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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1915
Page
5
South End Church schedules Children’s Day observance with a seven o’clock service tomorrow night. The program features scriptural readings, recitations, choir songs, and organ selections by youngsters under church leadership.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions cats and night conditions, plus scattered phrases about dealers, discounts, and mileage. The text is fragmented with mixed phrases and lacks a coherent report or clear subjects or events to summarize.
Local residents describe the East convention in Siounctey with Mrs Howe and Mrs Warfield gaining advisory roles. The meeting praised a proposed soldier's widow's home and a reception at the Commercial club drew large attendance.
The report notes officers elected for the year at a ceremony last evening at the hall. Grand-Mrs. May OG Revardine Sevretar and Mrs. Grace Fisher as treasurer are listed, with other titles unclear. Memorial services concluded with Odd Fellows events at the hall.
Quartermaster Sergeant Edward J. Cox of Battery B Third Field Artillery at Fort Sam Houston Texas is detailed to Muscatine to aid in training the new Iowa battery. The Davenport Clinton Muscatine and Davenport batteries are part of war department plans for equipment and training for cavalry and artillery units, with new officers and enlisted personnel assigned to bolster Iowa forces.
South End pastor Messiah Massery of the Milla Me Behreh plans to deliver the memorial address at a joint lodge service tomorrow afternoon at 2. The Rebekah memorial star will be in charge, with officials from Cedar Rapids and Whpella recently returning from related duties. Reverend Butler, a lodge member, officiated last year when the service was held at Musgervilje church.
The engagement is announced for Miss Helen Morton of Columbia and Bennett Clark, son of Champ Clark, speaker of the national House. A luncheon at the guide eleet home will reveal the wedding date.
A strawberry and ice cream social hosted by the Ladies Aid Society at Fairport Church raised funds for redecorating and printing the church interior. A large crowd attended and hosts Mrs J A Molis and Mes Menry Huesener led the event with refreshments and planning for future sewing sessions.
A Southern Pacific train en route from San Francisco to Los Angeles was held up at Chatsworth by robbers with revolvers who took $468 from several passengers and forced women in four coaches to surrender money and jewelry. Bullets were exchanged as the robbers fled, and authorities searched the area after signals were pulled and shots fired near Hewitt station, suggesting an accomplice waited with a car nearby.
Harry G. Legg of Minneapolis and Alden B. Swift of St. Joseph fought in the finals for the Trans Mississippi Golf Association title in Memphis. Legg advanced by defeating Memphis players J. M. Scruggs Jack Falls and F. H. Mallory and Bryan Heard of Houston, then faced John D. Cady Island Wick Richardson Steuben Bush and John A. Evans Jr. of Memphis in the consolation rounds.
In a June home gathering Miss Grace Sands will wed Dr. St. R. Huise on Wednesday June 25. Twenty eight guests enjoyed an afternoon of jovial games. Pink roses and a pink and white scheme adorned the menu and decorations. Small lawn tables complemented a two course luncheon served by the hostesses. Guests received gifts beneath a large umbrella bearing pink and white decorations. Evening departure left guests praising the hostesses as royal entertainers.
An advertisement claims uric acid does not cause rheumatism and offers a free book titled Rheumatism Its Cause and Cure by Jesse A. Case from Brockton Massachusetts. The promo seeks readers to request the book without stamps and promises medical guidance.
The column lists multiple local churches including First Methodist, First Baptist, Mulford Congregational, Presbyterian, and German Evangelical schedules. It notes Children's Day programs, Sunday school sessions, choir performances, prayers, and evening services with guest soloists and special anthems. The piece invites families to attend worship and events across the week.
Washington June 12 a Department of Agriculture clarifies no reward of 19000 dollars is offered for finding a passenger wood pigeon nest. The myth of a reward has spurred many searches and letters nationwide as officials note the bird has been extinct for years. The department warns against pursuing unlikely claims.
Kansas river levels fall quickly in Topeka with high water reports in upper reaches. Local officials warn of potential rising flow and downstream impacts as conditions develop.
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