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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
4
Glen, a year and a half old son of Mr and Mrs Robert Wilter of Wot Haat Seventh atroot, nearly died after drinking Lewis lye found at the yard. The lad became seriously ill and was attended by Dr. FL. Appal. The exact amount drank is unknown.
In our store you will find specimens of the goldsmiths art. Just the thing for the graduate.
A June meeting in Keota Ia organized a permanent Red Cross Society unit. Mrs Lola Gilbert presided as W BR C committeewoman announced officers: Fannie Wilson President J A Morris Vice President D S Crone Treasurer Edith Pulver Secretary. An executive committee includes Clara Henry Forest Embree and Mayor N G McNarlon. The session featured remarks by Edith Pulver and a martial band, with initial hopes for 100 charter members.
Governor Harding today announced the physicians to serve on county registration boards in Iowa under the selection plan. It lists names and counties including Waterloo Dr Frank W Porterfield Dubuque Dr J R Guthrie Cedar Rapids Dr John Hamilton Davenport Dr William Ly Aton and others in Dos Moines, Clinton, Wapello, and Muscatine counties with affiliated physicians and cities.
Unscrambled OCR shows a small ad listing items with odd spellings. Mentions Saturday June 2, references Tenn Gunpowder Japan or Improbia, prices 10e and 50c, and mentions mutng, irre patties and rents at 10e value, 2 for verre 15c.
Thirty-three members attended a meeting of the Bureau of Supplies and Comforts of the American Red Cross in Muscatine. Mrs Ida Volker announced open participation, welcomed donors, and set hours for Monday sessions at 112 Lee. Arrangements for future meetings will be announced. a donation of muslin thread and supplies aided Battery C at the armory, with pillows, cases, and towelettes contributed by Mrs Hughes, Mrs Cadio, and Mrs Brun nun.
Amid reports from wartime front lines the piece notes French losses and German artillery activity. It cites Paris and London correspondents, detailing prisoners taken near Chavret and ongoing patrols around Couzoncourt with limited engagements at various sites along the front.
Mina Eleanor Wilson Parker and Frangia Phillips, seniors from Columbia, were arrested in New York for conspiring to oppose selective conscription. They faced arraignment before U.S. Commissioner Hitchcock under a $1,500 bond as part of a larger antis conscription organization.
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