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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
4
Muscatine residents are invited to amateur performances at the Family Theatre. Interested participants should see the manager at the theatre office. Prizes will be awarded to the best amateur on Friday evening July 24. Large crowds attend each show with a vaudeville house offering Friday nights at regular admission of 10 and 20 cents.
Miss Anna Aull returns home from St. Paul while Mrs. J. D. McCulley visits Wapello friends for the Muscatine Chautauqua. Ensign Roper of the Salvation Army speaks at Foster Baptist Church with an illustrated Life of Christ lecture and stereopticon slides.
Oyster Bay July 25 President Roosevelt approved the dismissal from the military academy at West Point of eight cadets found guilty of hazing underclassmen. Secretary Loeb said reinstatement would require congressional action.
Duluth Minnesota July 25 An attack on the money order business run by express companies was presented in a paper before the Minnesota Bankers association. The issue will be raised again at the American Bankers association annual convention this fall.
Corner Sixth and Walnut Streets announces Sunday services with Pastor A. Tilgner at 10 30 AM and 9 30 AM Sunday school. Subject Quantity or Quality. German churches cancel union meetings on July 26 and August 2 Sundays during Chautauqua.
A brief, faded ad claims Dr King’s New Discovery can help sufferers of lung trouble. It references a 50 cent and 100 dollar price at a local prescriptions store, with uncertain wording and broken text.
Iowa City July 25 John Osborne elected a director of the International Car company capitalized for 350000 at New Orleans Louisiana and has gone there to assume his duties.
M L Daggy spoke on Anglo-Saxon grit at the Chautauqua grounds noting individualism and moral responsibility as key to civil progress. The Cleveland Ladies Orchestra opened the afternoon program with a 1:30 recital and the lecture outlined threats from socialism and anarchism.
John B. Ratto, scheduled to perform tonight, has spent the day making friends on the grounds. Readers praise his striking appearance culture and keen humor, contributing to favorable press about his prior appearances.
Charles Stewart, a wealthy farmer ten miles east of Maquoketa, was killed instantly when a large pole used to support a hay fork fell on him while stacking hay. His companion Fred Klemme was knocked unconscious by the same pole.
Congressmen Hobson and Cadman debated the need for a larger navy and the Japanese question in Marshalltown Iowa with Gilbert N. Haugen presiding. The discussion focused on national defense and imperial policy amid wartime tensions.
Raymond White aged 20, son of James White, was dangerously hurt on his father’s farm in New Port township Johnson county. He jumped from a hayload onto a pitchfork handle, which pierced his abdomen. Surgeons fear infection and possible fatal outcome.
Joseph Baschnagel and Charles Roderich purchased 159 acres of the Shrader estate for 25000. They plan to found an addition to Iowa City to be named Mount Shrader in memory of the pioneer surgeon Dr. J. and Send professor.
The Citizens' Railway and Light Company operates a cafe during the session offering regular meals at 25 cents each. The dining room is fully screened with electric fans and staffed by a competent chef to provide wholesome meals to attendees.
The Gunthers plan a trip to Nichols to face the fast independent team as amateur baseball fixtures shrink due to the chautauqua. Hubbard and Hubbard will compose the local battery while Nichols' pitcher is yet unnamed. At Hershey Pasture Centrals versus South End Stars promise a fast, closely contested game.
On Tuesday July 28 a large crowd from Muscatine will take the noon train to Davenport for the annual district convention of the Fraternal Bankers Reserve order. Eighteen delegates were recently elected and many lodge members will accompany the group as Muscatine contests to host the next convention. The district covers Baldwin Clinton Dixon Davenport and Muscatine. Delegates will be chosen for the supreme convention at Sioux City on October 13 1908.
The condition of John W. Jayne 89, father of Attorney Henry Jayne, remains unchanged after severe injuries in Conesville. He is comatose with little hope for recovery, and only slight nourishment was given this morning by doctors.
Many attend the rest tent at Chautauqua enjoying a pleasant site and comfortable furnishings. The tent is decorated with Y. W. pennants. A cake sale is planned to raise funds to send a delegate to Lake Geneva.
Mrs. Gottlieb Stocker nee Elizabeth Jesse died this morning at 10 at 513 Bis marck street Muscatine age 82. Old age and accompanying ailments listed as cause. She was born June 15 1828 in Grindelwald Switzerland married 1854 and moved to Muscatine after a year in New Orleans. Survived by husband three sons John Fred George and two daughters Elizabeth Hamman and Mrs Claus Lemkau. Funeral Monday at 2 at home. private. 3 pm at German Congregational church with Rev. Dettmers officiating. Interment Greenwood cemetery.
Injured Muscatine boy Lyell Hawley will arrive this evening after his leg was broken in an automobile accident in Chicago over eight weeks ago. He will stay with his parents Mr. and Mrs. George R. Hawley on Smalley avenue and has been confined at Lake Side hospital, now able to walk with crutches.
A severe electrical storm in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey last night and today caused three deaths and seven injuries with extensive damage across the region.
San Francisco July 25. It is reported that the condition of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, wife of the famous novelist, is regarded as serious by her attending physician. She is ill at her home near Gilroy, Cal., recovering from injuries in a Mexico automobile accident and has not been well since returning to this state.
County Auditor A. S. Lawrence received notice from A. H. Davidson secretary of the executive council that the state board of review made no change in assessments returned by township assessors. The tax list on record will remain unchanged.
Saranac Inn New York July 25 Governor Hughes issued a statement indicating he is willing to waive personal reasons for not seeking another term and would accept and stand for re election if nominated.
The regents elected Margaret M. Earle of Glendive Montana as superintendent of the Homeopathic hospital in Iowa City and principal of the nurses training school.
The Irish university bill passed the House of Commons by 207 to 19. It aims to establish two new universities in Ireland with royal charter status, headquartered in Dublin and Belfast.
Amid cheers from hundreds Halswelle the English runner walked over in the final of the 400 metre flat race at the Olympic Games. The race, originally run last Thursday and won by J C Carpenter of Cornell, was declared void after judges ruled Carpenter fouled Halswelle. Carpenter was disqualified from further competition and American runners Taylor and Robbins refused to run.
Fort Dodge Iowa, July 25. John Case, a local resident, suffered an epileptic fit while on the slippery four story school building roof. He was inches from instant death yesterday afternoon but survived the perilous fall.
A mosquito bite led to serious illness for three men today. Claude Close, a clothier, became prostrate while Edward Gosneil cut by a scythe handle suffered infection, and James Graham scratched by a pitchfork. All are in peril as doctors treat them.
Fans are reminded of a Davenport baseball game at Fair Ground Park tomorrow afternoon between the Walker Giants and the Independents. First pitch is delayed to 3 30 to allow Governor Hanly to speak at the Chautauqua at 2. The Giants are noted as one of Davenport’s fastest teams.
The Receivers' and Shippers' association of Cincinnati has sent a direct appeal to President Roosevelt asking whether he will enforce the long-standing decree against railroads. They urge swift action to block the August 10 rate increases by Missouri Pacific and Rock Island, and urge Attorney General action for contempt if needed. Chicago shipping interests also plan to press Eastern railroads to meet and discuss the proposed freight hikes before any action.
Wapello Iowa reports completion of the main sewer line, 3 620 feet long with 18 15 12 and 10 inch pipes and about 100 connections. Project overseers include W R Seig Des Moines Cook Construction Robert Allen Burlington and foreman Chas Cox. Completion came a month early, boosting sanitation ahead of fall water works and fire protection plans.
Gold Medal Flour is described as being produced with a sense of honor. Robapel is referenced in association with the statement.
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