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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
2
Mayor Schmidt urged selling the hay market to fund a modern city hall in Muscatine. He cited finances, debt reduction, and property valuations as keys while praising recent city improvements and urging strict enforcement of safety laws.
The new city council was organized after the old council departed. J J Ryan remains as city engineer pending a later decision. Alderman Holmes pushes Hershey Hose Co. building plan on Hershey Avenue. Mayor Schmidt offered a brief farewell and outlined goals for the coming year. Alderman Leu Al and Leu, bedridden, attend briefly. Leu later excused. Retiring members Frank Eppel and William Van Zyl farewells noted. Leu absent due to illness. Weis thanks council.
The council seated its new members and appointed officials including City Recorder Gustav Weis by acclamation, deferred the city engineer's action, and announced standing committees. Ballots selected Chief Vannatta for police, Fuller for street commissioner, Bloom for weighmaster, Kobes for sexton, and wardens for each fire district. Annual official reports were read only to titles as Certificates of service were awarded to Relief Hose members Kopf Elfers Jarck Lemkau Schroeder.
History notes Beaumont and Spallanzani shaping gastric science after a gunshot wound case with Alexis St Martin. Promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as natural digestives, claimed to aid digestion and replenish stomach juices. Sold by druggists, 50 cents, or free trial by mail from F H Stuart Marshall.
Rev J P Ryan formerly of Muscatine now Davenport has been named monsignor protonotary apostolic by Pope Pius. He will henceforth be addressed as Rt Rev Monsignor. The honor is the highest for a priest and his Muscatine friends welcome the papal recognition.
Chief W J Vannatta was re elected and began a second year leading Muscatine police. Michael Wilhite remains deputy chief as Frank Binhoff joins the force and Hugh Smith is named stock policeman. The mayor praised the department's efficiency despite a smaller force.
An advertisement touts Bromo Quinine used worldwide to cure a cold in one day with E. W. Grove signature claimed. It notes the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle, opening June 1, 95 percent complete, reinforcing the scheduled world opening.
Advertises a cure for skin and scalp diseases using Zemo and Zemotone. States the germs and poisons are drawn to the surface and destroyed. Mentions E. W. Rose Med. Co. of St. Louis and sample letters, with displays at A. W. Morgan's Drug Store.
A resolution from the Commercial Club urged paying for and beautifying the new levee. The council accepted the resolution but deferred action until the April meeting. The Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association had discussed levee work in Clinton last fall and fed the idea to the club. Leading the draft were Wm Hoff man J F Devitt and M W Stapleton.
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