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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
6
West Liberty on Saturday June 13 hosts an exchange of home cooking at A H Floyds grocery store. Also local residents travel for visits, weddings, and family occasions with numerous neighbors arriving from Iowa City Muscatine and Davenport.
South Muscatine reports unusually early cabbage with larger, better heads. First home grown crop cut by W. H. Hoopes and Son, soon to ship in car lots. Also updates on Musserville church renovations, barge construction on Muscatine slough, and local residents’ health and social notes.
Children’s Day will be observed at the Presbyterian church on Sunday June 14 with a morning sermon for children sung by Inez Shamit and E M Walker and recitations by Margaret Church. An evening program at 7 30 features songs prayers readings and varied performances by the school including solos by Reginald Hall Ruth Pressler Fern Nesper Irene McMains and others, a page reading by the superintendent, and a benediction.
Fragmentary notes mention Salome and a Gold Medal phrase linked to flour. Limited readable text suggests a small society or culinary reference without clear events or dates. Further context is needed to form a precise card.
A large drainage project in Iowa Falls will close a seven mile ditch and reclaim 5,000 acres of farmland northwest of the city. The scheme drains 17,000 acres across Wright Hamilton and Hardin counties with three miles of laterals, discharging into the Iowa river at an estimated cost of 45,000 dollars. The project backers hope to finish this season.
The list includes W. H. Graff A. G. Bestenlehner G. A. Rimbcke and A. W. Morgan as part of the official notice set. The document presents these individuals in a formal notice sequence likely tied to a public matter or estate proceeding.
A band of ponies escaped their restraining rope and stampeded through the streets near Second street as the Gentry Bros. dog and pony show set up. Attendants recaptured the frightened animals after a tense chase and near-misses with spectators. The incident prompted the Huttig Manufacturing plant to close for the day so workers could attend the circus. Joseph Rosenfield transfers within Huttig to Billings Montana. Mrs. A Cooper returns from Davenport. Irene Lewis visits Muscatine. J H Carl returns from Cedar Rapids G A R encampment. Rose Sissell visits from Fairport.
The Heinz pickle works on Isett avenue will start a general clean up next Monday in preparation for the season opening on July 1. The kraut house and pickle department are being cleaned and repaired while high water damaged about eight to ten acres of cabbage on the farms along river road. Onions and tomatoes remained undamaged, and a large number of schoolchildren seek farm work, with full force to follow next week. Cabbage harvest is slated for mid July, and an addition to the kraut house nears completion with roofing to begin soon. East Hill locals note Judge H S Howe returned from the G A R encampment, while Miss Anna Wallet and Mrs A J Wood also appear in brief notices.
The 1908 Geneva golf season officially starts this afternoon with the first match of the year. W. L. Roach and J. S. Sterneman captain two teams in three summer matches, with four games per match on consecutive Fridays. Handicaps set. scratch players named as George Reeder B. C. Preston and C. P. Jackson.
Eczema is curable with ZEMO a scientific external preparation that stops itching and destroys skin germs. It yields quickly and offers permanent cure by this remarkable medicine. Sold by A W Morgan 107 West Second Street and available through Druggists. E W Rose Med Co St Louis Mo listings.
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