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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1908
Page
7
A collage of visits and departures from Muscatine as residents and visitors from surrounding towns and states share journeys to and from Davenport Evansville and Chicago. The report notes births illnesses train delays and a promotional booklet from Igleheart Brothers.
Rev James Schell and sister Elizabeth, long absent from Muscatine county, reunite with J B Hudson. The pair, pioneers of Wapsie township, revisit old landmarks including the Clifford mansion, recalling early life and their years in Utah and Chicago. Schell plans to return west. Elizabeth departs to Downey.
Final arrangements are under way for the Kreis Fest to be held in Davenport from June 25 to 28. Visitors will quarter in tents at Schuetzen park and West End ball park, with Leander Keim in charge. The newly organized branch will be well represented along with advanced athletic participants and older members planning a Sunday departure. Large western cities expected to enter strong classes in Turner events. A hospital component is mentioned.
A tent on the grounds will be run by Doctors Matthey and a corps of assistants. Auto Ride For Yedies. Local Turners ladies will entertain the guests. A C Mueller and Otto Reiche head the committee to arrange the automobile ride. The work program remains to be drawn up.
Muscatine Independents announce a next week road swing after Lake View games. The Midgets will play Knoxville on Tuesday, Batavia on Wednesday, Eldon on Thursday, and Wilton on Friday with a fast squad and planned 5:25 return. Local fans expect a large turnout.
Sunday evening at 7 o'clock the First Congregational church Sunday school department marks children’s day with songs recitations and exercises directed by Mrs. Walter Lumpe. The program includes processional prayers hymns solos and readings by pupils and classes followed by a benediction.
Shanty Spohr, a key mover for the Gentry Brothers Circus, oversees train arrivals from Burlington and issues in the morning. He jokes of never sleeping while guarding the show’s transport, and with C. Duff Neff he models energy use of the brass band to argue for a cheaper, powered transport idea.
An external use liquid from E. W. Rose Med. Co. claims quick permanent cure by drawing germs to the surface and destroying them. Samples offered to requesters in St Louis Missouri with distribution through A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street and general druggist outlets.
A Kalamazoo woman credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring health during the forties transition. The ad describes symptoms like weakness headaches and nervousness and promotes the pills plus a free booklet Plain Talks to Women. Pills sold by druggists or mailed from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
The mission study class final meeting is tonight at 7 30 with Lesson Chap. VIII from The Uplift of China. S. S. L. club gathers at 8 00. all members urged to attend.
In Johnson county the board of supervisors increased Stapleton’s votes by one in Iowa City Fifth ward, shifting Stapleton’s lead to 71 to 70 and risking a tie if White’s claim of a 71 in Iowa county stands. The dispute centers on certificates and pollbooks and may force drawing straws or a White majority. Council bids mix in over 59,000 dollars in paying contracts as Cedar Rapids firms win but Iowa City officials delay.
A reader asks Mr. Hawkins of the Seventh Day Adventist church in Muscatine Iowa to deliver a discourse on the Law and the Sabbath. The letter inquires when it was given and to whom, and whether it binds Jew or Gentile under the gospel age. It also asks when Christ will reign, the duration, location, and who will reign with Him, requesting a journal disclosure of the discourse schedule.
The Grand Trunk Railway System operates the longest continuous double track under one management from Chicago to Montreal and to Niagara Falls. A Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley route via Niagara Falls links Chicago to New York. Descriptive literature and time tables are mailed free on application to Geo W Vaux A G P T A Grand Trunk Railway 135 Adams St Chicago Ill.
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