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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
2
A new Iowa law requires farm names and land descriptions to be filed with the county recorder to avoid misdirected mail. Each farm name costs $1 to record, and existing names cannot be reused for another farm in the same county. Names can be canceled for 25 cents, with the option to file a new name for $1. The measure aims to straighten out naming tangles from prior land transfers.
Regimental Fifty Fourth units will encamp at Ottumwa starting August 28 for ten days, with camps and mobilization. Ottumwa is favored by local militiamen as a camping site. The State Shoot begins July 10 in Des Moines with regimental contests and a state match to form the state team for the national shoot.
Rev J M Walsh shifted from Washington to Cummings to establish a new parish. Rev F J Leonard and Rev J J Grieser return from Davenport to this city. Bishop Davis announces the board appointments, including the board of examiners and parish priest consultors, listing several priests by name across multiple towns.
U S desilvered Mosby identified at Fort Rosecrans as a deserter from the marine corps. Marines who knew him say he commanded insurgents in the Ti Juana fight and deserted about a year and a half ago. He admitted the recognition when confronted by Marines familiar with his earlier service at Mare Island.
D Frankel of Stroud Oklahoma recounts using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve on a swollen boil to cure it quickly. Claims include rapid relief for burns, scalds, cuts, corns, bruises, sprains and swellings. Sold for 35 cents at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
West Liberty Iowa June 24. Mrs John McCann returns from Tipton after visiting sister Mrs Louis Hamidl. J H Ditmers makes a satelical trip to Town City with companions from Austin Iowa and Mt Pleasant. Mrs Charles McClunn ill in Burlington prompts family travel. Several residents and visitors from Muscatine Davenport Downey Montezuma and Austin Iowa are noted in social visits and shopping trips.
Grateful mother writes of her eight month old child's head and face sores, itching and sleepless nights, cured in under three weeks by Cuticura Soap and Ointment after trying other remedies. Describes hair regrowth and dismissal of unsightly lesions. Ends with promotion of Cuticura products and Potter Drug and Chem Corp. Stamford free literature.
Names and movements fill a page with visits and relocations. Deloss Morris and family at Bankery convention in Mason City on June 1334. Tom and Mrs Stoops move into Chas Templeman property on North Columbus avenue en route to California. Ray Hill touring northern Iowa. Mrs C D Cristy visits sister Mrs Tremble. Pearl Detwiler returns to Muscatine. Bird Hilderbrand from Denver visiting Mrs W F Cooper and attending West Liberty Chautauqua. A.W. Morgan promotes Foley Kidney Pills.
Williamsburg Iowa hosts a three day Chautauqua with top western talent. On July 3 William Jennings Bryan headlines a program featuring lectures by Rev Joseph Nugent and Rev P M Simma, plus concerts by Forbes Band and Chautauqua Ladies Orchestra among others.
Cantaloupes from Southern California bound for Chicago and the East move through the city daily by fast fruit express trains. An official estimates 75 to 125 cars pass here weekly, delivering fruit to Chicago and eastern cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Boston, via Rock Island and Southern Pacific at El Paso. Transfers are quickly rushed to destinations.
A Bogne Construction Company gang of about forty workers has set up a camp near Pine Mills and will begin grading for the Davenport Interurban line. Philip Daman will supervise the project as several other construction gangs are expected to join the right of way this week. Grading aims to be finished before fall, per current indications.
In northwest Sonora, Agua Prieta and nearby areas, the first constitutional election for northwestern Sonora voters took place on June 24. Citizens cast ballots for commissioner and municipal judge as troops stood by to ensure a quiet process and prevent disturbances.
The Grace English Lutheran Sunday School plans an all day outing at Weed Park on Wednesday July 12. A variety of amusements for children will be provided with dinner and supper available, and soft drinks on hand. An afternoon athletic event will see children competing for honors, and many church members are expected to visit the east side park during the afternoon.
Great Western Cereal company announces sale of mills in Fort Dodge Indiana and Joliet Illinois to Quaker Oats company of Chicago with trade rights to Mothers brand. Company retains Akron Muscatine and Nebraska City properties. President Jay Morton states lack of working capital and profitability. sale safeguards shareholders while future operations depend on stockholders.
Beloit Wis men F Meyers and I Slagmaker voyage in a small canoe from Muscatine to Alton Indiana after a night stop. They travel south after resting here, claiming to average about sixty miles daily with unusual fortune on their river journey.
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