs causing skin diseases and cure them, claiming universal effectiveness. Mentions A W Row Med Co of St Louis and sale by A W Morgan at 107 West Second Street.
An ad style anecdote discussing stomach trouble and its impact on rest and health. It praises Cooper's New Discovery as improving appetite sleep and digestion. A testimonial from Mrs Geo Weisel of Scranton Pa is included along with a note about Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Notices report several local movements and marriages. Jmho Webber resigns as lineman for M. F. Mellick and joins Johnson Telephone. Public library hours change to Wednesdays and Saturdays after July 13. Various residents travel or visit relatives in Muscatine Iowa City Cedar Rapids Grinnell and Chicago.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming to cure constipation and related ailments. It mentions Havercamp’s Prescription Drug and urges readers to try the product for relief.
Nicholas Attig died after a long illness Saturday night at his home near Marston. Locals note a medicine show to be held at Buffalo Prairie this week. Eunice Bosold returns to Rock Island after a four week visit with cousin Gertrude Kelly. Morris Eckhardt of Rock Island visits relatives here. W. C. Kimball paints his house with Robert Finley assisting. Otis Kimball spends Wednesday in Aledo. A N Murdock and A N Tetler visit Muscatine for business.
Citizens can ride round trip for four dollars fifty cents to Minneapolis St Paul on Saturday July 20. Tickets available via local agents and the railroad office for this popular excursion.
The Rock Island issues a circular allowing 2-cent tickets to Omaha and Rock Island with 25 cent bridge tolls added to the Council Bluffs rate and 5 cent tolls to the Davenport rate. Rivals contest the move as they lack rights to sell across town boundaries at 2 cents. The decision grants Rock Island a temporary edge before interstate 2-cent rates take hold, as Des Moines to Rock Island travelers can reach Chicago cheaply via the Rock Island route.
Rochester residents recount weekend visits among families from South Union Tipton Buchanan Moscow and Watertown. The gatherings featured ice cream cake lemonade and a Cedar River fishing outing with several families joining John Buck and Eva McGillivray returning home from Wilton.
Laurel Hill July 12 Several residents and visitors were noted in town. A. Schiele dealer from Durant attended business here. Mr. and Mrs. Wm Frick visited Muscatine. Misses Josie and Cora Pruzman returned from West Liberty. Rudolph Arp of Sunbury visited. The Greumers spent the Fourth in Durant with relatives. Dr T Boot made a professional call in North Prairie. Prof Henry F Edson of Jackson Miss greeted friends. Sam McClung of Wilton called at Ferdinand Bunce’s. Johnny Fiehaly went to Durant for the Fourth celebrations. A lightning storm killed a horse for Joseph Angerer and a cow for B L Norton. Rev Thomas Smyth and Roy Smith visited from Oxford then went to Davenport with Mr Cummings. John Doran and Lyle Brumbaugh of Wilton were here. Laurence Brugman returned to Muscatine after visiting. John Killion of Wilton visited. Little two year old Griffith fell from an upstairs window, breaking an arm and sustaining other injuries.
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