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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1915
Page
4
Residents objected to creating a lake on the east side of Oregon Street with dredge sand and water. The pipes are now emptying on the river side of the levee instead of inside the enclosed region. Sand and gravel had piled up on sawdust, which would have risen to levee level if continued. A future plan is hoped to extract benefits of the fill without the current objection.
Two new Muscatine industries impress hydraulic engineer C. W. Crum of Iowa by inspecting the Zeidler concrete culvert plant and the Northern Gravel plant. He photographed them for lantern slides to be shown in Extension Department lectures. Both plants showcase modern design and construction tailored to their locations.
Col drummer reports a string of social visits and moves across Muscatine and nearby towns. F H Bierman spent hours in Muscatine. Miss Margaret Bliven leaves for Marceline Missouri to visit relatives. Mrs M E Lamb visits son J A Lamb in Wapello. Various residents travel to Iowa City and Burlington.
Activities at Morning Sun include talks by Rev S Boyd Johnson and local youths Miss Ruth Lilja Lulu Orr Edith Orr Minerva Ossip Madge Duncan with Messrs Russell Gilkey and Harold Schabilion. Hazel Wagner arrives from Grinnell after commencement and visits aunt Mrs E B Tucker before returning to Grandview.
British observers say enemies hold Germans north of Arras and surround Souchez on three sides. Italy shells Gorizia rail station. rumors say Entente offers Bulgaria territory, but no alliance signed yet. Yeoman excursion to Tri-Cities tomorrow. Adv.
L. A. Crull, son of Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Crull of Sweetland, opens a law office in Room 202, Muscatine State Bank building. He recently earned L B and LL D degrees from Drake University and wrote the winning thesis Survivors' Right of Election, with forty classmates competing.
Journal want ads advertise farms from 85 to 130 dollars per acre and real estate services by Romig and Compton at 21714 Fast 2nd Street Alascatine Iowa. Another listing offers a good milk cow, a fresh cow soon, and a Ford bull from CG Freyermuth in Wilton R1.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an examination on Saturday July 24 at the local post office to fill the Fruitland fourth class postmaster vacancy. E Knouse resigned June 1 but will stay until a successor is named. Applicants must be 21 or older and residents within the post office territory. forms and details available from Fruitland postmaster or the Civil Service Commission in Washington DC.
A man who gave the name Quill Daugherty from Warsaw Illinois was struck by a Rock Island freight train while attempting to ride it in Columbus Junction Iowa. He lost a leg and was taken to the city hall for care. He left behind a wife and two children in Warsaw as companions Carl Peterson and Sam Ringgold confirmed. Yeoman excursion advertised for tomorrow with admission 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children.
June 18 at Cedar Valley School Moscow township featured a noon picnic for pupils parents and friends followed by a varied program including songs recitations such as Welcome andDie Mc Connaha Grandpa's Whiskers and A Smack in School dialogues like Grammatical Difficulties and Duty plus a flag drill and patriotic songs. The lineup lists numerous students including Elsie McConnaha Mary Garvin Lloyd Garvin Leona Lutz and others performing multiple acts.
Muscatine friends of Thomas J. Fitzgerald formerly of this city learned of his marriage to Evelyn Krueger in Boise Idaho on June 10 at 6 30 p m Reverend David Jones officiated with Mrs Edwin St Clair as matron of honor and C F Man as best man The couple plans a brief visit to Salt Lake City after the ceremony.
Mrs. Sarah Geibel, a delegate to the Sioux City Iowa convention, presented her report yesterday afternoon at the Major John Circle gathering hosted by Mrs. BE L Kemptner. Her address summarized key convention notes and notable outcomes, reflecting the group's interests and future plans.
The report was unusually well prepared and followed by routine business and a pleasant social hour. Dainty refreshments were served. The next regular session is scheduled for two weeks, July 3, at the Kemptner home. Boat leaves at 9:00 a.m. sharp.
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