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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
9
Muscatine Boy Scouts set a record by selling Liberty Loan bonds totaling 1900 amid 22 participants. Robert Richards led with 1000 in bonds on day one, followed by Bauerbach 150, Mathewson 200, OLeary 100, Albee 100, Stockfeld 60, and others across ten investors.
The annual graduation exercises of St Marys school will be held Thursday evening June 14 at 8 oclock in the Parish Auditorium. The class roster includes Alfred Botraman Carl Aloysuls Cootaman Cloma Maureellinua Kure Tiger Marlo Ttono Hentoy Dorothy Mildred Fiedler Helen Margaret Bock Genevieve Anna Plessy AKNOS Jovonfiing Bottini and Louleo Ce cilia Foals. The class motto is A Place in the ranke await us and patron Our Mother of Perpetual Help. The program features music by the Jones Orchestra Salutatory Lonne C Trealy Address Rev Henry Takken bors DD Vintedictory Class of 1917 Presentation of Diplomat The Pastor Finalo Orchestra.
A Baby Welfare Clinic will open tomorrow at the Public Health Bureau rooms in city hall Muscatine. The session runs from 1:00 to 2:30 pm and welcomes mothers with children under three for examination led by Dr J W Storn. The program aims to keep well children well and provide authoritative guidance on child health.
Sharif J Wiley reports that the registration office is closed and no further registrations may be made. Those who failed to register and are found will face full legal action, with the sheriff stating all alleged slackers will be investigated and charges filed if nonregistration is proven.
An advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy for women, praising forty years of success and urging confidence in its proven quality and enduring popularity since 1876. It emphasizes strong product standards and continued efficacy across decades.
A local Red Cross canning program seeks rhubarb asparagus and spinach for canning and fundraising. YWCA committee led by Mrs Loomis outlines classes in storage materials and garment prep with sessions Thursday afternoon and Friday evening. Volunteers contact Mrs Loomis or Red Cross liaison Dirk Seffort to donate or participate.
Albert Ewing faced charges in the Oities court after a judge fined him $160 for hooli ness. He reportedly avoided payment, was bound over, and later arrested descending from an interurban carrying four pints of whiskey.
County agent J. W. Morrill announces a third orchard spraying demonstration this week. Professor TR Atold Herrick of Tee State Coltens Amey will be in the county on Thursday and Friday June 14 and 15 to conduct the event at the Otto Fitchner farm.
The Woodman lodge drill team from Muscatine will travel to Chicago for the triennial Modern Woodmen of America convention during June 1804 week. About 1,200 teams are expected. Muscatine leaders boast top form and hope for trophies, with a full roster led by O Briggs and other members attending as delegates.
Thomas Wilson proprietor of Wilvon Shoe Store received word from Europe that his cousin Thomas Hall of Copney Ireland, a member of the Irish division, was killed in action at Ypres about three weeks ago. The notice also notes unreliable front-line reports and common delays in information. An advertisement extols Chamberlain’s Tablets for indigestion and constipation, claiming quick relief.
A classified notice lists a collapsible push cart, lightly wetted weed stock, and a thoroughbred White Rock rooster for sale. Items are identified with fragmentary phone and address numbers 1362-W and 1593-W, with 1007 Lucas and Whond 1362-W referenced.
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