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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
4
The Redpath Vawter company brings a circus style chautauqua to millions with lower costs and college bred staff. It uses a tented ground, collapsible seats, and organized advance crews to offer high grade programs at under half the former price.
Iowa City educators will deliver commencement speeches before graduating classes in high schools and smaller institutions. Notable names include T J H Maybride of Monmouth College and W C Wilcox, with visits to Spirit Lake Ames Denison Dubuque and other towns. The annual Christian Churches convention adjourned and Kalona earns 1915 convention hosting rights. Trashy popcorn wagons banned from sidewalks by city council. An alleged bootlegger, Frank Kinney, known as Rea Winney, was captured by federal officers. Iowa City to host 1917 biennial Iowa Daughters of Isabella convention. Infant son of Mr and Mrs H A Williams dies in Iowa City. Miss Mary Kelly, 75, dies in hospital. surviving Cedar Rapids relatives noted.
The State Historical Society of Iowa elected Henry Jayne of Muscatine to membership. A weekly post office notice lists unclaimed letters ending June 2 1915, including names in Men’s and Ladies’ lists such as Alfred Atkins Joseph Bauer Chester Beil John Block and Miss Beecher Hazel Brand e Miss Ester Clapp Mrs James McDonald.
The article notes a vehicle powered by a powerful economical thirty-five horsepower four cylinder motor, claiming the design retains performance while reducing weight.
In Grand Rapids Michigan on June 5 a crowd of about 10 000 watched the Chicago Cubs led by Jimmy Archer defeat the Grand Rapids Central league club 7 to 4 as fifty bands played through the day.
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