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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
15
Preparations led by Glen Kemp aim to outdo all previous picnics with a July Fourth gathering in Fruitland. The event, planned along the river, expects wide town participation and extensive committee work for comforts and enjoyment.
Advertisement note for & SON CO offering products sold exclusively through retail grocers. Direct readers to write R. E. Hosler, District Manager, Davenport, Iowa, for current price lists.
East Hill gains a new industry as T L Erwin buys the old Newman carpenter shop and remodels it into a butter plant with twelve cutting machines. Installation starts next week and the factory should operate within two weeks.
George Gebhardt of 319 Gilbert Street suffered blood poisoning after swimming in the river last week. A bruised right limb from a sharp object worsened, but Dr. E B Fulham treated him. he is resting easier but confined to bed.
Miss Florence Edith Asay wed Harvey Ival McCleary in a private afternoon ceremony at the Montgomery home. The groom, 19, and bride, a year younger, will honeymoon in Illinois City with the bride's mother before returning to establish a home here later in the fall. The event followed a prior incident when the bride was found unconscious on a terrace after consuming acid.
A large crowd attended an illustrated lecture by Arthur K. Peck of Boston on the life-saving service. Clarke Bowers Recital company performed with Clarke, Ruth Bowers, and Grace Desmond. Dr Mangold spoke on The Message of Environment and the scouts camp for children closed the morning session.
Iowa Elkdom plans a special Chicago to Atlantic City train for Grand Lodge session attendance. Muscatine Elks will join the national Elks assembly next month with delegates led by John B. Reay and wife.
Nurses and physicians at the Jewish maternity hospital have given up their rooms as baby arrivals surge. Since June 1, 165 babies born including 12 sets of twins, one set nine pounds each. Medical staff sleep under roof tents. hospital cats reportedly mother to 14 kittens.
Muscatine soprano Mrs. Margaret Gertrude Lange thrilled Music Teachers’ Association of Iowa attendees in Davenport with Arditi’s Magnetic Waltz Song. Her coloratura voice and finish earned two standing ovations. accompanied by Mrs. Alice Collins Chase. Lange studied in Chicago and St Louis, including the American Conservatory of Music, and Oberlin under teachers.
Mrs Henry Matthey of Davenport sang a select program in the high school auditorium with Charles Grade at the piano. A Davenport paper praised his piano work as ideal accompaniment. The Progressive Reading circle hosted a Geneva island outing at Oneonta with 26 attendees aboard the launch W J B featuring picnic meals and outdoor activities marking the last warm weather gathering.
The Grace Lutheran Aid society gathered Wednesday afternoon for sewing with twenty attendees and refreshments. The church missionary society met Wednesday evening for a monthly session and studied Western Women in Eastern Lands. The next meeting is the third Wednesday in July. Mrs Dankert will host Kensington event on the first Friday afternoon in July.
A group of young people including Gladys Moylan Beryl Richards Genevieve Leysen Helen Richards Mildred Morgan Genevieve Ryan Ida B Davis Frieda Stocker Harold Barnard Charles Baker Harold Reuling Barry Anson Paul Grigsby Simon Stein visited the Frank Anson cottage on Geneva island Wednesday afternoon and evening. Mrs W W Richards and Mrs C E Crow accompanied them. Chalet the Asthalter cottage.
Wednesday's regular Weed park club session at the club house re-elected officers: President Mrs T R Fitzgerald Vice President Mrs Adelia Parvin Secretary Mrs H S Howe Treasurer William Huttig social committee Mesdames William Huttig Snowden and McCoy. Plans for summer work include window screens. a picnic supper followed. Next meeting set for July 11 at the club house.
Miss Ethelyn Salisbury entertained Altrora club members on a Wednesday evening at a launch party honoring house guests Miss Lillian Young of Chicago and Miss Letta Artz of Mt. Madison. The outing aboard the launch Ethel III included river cruising and a veranda reception at the launch club house.
Mrs Jennie Sywassink entertained the Young People's society of the Reformed church Wednesday evening at her Lucag Street home. Instrumental music by Miss Amelia Sywassink highlighted the social hour after the study. Refreshments followed. The next meeting will be at Eugene Sywassink's home on Kindler Avenue.
Tomorrow at three o'clock the women of the First Methodist church will ride the Mulberry avenue streetcar to the Fritschman country home three blocks from the line end. Attendees should bring their own dishes for the event.
The Royal Neighbors lodge held a Wednesday session in Woodmen hall to transact business matters pertinent to its members and future activities.
The wedding of Miss Ada Cheno weth and Ray Coverston of New Mexico is set for this evening at 8 30 o'clock.
Titus Loan and Investment Company advertises first mortgage loans offering 5 percent and 6 percent interest. The notice promotes funding options for property owners seeking secured financing.
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