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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1905
Page
6
In Arden Iowa on June 26, a china shower honored Rev. D N Scott and Miss Ida Alterkruse ahead of their June 29 wedding. The entry lists visitors, travels, family news, social events, horse and cattle shipments, a masked masquerade at St. Johns chapel, a planned Fourth of July celebration, and local deaths and visits from nearby towns.
Cedar Rapids Commercial club members touring the region praised Oxford and its neat appearance. Cement sidewalks are being planned with several hundred feet to be installed this season. Norma Cotter returns home after teaching near North English. Iowa county reports a dry spell. Judge Byington rules the petition contains 416 names. Julius Schmidt and family visit from Columbus Junction. Nellie Jones of Brooklyn visits Oxford. A T Cook attends summer school in Iowa City.
OWA Legion of Honor, Incorporated on March 19 1879 reorganized May 22 1901. Argus Lodge No 17 meets second and fourth Tuesday evenings in Shammo hall. Dr C E Crow serves as President. Visiting members welcome.
The Rock Island railroad is again laying new lines to remove curves and avoid heavy grades between Oxford and Marengo. Farmers report corn progressing well except in waterlogged or baked soils in low places.
Downey Iowa June 26 Mrs Clarence Hollingsworth and daughter Ardis visiting at H K Gates. Sewing Circle met with Mrs Mary Holloway. Ladies Aid met with Mrs Earnest Wagoner. Refreshment stands planned for Fourth of July. Endeavor social a success. A C Holloway joined Bankers and Merchants trip to Brooklyn. Mrs A C Holloway hosting Miss Maxson of Victor. Arthur and Howard Cornwall visited relatives at Tiffin. Norris Wilson improving under care of Dr Kimble. Downey school building to be sold to highest bidder Saturday. Evans family to move after Fourth. Herbert Wilson visiting Norris Wilson. W Geiger from Tipton with Bell Telephone crew in town. Ray Nyemaster of Atalissa in town.
Riverside, Iowa residents welcome visitors from Cedar Rapids Port Byron Iowa City Mooreland and Wellman. A 6 to 0 ball win over Ainsworth highlights a busy week. Public programs and weddings mark the town’s social calendar as residents plan Fourth of July celebrations in Hills Kalona and Wellman.
Epworth League delegates who attended the Rock Island convention last week retired on Monday. Mrs Neely completed a visit with her daughter in Milan after the event.
Last week featured visitors including Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Wiley from Muscatine. Ostia Sedam and Kate Kane spent weekend on Buffalo Prairie with Yollie Lentze’s. Mrs. Sedam and Mrs. Gray made a business trip to Aledo. Commencement at the M. E. church Friday evening honored graduates Emma France Laura France and Frank Morehead with teachers John Lowe Agnes Schuttler and Maul Brisbin.
New Boston will celebrate July 4 with a grand parade at 10 30 a m a skiff and tule racing launches and amusements then a grand ball at Ballard hall music by the New Boston band Hon George W McCaskrin of Rock Island will be the orator Also noted crops on Bay Island ruined by high water and stock moved to the mainland Abraham Beard died of hernia was buried June 23 Rev H C Birch officiated Miss Dora Emerson and Mrs F L Schwertfeger visit Muscatine and Harvey IL residents Mrs C L Willits and son Ward visit with local relatives mentioning Maude McCluns once a grammar teacher.
The North English boys meet the Monograms at the ball grounds tomorrow after noon in their third consecutive clash, each side holding one victory. Local notes report several residents visiting relatives, illnesses, and minor misfortunes including a buggy accident and a repainting of the C M & St P depot.
Friends in Duncan Illinois were notified by telephone that Lena Lunn aged about 23 died at the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs Thomas McAfee last night after a battle with consumption. She was a young lady of Millersburg with local connections.
The obituary notes a father and brother having died years earlier and a mother about four years ago. The remains will be interred in the family lot in Millersburg tomorrow at 11 a.m. Also, A. J. and John Boney shipped cattle to Chicago last week and returned Saturday. Clyde Walter and Charles Minteer visited Aledo yesterday with A. and John Boney. Children’s Day was observed at Buffalo Prairie union church. the new well was filled and the children behaved well.
Miss Sarah Leverich closed her spring term at Melpine Iowa on June 23 with an evening program featuring pupils led by Miss Charlotte Cole and a cast including Mabel Brownawell Carrie Paul Gertie Raub Elmer Paul Willis King and others. The program included songs recitations dialogues duets and graphophone selections with multiple titled pieces such as A Finished Education The Doll's Wedding Wind Song The Husband's Petition and If the World Were Upside Down.
Gid Reed delivered hogs in Muscatine this week. E. H. Potter visited Muscatine Wednesday. Miss Anna Krueger and Maggie Powell attended the Epworth League convention at Rock Island. Children’s day at Buffalo Prairie was well attended with a good program. Rev. Johnson gave a fine address benefiting both children and older attendees. The Hazel Dell M E church held its quarterly conference June 24 evening led by Presiding Elder W R Wiley.
Foley & Co of Chicago originated Honey and Tar for throat and lung relief and warns that many imitations offer substitutes. The remedy is mildly laxative, contains no opiates, and is safest for children and delicate persons sold at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
Kalona prepares for a big Fourth of July program with a park cleanup and events already underway. Delegates travel to Des Moines for Christian convention duties while others head to Garwin Perry Wyoming and Monticello for work or visits.
The Pennsylvania Special, an eighteen hour train between Chicago and New York, runs daily from Chicago at 2 45 p m arriving in New York at 9 49 the return departs New York at 3 55 p m arriving in Chicago next morning It features Vestibuled and Electric-lighted Library Smoking Dining Sleeping and Compartment Observation Cars
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