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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
12
A column offers home remedies and beauty tips from Mrs Mae Martyn and readers. Suggestions include spur max lotion for skin tone and whitening, canthrox shampoo for hair fullness, a kardene tonic for complexion, tonic drops for eyes, a grease-free skin cream recipe, and a parnotis fat reducer claimed to cut fat without dieting.
D Strouse heads to Columbus Junction to visit friends while Mrs E J Manson returns to Eddyville after city visits. Leysen's Millinery advertises a special sale on trimmed hats through July 4 at 1124 West 2nd Street and 124 West 2nd Street. Dr Horace L Husted offers general practice and eye ear nose throat care with glasses fitted. phone 953, through July 4.
Members of the O and Co club met at Mrs. G W Porter’s East Sixth street home for a social afternoon of fancy work. A handkerchief shower was given for Mrs H S Hurlbut who leaves for the west tonight. Embroidery Club members mark Mrs Hurlbut’s first wedding anniversary with a counterpane at Mrs Rufus Brown’s Park avenue home.
Mr and Mrs E Brandenburg of Iowa avenue returned from Chicago where they attended the marriage of their son Dr Homer D Junkin to Miss Erma Warren both well known in Muscatine The ceremony occurred Tuesday evening at the Hotel Morrison.
Mr and Mrs Jacob Minder Jr mourn the loss of their six month old son Roy Kenneth who died this morning at the family residence six miles west of the city. Death was caused by stomach trouble. Funeral will be held tomorrow at the residence.
All members of Bloomington Council No 175 F A A are urged to attend the regular meeting Friday night June 22. Important business will be transacted at this meeting and of interest to every member. Geo Schoton, Secy.
The notice urges patrons to use the secure vault for deeds abstracts insurance policies and other valuables. Private boxes are available for 82.00 a year with emphasis on safety and prompt action.
Ada proclaims a remedy mixing alcohol, water, and quinzain to treat hair loss and dandruff. The tonic is said to stop shedding, nourish the scalp, and leave hair glossy and fluffy. It claims widespread use by high class hairdressers and barbers.
Consumer guide notes that plain delatone applied as a paste removes troublesome hairs quickly. Obtain an ounce from a druggist, mix with water to form paste, apply to skin surface, wait two to three minutes, then rub off and wash. Cost is about one dollar per ounce, often needing no second application.
About 400 excursionists arrived in Muscatine this afternoon from Burlington aboard the Steamer Columbia. The German Baptist church of Burlington organized the trip, and the boat docked shortly after 2 pm and will stay in the city until 5 50 pm.
In San Francisco on June 22 the international Sunday schools triennial sessions heard reports from Mexico West Indies and Central America. Mrs Zillah Foster Stevens spoke on temperance in Sunday schools as 14 946 504 pupils are named in the new report by General Secretary Marion Lawrence, a gain of 1 431 000 since the last convention.
Bellevue Iowa June 22 investigation into Peter Frieden death yields mystery as body found beside Milwaukee railroad tracks shows throat cut ear to ear and neck broken with crush injuries suggesting murder rather than train kill. Frieden was wanted for arson.
Mildred Winner of Waterloo aged 29 confessed to police she realized $600 from an $800 check she forged by signing the name of Galloway Gibson, a local firm. She was arrested while wearing a new silk dress, a $40 hat, and jewelry bought with the money. She claimed the motive was to pay several due bills.
At the Baptist World Alliance session in Philadelphia on June 22 a campaign opened to raise 100000 dollars for a Baptist seminary in St Petersburg Russia. In an hour 70000 dollars had been subscribed after Russian delegates spoke about Baptist work in Russia.
The National Saddlery Manufacturers Association in Chicago elected Henry Diegel of Atchison Kansas as president on June 22. Other officers named include Vice President Fred Schoellkopf of Dallas Texas Treasurer Albert Kuhlmey and executive committee member at large T F Hopkins of Rock Island Illinois.
Prof J G Carter Troop of the University of Chicago condemns Bertha M Clay and Marie Corelli as unmentionable while praising William Dean Howells. L G Focht of Eagle Grove outlines five outer qualities for teachers and urges punctuality neatness energy honesty sincerity and sympathy during a Muscatine county teachers institute session.
The Geneva Golf and Country Club begins qualifying for the Fourth of July championship this week. All members must play two rounds to qualify, with first nine holes counted from Friday June 23rd and second nine open to be completed by July 3rd. No play June 30th due to an open qualifying date. team matches resume the Friday after July 4 with additional putting and approach contests offering prizes.
President Taft spent the day drafting a speech for the New York State Bankers association banquet at Manhattan Beach. He will address Aldrich currency reform and attend a Canadian club banquet later in the evening at the same venue.
Fighting began around noon five miles southeast of Tijuana between Mexican troops led by Celso Vega and Col Miguel Mayol and rebels under General Jack Mosby near Ti Juana hot springs. Noncombatants fled to the United States, Red Cross nurses traveled to Ti Juana to aid the wounded, and a large crowd gathered at the line at noon.
Former Greenwood Illinois union treasurer John R. May alias Sam Jones was arrested in Louisville Kentucky and will be held for Bond County authorities to answer a $400 embezzlement charge from the Coal Miners Union. He was working at the Centennial mine at the time of arrest.
Chicago officials reported the first day of summer bids failing to set a new heat record as temperatures climbed from 77 degrees at 7:30 to 92 by 11 o'clock. Observers warned hotter weather ahead while the record for the year stood at 98.5 degrees. A west wind and low humidity limited prostrations with few cases reported.
Johnnie Gonding, a catcher purchased from Omaha Western League, was named manager of the Rock Island Three Eye team today. He succeeds Bill Carney, who has been released. The announcement comes from Rock Island dated June 22.
Grandview residents and guests frequent Muscatine for shopping and visits. Mrs. Frank Lamansky and Miss Ninette Teets travel for errands. J J Stingle and Maude Hidlebaugh halt in Muscatine. families from Des Moines and Muscatine visit relatives in Grandview. Encampment attendance, car travel, and new residence noted.
Local residents from Nichols and Muscatine are noted visiting relatives, attending meetings, and conducting business. Names include Rev E Madrigal, Postmaster C A Arnhood, Miss Sophia Gonse, Mrs Sophia Connor, and Mrs Geo Rexroth among others, with trips to Muscatine and surrounding areas and a birth announced for June 14. A musical event at the Methodist church and several weekend trips are listed.
Wilmington Delaware June 22 The United States Circuit Court for the district of Delaware declares the powder trust dominated by E I Dupont de Nemours Company a restraint of interstate commerce in powder and explosives in violation of the Sherman Act and orders its dissolution and enjoins further monopoly activity.
Kiel Germany June 22 The American Yacht Biberot won the third race in the international sonderklass series. Beaver was second and German Seehund IIIL finished third. American Cima and German Tilly XIV finished in order. Wannasee broke a gaff and did not start.
In Columbus Ohio 418 marksmen began the American match as part of the Interstate Association Twelfth Grand American Handicap. The five day program features ten twenty target events with a ten dollar entry, a five hundred dollar added purse, a winner's guaranteed prize of at least one thousand dollars plus a trophy from the association.
Mrs Adolph Othmer underwent surgery at Bellevue Hospital on Monday and is reported to be improving as well as can be expected.
An ordinary case of diarrhoea can be cured by a single dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This remedy has no superior for bowel complaints. For sale by all dealers.
The Davidson team secured a third victory in the first match against Jayne, edging ahead by one point in the closest contest yet. Cronin's scoring error was corrected, noting a point loss previously credited.
Ottumwa Iowa June 22 The Iowa Christian church convention closed with election of assembly officers President J C Box Ottumwa first vice president L W Syem West Liberty second vice president I N McIntire Sheldon recording secretary W H Clark Eldora assistant recording secretary Nellie Jay Des Moines The state board of managers named President W B Garrett Des Moines vice president L L Taylor Centerville treasurer J M Lucas Des Moines recording secretary J J Groves Ames corresponding secretary B S Denny Des Moines superintendent Bible schools W T Fisher Des Moines superintendent Christian Endeavor W C Cole Nevada
Real estate transfers listed from Journal of Titus Loan & Investment Co. include many parcels in Wilton Fairport Muscatine and North Muscatine. Notable deeds show transfers to Gertrude M Lange Urpan Lodge and May Parmalee for $11,000, with other $1.00 and $50 to $2,650 transactions.
In Washington D C on June 22 Senator Culberson of Texas introduced a resolution proposing an investigation by the privileges and elections committee into campaign contributions in the 1904 and 1908 elections. It aims to report methods of curtailing subscriptions and limiting them to proper sources. Senator McGumber introduced a bill amending the Pure Food and Drug Act per Taft’s recommendations. The House refused to concur in the Bristow amendment on direct senatorial elections. Appropriations for the third session totaled 1,026,682,882, down 1,218,747 from the prior session.
Children day program set for Sunday morning at 11 at Grace Reformed church Wilton features recitations by Vera Barton Wendell Esenbeck Harold Duncan Howard Lenker Lillian Duffe Eva Carson Raymond Duffe Nettie Chasteen Clarence Lenker Bessie Duncan and others Rev S R Kresge to deliver address with offerings and benediction Local visitors include E O Burnside from Muscatine and Mrs M F Robinson visiting Cedar Rapids plus Chas Tuesil from Durant Nick Paros from West Liberty on business in area
Mrs. Clara Bamford of Creston Iowa stayed with the Wood family for a weekend visit. Numerous neighborhood residents attended W M S gatherings and various callers visited local households including Cleo Foster from Chicago, the Weikert sisters, the Kramers, the Fishburn family, and others. A. J. Wood joined by James Farrington enjoyed a river boat trip Thursday.
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