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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1915
Page
6
Advert says Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound darkens gray hair at home. Used for dry itchy scalp and falling hair. Sold by A W Morgan at 107 West Second Street in a downtown ad copy style.
Mrs. Link Beaham of 600 East Eighth Street learned her brother Captain Hodgson narrowly escaped drowning when his English merchant steamer Drumeres was torpedoed. A Norwegian steamer rescued his drowning crew, easing fears after prior reports of the ship’s sinking.
Rev. A. D. Freden of Zeigler Memorial church in New Era will attend a Telegraphota meeting in Minneapolis this week and be ordained Sunday. He plans to return to New Era to lead the Zeigler Memorial church permanently. Last night special services featured a musical program by local artists including Prof. Jones and Dr. Clapp with Miss Elsa Fack assisting and Miss Bird at the organ.
Lucas Grove School in Lake township hosted its annual allday picnic and program directed by teacher Misa Gialys Hudler. Parents attended as a hearty noon dinner was served followed by ice cream and cake. The program featured recitations singing and dialogue including titles such as The Blue Jay Carrie Burns The Dairy Maid and Vacation among others performed by students like Ruth Reesink Elmer Ludman James Sywassink and Johanna Sywassink.
Students perform poems and readings including Gertrude Jassink reciting to the circus theme The Little Plant by Clara Lisedtke and Marie White reading Don't Read the Birds Boys.
A June report notes scientists debate Crockerland as myth or mirage after Donald MacMillan’s Arctic expedition letter to the New York Tribune. MacMillan describes a shifting sighting from Cape Thomas Hubbard across the Polar Sea, with mountains and snow, which then vanished as the party moved.
A dream led Mrs. J. H. Shields to a Neosho river location where the body of Fred Norton was found tangled in a wire cable a week after he drowned. The discovery ended a renewed, unsuccessful search by authorities and the boy's family.
Joseph Eisele of Seven Township sustained a fracture to the right arm after falling backward while unloading a threshing machine from a flat car on Saturday. He stumbled and landed on a rail and received medical attention from Dr. Lu Elpin.
The article notes rising costs for Mary Pickford films due to her high salary and elaborate productions. Exhibitors will charge at least 25 cents, with some venues moving to 15 cents for certain Pickford titles as Famous Players plans new release terms. The Dawn of Tomorrow leads a new Pickford series, signaling a high standard in film offerings and renewed star power for Pickford.
Rome June 7 through Paris reported Constitution day celebrated with forceful enthusiasm across society. A vast parade included soldiers priests students and citizens marching to the Quirinal palace where bands played the national anthem. Royalty on a balcony praised the army and navy as cheers continued.
In San Francisco on June 7 the Woman's Congress of Missions opened its sessions with delegates from all Protestant denominations present. Missionaries from around the world and church workers from various organizations arrive to participate in mission work discussions and activities.
Produced by the Famous Players Film Co. The cast includes the OKFORD Family with Fanchon The Cricket and Tess of The Storm Country noted for comparison. This will be the last Pickford picture in this city at regular prices. Come early to avoid standing. Wednesday Harold Lockwood in The Lure of the Mask. Hear our special music tonight.
Chicago editor Ben Franklin Allen, known as The Boy Preacher, will deliver two lectures on Tuesday evening June 8 at 7 p.m. at the corner of Second and Sycamore streets under the Specialast party auspices. He will discuss The Collapse of Capitalism and the Remedy Socialism, recounting a career from pulpit at 15 to editor of Eye Opener and Social Christian. Allen is touring Iowa, organizing local chapters as his influence grows.
At the National American Woman Suffrage Association midyear meeting in Chicago leaders from forty one states urged district legislators to back the federal suffrage amendment in the next congress. Dr Anna Howard Shaw said the Anthony amendment should be introduced if national suffrage is not yet secured. Speakers warned militancy must be excluded to avoid echoes of British tactics.
Police report no arrests after a Saturday night altercation at a East Sixth Street house left William Link of West Front Street with a head wound from a beer bottle and a laceration over the left eye. He was taken to Hershey hospital and treated by Dr. F. L. Appel. William Levitt, also of West Front Street, denies involvement despite earlier reports.
An Associated Press dispatch reports Serbian forces pressing into Albania from dual axes, within two days march of Geulari. They occupy Staroya and Galobardo near Elbasan, with Hasi and Luma under control as Albanian and Muslim clans reportedly fled Scutari days earlier.
The St Matthiaa school announces the commencement program to be held at the Grand Theatre. It lists entries from entrance marche romaine to The Pilgrims chorus with Nina Harris and Helen Garrison, a Snow White cantata with Mary Eppel and Mary Molle as performers, and a valedictory by Lumina Logan. The program includes scenes of Snow White and a grand finale with piano solo Te Neut by Marguerite Harris and an honors conferring chorus.
Albert Rieinfelder and Miss Mary Ta Ting Logan appear in a dated school portrait with class motto Esse quam Vidert. The class color is green and white, class flower Richmond red, and piano provided by Schmidt Muste Co.
Notice says a Mississippi River Commission meeting will be held in St. Louis International Life Building room 1301 at 10 am on Monday June 21 to discuss river improvement matters. No Muscatine attendee is expected as the levee below the city is a closed incident.
A New York man, Daniel Z Sully, sued John Hays Hammond in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia seeking 1 500 009 for alleged breach of contract to finance a cotton ginning process Sully promoted. The jury had been deliberating over 24 hours when they were discharged for failure to agree. The hearing began three weeks ago.
Denver police arrested Leopard Seeds his wife and Mrs Cora Bethel in connection with an $8 000 loss to rancher Inkerman of Las Animas Colorado from a fake horse race The trio met him at Excelsior Springs Co about three weeks ago and Seeds knew the name H Clark Police continue to seek other syndicate members.
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