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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1905

Page

4

Children Come and See Buster Brown and Tige At Batterson Stores

Children can meet Buster Brown and Tige at Batterson Stores tomorrow and receive free souvenirs.

Buster Brown Tige

Local News Roundup at Fair Grounds and City Happenings

Local items note visitors from Wilton Milan and Columbus Junction with plans to Davenport and Fairport. A birth is reported for Mrs. Wm Hudson near Eliza. West Liberty faces Muscatine White Sox at the fair grounds Sunday. Circus attendees include Hagenbeck performers and Esther Finger headed to Chicago for relatives. St Marys school commencement and St Joseph con vent pupils aiding in a musical program.

Dan Kneff Columbus Junction Fair Grounds C. Schswedel Sweetland Davenport West Liberty Muscatine White Sox Esther Finger First Ward Chicago St. Mary's School St. Mary’s Hall St. Joseph's Convent

Mayor warns against boys boarding moving trams in Muscatine

The Citizens' Railway and Light Co. reports boys jumping on its moving ears has annoyed the company and mayor R. S. McNutt warns parents to stop the dangerous practice or face punishment.

Citizens’ Railway & Light Co R. S. McNutt City of Muscatine

Boston Fish Market Ad Lists Fresh Catch and Delivery

Readable lines advertise Catfish Halibut Mackerel Salmon Croppies perch buffalo and smoked sturgeon at Boston market. Phone 297 Y offers fish delivered to customers.

Boston Boston Fish Market

Hoffman Elected City Attorney After Tie Vote

Regular Muscatine City Council meeting ends with Arthur Hoffman elected city attorney after a formal ballot tie and Mayor McNutt casting the deciding vote. Attorney Devitt presents annual report covering injunctions, nuisance abatements, and transient merchant ordinances. council approves bids for relief hose house work and discusses water works loan and county claims.

Arthur Hoffman John Devitt John F. Devitt Flannery van Zyl Len Hoffman Devitt Stapleton R. S. McNutt Carl Hagenbeck City of Muscatine Legal Department City Fuller Bros Hampe Bros Fullers Papoose

Uneasiness Over Franco German Morocco Talks

Paris officials express unease as Premier Rouvier and Prince Radolin meet with the German ambassador. Berlin hints at a direct understanding with France but backs an international Morocco conference. Officials fear negotiations may fail to yield expected results.

Paris Rouvier Prince Radolin Berlin Germany France Morocco

Funeral Friday for Victim of Drowning Jesse Fay Fowler

The funeral for Jesse Fay Fowler who drowned yesterday afternoon will be Friday afternoon. The procession leaves the parents’ home on Buell Street at 2 o’clock and the services follow at the Greenwood chapel at 2 30. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery.

Jesse Fay Fowler Buell Street Greenwood Chapel Greenwood Cemetery

Miss Sophia Nagel Weds Edward C Schaefer in Family Home

Miss Anna Nagel married Edward C Schaefer at 8 o'clock last evening in the Nagel home on Cypress and Eighth streets. Rev C A Dettmers officiated before about 50 relatives and friends under a rose arch. Harry S Schaefer and Miss Sophia Nagel attended, a wedding supper followed, and the couple will reside in the city after July 1.

William Nagel Cypress Eighth Streets Anna Nagel Edward C. Schaefer C. A. Dettmers Harry S. Schaefer Sophia Nagel Henry Schaefer Schaefer

China shower given for Miss Leverich at Mulberry street

Mrs. Ralph J. Lillibridge hosted a china shower for Miss Mabel Leverich on Mulberry Street. Guests played euchre with prizes won by Mrs. E. S. Batterson and Mrs. Earl Hudler. Refreshments featured ferns roses and carnations as Miss Leverich received bridal remembrances. Attendees included Mrs. Hoffman Hudier Heidel Batterson Hoover MacColm Fox Schneer Jean Sawyer Edna Giesler Gertrude Block and Miss Sanborn Evanston Ul.

Ralph J. Lillibridge Mulberry Street Mabel Leverich Leverich Arthur Hoffman Farl Hudier G. A. Heidel Elmer Batterson Ray Hoover Ed. MacColm Charles Fox Charles Schneer Jean Sawyer Edna Giesler Gertrude Block Sanborn Evanston

Laura Frye and Arthur Schaeffer Married

Yesterday at 2 p m Rev R A Schmidt of the German Baptist church performed a wedding at the parsonage on Walnut street. The couple, both of Muscatine, were attended by H Van Doran as best man and Grace Frye as bridesmaid. They left for Davenport to begin their home.

R A. Schmidt German Baptist Church Walnut Street Arthur Schaeffer Laura Frye Muscatine H .van Doran Grace Frye Muscaine Davenport

Beldame Wins Suburban Handicap at Sheepshead Bay

In the suburban handicap held at Sheepshead Bay on June 15, Beldame secured first place while Proper finished second and First Mason took third. The race marked a close finish with a time of 2:95 3-3.

Sheepshead Bay

Small-Town News Notes from Fedinand Ill

June updates from Fedinand Illinois include Miss Clanch Hays suffering rheumatism Mrs Parker from Muscatine visiting Hazel Dell Mugs Hayes assisting Oscar Peterson and a Buffalo Prairie medicine show attendance. Local social visits include Miss Ida and Mrs Ambra McGinnnis in Muscatine shopping. Mrs Wm Krueger improving. Will Colberg and Ed Bartlett visiting Chas Mewes and Chris Ruttenberg.

Fedinand Ill Mugs Hayes Oscar Peterson Buffalo Prairie Ida Ambra McGinnnis Buffelo Prairie Muscatne Wm. Krueger Will Colberg Eliza Chas. Mewes Ed. Barlett Chris Ruttenberg Bendle Ilinois City Chris Ruttenberg Will Troxel Chas. Sedam Illnois City Vincie Meyers Laurence Boney Foster Frank Fox West Liberty John Zeiner Martha Mewes W. F. Krueger Emma Murdock Millersburg Ross K Kennedy Ross Keanely Gaghter

Margaret L Grant Weds William R Archer in Chicago

The marriage of Margaret L Grant and William R Archer occurred today in Chicago. Miss Grant once lived here and the couple, who will reside at 3121 Indiana Avenue after July 1, will be at home there.

Margaret L. Grant William R Archer Miss Grant Chicago Mrs. Archer Indiana Avenue

Roosevelt as An Epoch Maker Featured at Thirty Three Club

The Thirty Three club at the Y M C A held its last meeting until September with a large attendance and a fine dinner served by the ladies auxiliary. Superintendent W F Chevalier presented a life story of Roosevelt as an epoch maker, followed by discussion. Ex Senator M Titus spoke on current events and the September topic was announced as Success by John F Devitt.

W. F. Chevalier Roosevelt America Chevalier M. Titus John F. Devitt

Local Resident Receives Twenty Horsepower Auto

F X Schaefer received a new twenty horsepower automobile from Davenport yesterday. The car is described as a good looking and powerful machine. Schaefer says it keeps him up to date and will aid his business as the city’s list of such vehicles grows.

D. Endelman Endelman W. J. Nyenhuis Grandview Avenue Patrick J. Fahey Bronner Judge House F. X. Schaefer Davenport

Becke & Wilson Store Robbery Attempt Foiled

An evening raid on Becke and Wilson marble cutters on West Second Street failed when robbers fled after cutting a large hole in the rear glass. Police were alerted and watched the premises overnight with no further incident.

Becke & Wilson West Second Street Muscatine Homfstad No Jacob Fisch & Sons East Second Street L. Pyeatt M. P. Goff 2Nd St

Noses And Character In Historical Rhinology

A discussion of nose shapes from classical to modern times links facial features to personality traits. The piece notes Byzantine and Shakespearean figures as examples, contrasting thick, turned up, wide, and alcoholic noses with inferred mental qualities such as vanity, strength, intelligence, or wickednes.

Napoleon Wesley Shakespeare

Darwin and the seed from a woodcock

The article notes Darwin took dry earth from a woodcock with a toadrush seed, planted it and it grew. It also cites Newton sending a wounded partridge leg with a six and a half ounce earth clod, which yielded eighty-two plants after three years under a bell glass.

Pacific Atlantic Darwin Newton

Society Cards and Chapter Notices

Society cards list Flecta Chapter No 82 meeting on the second and fourth Mondays with Mrs H Sterneman as W M and Mrs August Othmer as Secretary. G A R Headquarters Shelby Norman Post No 231 meets on the first and third Tuesdays each month.

Woodbine Camp NO Royal Neighbors OF America Minnie Barnard Emme Hoefflie Maggie Klindolph Shelby Norman Flecta H Sterneman W. M August Othmer Sec'y Bankers’ Pioneer Association Valley Forge Post Woodman Hall Cnn T. R. Gladstone J. F. Moshier Masonic Washington BR. A. M A. W. Scntt Ss. L. Johnson Iowa Lodge H. J. Dean Ikers Fisch’s Wm. Appel A. H. Arnold Sue Browning Grand Army OF the Republic Iowa Legion OF Honor Argus Lodge No. 17 Shammobal C. E. Crow

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Batterson Stores Franklin’s Iowa Ave T. A. Barnes Letts Dad Dolsen Margaret McSwiggin Anna Brown Wilton Wm. Hudson Maggie Dunlop Milan Fairport John A. Rategan Hagenbecks R. O. Sullivan Rock Island Willie Latour Hagenbeck Detroit G. W. Brock Jacob Martin East Seventh Street Muscatine White Sox New Suits Baptist Young People’s Society Weed's Park Louisville & Nashville Cincinnati Louisville Knoxville C. L. Stone Pass Agen Louisville, Ky Mayor McNutt Ceived Devitt Makes F. E. Schmidt Wolfe & Wolfe Clinton P. B. Wolfe Wolfe Anna Kuhn Front Street Harold Foster George Lamphier J. F. Devitt Miss Leverich Circus Money Big Wash Goods Toben, Malone & Co Beldame Proper Mason Ferdinand River Bulletin St. Paul Red Wing Reed's Landing la Crosse P. du Chien Dubuque Se Fe Eee le Claire Des M. Rapids Keokukeee St. Louis Kansas City Islands Court OF Honor Muscatine Court Woodman J. B Reay J. C. Coster Muscatine Castle Fisch's Hall Fast Second Street C. J. Hackett Elma Scott A. O. U. W. Faglfe Lodge No Hingst W. H. S. Howe E. H. Dolsen Knights OF Pythias Wyoming M. ©. Stanwood Gus. Schmdt W. H. Graff Webb Council of Royal and Select Masters Stein L. Johnson G A. Riemweke T. LM Ladies OF the Maccabees Muscatine Hive L. OF T. M. Negular Maccabee Hall Asthauer Building Gertrude Hine Waiie Niebling Fraternal Aid Association Bloomington F. A. A. Hall Shammo PF. A. A E. C. Maxson Major Johns Circle M. W A. Muscatine Camp Woodmen of America Woodmen Hall Olds’ Block F. A. Shreiner V. c J. A. Leyda Clert O. F. Muscatine Lodge Miriam Lodge D. of H Prairie Encampment M. B. A. Bend City Modern Brotherhood of America K. of P Martha A. Cosgrove J. W. Richards Louise Matsenbach Brides Mira Hershey Lumber Co
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