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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
2
Concrete Increases Property Values promotes concrete as a lasting investment with Portland Cement and warns that wood improvements decay, urging permanent concrete work to protect value. It emphasizes durability and cost per $100 invested, contrasting concrete staying strong with wood’s wear.
Thomas Brook, 84, longtime Muscatine resident and Civil War veteran, died at Hershey hospital shortly after 1 PM following a stroke. Born September 23, 1827 in Ohio, he moved with his family to Iowa and served in the Fifty-seventh Wisconsin during the war. He outlived his wife, who died February 18, 1910, and leaves a sister in San Francisco and a stepdaughter in Muscatine. Funeral arrangements were not yet set and flowers were requested not to be sent.
About fifty youths from the First Baptist Church of the city gathered last evening at the W. 3 Wilton road residence four miles north of town. They enjoyed a lively lawn program with games on the green, followed by refreshments and an impromptu program featuring Harry Wiehburn on the piano and performances by Mrs Grace Samuels and Mrs Mae Kent.
At the fifteenth Republican National Convention in Chicago the second day opened with ten hours of debate over the presidential nomination. Senator Elihu Root of New York was chosen temporary chairman by 658 to 602, while Governor McGovern and Senator Hadley maneuver for Roosevelt support and a possible double convention. Taft forces plan a long roll call and committee actions, with Hadley leading the Roosevelt faction and Poindexter signaling a potential bolt if Roosevelt is blocked.
A man from Corbin Kansas recounts a three year battle with a spreading back rash. After trying many medicines he finds relief using Cuticura Soap Ointment and the Revolyent over three to four months. He credits him health to the product and endorses its use. The ad notes Cuticura Remedies as skin treatments and offers a free sample booklet through Potsur Drug & Chem. Corp.
Lenders pace talks with no shift in Roosevelts and Tafts contest. Delegates plan credentials test and roll calls before any compromise candidates. Temporary officers named include Root as chairman and Gleason as secretary with a large slate of assistants and clerks.
Beekeeping faces severe disruption with thirty two Iowa counties reporting bee disease. state inspector Frank C. Pellet warns localities where impact is worst may lose most of their beekeeping activity. He estimates two full-time inspectors needed through summer to cover affected areas and urges college and extension service action in Ames. He notes no beekeeping instruction at State College and potential honey yield could be ten times higher with encouragement. better pollination would boost other crops. Also notices a bid opening for a Fairport Muscatine County schoolhouse with July 2 1932 deadline. plans available at designer home or county superintendent.
Court grants clemency to 16 year old Wardy Ben ham for first offense damaging property on Rock Island railroad. Judge L J Horan orders weekly reports to sheriff with probation. potential harsher action if rules broken. Also notices bids for Muscatine school district McKinley building addition due June 2 1912 and explains bidding and bonding requirements.
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