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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
10
From Washington, wives and mothers urge exemptions for sweethearts and ask officials to grant leniency for their men. The provost general’s office receives several letters praising service and seeking exemptions for husbands.
A vigilance committee warns against qualifying phrases that alter a trade name in ads. Examples include calling porcelain ivory or Panama hats bogus, and a case about Bernice Pocahontas coal misrepresentation. Complainants from Muscatine and Davenport triggered action, with Bernice firm agreeing to drop the qualifying word to curb deception.
An unusual dispatch from Copenhagen reports Hamburg’s famed bells at St Nicholas and St Peters churches being melted into cannon. Large crowds gathered as organists played hymns for the last time. The bells, 4% and 8% alloy, will yield about thirty tons of gun metal.
Delegates from Clinton Davenport and Muscatine attended a one day Ladies of the Maccabees rally in Muscatine. The event featured a luncheon in the Gold Room, a program of music and readings, a 6:30 pm dinner, and a concluding session announcing three Davenport and two Muscatine candidates for membership.
Fort Sheridan, HI, June 19. The 5,000 reserve members train in a divided camp into infantry, cavalry and artillery units. Branch choices by individual volunteers show infantry least popular while cavalry and artillery attract more men. Ellman and Ruth Stumler left Monday for a summer course at Cornell College Mount Vernon Tit. lok Misg Mar 1.
A Wapello community report says Kiixen, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel and a leading local businessman, suffered a stroke. He was found unconscious in his room this morning, a physician diagnosed apoplexy. His condition remained grave as family connections nearby in Burlington, Indianapolis, and at West Point were noted.
Peggy Hyland headlines a Thursday program at Theattract Theatre on Ion Street featuring a Viti graph reel titled In Intrigue. The cast includes Alare MacDermott Attle Bobby Connolly and Persy Dare with Hyland as the Beautiful Lady in a melodrama of romance and mistaken loyalties.
A fragmented notice reports memorial services scheduled for June 17 at 2 30 by the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. A committee plans an interesting program and invites all friends to attend.
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