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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
2
Iowa fruit crop values fell by an average 13 points in June due to extreme heat and lack of rain, with各 fruit categories showing varied declines from 10 to 97 percent of normal per state horticulturist Wesley Greene. A separate note promotes Foley Kidney Pills by A. W. Morgan for kidney and bladder issues.
The Hudson Brothers Harry and Stanley purchased a six cylinder four cycle engine capable of about 150 horsepower and weighing around two hundred pounds. They hint at installing the engine in the old Planet, currently a three cylinder vessel in Dubuque harbor, but refuse to reveal intentions, keeping everyone guessing as Muscatine eyes Dubuque for a possible showdown.
Commissioner Barney of the state food and dairy department orders a thorough chemical analysis of every vinegar brand sold in Iowa. Inspectors collect samples during rounds, with about thirty samples undergoing testing to determine if the product is pure and wholesome.
The St Matthias parochial school held its annual graduation at the Grand Opera House. Three students, Misses Franzen Brandt Evangeline Begey and Helen Funck, received diplomas after completing the academic course. Rev F P Leonard delivered remarks as essays on True Nobility Books and The Beauties of Nature were presented. The program featured music by the school's chorus and instrumental numbers, a cantata The Firefly Slave, and a fairyland themed playlet with many students participating.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder issues. It claims thousands of successful cases and offers sample bottles by mail, with bottle sizes and prices, urging readers to request a free sample. It notes a sworn purity certificate and positions the product as a physician's prescription.
The local lodge of the M B A organized a Ladies Aid society with plans to meet at Mrs C G Barnard 1002 Spring St at 2 PM June 22. Delegates were named for the Davenport state convention July 15 and a committee of three was appointed to set a standard grave insignia.
Washington June 13. A Memphian sought Postmaster General Hitchcock’s price for making postcards and stamps bearing his face. He asked for costs on a hundred items and the smallest run. Hitchcock offered a courteous, private reply detailing the minimum run, though not published.
The Rev W C Schultze, trustee of Central Wesleyan College and Theological Seminary, returned from Warrenton Missouri this morning after attending the commencement exercises. He visited Belleville and Decatur and other Milneing cities as the guest of friends in each.
Three nurses are on duty today at the Muscatine County Medical Society emergency hospital under Dr H L Husted. The unit plans to transfer any serious cases to Bellevue or Hershey hospitals. Nurses on duty today are Misses Gladstone Schwartz and McSwiggon with shifts from 9 to 1 and 1 to 5 at the Muscatine State Bank building.
Keokuk Iowa carried three measures by large margins in a June special election. Stone and Webster street railway franchise extension passed 2,460 to 82, lighting franchise extension 2,449 to 82, and creation of a department of publicity development and general welfare 2,092 to 1,388. The results are seen as a major forward step for the city.
The special train operated along the M N and S line today carrying over 150 members of the G A R and auxiliary groups to the city. It will depart Muscatine for Oakville at 10 p m tonight and return from Oakville to Muscatine at 10 p m on Wednesday and Thursday to allow attendees to reach the camp fires.
At a joint YWCA session, Altiora and Geneva clubs outlined an ice cream lemonade sale to be held Wednesday afternoon in the vacant lot on West Second street. Stands and tables will be erected by a committee, with sale starting at 1 o'clock and decorated in patriotic colors for the encampment.
Letters from multiple readers praise Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach liver and bowel relief with quick lasting cures for constipation indigestion and dyspepsia. The ad notes mild action suitable for all ages, free trial bottle by mail, then bottle from a druggist at 50 cents to 1 dollar, and free medical advice from Dr Caldwell at his clinic in Indiana.
At an event to be held with Lemonade sold by the glass and ice cream by cones and dishes. Three flavors vanilla strawberry and chocolate will be available. Proceeds will support the Geneva club to send a delegate to the Geneva conference in Wisconsin next August and the Altrora girls to aid the library fund for a new W C A building.
Regular monthly business session of Electa Chapter O B No 82 attracts several out of town visitors including Mrs C W Cole of Williamsburg guest of Mrs V T Downer near Muscatine Mr King of Illinois and Mr and Mrs Sabor and daughter of Cascade Iowa. Fifty five members attend. one new member initiated two candidates balloted. evening ends with social time and refreshments. Grace Lutheran Ladies Aid sewing postponed to Friday due to encampment. Philethen class meets tonight at Miss Edna Francis home on East Fifth Street.
Directors of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway postponed action on the preferred dividend pending bankers review of the road’s finances. The stock, which had paid five percent since 1901, slipped from 106 to 124 after the news. A cholera case aboard the Berlin prompted quarantine after a Naples departure. Strike begins tomorrow in Southampton as reported.
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