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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1909
Page
8
Local items note Braunsworth Royal Blue shoes and Snyder wagons on display, plus a few choice lots for sale near the street car line. Residents John A. Robbins and others travel to Montezuma for business. several locals visiting or returning home from short trips in Iowa and Chicago. For sale: five room house for $750 and milec cow with two rubber tired phaetons.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, unjustly imprisoned in England for years, will speak on prison life and needed reforms at the Muscatine chautauqua Friday at 2 30 pm. She will recount her suffering, compare British and American systems, and discuss possible improvements for inmates.
W. G. Brock traveled aboard the Firefly this morning bound for Davenport where he spent the day handling business matters.
Miss M. Morgan, visiting here with friends, departed this morning to return to her home in Racine Wisconsin.
Committees on special train and music appointed as 250 to 300 Muscatine firemen prepare to travel with a brass band to Davenport for the state tournament. Foremen and Chief Hagerman meet to finalize arrangements with an invitation extended to independent firemen and city officials.
The Evan L. Reed Manufacturing Co of Sterling Ill failed to win backing from the Commercial Club Advertising Committee. The firm demanded stock subscription, moving expenses, and other funds, prompting a near rejection and a call for a revised, cheaper proposal before any factory would be considered.
Charles Robertson of Chicago injured Tuesday at Geneva Island while with a camper party at Hanley cottage. He slipped on riprap and struck his head on a rock after a launch was cast off by the Columbia. Dr. F R Halstead stitched the wound and antiseptic was given to prevent complications.
Passengers and onlookers near the Helen Blair witnessed a rapid fire drill aboard a Carnival City Packet Co. boat. Four crew members deployed lines and water quickly while the captain supervised from the gang plank as life boats were lowered in minutes. Ida Helman departed for Chicago after a short city visit.
Social at New Era Park next Friday evening features an ice cream social and a phonograph concert in the church with a small admission. The program includes marches, arias, solos, and ensembles by performers such as Wagner, Cal Stewart, A Muller, Geo. Watson, and the Victor Male Chorus, concluding with holiday songs and a Miserere duet. Mrs. M. C. McCarty and daughter Agnes travel to Edgington, Illinois.
Miss Anna Siegel of 806 East Sixth Street left this morning for Chicago for an extended visit with friends in the city.
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