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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1910
Page
19
Dr H L Husted left the city to spend the summer in St Louis working as a carpenter. Pauchets Band is joining the Choir Boys next Tuesday. Miss Nellie McCaw has returned from Des Moines. Snyder offers money back value on purchases.
Local notices show John McKean of Davenport handling business while South Dakota land draws buyers with low prices and buyer-paid expenses. Numerous city residents make short trips, attend weddings, and plan excursions with the Maennercher club to Burlington.
Sophia A. Coleman was granted a divorce from Clarke F. Coleman by default and awarded custody of three minor children. The May Long vs Benjamin Long action proceeded by default.
Mrs. O J Chapman, former Muscatine resident and wife of a former Muscatine street railway superintendent, died of heart disease in Cedar Rapids. She leaves her husband and two daughters Mrs Charles Rosenberger of Independence and Leta Chapman. Funeral arrangements pending with burial in Independence, Iowa.
The article argues most charges against patent medicines lack foundation and fairness. It cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy used in many homes, saving families money and serving the same purpose as a physician.
The first session of swimming lessons conducted in the Y M C A pool by Physical director O E Johnson was held yesterday. The program is expected to draw many women from the association with Miss Bertha Hoover, the secretary, overseeing enrollment.
Obituary note reports the death of J an aged man tied to Roy Fath of Muscatine with family reference. The brief item records a passing and herinners the family connection without further details.
George Fath aged 82, uncle of Roy Fath and longtime Muscatine city official, died of an apoplexy attack while seated at home in Wapello. He was a well known figure in Louisa county.
A large Muscatine delegation led by Shelby Norman Post G A R departed Des Moines for the 1911 encampment. They traveled in a special car at 6:20 AM with auxiliary members and a Commercial Club committee promoting Muscatine and the event.
The Muscatine YWCA will celebrate its fifth birthday with a banquet on June 21 at the parlors of the First Presbyterian Church. Invitations have been issued and plans promise the most elaborate social occasion yet for the association with a program and toasts.
A Sevres desert service painted with Highland life and sport by Landsseer sits in Balmoral's blue drawing room. The display is praised for its beauty and views from the room's windows. Queen Victoria was an early admirer and patron of Landsseer works.
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