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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
2
W L Roach and E M Warner addressed men and Wesleyan classes urging total abstinence and moral effort. Temperance Sunday drew large Sunday school attendance at First M E and First Presbyterian churches with talks stressing safeguarding the city from temptation.
Sherwood Samuels a 12 year old boy living at 316 Cellar Street crashed his bicycle into a horse and buggy at Third and Cedar streets Saturday night after 7. He suffered a fractured right leg above the knee a fractured collar bone and a scalp wound. He was taken home for care by Drs. Tyler and Heidel. He expects a full recovery. The two young men in the buggy were seen but unnamed. Sherman does not blame the drivers.
Bargains listed include a new five room cottage with full lot at 1150 dollars a six room house and lot for 1000 dollars and a six room cottage with lot for 1650 dollars plus a five room cottage with bath closet full lot and barn for 2200 dollars. G M Titus at 213 Iowa Ave notes many other bargains.
Bids will be received on the site on Thursday July 15 1909 at 2 pm for Drainage District Ten. Work includes ditch construction across several stations with varying base depths and side slopes. About 20000 cubic yards of earth removal. Located in Muscatine County towns Goshen and Pike townships. Bids require certified check 10 percent. Map and profile at County Auditor office. Work to start within 30 days and finish by November 1 1909. Board may reject bids or readvertise. Muscatine Iowa June 19 1909 A S Lawrence County Auditor.
Mayor Wm Grossklaus of Muscatine designates Monday July 5 as Independence Day observance. He calls for all industries and business houses to close to allow citizens to observe the day.
Keota Iowa hosts visitors including Mr and Mrs Frank Turner of Worthington Minnesota and relatives Mrs John Longman and Mrs William Lindauer. John Robertson returns from Mt Pleasant. A. E Stewart and daughters Lois and Clara plan coast trip via expo. Orphean Musical Club heads to Topeka for Chautauqua with possible fall concert. Miss Amy Gardner and Florence Wright visit Oskaloosa and Indianola. Ray Hulse and sister Ruby spend time in Washington. Fourth of July accident at Star drug store as Boyd Smith burns palm from a bursting Roman candle.
Iowa enacts wide ranging rules from jury reforms to voter law changes, teacher and court duties, and new penalties. Primary election rotation begins, reporters gain pay, jurors’ pay rises, and license rules tighten for doctors and optometrists. Age proof for minors required, and public schools cancel fraternities. Saloons limited, hospitals funded, and rural codes update hedges and fences. The Cedar Falls state normal school becomes State Teachers College.
The Y M C A gym will receive several new apparatus and more Indian clubs during the summer. Physical Director Johnson works on the tennis court while Button dust is mixed with dirt to firm the ground. J G Mitchell, elected secretary, cannot arrive until July 3 from Duluth and will assume duties on arrival.
Auditor Bleakley rules liability companies cannot issue auto owner policies that shield drivers from accident suits. Only vehicle use for transporting goods may carry such coverage. About ten firms may keep existing policies until expiration, new ones will lose licenses.
Buffalo Iowa residents share family updates as Sa b ina Murer returns from Florence Arizona for the summer. Local travelers Mrs John Murphy and others head to Chicago Durant Davenport Muscatine and Kewanee for medical visits holidays and visits with relatives and friends. A new baby girl joins Mr and Mrs Fred Thompson and other residents return from trips and outings around Davenport and Muscatine.
Olive Branch Iowa community updates list Sunday visits family gatherings and travel. Residents O W Hintermeister J J Hintermeister William Kleist Basil names Miss Hazel Wilson Clara Pelton and others share weekend visits weddings and school plans with Cranston Muscatine and Cedar Rapids ties noted.
Miss Carrie Bell from Davenport visited Miss Hazel Mills. Nick Ross hosted a house party with Rock Island and Muscatine relatives. Charles Chesebro hauled corn to Nichols. Clyde Rice vacationing with Lyle Rice family. Hazel Adams visited Conesville. Mary Mapes rode to Nichols for dental work. Milton Rice and county farm inmates fished at Pike Run. J P Nugent visited Muscatine for business. Roy Cochran and Roy Lukenbach hosted guests after a ball game in Adams.
East Wapsie Iowa news notes that Miss Bessie Hudson has returned to Iowa from an unspecified location, with the item dated June 28.
Miss Anna Kroes, who had been staying with Mr. and Mrs. John Scrautemeyer at 1215 Oak Street, returned to her home in Riverside this morning.
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