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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
7
Dr Norton reports local office surgery at Ady. Congregational parcel post sale promoted with Volger's Jewelry Store event on Saturday June 12. Ady urges immediate action and notes Josure now partnered with Mark and Son.
Arrangements are made for sixty Muscatine business men to attend the Ad Sub Luncheon at the Country Club Thursday evening. T. W. Le Quatte of Des Moines is expected to join, drawing wide attention to the gathering as Iowa advertisers contemplate a state association and the National Convention in Chicago this month.
The Redpath Vawter Chautauqua system held a Muscatine convention at Hotel Muscatine with 50 plus in attendance. Keith Vawter presided as toastmaster as speakers from Jackson Michigan Reinbeck Iowa and Cedar Rapids shared plans, growth, and confidence in the system, urging cooperation for a prosperous season. Vawter will travel to Des Moines but return for the Muscatine Chautauqua.
Announcement of William J. Bryan's cabinet resignation prompts early overture offers from Vawter to secure him for Midwest chautauqua appearances this summer on the Redpath Vawter circuits. Keith Vawter acted quickly by wiring eastern representatives to interview Bryan, aiming to book the famed orator as the era’s top attraction.
Ben Franklin Allen, a socialist, spoke at the corner of Second and Sycamore streets last evening. He argued the working classes' pivotal role in the European war and claimed the conflict could have been avoided if socialists held the majority. He was touring Teunie south and planned to lecture during the summer.
A ceiling chandelier shattered during a farewell program at an Iowa City high school auditorium. A boy, Lester Lewta, was injured as the gas line ignited. Superintendent Meade calmed the audience and shut off the gas, preventing a stampede. Firefighters found only scorching and no blaze.
A Minneapolis woman recounts two years of monthly pains and poverty as she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after three bottles. She invites others to write for confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass.
A brief notice states she will join the Town girls at Lake Geneva Wisconsin for the coming summer and begin her work here in September at Columbia University.
Seniors and faculty prepare for commencement events with a senior party at the J B McKee home on West Third Street hosted by Nellie McKee Miriam Mackenzie and Hather Steinmetz. Alumni reception follows at the high school ahead of diplomas at Grand Theatre Wairhall Minn.
West Liberty greetings of residents and visitors are noted with a parade of names. Carlton Meyers visited his parents Herman and Mrs. Meyers, while Mrs. Elizabeth Pratt left to visit daughter Mrs. Baker in Wilton. Wells Schenck returns from Sedalia to spend summer with friends. Families plan moves from California to Iowa and Oklahoma to Cedar Rapids.
Enclose rents to Foley & Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chiceza TM and receive a package of Foley remedies. Includes Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and chest tightness, Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and back pain, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing. Bolded everywhere.
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