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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
2
In Burlington Iowa on June 1 the Rock Island railroad altered its time card at the last minute to ensure connections with Burlington route trains from St. Louis and avoid breaking the link to Minneapolis. The new schedule differs from the initial final draft announced by the Rock Island.
Laurel Hill notes a week of visits and gatherings. Bar ney Wertz of Muscatine spent time with cousin Harry Rininsland while local students and families attended graduations and social events at Durant and Sweetland Center.
The Muscatine Business College Always association plans a June 28 reception with 26 new class of 1907 members as guests of honor. A short program, refreshments, dancing, and one invited guest per member are planned while location is yet to be chosen. Final arrangements and vacant officer posts will be filled at upcoming meetings.
Morning Sun notes a pastors visits from Rev D H Elliott to Denison Kansas and Rev S Greer from Tabor Kansas visiting friends. Lulu Cameron travels to Keokuk Iowa for a Christian Endeavor district convention. Lois Trumbull returns to Burlington after a home visit. Chas Kilpatrick returns from Utah mission work to visit parents. Morning Sun and Wapello Christian Endeavor societies plan a joint picnic at Wapello. The Morning Sun band announces a concert for Saturday June 8. W C Swan from near Columbus City visits. Ladies' Aid hosts a social at the Garvin home. Rev G Edgar from Olathe Iowa arrives for summer stay.
An old time health ad promotes Cascarets as a preventive for constipation and indigestion. It urges regular use, claims benefits for bowels and nerves, and notes to carry a ten cent box and seek the Sterling Remedy Company made tablets stamped CCC.
The American Surety Company of New York is the largest firm dedicated to suretyship bonds with a capital and surplus of 5 million dollars. It is trusted by the American Bankers Association as the sole guarantor of money orders on their form and handles fidelity official court contract probate and license bonds. Local agents Thompson & Thompson and H S Howe represent the firm in Muscatine Wilton Junction and surrounding areas.
Invitations issued for the marriage of Miss Ora Robb of Clarinda Iowa and Edwin Dodds of Chicago Illinois to be held on the 21st at the bride's mother's home. Also notes on local residents including graduation, moves, and visits.
Oscar and Alexander Grossheim arrived in Muscatine after a three week motor boat voyage covering over 900 miles from Fon du Lac through Wisconsin lakes, the upper Mississippi, and Marquette Joliet route. The 22 foot craft, purchased at the Chicago Motor Boat Show, is fast and spacious, with plans to display 40 photos from Portage landmarks. Pope Manufacturing offers a cup as a prize for a forthcoming local regatta.
Three members of the Jewell family from Clinton aged 6 8 and 10 face possible placement in the state industrial school for robbing Frank Spencer of his father’s $10. The youths attacked the boy seized the money and spent it before arrest.
In Dwyer vs Derby Judge Jackson overruled a motion for a new trial and settled a novel legal point on executor liability. The Rock Island firm case involved $10 281 paid to S H Croft for injury claims from a Buffalo depot incident. Cynthia A Earle v Billings & Co demurrer sustained. decree entered for plaintiff.
Descriptive Indian words for Muskoka Kawartha Temagami and others highlight delightful summer outings in North America. Special low round-trip fares are offered via the Grand Trunk Railway System with double track from Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls. Free fare literature and timetables are available by mail from Geo W Vaux at 135 Adams Street Chicago.
Leroy Ware, cashier of the Farmers' and Drovers' Bank at Seymour, posted bonds totaling 12 000 dollars and was released. He faces four counts of fraudulent banking and embezzlement. Three additional suits against R W Cover, totaling 12 000 dollars, accuse him of selling bank stock while insolvent.
Horribly burned C Rivenbark of Norfolk Virginia was healed without a scar by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve which also heals cuts. Store Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store sells it for 25 cents.
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