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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
11
An employee narrowly avoids serious harm after an accident at the factory. Wittlan Heyer and William Theara are mentioned in the fragment, indicating names tied to the incident and personnel involved. The report notes a close call with potential injury, lacking full details due to the damaged OCR text.
A construction worker at the new hotel site narrowly escaped serious harm when the nearby bank caved in during the morning shift. He was buried briefly but freed by fellow workers and sustained only a bad bruise on the face.
Charleston reports indicate saloonkeepers across the state will close operations tonight to avoid enforcement of the prohibition amendment. Breweries and distilleries have shut for a month, with some converting plants for other manufacturing. Officials expect little trouble in populous counties as packaging and enforcement plans firm up.
The board plans a meeting next week but may defer to next Tuesday or a later date as Secretary McNell returns from Lake Geneva. Proposals discussed include a boys camp, re decoration of the first floor rooms, and tearing out partitions to reTurnify the large hall as part of an update.
State examiners began an audit of Muscatine County accounts today with B I Reichopf and George W W Kyte leading. After finishing Union county, the team moves to Muscatine to thoroughly examine offices and the 1918 records, with a broader audit of the treasurer’s year up to July 1. They expect to stay four to five weeks. Reichopf, familiar with Muscatine, previously recommended a new city hall and learned a new building had been voted.
Davenport Iowa June 30. The levee improvement area near the riverfront has produced a persistent odor from stagnant water behind the levee. The levee commission will apply disinfectants this afternoon in an experiment to kill the smell. Commissioners also met Milwaukee road officials and expect near agreement on removing some tracks and building a new depot, a move the railroad had delayed but the commission is pushing.
An enlarged framed portrait of R. M. Burnett, longtime Sunday school superintendent at First Baptist, was presented by organist Mrs L. L. Lane. The church plans to display enlargements of all past superintendents, including Thomas Prosser and the late Z. W. Hutchinson, and seeks a photo of C. W. Dillaway for the collection.
Glasgow report says the Ine-Cassandra arrived with 695 passengers today while the steamer California lies ashore off the coast. The remainder of the California’s passengers were landed at Londonderry yesterday. A Glasgow man named Hood was injured during transfer from the wrecked vessel. no other fatalities reported.
The advertisement touts saxolite as a simple solution for wrinkles and age lines. It claims quick, noticeable effects on facial contours and a refreshing lotion for warm days, urging readers to ask their druggist for saxolite powder.
Announcement this morning by Harry Earnhardt states the steamer Jdelén will carry a special Fourth of July excursion to Keokuk from tri-cities Mason City and Burlington. Moat will leave Friday evening at 9 30 and arrive Keokuk before noon Saturday return Sunday morning. Local signups grow. berths filling fast. Quincy from St Paul tonnage arrives tonight. river trade remains heavy. Also on July 2 Sidway will run two trips to tri-cities with Trinity Choir and Roach Hose Co moonlight excursion. Over 4000 attended last moonlight trip aboard W. W. under Trinity Guild.
Captain Boke announced regular daily trips of the boat See lay to Geneva Island will start Friday July 1. The service, previously charter or special, will run Saturdays and Sundays with additional trips. Many plan weekend visits as Geneva Island opens for the season, and more cottages have been built this spring near Geneva Island and Longsland.
A Linwood First Methodist church picnic featured athletic events with prizes. Winners included Joe Hathaway and Earl Fox in the boys fifty yard dash, Frances McGaughey and Dorothy Liebrand in the girls dash, and multiple relay and novelty races with participants such as Clayton Bond Teddy Kuechmann and Catherine Runyon among others.
St Louis residents began voting at 6 am on a proposed new city charter. Polls stay open until 7 pm with estimates of turnout between 80 000 and 120 000. The charter enjoys wide support from major party committees and civic groups amid a hard fought campaign. It would overhaul city government by reducing the number of officials and reshaping departments.
A proposed system would increase the mayoral authority, replace the current Lygo-chaite body with a long-house municipal assembly, and shift much administrative work to a board of public service. The plan envisions a reorganized framework for executive control and civic governance.
President Wilson today signed the naval appropriation bill providing for two new dreadnoughts and permitting the sale of battleships Mississippi and Idaho to Greece. Negotiations are now proceeding for the sale.
The North Avenue State Bank in Chicago halted runs last night and this morning. About fifty people queued to withdraw deposits as the bank paid out roughly 200000 dollars. Mr and Mrs Robert Tilman of Wilton visited the city yesterday to attend to business.
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