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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
2
Dubuque gears up for the Mississippi Valley Power Boat association races on July 4 with hundreds expected from Muscatine. The city offers coordinated travel, camping space, affordable ice and milk, below market gasoline, and strict price controls to aid visitors.
The Muscatine senior class staged Dan Cupid, Head Coach at the Grand Opera house last evening. Elmer Bloom and Genevieve Henle led as Bob Houston and Kathryn Carlton with strong turns from Lloyd Zeug Gail Thompson and James Patterson as supporting players. The high school orchestra accompanied as Carolyn M. Bradley directed the production, earning well deserved praise from a packed house.
Reports from yesterday morning describe injuries and accidents from a severe storm. At Sweetland Center farmer William Kerr was harnessing a horse when a lightning bolt struck the animal, killing it and nearly killing Kerr.
The Children's Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses in Chicago offers a three year program with two years at the Children’s Memorial Hospital and one year at Presbyterian Hospital. It accepts women aged 19 to 30 who are high school graduates. Classes start January 1 and August 1 each year. The pavilion style hospital has 117 beds, increasing to 200 after January 21, 1912. Located near Lincoln Park with lawns, a tennis court and croquette, it meets Illinois requirements for RN degree. Information from Superintendent of Nurses, 706 Fullerton Ave., Chicago.
A building incident left the horse dead instantly while Mr. Kerr received only a slight shock and no further damage occurred.
The High Prairie term closed for the year with a student produced program yesterday afternoon. Parents and friends attended the exercises which featured songs dialogues and recitations by students including Anna Gertrude Riggs Velma Gertenbach Jennie Tammenga Lizzie Street Clara Tamenga Ray Street Creed Batson and others. The program began with an opening song and ended with Work for the Night Is Coming as the closing song.
The forty ninth annual commencement at St Matthias parochial school will be held at the Grand Opera house on Monday afternoon June 12. Three pupils Misses Franzes Brandt Evangeline Begey and Helen Funck will receive diplomas after completing the academic course. The program includes essays musical numbers a cantata The Firefly Slave and honors conferment prior to the closing of the school year.
The annual convention of the music teachers of Iowa will be held in Davenport on June 29. Muscatine musicians are expected to perform, with Mrs Amalia Schmidt Gobble directing the vocal department and Herbert Starr contributing a piano/organ program piece. Mrs Nelle M Johnson is also listed among the performers.
Members of Prairie Encampment No 4 I O O F elected officers at a hall meeting last evening with a large attendance. Ballot results list Chief Patriarch Henry Battenhagen, High Priest William McLain, Senior Warden W L Smith, Junior Warden H L Concannon, Scribe C H Lemkau, Financial Scribe M W Stirlen, and Treasurer C J Hackett, followed by a social time.
Coal City Alabama man complains of stolen health for twelve years replaced by liver and kidney trouble. Dr King’s New Life Pills cured him and he is well now. Promoted as remedy for constipation malaria headache dyspepsia at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The public and all fireworks dealers are warned of state law Sec 5028 prohibiting sale or display of toy pistols toy revolvers caps with dynamite and large firecrackers. Caps containing dynamite may be used for mining danger signals or other necessary uses. Fred Hoffman Chief of Police.
Sealed proposals will be received until noon June 10 1911 by the Muscatine Iowa Independent School District for adding to the Franklin School Building Plans may be viewed at the Secretary's Office 407 German American Building Muscatine Bid must be filed with the secretary by the date stated A bond will be required The Board may reject any or all bids Building and Repair Committee H Umlandt Chairman
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