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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
8
The steamer G W Hill carried nearly 400 Davenport Shriners and companions to Muscatine yesterday afternoon. Captain Wisherd said the crowd exceeded expectations for the poor excursion season. The return left Davenport at 2 20 and many locals joined the trip back.
On Sunday of the coming week the G W Hill will bring an excursion to this city from Davenport landing here late in the afternoon and leaving the local wharf about 7 o clock in the evening. Mrs Harrod’s stomach trouble relief story notes Chamberlains Tablets as the remedy with immediate relief and a Fort Wayne witness quote.
Iowa City June 17 Coach Jesse B. Hawley of Iowa University will marry at 5 pm this evening in Des Moines at the bride Miss Louise Clark a Iowa University graduate. The couple will travel to Chicago and elsewhere by auto. Hawley remains a coach and banker in Chicago but will give Iowa one more year of coaching. Our June sales highlight new attractions Friday and Saturday at McColm Dry Goods Company with money saving values offered to the public.
New York report states Cornelius, a wealthy merchant, reports a burglar shot and killed his wife Barbara in East New York. Police cannot confirm the tale. Barbara, 25, was found dead with three bullet holes. a second man, about 33, lay dead from a temple shot. The intruder, still armed, remains unidentified.
Monmouth Illinois June 17 heavy hail storm visits Warren county four miles north of Monmouth. A half mile by four mile strip suffered total crop destruction as corn and grain were ruined and fruit trees stripped. Windows broken and hail depth reported inches deep two hours after the event.
Fred Garrison and E C Burnside testified that the Stein property bought for the Hay Market project is worth about $6000, far below the $11000 paid by the city. Burnside said the site is poorly suited and inaccessible for hay market use, while Bowen denied official notice of the purchasing meeting. The trial in district court opened with council proceedings read as evidence.
Paris reports the French official statement claiming complete masters of the line of heights dominating the Fecht valley to the north of Steinbruch and Metzeral, with gains southward between the two Fecht branches and along heights separating the Fecht and Lauch valleys. No other front changes noted.
News from London states Lieutenant Herbert Asquith, son of the British premier, was slightly wounded in the field. In other copy, McColm Dry Goods Company advertises laces and embroideries at sale prices for Friday and Saturday.
Society notes announce the engagement of Miss Adelia James to John Herwig at a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs. Fred Tobias on Cannon Avenue. The wedding is set for Wednesday June 23 at 7 30 PM at the bride’s parents home 20 Stewart Road.
Ethics club members will host a picnic at Weed Park tomorrow evening to honor Miss Marie Wren of Kansas, visiting the city. A 6:30 p.m. spread is planned, with all club members urged to attend. Miss Wren has been guest of Miss Grace Roath, Miss Elsie Wells, and Miss Addie Washburn during her stay.
A neat sum was cleared from an ice cream social held last evening at the Arden parsonage under the Ladies Aid Society of St. John's United Brethren church. A large crowd attended and a pleasant evening was reported. The next society meeting is set for Wednesday afternoon June 23 at Mrs. Vernon Legler's home in Seventy Six township. The local Automobile Club and car owners are invited to a chicken supper at New Era gymnasium tomorrow evening June 18, under the Ladies Aid Society. The Major John Circle meets tomorrow afternoon June 18 at Mrs. & G. Kemptner's home.
Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois Societies plan a August observance marking the twenty year anniversary of the Court of Honor. Des Moines state manager reports lodges will participate at Suburban Island near Davenport with initiation of candidates and talks by supreme officers. Delegates and local members are expected to attend.
Advertising copy promotes The Pacific Limited of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway as the ideal direct train to California with morning arrivals in San Francisco and Los Angeles. It touts low fares, comfortable direct service, stunning scenery on routes to the Pacific Northwest, and a call to contact local agents for fares, schedules, and reservations. Also includes a testimonial for Chamberlains Cough Remedy claiming quick relief from whooping cough.
President Wilson reportedly had no official knowledge of dictating Meyer Gerhard reports and no information on letters to allied embassies or the war department alleging mail tampering. Embassies, especially the Russian, report mail opened on a U S railway car but many senders show mail inspections without clear origin. Post Office Department stance undetermined as of Friday and Saturday. House dresses sale noted at McColm Dry Goods Company available at reduced prices.
The Overseas News Agency reports the admiralty publicly announced the loss of submarine U-14 and that her crew was captured by the British. In Parliament last week A J Balfour stated a German submarine had been sunk with six officers and 21 crew captured.
A submarine unit shows a cruising radius of 1,200 miles and carries twelve crewmen with three torpedo tubes.
Italian forces report a significant advance with Alpine troops making surprise attacks on Austrian positions. They have secured western and southern approaches to Mathorgeth and captured heights overlooking the Gail plateau, achieved by rapid dawn assaults along lesser known smuggler trails. A shopping ad interrupts the dispatch.
Flora Parker, wife of Arthur Parker, confessed to stealing jewelry from city homes. Sheriff John Wiley brought her to Muscatine from Cedar Rapids after arrest there yesterday. A trunk and suitcases seized at the jail contained jewelry, revolvers, masks, and clothing traced to local burglaries.
Milk offered for sale at three cents per quart with delivery night or morning. Call 1740-W to arrange delivery.
Berlin June 17. Dr Antony Meyer-Gerhard reached Berlin last night aboard a London passage from New York June 4. This morning he held a long conference with Foreign Minister Von Jagow and colonial minister Soif, on behalf of Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador.
Hobart Oklahoma visitor John Meusch reports rain in the southwest. Cedar Rapids guests include Mrs. W C Phelps and daughter Lela. Pearson and wives visit mother Lucy Pearson. T W Maxson and wife head home to Pathe Canadian Pacific railway. Ada California party plans a stop in San Francisco. Adena church aid society met for a productive day. Geo Hutcheson and family host guests from Waterloo. Mrs. Maggie Berry improves her home with a new roof.
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