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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
2
Sportsmen of Muscatine and vicinity celebrate prolific duck hunting, with parties organized daily. Chicago almanauts establish palatini huts south of the city as the Millionaire club reports a harvest of forty ducks from a recent expedition.
A fragment lists Richwind as usad 43 and Albi for not having twice that ningba. The party includes H. J. Pren eel, Cal Jones, Frank Strouse, William Kone and I, P. Hoopes.
Fifty four members attended the Brotherhood of the United Brethren church banquet in the church parlors. The Rev Dr George J Wright pastor pro tem of the First Methodist Episcopal church delivered the main address on Growing to Good Manhood. Musical program featured Bond City quartet violin solos by Clarence Bloom and Plano selections by Ida W Appel.
A.B. Nissen of Davenport presided as the supreme and state councils of the American Boy Benevolent Association organized a permanent body at the county courthouse. Letters from national supporters were read, Des Moines Davenport Rock Island and other cities eyed for local councils. The next national meeting is set for April 3 with Starek's Vi Boys Band named official band.
Read about purifying the blood to treat pimples blotches and blackheads. Stuart's Calcium Wafers are advertised as blood cleansers that swiftly improve complexion in days, with claims of universal results and easy access from druggists at 56 cents a box.
The Interurban line reported Monday night activity in Muscatine with mentions of production experiences for "Mutt and Jeff" and calls to old friends for a few days. Edith Hanson was reported as rated at Bellevue Hospital on Tuesday. Jenny Wawlar conducted business in Muscatine today.
Fitsaen of the local Masons leave for Davenport tomorrow morning to attend the reunion of the four coordinating bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Masonry at the Masonic Temple. Many candidates will receive the degree and a banquet will follow. Members of the local team attending include A. S. Lawrence J W. Malls Dr. W M Dent G A Riemeke Charles Butlar Dr G B Lezoile J J Zeidter C B Fox Z By Othiott G G Braunworth Th Was german ad PW McDougal.
Muscatine City Engineer Charles Corny strongly backs Senate Bill 10 to license civil engineers and surveyors, creating a self supporting commission with no public funding. The measure aims to protect the public by banning unlicensed practice and requires exams for new licensees, while current practitioners may obtain licenses. If enacted, it would bar incompetents from the engineering profession.
The moon will enter the shadow at 4:08 with total eclipse starting at 5:06. Rise at 4:00 a.m. on Saturday for a clear view. The peak occurs around 6:08, after which only partial eclipse is visible. A total eclipse will return September 16 for those who miss this occasion.
March 18 notes from Pleasant Prad ie show Minie Drumm visiting from Muscailna with rvTAleven, Mrs. George Grimm calling on Mrs. Poanl bHenka, James Mets from Northern Iowa visiting, and other neighbors like Frank Plett calling on Clean McEi lroy. Mrs. G. D. Baker of Mascnthce visits with daughter Mrs. John Jenking while Chas. Twigg and his mother visit Harry Stecher. Fern Els and Rost Frank toured Davenport, and Pearl Hawke returns to Minneapolis after a wine tasting trip.
The month will start the cementation of constriction work on the tower and tank at the old Kemble property on Went Hill and the storage reservoir. The Des Moines Bridge and Tron company secured the tower contract and arranged for steel transport to the site. W. E. Middleton, bidder for the reservoir contract, will visit Hera soon to arrange material handling after arrival.
Hav Freden pastor announces a morning 10 am service at Ziegler Memorial Church New Era. Readers will hear recitations by Marie Anderson Lela Beatty Ruth Halling and others, solos by Clara Bell Nagle Elizabeth Schack and more, plus songs and bells by children and the primary class. The event closes with benediction and remarks by Rev A D Freden.
West Liberty with Mrs Ray Whitacre hosted N N club and hugbanks on East Fourth Street with cards and late refreshments. A surprise 66th birthday party for Mrs Nate Burnett drew twenty neighbors for a 6 pm dinner. Mrs William Hardin entertained a dozen ladies with a two course luncheon. Several locals traveled for business and school activities in nearby towns.
An advertisement promises instant relief for piles with Pyramid Pile Remedy. It urges sending name and address to Pyramid Drug Co in Marshall Michigan for a free sample and suggests the regular package costs 54 cents at drug stores.
A reader describes digestive discomfort and eye irritation then endorses Cascareta as a gentle, thorough remedy to “cleanse inside” and improve mood, energy, and daily performance, claiming symptoms will clear by morning and last for months.
The Daxon port and Muscatine railway inaugurated its freight service on Wednesday. The first carload of merchandise arrived in Muscatine shortly before 4 o clock yesterday. The car left Muscatine at 3 29 o clock. George M. Cummins, freight traffic manager of the I and BE, will officiate. Arrangements are under way for a through service between Mascatins and Clinton to speed shipments to Davenport.
The Royal Neteh var lodge plans its annual banquet in their ball on Wednesday evening March 26. Members, families invited. bring lunch baskets for supper and enjoy the program arranged by the committee.
Appreciated by the people notes a new convenience at Cherry's in Ada allowing customers to repair shoes without a weeklong wait, signaling faster service and improved customer satisfaction.
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