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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
3
The notice requests operator action when asked for a person in department RUIDLY WAN. It lists roles including City Realtor and Managing Walton with references to numbers 1-F and 2-Managing Walton. Call the business office for details at the specified contacts.
Contemplation of yesterday's city hall election shows Muscatine voters favored a new city hall on the market square site. The vote favored the market square site over others, with a clear majority among both men and women, despite earlier questions about notices and legal validity.
The local democracy debates efficiency and worth of city departments as it paves the way to remove a long standing disgrace. Citizens promise a progressive, enlightened image to visitors and neighbors, with gratitude to the women who helped in the effort and anticipation of a new city building replacing the old.
The primary returns indicate Senator Cummins secured a Republican win with strong support among party loyalists while opposition turnout was light. Governor Clarke gained decisive victory in the GOP race, and Connolly led the Democratic contest with Meredith trailing as returns continued.
The Moline dispatch questions sensational Colorado militia outrages reports, deeming them unlikely and distortions from excited narrators. It contrasts the Irving tragedy with other actor marriages, then ponders national politics, Wilson trade policy and the senatorial contest in Des Moines with local doubt about Judge Avadelaon’s stance.
Forty years of notes recounting local life. a veteran officer reports the death of Fred Hill son of Col Hill of the Thirty-fifth Iowa, with Col Hill returning from Vicksburg to fetch the body. Also mentions Mull’s new tailor and a growing town, Aaron Stein’s eastward plans, and a birth on West Third Street. Other items recall gun day twenty years ago and a schoolboy dog bite incident near Greentree. A toy incident involving Rethez and Colon yan laceration adds to the mix of local recollections.
In Liscom County a widowed farmer’s daughter Susie faces a potential marriage to Hank Griswold for the farm not love. A door is opened by a tramp who recalls Susie’s late lover Starry Sam and the cost of dreams, prompting Mrs Condon to urge propriety as Susie prepares to meet an uncertain future.
Weekly list of letters remaining unclaimed at Muscatine Iowa post office for the week ending June 2 1914 includes men Leo Li Bredley Richard Cramer Oswald Ellis Clarence Till Clarence Holt Henry Keith Ezra Howard A M Isaacs Omar Noble and Hotel Royal. ladies Elis Darnhart Banneh Hazleton Fern Johnson Cora Keppka Mrs James Lake Bertha McCoy Joale Schell. callers asked to say ADVERTISES. wR. McNutt p.m.
Frank W. Mahin notes Holland features long preserved customs such as elderly family doctors chosen by written note and lifetime service. He details Amsterdam’s shift from wheeled to runnered vehicles, canal abundance, boat and car use, and explains Dutch thrift, agriculture and prices. He compares U.S. and Dutch living costs, noting wage and food price differences.
Mrs Ada Willey returns to Omaha after visiting her father George Sweet and Grace Squires in Davenport. Henry Kilgore hosted guests. C C Chambers and family depart for Minneapolis. Judge Tedford of Corydon spent time with sister in law Anna Tedford. Z Williams returns to Minneapolis after a stay with Robert Rowan. Miss Jenette Stahl returns to Tow City. Bertha Pratt back to Buffsip New York. Residents including Will Gardner and Mrs. A Patterson travel. W W Moore and Glenty Sands shop in Washington. Leo Adams and wife visit I E Adams home. Reo Pickens invites friends from Chicago. Anta Woodburn and two children from Olds visit. Mike Eleanor Ripley and Miss Crawford from Davenport weekend at Tom Wallace home. Ralph Thompson family from Washington visit. Mrs Emerson Nichols and Mrs Rex Brier arrive in Ainsworth. Ed Coffman and family visit T J Easter. Fordl Copnell returns to?
Social rounds report a Cedar Rapids area visit with Glenn Hazen hosting at Wright McConnell home and Albert Weat aiding the bank. City residents and several Washington guests attend Monday events, Epworth League officers elected, and Sammie Moreh hospitalized for acute appendicitis and operated on locally with improving condition.
A list of property conveyances shows transfers by individuals and couples like Benjamin Rucsink to Maretha A Buchanan, Jon T Holmes to Albert J Holmes, Elisabeth Rast to Frank Schwellberger, and many others. Transactions cover blocks and additions in Muscatine Wilton and West Liberty, with consideration often listed as $1.00, and some larger sums such as $2,000.96 for Butterfield additions.
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