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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1914
Page
7
Mayor Kern orders strict enforcement of traffic laws after complaints about tail lights and displayed numbers. With warm weather, speed concerns rise and extra officers will monitor avenues converted into speedways, as police prepare to issue warnings and prosecutions.
The North Baffin expedition led by Harry Jayne Whitney returns with about 9000 feet of motion pictures. Ben Francis Whitney will give an explanatory lecture as the film shows the journey from St Johns to within 400 miles of the north and depicts Eskimo life and hunting of wild animals. A Curio Board from the voyage will be displayed at the Palace entrance.
Talented reader Mrs Giesler presented a four act Piper of Hamelin based program at the United Brethren Church with assistance from Mr and Mrs Cook and Mrs Nelle M Johnson. Preston Peabody won a Stratford prize of $1000. Music between acts featured trio performances of Beethoven and Mendelssohn pieces by the Cook and Johnson ensemble.
West Liberty Iowa social items report residents and visitors. Tone 3m MILE Rather M. Swisher ties in town with friends. Mrs Morey Eby visits her parents in Coder Rapids. Mr and Mrs Henry Nichols visit. Ida Franz from Fairfield visiting relatives. Mrs Harland Ack and daughter return to Chicago after five months here. Will Jack joins them briefly. County visitors A Purvis Ref Wiley and J Mclntosh. A D Morrow and Mrs Andrew Alderson Davenport visitors. Amelia Hollingaworth departs for Chicago to visit daughter. Bertha Parvin calls on friends. W A Shipman conducts business.
An advertised health claim urges stopping meat to ease kidney strain. It promotes a grape seed and lemon juice Salts blend, taken daily, to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder issues. The ad touts inexpensive, refreshing effervescent lithia water with a claimed broad health benefit.
Advertisement claims Eckman’s Alterative can treat tuberculosis and other throat and chest infections. A testimonial from Mary Korhamer asserts improved health after use, praising the product as a restorative, with Chicago and Philadelphia references and a dealer address for True Drigalst and Eckman Laboratory.
Waverly residents and visitors head to Portland and Oregon. others return home after visits in Tipton, Geneva, Ainsworth, Davenport, and Cedar Rapids. Rev M Reusch attends ministerial conference. Miss Ehlers skims San Francisco. annual West Liberty Alumni banquet draws 140 with program including addresses, music, and social events.
Crawfordsville Iowa July 3. Mr and Mrs G M Steele visited the former's parents in Dex Movies. Mrs Billa Delong ill at sister Mrs Pi Lee Huber and Rev and Mrs Nelvie Miles depart Monday for Lenox after four days here. Miles delivered Memorial address and preached at U P church. John Wonderly visited parental home Saturday and Sunday. An old fashioned campfire held at R S Dix home. about thirty attended. Tennis association fixing center park site for tennis court. park rented by moving old soldiers monument to cemetery.
The New Era community hosts an annual program featuring a boys versus girls contest with a banquet for losers. A 50 voice chorus, drills, songs, and readings highlight the evening, judged by outside officials. Proceeds aid the New Era Pipe Organ fund as $100 donations were pledged, aiming to raise $200 within sixty days. An outdoor hour in the park closes the event.
Wilton area notes list George Hammell and others visiting Marengo Davenport and West Liberty, with multiple residents returning home after short trips. Names include Thomas Raynor Lois Bleeden May and Anna Williams, Lee Smith family, Mary Smith, Ettenteth Eoeching, Frank Fowell, Richary McSwiegin, Leo Farrell, Roy Hawk and Rubs, and Mrs Ueorpe Frymodyer. Travel includes Jensen Ford of Gunbury and A C Siket.
A long list of townspeople leave for visits and vacations Tuesday. Mrs. George Dawson and Ysble Bruce travel to Floris Ja to stay with Orland Duncan. Mr. and Mrs. George Valet and Mrs. A B Kelley head to Muscatine to visit Orland Dan. Many others, including Miss Delilah Lenker, senior class members, and Frie da Wittmer, move about Davenport, West Liberty, and surrounding towns for short trips, concerts, and errands.
Pleasant Prairie and nearby areas report visits from Leslie Alihee and L Fowlerrs family. Mrs Charles Plitt funeral near Blue Grass. Miss Beuter ends spring term with a dinner. Decor day at Wilton with family, trips to Davenport and Cedar County noted. Local dances, drives, and visits among McElroy, Wian, Fowler, Reeves, Daniels, Nicholson, and Titan families.
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