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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
5
Sunday proved the hottest day of the year in Muscatine with official 94 at 2 pm, while downtown thermometers hit 100. Crowds fled indoors, children splashed in docks, and porch life dominated as residents searched for relief from a dry, baking breeze. Farms reported fair yields despite the heat.
A two day engagement features Huck and Finn with Tom Sawyer and The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Young Mr Pickford stars in the cast directed by William B D Taylor. The program includes thrilling humor and a cave treasure tale with dramatic murder witness. Also noted is a film featuring James Hawks with Miss Dalton, produced under Thomas H Ince with noted actors. Palm Beach suits and War Savings Stamps ads appear alongside cinema listings.
Washington reports indicate the army may need extended draft ages from 18 to 45 as calls intensify. General Crowder warned that without extension and a new reenlistment, classes two and three could be called early next year, with heavy drafting in the first half of 1919. Final registration figures show 2,428,729 in class one and 509,686 in class two, among others.
A call from the Town division of the military training camps association urges draft-age men to join a broad range of war trades including mechanics electricians photographers and musicians. Vice Chairman Charles H. Fox says the program aims to place skilled workers in essential front and support roles with good wages and benefits. Applications may be made at the Hershey bank building and Bogard’s for various positions in the war department.
Sealed bids are invited by the City Council of Muscatine Iowa for grading at Mast 6th St Brilee with an estimated 1788 cubic yards of earth. A fifty dollar certified check accompanies each bid, bids due by June 20 1918 at 7 30 PM. Lowest bidder must enter contract with a 300 bond. city may reject any or all bids. Dated June 14 1918.
Programs highlighted Children’s Day with cantatas at First Presbyterian, led by Mira Lucille Kenty and Alfred Peterson, along with performances by twenty pupils and choral pieces. Similar observances occurred at Wriends Church Musserville Methodist and Mulford Congregational churches with readings recitations and music. Camp Dodge impressions and a German Methodist service noted by Rev L T Kottiekamp, recalling a week at Tawa canyon and discipline talks with visiting regiments.
A Palace theatre photoplay of extraordinary interest titled The Blue Bird will be shown Tuesday and Wednesday as a benefic presented by Ladies of St. Mathias church. Maurice Tourneur directs a grand production with elaborate settings and a large cast including Eleanor Mustera and Lyn Donola. The event highlights the artistically staged drama and symbolical ballet numbers amid notable actors and child performers.
Washington June 17 army cavalry unit lists thirty six names by status including deaths from wounds and disease. It records privates Albresht Gaedewin Dani Graves Myers Monte negro Hesney Robertson Olkowky Pater son etc. Also notes warplane accident death Captain Gwynne and multiple wounded and missing in action with ranks from Captain to Private. Names cover Brooklyn Clovis Norwood Texas Mount Vernon Saint Louis and other places.
Edward Rudolph Elsner died at the Oakdale sanitarium at 5 a.m. after a year and a half of illness, tuberculosis. Born May 29, 1896 in Magentine Iowa, he worked at Barry's Machine Shop before illness forced him from work. He married Nora Havermen on June 14, 1946 and is survived by his wife and son Laure Edward, parents Mr and Mrs Rudolph Elsner of 182 Adams Street, one brother and three sisters in Iowa cities, with funeral arrangements not yet announced.
About 200 players started the eighteenth Trans Mississippi Golf tournament qualifiers in Kansas City on June 17. The event runs 36 holes daily with match play to follow, culminating Friday. The course at Crest Country Club measures 6409 yards, par 76, record 72, drawing champions and stars from across the central west. Also reports note Hungarian requisition of crops and missing French ace Adjutant Quelle, who downed ten German planes, presumed missing since June 6.
Associated Press dispatch from St. Louis reports J. J. Mc Namara, a Wabash railroad official born in Keokuk, died after injuries from an automobile collision. He had begun railroad work in 1885 and held a prominent managerial role. Also noted are training plans for local cadets and a wartime savings message.
An old advertisement extols Mother’s Friend as a penetrating remedy to ease discomfort during pregnancy. It claims to relax abdominal muscles and ease the stretch of birth, urging women to prepare for childbirth and suggesting the product can be bought via Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
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