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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
2
Geneva Island cottagers fear and river travelers face high water as an eleven to twelve foot flood stage could inundate the lower riverfront and island areas within days. Residents prepare to protect property while rivermen expect no major navigation disruptions this summer despite rising water.
Thursday evening features a school style program led by children. A chorus of thirty voices and a North Prairie League playset anchor a lineup of recitations songs and duets by local youths including Maynard Satterthwaite Ralph Hebard Adell Bridges Naomi Bowser and Harold Schmidt. The Dynamite Plot closes the evening with a North Prairie League presentation.
The Majestic provided ample room for dancing during an excursion that went to Davenport and back to Muscatine. Travelers reached Davenport at 11 9 and caught the last interurban, held for them, with a river trip praised as an excellent social event introducing Mason families and guests who called the evening most pleasant.
Philadelphia and Providence women report displacement bear down pain backache and fatigue improving after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Testimonies claim renewed health strength and ability to work sleep and eat well. Danger signals cited as backache headaches nervousness and the blues linked to female derangement or inflammatory conditions.
A 23 year old, Frank Hill, told of unemployment, rent pressure, and selling fur garments after his wife left, attempting suicide with poison and a revolver. Neighbors reported odd actions, saved by an officer, as court heard about his baby born eleven weeks prior and housing woes.
At the annual directors meeting the German Lutheran Home adjourned without action on adding a new wing south of the city. Finances were cited as reason, as available funds will not permit the improvement now. Retiring directors were re-elected, including Rev. Haefner.
Rev Henry Foelech of Elkport and William Luedtke and William Auls of this city are named in the court action. The brief item records their involvement in the case and notes the parties to the suit.
Muscatine teachers will attend the national education association meeting in St Paul this summer and a river trip from Muscatine will bring teachers from southern Iowa to join. Iowa speakers include Worner H. Seerley Cedar Falls on vocational culture and rural study centers. Roy V. Coffey Cedar Falls on college prep and articulation. Emma J. Fordyce Cedar Rapids on physics education. Helene Glissman Doon on rural high school work. B. J. Horheem Dubuque on school gardens. and H C Bishop Ames on club work and gardens.
A large group of 126 local Masons and their families traveled aboard the steamer Majestic last evening, invited by the Tin City Fez Club, making a pleasant round trip to Muscatine with the Rock Island and Day lines.
The funeral for Miss Minnie Zeve will take place at 2 o clock tomorrow from the home of Gustav Zeug on Wlicher Street. A brief service will follow in the chapel at Greenwood cemetery where interment will occur. Rev. John Hadner of the German Evangel Lutheran Zion church will lead both services. The body will lie in state at the chapel for a short viewing tomorrow afternoon.
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