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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
4
Read pages offer old time health and beauty tips. Advice promotes a sugar and alcohol tonic for blood cleansing and clearer skin, a hair tonic with quinzoln and alcohol, weight loss remedy with parnotis, eye tonics, and facial preparations using spurmax and glycerine. Also included are delatone hair remover and cheap homemade cleansers.
Miss Grace Fisher and Henry Wiessewetter wed at the Lutheran Zion church parsonage with Rev. J. Haefner officiating. The couple, new home with the Kiessewetter family, attend graduation events for local students and a planned church aid society picnic is discussed at the German Congregational parsonage.
A large Miles City Montana sale runs June 19 for four days featuring 500 mares and colts, 500 Indian ponies, and 1000 broke horses. All classes will be sold both at auction and by private sale. Contact A. B. Clarke Horse Sales Co for particulars and be sure not to miss this season’s big event.
Twelve members met at Mrs. Charles Mikosell’s home on Last Sixth street to sew buttons and appoint a new secretary after Mrs. J. N. Hughes resigned and moved to Arkansas. Mrs. Bossie McKnight was chosen to fill the vacancy. Refreshments followed. Plans for a picnic were discussed but not finalized.
A group of young people celebrated Miss Bertha Langs sixteenth birthday at her Fulham avenue home this week. Guests included Bertha Davis Ella Tobias Ruby Wollens Florence Quandt Hazel Tobias Helen Martin Josephine Reesink Dina Sywassink Emma Daedlow Walter Raetz Roy Quandt Howard Nicolas Rudolph Daedelow Ernst Pats John Holliday and Jod Lang. A Garfield school teachers picnic followed at Wood Park with Miss Ahlschinger excepted.
The home of Mrs John Tillie at Hast Fifth Street hosted Banner Lodge Industrial’s regular meeting with 23 members present. The afternoon featured sewing buttons and light refreshments. The next regular session is planned for Wednesday afternoon June 21 at Mrs Maymo Price’s East Fifth Street home.
Members of the Mulberry Avenue Kensington club enjoyed a pleasant afternoon and evening. The group traveled by train to the home of Mrs B J Embree in Ata lissa, hosted an elegant lunch, then returned by five automobiles. The Ladies Aid of the First Methodist Episcopal church plans Friday meeting at the Y M C A. Hunter Button factory employees to resume work at once as the dispute is settled. F M Moody, Chairman.
The twelfth annual union district convention of the Rebekah lodges of Muscatine and Loula counties opened in Muscatine with Mrs Marie E Dewein presiding and more than a hundred delegates in attendance. The morning program included welcome by Mrs Lina Lane and various readings and music. Afternoon sessions planned officer installations, reports, and election of officers with several readings and musical numbers to be presented.
The Bitton plant, closed for weeks due to a walkout by Tinton employees, is operating again this morning. Management plans to expand staffing as production resumes across departments, with the sorting department already active since the disruption began.
A passenger train on the Chicago and North Western Railroad struck a car carrying five people en route to a funeral at Oyens. John Nethl, 65, was killed instantly. Theodore Hoffmann, 66, likely fatally hurt. Frank Woel, 40, sustained a broken shoulder. Two other occupants escaped with minor injuries.
Muscatine county plans a downtown project and orders steel benches to be placed on the courthouse lawn amid the walkways. The public may visit the square but officials urge restraint to avoid trampling the grass.
Howard Patty of Searsboro travels to Montezuma to file a complaint against Tim and Bill Sheehy accusing them of assault with intent to murder. Patty says the Sheehys visited his house twice, threatened him, and on the second visit brought a rifle allegedly used by Tim to strike Miss Patty and Frank Patty, with Franklin Patty shot during the incident.
Brussels reports the cabinet of M. Schollaert resigning today amid a ministerial school bill dispute. Schollaert, who had been premier and interior minister since January 1908 after De Trovs died the prior month, led the government through tense parliamentary proceedings.
Ottumwa Iowa June 8. The three day aviation meet ends this afternoon with Rene Barrier aiming to set altitude records. The previous evening Barrier and Rene Simon flew simultaneously with Simon traversing over the business district three miles from the aviation field.
Des Moines Iowa June 8 Election of officers reports of committees and routine business occupied the attention of Iowa Harness Makers today The second annual convention of the Iowa Harness Makers association began yesterday and will adjourn tonight
Fred Smith sues Anna Smith in district court for custody of their three year old child. The action follows a divorce granted earlier. The child has lived with the father since the separation.
The Ohio association of Southern Iowa holds its annual celebration at Hagin Park near Centerville Iowa today chaired by L C Meecham of Centerville with Walverg Asked on Schether noted in Denver June 8 President McGill of Denver Western Baseball club received a telegram from Clark Griffith manager of the Cincinnati Nationals asking waivers on Barney Schether former Denver pitcher
A Wisconsin creamery manager reports coffee caused digestion issues and heart palpitations, improved after switching to Postum. He notes better mental sharpness and office performance, and that his household now avoids coffee. The testimonial, attributed to Battle Creek Michigan, urges readers to read The Road to Wellville.
Muscatine county supervisors at their monthly meeting unanimously adopted a resolution to put all prisoners sentenced to the county jail to hard labor on public highways and improvements. The sheriff will supervise and employ prisoners on road work to reduce jail overcrowding and cut costs.
Washington June 8 A wheat crop never seen before is forecast for the United States if the June crop report holds. Government estimates place this year's harvest at 764,291,867 bushels, up 68,848,857 from last year. Winter wheat yield near 480,000,000 bushels and spring wheat 284,000 bushels. Winter wheat acreage 4,762,000. June 1 crop condition 96 against ten year average 92.
Washington D C Janet-Am ericans faced criticism as Representative Mann Illinois denounced the Underwood wool tariff revision bill as flawed and dangerous claiming it would flood the market with cheap foreign woolens and clothing and force Americans to wear inferior goods The debate followed opening speeches by Underwood and Payne with Ways and Means Republicans in opposition A separate report on the Lorimer case was turned over to the Illinois Lorimer committee for study and first meeting timing awaits committee decision
Washington DC June 8 The Interstate Commerce Commission canceled its order suspending advances of livestock rates between the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. The action is without prejudice to any interests while it seeks more information on reasonableness and equalization among Omaha Chicago and Kansas City. Old cattle rate 14 1/2 cents, new rate 17 cents.
The National Conference of the Church of the Brethren, meeting in Joseph Missouri since May 31, adjourned this afternoon. Participants concluded sessions and set plans for future gatherings.
The Island church Sunday School plans its Children’s Day program for Sunday evening at 8:00. Under the direction of Glenn Kemp, Mrs. B. Wilson and Miss Alma De Camp, the event features organ voluntary, recitations, songs, duets, dialogues, and a mission workers segment. The program lists numerous students and teachers delivering verses and songs to surpass prior years.
Cedar Valley Iowa June notes report Miss Dith McMahon visiting Reck Inland relatives. Fred Swain pair own a new plane. Violet Starr returning from Cedar Rapids for the summer. William A McMahon and family with F L Giber lake visit. William Griggs family at Frank Mater's. Roscoe Hawking from Tinton visiting sister Ola McMahon indefinitely. Weather and crop conditions praised in the district.
Muscatine County Board of Supervisors finished its regular session this morning and at noon moved to the No 3 Drainage District for a joint session with Louisa County. Discussion on ditch improvements across Muscatine and Lowell counties continues with no definite proposal yet drafted while tax cases and routine business filled the June agenda.
N Rosenberger yesterday closed the sale of a home on East Ninth to Rudolph Hoffmaster. All employees of the Hunter Button factory are to return to work at once as the AlMcully has been settled. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown depart to visit relatives. Mrs. W F Rann and others visit Washington and Davenport. Kenneth Madden hospitalized for possible operation in Hershey. Mr. and Mrs. John Lee Mahin of Chicago arrive. Mahin to address graduation at the high school.
George Vase appeared before Police Judge Carton charged with assault and battery after a fight in which George Daut suffered multiple bruises. Vase pleaded guilty, fined five dollars plus costs, while Daut had been badly battered and believed struck by a train during the aftermath.
In the presidential castle near Chapultepec General Francisco I Madero and Provisional President Francisco De La Barra met to discuss the Mexican political situation. The capital bore a quiet morning after a night of riotous welcome demonstrations for Madero.
Victoria B C June The Yokohama Boyeki reports that Vice Admiral Baron Urin commander of the Yokosuka naval station will be appointed ambassador to Washington. Admiral Urin was educated at the naval academy at Annapolis.
New York reports Madison Square Garden was sold to a syndicate that plans to tear down the arena and construct a 26 story office building.
New York market report for June 8 notes alive poultry at firm prices with Western springs chicks at 30 cents, fowls at 15 to 30 cents, and turkeys at 16 cents. Dressed poultry shows irregular ranges with Western broilers 18 to 20 cents, fowls 11 to 14 cents, turkeys 13 to 16 cents.
Journal want ad seeks owner to reclaim a sorrel pony mare at 1426 Washington St by proving property and paying charges. Also offers $5 reward for a lost bill from Gordon's or Woolworth's 6 and Lode Store.
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