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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
4
A mix of notices lists items for sale a large safe and a hot cocoa stop at Slaughter s and flaxen linen waists at Lilly s a car of alfalfa for dairymen several personal updates including births at Eleventh street Bryant avenue and a hospital recovery for Mrs Bertha M Johnson also community events and loans offered by J E Stevenson and the Colonel Hare Circle meeting at 1110 Cedar street.
The case, one of the county's most sensational in years, cites five counts of slander by F F Carl and seeks $19 000 in damages per count. The prior January filing was dismissed. new suit filed today with attorneys Jayne Hoffman Wade for the defense and Carpenter Kent for the plaintiff.
The Heinz Company advertises a price of 10 dollars per ton or 30 cents per bushel for No 1 tomatoes and 6 dollars per ton for No 2 for the 1909 season. A company solicitor will visit growers to discuss contracting.
All members of the A. O. UT. W. are requested to be present at the meeting tonight. Business of importance includes the initiation of candidates in first and second degree. Per order Master Workman.
The Women's Missionary society of the United Brethren church held a regular meeting at the home of Mrs. W. J. Vannatta. Devotional exercises were led by Mrs. N. Neidig and papers on foreign work were read by Mrs. A. Anderson, Mrs. Frank Ellman, and Mrs. Charlotte Hare. Officers were elected for the coming year including Miss Carie Mull as president and Mrs. Charlotte Hare as first vice president. Delegates for the Iowa branch convention in Muscatine were arranged for, with a post-meeting social and refreshments.
Rev and Mrs Herman Wenner hosted Luther League members at the parsonage on East Ninth Street Tuesday evening. After business and class work an impromptu program was presented by the young people. Miss Cora Angersbach of 1101 Iowa Avenue will host next on April 6.
Mr and Mrs Robert Kelly of Cedar Rapids Iowa announce the marriage of their daughter Lueya Belle to Harry LeRoy Elliott of Pittsburg Kansas The bride formerly Miss Lydia Morse of Eliza Illinois is well known in the area.
At a meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary society of the First Methodist Episcopal church yesterday afternoon, Miss May Villa Patten read the report from the general executive committee meeting held in Cincinnati from Oct 27 to Nov 5. A brief business session followed.
The Royal Neighbor Sunshine club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. George Holliday's home on Hershey Avenue. The next meeting is planned at Mrs. Nettie Kopf's Pond Street home on Tuesday afternoon March 16.
An advertisement extols Marmola Prescription Tablets as a safe natural way to lose about one pound daily without altering dining habits. It claims the tablets curb fat formation by addressing the fat forming tendency, offering economy and easy use with a 75 cent case. Detroit based Marmola Company markets the product.
Agnes Helen Groth and Edward Martin Kuriger were married this afternoon at Trinity rectory Davenport by Rev. G Dewitt Dowling. The couple, both noted Muscatine residents, were attended by Mr and Mrs William Royster of Muscatine.
Mrs David Vanatta of 508 Woodland Avenue hosted the Presbyterian Ladies Aid yesterday afternoon with fifty members in attendance. The next meeting is set for March 17 at Mrs Lydia Vanatta’s home several miles northeast of the city.
Frances Rosenbaum was chosen as delegate and J R Ellis as alternate at a Wednesday Irving Temple of Pythian Sisters meeting. The grand temple convention is scheduled for Sioux City in August.
Iowa Lodge No. 2 A F and A M will conduct the third degree tomorrow evening at 7 o clock. All members in good standing are invited. Per W M.
The Homesteaders Ladies Industrial group met yesterday at Mrs F W Lewis home 813 Chestnut Street. The next gathering is set for Mrs E B Lewis at 616 East Sixth Street.
The Dorcas society met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. Hibbard at Walnut and Fifth streets. Mrs. Henry Harris is scheduled to be the next hostess on Wednesday March 17.
The U B Ladies' Aid society will not meet tomorrow afternoon at the church parlors. The meeting has been indefinitely postponed.
St Katherine's Guild of Trinity Episcopal church met with Miss Stella Wilson of 316 East Fourth Street on Wednesday afternoon.
The A. B. Kensington club will meet at the church parlors tomorrow afternoon. A full attendance is desired.
Miss Gertrude Briggs entertained a number of her friends at her home on Smalley avenue last evening. The gathering reflected a warm social occasion with invited guests enjoying conversation and refreshments in a cordial setting.
Frank Minder of Lake township and Miss Alice Chapman of near Ardon were married last night at the United Brethren parsonage in Ardon by Rev. William Stice. The couple will reside on a farm in Lake township.
Ladies of the A. M. E. church served over 80 dinners today from 11 to 1 in observance of President Taft's inauguration. The event reflected community participation and local church support.
Henry Hessler was arraigned in Justice H. S. Howe's court this afternoon on a charge of assaulting Verne Rittenhouse earlier today. He pleaded guilty and was fined three dollars plus costs for the altercation at the Huttig factory where both men work.
Wilton Iowa March 4 a benefit program for the Epworth League at the M E church Friday evening at 8 oclock featuring Olive Hain Miss Jessie Stirlen Maude Marshall Josephine Stirlen and H Drohl with vocal solos violin numbers and a Romeo and Juliet duet performed by the Stirlen sisters plus whistling and reading selections all arranged for the occasion.
A large crowd gathered for an afternoon court session as judges prepared to select nine men likely to serve on the panel. The article notes high expectations and lists several candidates under consideration by the court.
The tortiet venireman was called before 3 PM with nine prospective jurors likely to serve. Nine peremptory challenges were used, leaving two per side. Names include Borgstedt Appel Hahn Concannon Gunderson Priester Morrison Crispin Nau Garwin Steninger Howe and Othmer. The panel may include Garwin and Steninger after careful voir dire.
John Haifleigh a retired Muscatine police official died at 3 pm at 802 West Eighth Street after a period of illness. He leaves a widow Anna L. and seven children Florence Edith Mrs Purdon Mrs Schilling Jefferson Charles and Clarence. He belonged to the Masonic group AOUW Red Men and the Muscatine County Aid Society and had siblings in Des Moines Harrisburg and Maryland. Funeral plans not yet arranged.
An Oklahoma woman nearly resigned due to stomach illness in spring 1904. After trying Grape-Nuts and cream, her burning stomach vanished, she kept working, and gained 26 pounds in three months. The letter is from Postum Co. and cites “There’s a Reason” and “The Road to Wellville.”
Mrs. Sarah Craddock of Muscatine and Miss Geneva Crow of Muscatine spent Friday with friends here. Mrs. T. E. Fell returned home Friday after visiting relatives in Indiana. Frank Nelson of Nichols Indiana is spending a few days at the Contriman home.
Miss Bergle and Hazel Cummings left for Davenport to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. Goldy Day and Rita of Sweetland visited the Romig home. Geo. Roy of Arkansas returned after a visit with Thomas Boot. Mrs. Will Reimers is improving after illness. Henry Nicolaus and wife visited their daughter Mrs. Hilbert Johnson. Lloyd Taylor bought a fine horse at the Howe sale north of Wilton. Maude Wathan left for Stockton to stay with Perry Baker. Charley Jasperson returned from Humboldt county. B L Norton spent a day on his Durant area farm. Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Johnson moved to a new home near the C. L. Packer arm.
A vignette from Aunt Anne shows her wearing a size twelve in the kitchen, boasting that the oversized shoes embarrass her but fit the moment, while the young house’s daughter learns of the humor and discomfort in old age.
A string of light vignettes and tall tales appears. Gideon King's wary calf draws a buyer with rustic bravado. The Boston era sketches Phillips Brooks and a famed sermonist stenographer. A London bishop and Lord Rosebery debate sleep versus sermons. A 1849 westward trek features Samuel Jefferson, a slave, and a coast to coast journey with rustic skepticism about a flat earth.
An old advertisement touts Leach’s Virgin Oil of Pine compound as a curative cough medicine. It lists a half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine two ounces of Glycerine and whisky to mix for a 24 hour cold cure and urges taking a teaspoonful every four hours. The product is said to be prepared and guaranteed by the Leach Chemical Co Cincinnati Ohio.
The New York Sun recounts Colonel Thomas Butler a US Army officer who died in 1805 in New Orleans amid a feud with General Wilkinson over his cue. Butler reportedly ordered a hole bored in his coffin head so his hair protruded in defiance.
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