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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1915

Page

3

Advertising Agencies and Subscriptions for Journal

The Daily Journal and Semi-Weekly Journal publish subscription terms and city delivery details. Agencies list Muscatine vendors including Dollman Grocery Metzgar Grocery Booth Muscatine Grad y Oregon street and Chayka's Grocery along with Kechlerville and Kechlerville Chayka's.

East Hill Dollman East 2Nd Street Metzgar Park Ave Booth Muscatine Toborg Bros Grady Oregon Street A. Busch Fershey Avenue Royster Angletreet Kechlerville Chayka's Wert Hill J. H. Fuller Bradford

Telephones Iowa Private Branch Exchange Numbers 26 and 27

The notice lists contact numbers for news staff and departments in an Iowa publication. It instructs callers to specify person or department when operator asks and provides names including D Throop publisher and Geo S Pitchforth advertising manager. It notes business office contact at numbers 26 or 27.

Rural free delivery to add auto service August first

The Uncle Sam post office will authorize auto service on rural routes starting August 1, under Congress resolution. Routes will be at least 10 miles, with compensation up to 1800 dollars yearly, expanding to radiate from big cities and improve local parcel post exchange, especially Farm to Table service.

Uncle Sam Good Roadf Sincle Sam Little Old Post Office Department

Muscatine Council Backs Water Meter Rental Cut

The Muscatine city council voiced support for lowering water meter rentals to a fifty cent minimum rate. A council trustees conference is expected to clarify plans and improve cooperation, ending past misunderstandings and fostering shared aims.

Muscatine Sullivan

Reminiscences of Long Ago Reminiscences of Long Ago

Fifty years ago today was Sunday. The Work of extending the Sigourney branch of the C R I. & P. road to Oskaloosa is evidently to be push ed forward rapidly. Contractors Quealey & Co. advertise for 500 teams and 200 men. R. R. Thomas, Esq., returns to Muscatine after years in Memphis. Also notes on weddings and dancing figures from past decades.

Sigourney Oskaloosa Messrs. Quealey & Co Keokuk Gate City Muscatine R. R. Thomas Memphis

Well Known Young Woman Is Married At Denver

Local notice reports Miss Louise Sauer daughter of Mr and Mrs Sauer of Byron place Denver Colorado wed Harold C Hinckley last evening at her parents home. Ceremony at 8 o clock conducted by Rev Schmidt of the German South ern church followed by wedding supper and plans to honeymoon on the coast. The couple will make Denver their future home.

Denver Louise Sauer Schmidt Viola Crelley Miss Crelley Louis Mack, Jr Mrs. Hinckley

Inside Story of the Flora Parker Arrest Revealed Today

Sheriff Wiley details the arrest of Flora Parker. Parker was kept under surveillance on a train to Cedar Rapids after a companion was arrested for robbery. Luggage was held at West Liberty and investigators expected to recover most stolen property. The Kendig and Mulford families have identified items. A hearing for the two colored prisoners is slated for next Monday.

Flora Parker Sheriff Wiley West Liberty Cedar Rapids Rice J. H. Kendig Mulford

Journal Want Ads Seek Furnished Front Rooms Downtown

Two young men seek large well lit furnished front rooms in a modern downtown flat. Respond with description and location to Care O. Journal. Also notes hope for reduced minimum charges and cordial understandings between council and trustees to address a lamented lack of clarity.

Care O. Journal

Mrs Rider Hosts Kensington Club Afternoon

Mrs Charles Rider hosted the Burlington Road Kensington club at her home on Wednesday afternoon. Twenty members attended and enjoyed needle work and social time followed by dainty refreshments. Mrs John O'Brien will entertain the group at her home in two weeks on June 30.

Rider Kensington Club Charles Rider Burlington Road John O’brien

Banner Lodge Plans All Day Picnic at Weed Park

Banner Lodge Industrial society met at Mrs. Ella Hess home on East Front Street to arrange an all day gathering at Weed Park on Tuesday, June 29. Sewing will fill the day, with a noon spread. Members will invite additional lodge members as guests. Fraternal Aid Association to meet this evening, June 15, at the hall for regular session. large attendance expected.

Melpine Schmidt Ladies’ Aid Society Melpine Church George Schmidt Sweetland Township Memmbers August Paul Banner Lodge Banner Lodge Industrial Society Ella Hess East Front Street Weed Park The Industrial Society Fraternal Aid Association

Escaped Suspect Harry Stork From Watertown Sanatorium

Harry Stork, held as a holdup suspect after being arrested last evening in Watertown Illinois, escaped from a Watertown sanatorium a short time ago. A sanatorium representative stated at the police station this afternoon that Stork said he left Watertown about three weeks ago.

Harry Stork Watertown Illinois Stork

Later Day Saints to Camp in Muscatine Park

The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will hold a ten day meeting at Weert Park in Muscatine this summer. Permission was granted by the city council last night to set up fifty or sixty tents for campers and an estimated crowd of over one hundred attendees is expected.

Muscatine Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints Weert Park

Freckles Vanish With Doctor-Recommended Remedy

A prominent physician endorses a prescription to remove freckles. Sold by A. W. Morgan with a money-back guarantee if it fails. Uses ethine and double strength ofhine. early applications reportedly lighten or erase lighter freckles.

A. W. Morgan

Mayor Kern Testifies In Hay Market Site Case

Mayor Kern defended his $100 contribution to the West End hay market fund and denied using office for personal gain. Court heard expert and lay testimony alleging the Stein site was overpriced and inaccessible, with witnesses contending weather and entryways posed hazards for hay delivery.

West End West Second Street Era District Court Kern West Finding East End Stein Teamsters M. W. Stirlen Jacob Grimm H. F. Otto Steinlol al, Freers Fred Secrenrs Charles Hartleigh

Battery Captain H F Lange To Leave For Panama Exposition

Captain H F Lange of Battery , also on the governor's staff, departs tonight for Des Moines to join Governor Clarke on a trip to the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Lieutenant Otto Mull will command the battery in Lange's absence. A portion of Battery C equipment is due to arrive on July 5, including a field gun and a caisson as the first shipment of supplies.

H. F. Lange Des Moines George W. Clarke San Francisco Lange Otto Mull

Chicken dinner postponed by local auto club

The local auto club has indefinitely postponed the chicken dinner at New Era due to muddy conditions at Toads. An officer announced the change this afternoon.

New Era

Appeal Taken in Insurance Case Appeals

J A Bartemeier acting as assignee of South Muscatine Lumber and Box files appeals in cases with Central National Fire Insurance Farmers Fire Insurance and Town Assessment Mutual Insurance as defendants. Appeal is to the supreme court from the lower court finding.

J. A. Bartemeier South Muscatine Lumber and Box Company Central National Fire Insurance Company Farmers Fire Insurance Company Town Assessment Mutual Insurance Companies Supreme Court

Court Denies Reargument in Becker Case Death Sentence Affirmed

Associated Press reports in Albany on June 18 that the New York Court of Appeals denied the request for reargument by counsel for Charles Becker. The court reaffirmed its earlier decision and affirmed Becker’s death sentence.

Associated Press Albany N. Y Court of Appeals Today Charles Becker New York

Irish Truce Endangered by Ulster Leaders in Coalition

Dublin dispatch notes truce strain as Ulster leaders gain in new cabinet. Protests spread across provinces and councils, including Kildare and Granard, condemning Carson Bonar Law and F E Smith appointments. Irish Parliamentary Party sees need to ready for emergencies amid coalition tensions.

Dublin Ireland Carson Bonar Law F. E. Smith Kildare England Granard London Associated Press Christopher Addison The Globe Lloyd George the Globe Dr. Addison Edward Carson Northern Ireland J. H. M. Campbell M. P Addison’s Manchester Guardian Guardian Freeman's Journal Campbell Daily News the Chronicle Liberal Party Great Britain

Panama Expo Attendance Declined by Binkley

Binkley will not attend the Panama Exposition due to the great distance, signaling a practical setback for local participation in the event. The comment underscores travel burdens influencing attendance choices.

Binkley Panama

Vienna destroys wartime cookery tickets amid protests

In Venice, Vienna authorities plan to destroy millions of street tickets printed with war cookery recipes intended to substitute meats. Citizens who tested the dishes complained that they still required eggs butter and milk, making them as costly as the meats they aimed to replace.

Turco Venice Vienna

Bids Open for Concrete Box Culvert Contract in Iowa

Instructions to bidders issued by Auditors Office Altascatine Iowa. Bids due June 28 1915 at 1:00 pm for excavating and building reinforced concrete box culvert with plan and specs available from County Engineer or Auditor. Requires 5 to 6 percent certified check, 35 percent bond, and bidder may be rejected or waived.

Aiascatine Iowa H. C. Schoemaker

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