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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1918
Page
4
Wet weather has delayed corn planting and weeds are spreading. farms lack enough men or boys with plowing experience. The Farm Bureau asks willing helpers to contact the county agent at phone 718, leave applications, and await notices of applicants, as retired farmers and business people also join the relief effort.
An ice cream social and strawberry short cake sale planned by women of Teland Methodist Episcopal church at Prattland hall Wednesday evening as a church benefit. Delicacies to be offered, with effort to accommodate townspeople attending.
Mrs Martha Bennett, mother of Mrs Maggie Corbin of Fruitland, died at 5 30 Sunday evening at her daughter's home near the city after illness and a recent operation at Torshey hospital. A former resident oftain city wing for over eleven years.
A former Journal employee now serving in France writes from somewhere in France about the Y M C A’s good work with American troops. He details comfortable conditions, nightly entertainments, and expresses admiration for French scenery and old buildings while noting he would donate his wages to the relief effort.
Washington June 10 Federal Judge Martin Wade said Iowa farmers are fully engaged in supporting the war through greater crop production and Liberty Loan contributions. He noted corn prospects 20 percent higher than ever, with bigger wheat and livestock outputs and widespread planting. He also warned against disloyalty and hinted at political neutrality in Iowa.
Water from the Junction floods the fairgrounds and surrounding lowlands as Lake-Tgh rises. Bridges and the water plant fail while houses are surrounded. Crops are destroyed and gardens lost. new wells are being drilled on higher ground as the town struggles with rising waters.
Government advices from J. Le Glosier indicate sauerkraut can be eaten without fear of being seen as pro-German. The Food Administration notes many avoided the dish due to its German associations, clarifying it is Dutch in origin and valued for food. Hoover promotes wider use to bolster perishable food stocks for soldiers and allies.
Washington dispatch quotes Vosaleche Zeitung warning that Germany will suffer raw material shortages postwar unless deliveries resume under wartime conditions. The piece argues British and American factories will seize global markets first, risking a deep social crisis if German industries collapse. Mrs. E. A. Quilvio travels to Des Moines for the WJCC convention.
A Lowell Massachusetts apothecary on Merrimack Street dating to 1827 preserves prescription books. The 1855 entry for Reverend Father John O'Brien details the original Father John’s Medicine, its success for a cold and throat trouble, and how locals named and advertised it after his recommendation. The product is described as a safe, wholesome tonic free of morphine alcohol and other poisonous drugs.
Mr. dad. Mrs. Willie Munday and daughter Grace left Junction this morning after spending the week with Thysle Phillips at 812 Fifth Street. Miss Axtell also left for her home in Fredoald this morning after visiting her brother Lloyd Axtell in Lincoln.
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