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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1905
Page
4
Local item list covers shop ads and goods at Bos ton Market and Globe restaurant. people visits and hospital updates from Bellevue. births on Bridgman and Orange streets. shoes from Wilson Shoe Store. society meetings at Farther Lights and Mothers' club. notices for A P O N T and A O U W. upcoming baseball game Davenport Rust's Yales versus Muscatine Maroons. various residents traveling for business and family news.
Miss Abbey McElroy state secretary travels to Muscatine to organize a YWCA. Conferences held at Mrs Ella Jayne home and First Methodist church outline plans to equip the city and reach 500 charter members by September 1. A mass meeting is set for Sunday at 3 PM in First Congregational church and further meetings at Mrs T R Fitzgerald home.
The young lady and man graduate will find what they want in appropriate footwear at Wilson Shoes Store. Store open Wednesday and Saturday nights.
M W Sterlin land agent has moved his office to 213 East Second Street second floor. He invites all seeking land purchases or insurance to visit for service and information.
The steamship Philadelphia arrived in Plymouth on June 3 carrying Whitelaw Reid, new U S ambassador to the court of St James, and Mrs. Reid. They were greeted by the mayor and council with an ornate address, then proceeded by train to London.
Papers were served today in New York on Mrs Alice Webb Duke in the absolute divorce suit brought by Brodie L Duke The couple wed in December and the litigation has been described as sensational The action rests on statutory grounds in state court proceedings
The Standard Oil Company office has moved from Iowa Avenue to East Second Street above Nieral's jewelry store.
William Miller was badly kicked by a pony near Pleasant Prairie. The blow left a large open cut below the eye and he is in serious condition at Bellevue hospital. Doctors hope for an early recovery though the wound is not fatal.
St Petersburg reports the Gazette estimates Russia's financial loss at 73.5 million dollars due to the battle in the Japan Sea. The figure reflects wartime costs and material losses for the nation.
Mrs Elmer Shillig visits at Mr and Mrs J C Stuart home in Oak Grove June 3. Children day at Spangler Chapel June 11 with Sunday school at 2 and preaching at 3. County farm preaching June 11 at 3. Katherine Connell closes school term with picnic and program. Poreas society picnic at county farm last Wednesday in June. Dorcas Sewing society meeting June 1. 56 attendees. dresses made. dinner served. Strawberries are ripening. Mrs J C Stuart hosts Dorcas event with guests.
Rev. Wallace R. Struble general superintendent of the International Anti Cigarette League of America will visit this city Monday morning to speak before the Ministerial association and press the anti smoking campaign. He recently left for Davenport where he is already seeing campaign success and reports the league once had all local school children on its membership roll. The organization is incorporated with headquarters in Chicago and Portland.
Members of Company C Iowa National Guard plan subscriptions to erect a cottage and lockers on the range above the city. A $200 building is hoped with possible benefit dance to fund the project. Colonel Frank Bishop leads donations, and the plan seeks a cozy retreat for practice periods. Lee Mark from Pasadena writes about West Coast experiences and Memorial services in Los Angeles.
Thirteen midwest colleges compete in the Chicago event at Marshall Field. Events include 120 yard hurdles won by Catlin Chicago with second place to Houser Nebraska. 100 yard dash won by Hogenson Chicago with Annis Michigan second. one mile led by Lightbody Chicago and Coe Michigan. Desens throw by J C Garrels Michigan setting a world record. final 120 yard hurdles won by Catlin Chicago with Nicola Michigan second. 446 yard run won by Walter Wisconsin. results list multiple Chicago athletes in top places.
Washington June 3 The Illinois members of the house and senators Cullom Hopkins Dolliver Burkett Blackburn Clark Ark Carmack have been designated to represent Congress at the funeral of the late Representative Marsh who died at Warsaw yesterday.
Auditor Lawrence reports Muscatine County official population as 28 142 souls from the state census of 1905. Orono provided last figures. Names and ward totals include Muscatine first ward 3276, second ward 3141, third ward 4703, fourth ward 3925, with town totals listed for Nichols through West Liberty.
Titus B. Terry of Toledo Ohio, a former resident here and business partner of his brother O S Terry on West Second Street, died suddenly while seated in a chair after years of illness.
Ex mayor J. P. Martin of Waterloo visits the city today to attend to business matters and visit friends. Known as a hustler in recent years, he helped spur growth and welfare of Waterloo during his tenure.
The Whiting Reporter, Whiting's only newspaper, has suspended publication due to a lack of patronage and ongoing financial difficulties affecting its operation.
London officials and Lloyds insure the life of King Alfonso as security measures intensify ahead of his forthcoming visit. Extraordinary precautions are under way to protect the monarch against possible threats during the week of festivities.
The Muscatine surveying party of seven men operates in Benton township Des Moines county as they press toward Burlington on the third or fourth survey for the road. The city expects the road will finally be built though no firm decision or news has been made.
A note mentions progress on a project and a city rights dispute over a valuable real estate right of way following a December Commercial Exchange meeting. Silk wrappings found near Webster City lack origin, and G A Otto Schmidt of Jackson County dies after typhoid fever at 76. A Williams farm barn near Sigourney burns with five horses killed, believed arson by tramps.
Boys in Reinbeck discovered a handkerchief beneath a sidewalk containing about 25 dollars in pennies and nickels. The origin of the money is unknown.
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