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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
3
Associated Press member notes Muscatine papers dominance with higher circulation than peers. Details subscription prices, delivery by carrier, and advance payments, plus locations of New York and Chicago offices and Journal agencies.
Onestater Answers offer guidance for contacting staff by department numbers. Names such as D. F. Thrown publisher and Mannsing editor appear among the listings. Business office calls use numbers 26 or 27 for contact.
In a senate speech yesterday Senator Cummins of Iowa attacked the Root amendment to the reciprocity measure. He argued the U S paper industry is controlled by a trust and opposed tariff protection for any industry where competition is destroyed by unlawful combination. He vowed to vote against protection for such industries, asserting competition is the essential price regulator.
A review in the Anita Republican recounts a recent Iowa encampment with a Denver veteran Brow n and Senator Lot Abraham. Brown refused candidacy against Abraham, recalling aid on the battlefield. The piece praises Muscatine hospitality and shows strong veteran respect.
The city of Muscatine proved itself a right royal host to the encampment with evident loyalty in decorations and public as well as private displays. Senator Young's Des Moines Capital questioned the Chicago Tribunal reciprocity poll and then set to polling Iowa editors. Of the Republican and Independent editors, 148 opposed reciprocity, 143 supported it, while 245 did not answer.
Davenport approved municipal ownership of waterworks amid debate on private supply. Des Moines notes private firms deliver good service, but impure water issues have fueled ownership calls elsewhere. Other papers report Roosevelt hints on Taft support and tariff debates, plus social event notes and a Des Moines cut-out law inquiry.
Prairie Grove residents report visits from West Liberty Union Valley and Canterdale families. Mrs Earl Jackson from West Liberty spent the day with relatives, Mrs Glen Walker and two children from Union Valley came for the weekend, Frank Kelch and family visited, Allen Binck and wife from West Branch stopped by, Myrtle Pinney improves after rheumatism, C Schto lo and family toured the river to visit a sister, and the funeral of Mrs Minch of Oklahoma was held at Springdale Friends church.
Forty years ago Lewis Coe returned today from the State Sabbath School convention at Waterloo. He reports no large attendance and an interesting session. Rev J H Vincent was the most prominent Sabbath school worker from abroad. Philip Philips was detained at Marshalltown by sickness. Thirty years ago the high school commencement takes place in the Opera House tomorrow evening with an admission fee of ten cents. The program and music interspersed. Twenty years ago the Young Men's Christian Association held an ice cream festival with handsome beavers, a mandolin quartet, and refined social intercourse. Ten years ago June 28 was Sunday.
On June 21 1911 Harold Berk and Fannie Hook were married at the bride’s parents home south of Ecolesboro. Rev J B Newsom officiated with Hugh Newsom on the organ. Bridesmaid Lenna Beck and best man Fred Wiederrecht assisted as guests enjoyed a lawn ceremony and a fruit punch dinner. The couple will reside on the Belk home farm near Grandview after August 1.
Accompanied by Mrs Grant Hook and Raymond Wright, local events include the Wapello baseball team beating West Liberty 16 to 10. Council approves a new sewer district from Franklin street to the river, with various street routes. Gossip covers travel to Denver, billiard hall sale and occupancy, visits of Gunnells children, Cedar Rapids and Mediapolis errands, and social ties among residents. A wedding tale notes Harold Belk and Miss Fannie Hook, with out-of-town guests listed, and church notices set August 2 80 with communion plans led by Rev Newsom. Also: district conference in Muncatine and planned October gathering in Wapello.
The wedding of Je the daughter of Mr and Mrs Paris near Grandview surprised many friends who wish the couple long happiness. The bride, a Wapello high graduate of 1907, taught Belk district school for three years and is noted for charm and ability. The groom, son of Clinton Cocklin of Grandview, is a prosperous young farmer. They will reside near Grandview.
West Liberty June notices describe Nellie Bowman entertaining seven friends at a Taylor pasture picnic for her fifteenth birthday. Other social items list Kingston Kensington party for Beasle Pickering of Des Moines, visits, and Chautauqua plans as residents socialize and travel through West Liberty and nearby towns.
Millersburg residents recount Monday visits by Mrs Kennedy and daughter Mrs Murdock to M D Murdock. Mrs Murdock has been visiting Illinois relatives while her Iowa home is noted. Mrs McKay and son Maynard brought Julia Murdock, Aldo Anderson departs with Miss. L F R Hyett’s funeral held at Methodist church with Rev Crane sermon. Elder Goodenough left for Aledo to meet Sider Joseph Arbor. Rebekahs hosted a banquet in Aledo. Mrs George Thornton shopped in Aledo. Mrs Marsh Summers visited Seaton to see her mother Mrs Wm Blair. Clint Summers and Walt Wickeland left for Muscatine via New Boston to attend GA R encampment. Julia Murdock Ruth Braught visited friends Bessie Edith Baker. M D Murdock traveled to Aledo for Muscatine train and attended the encampment.
The page records family visits and social events across Muscatine. Fragments mention reunions with Mrs Charles Foster and Sullivan Ellsworths, Ernest and his bride Dick Morrow returning home, Miss Fern Smith visiting Miss Bernice Burgess, and gatherings at Myre and the Presbyterian church. Local residents like Ruth Braught and the Wakeland brothers oversee renovations, with college rallies and Children’s Day exercises noted.
Howard Groves arrives from Wenatchee Washington on Tuesday and plans to spend time in Keota before heading to San Antonio Texas. Local Keota friends express delight at his return while others from Berea and Monmouth, Ames and Indianapolis gather for summer plans and visits. John Koch and wife celebrate a newborn son as local obituaries note the death of O G Johnson with burial in Secota.
Pine Creek Indiana June 23. Born to Mr and Mrs Henry Fitchner a son. Charles Fix visited son C E Fix near Blue Grass. Many young folks boarded the Helen Blair to spend Sunday in Davenport. Earnest and Willard Reeves from nearby town attended.
Crawfordsville Iowa June 22 Rov J C Currie came home from Sterling Kansas where he was called to care for his aged mother who died Friday morning. U P C A of the U P church held a social at the Maxwell home last evening. Wake Neal and J F Buxbaum fished yesterday. Mr and Mrs Wm Hook of Chicago visited Mrs Hook's mother Mrs Mary Waler. Elis Kongable of Winfield visited friends here Sunday. T E Maxwell traded a stack of groceries for a farm in Dutch Creok township to W C Hotle. The business change will take place July 1. Mr Manners suffered a severe neuralgia in the face last evening. Miss Florence McCleary went to Winfield last evening. Miss Jennie Stevenson attending normal institute at Mt Pleasant.
Bids are invited by the Independent School District of Muscatine Iowa for plumbing and heating work at Lincoln School. Sealed proposals must be received by noon July 26 1911. Specifications on file with the secretary Room 407 German American Building Muscatine Iowa. Bidder must furnish bond. The district may reject any or all bids. Special committee members W W Hill W Hutchinson and J W Hahn dated June 22 1911.
Order of sale issued by Muscatine County District Court referee directs sale of real estate for partition. On July 16 1911 at 2 pm at the courthouse Muscatine the seven unit in block 58 original plat will be sold for cash to the highest bidder. Referee R EB Johnson signs the notice dated June 16 1911.
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