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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
9
Iowa fruit crops weakened under extreme heat with no rain, dropping thirteen points from May to June. Wesley Greene reports June conditions at 65 percent of normal, with individual crops ranging from 10 percent for peaches to 87 percent for blackberries and 84 percent for cherries.
A. W. Morgan presents Foley Kidney Pills claiming quick and permanent relief for kidney and bladder issues and related irregularities among middle aged and elderly users.
The Hudson Brothers Harry and Stanley bought a six cylinder four cycle engine delivering about 150 horsepower and weighing around two hundred pounds. They may install it on the old Planet hull and race against Schermer Brothers in the three cylinder class, keeping plans secret while Muscatine eyes Dubuque.
The St Matthias parochial school held its annual graduation at the Grand Opera House naming three graduates Miss Franzes Brandt Evangeline Begey and Helen Funck who received diplomas. The program featured student essays music and a cantata The Firefly Slave with many pupils performing in elaborate scenes and a fairyland drill.
Commissioner Barney of the Iowa state food and dairy department orders a thorough chemical analysis of all vinegar brands sold in the state. Department inspectors collect samples during statewide rounds, with about thirty samples currently undergoing testing.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidney liver and bladder diseases claiming wide success with thousands of cases. It touts mild immediate effects a natural vegetable compound and lists a sworn purity certificate with each bottle available at drug stores in 50 cent and one dollar sizes with a free sample by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
Local M B A lodge held a large meeting to form a Ladies Aid society and designate a standard insignia for marking graves. The group set a June 22 meeting at Mrs C G Barnard’s home and named delegates to the Davenport state convention on July 15.
The medicine's consistent results in treating colic cholera and diarrhoea have made it a favorite everywhere. It is dependable and available for sale by all dealers.
A Memphis citizen wrote Postmaster General Hitchcock asking the cost of making postcards and stamps bearing his own face. He inquires the price for a hundred and the smallest run possible, hoping to achieve fame alongside Washington Lincoln Franklin McKinley. The postmaster general replied in private, outlining the minimum quantity.
The Rev W C Schultze, a trustee, returned from Warrenton Mo where he attended the Central Wesleyan College and Theological seminary commencement exercises. He then visited Belleville Decatur and other Illinois cities as a guest of friends.
The emergency hospital run by Muscatine County Medical Society under Dr H L Husted opened with three nurses on duty today from 9 a m to 8 30 p m. Minor injuries and accidents were treated while serious cases will be transferred to Bellevue or Hershey hospitals.
Keokuk Iowa voters backed Stone & Webster street railway franchise extension by 2460 to 82 and lighting franchise extension by 2449 to 82. They also approved creating a department of publicity development and general welfare by 2092 to 388, seen as a major advance for the city.
The special train on the M N and S line brought over 150 members of the G A R and auxiliary groups to the city. It will run to Oakville from Muscatine at 10 tonight, with return trips at 8 05 and 10 tonight to allow attendance at camp fires.
Altiora and Geneva clubs of the Young Women's Christian Association will hold a joint sale of ice cream cones ice cream and lemonade in a vacant lot opposite West Second Street Wednesday at 1 PM. A committee has arranged stands and tables decorated in patriotic colors for the encampment event.
Letters from Mrs. Eva Gaskins and Mr. P H Gavellas highlight success with Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach and liver issues. The remedy claims quick, lasting relief for constipation indigestion and biliousness and offers free samples by mail before purchase from druggists. Dr Caldwell provides free medical advice and sample requests to readers.
A Geneva club and Altrona girls host a fundraising event with lemonade by the glass and ice cream by cone or dish. Three flavors vanilla strawberry chocolate will be offered. Proceeds fund a Geneva conference delegate and a library fund for a new Y W C A building in Wisconsin next August.
A reg ular Electa Chapter O E S No 32 monthly meeting drew guests from Williamsburg Illinois Cascade and Muscatine. One new member was initiated and two candidates balloted. Fifty five members attended and the evening closed with social time and light refreshments.
The Ladies Aid society of Grace Lutheran church will not meet in the church parlors Wednesday afternoon due to the encampment in the city. The meeting is postponed to Friday afternoon at the church.
Members of the Philathea class of First Methodist Episcopal Church will gather this evening at the home of Miss Edna Francis to discuss church activities and plans for the coming week.
New York June 13 Directors of the Denver and Rio Grande railway defer action on the preferred stock dividend pending bankers review of the road's financial condition. The stock has paid five percent since 1901 and fell from 63 to 62 after the announcement.
The North German Lloyd liner Berlin reached New York from the Mediterranean and was put in quarantine after a steerage passenger fell ill with cholera four days after Naples and died thirty hours later. It is the first cholera case on an incoming steamship for months.
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