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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1908
Page
4
Local basketball game features Van Atta and Elfers taking on the High School team at the Armory tonight. Also noted is a special one week sale on Buffets at Bestenlehner's and an inhalation TB treatment offered by Dr Cal W Smith.
Judge Carpenter of the circuit court ruled that marriages of divorced Illinois residents within the forbidden period are illegal in Illinois even if performed in other states. The decision affects many marriages that have occurred since the state law was enacted.
A novel religious meeting held yesterday afternoon at the association building featured vocal selections by Miss Marie Schmidt. The program included a short service by the boys.
Nassau William Senior, English political economist, often visited Lansdowne House. In a social room where Tom Moore sang, Senior wrote with intense concentration. A guest asked if music disturbed him, to which he replied that it did not disturb him in the least and urged the performance to continue.
A physician describes a husband visiting, greeting the doctor with the inquiry if there is any need for unnecessary anxiety about his wife, framing a moment of concern in a medical context.
A terse dialogue shows a tenant accusing the bed of being slept in while the landlord asserts the bed is meant for use. The exchange hints at tensions over occupancy and condition of the rental.
Mrs Puffer explains she coated the brown discolored meerschaum pipe with white enamel after noticing the aging finish. The couple discusses the quick cosmetic fix and its impact on appearance.
A lighthearted exchange where a visitor asks why pies are sometimes round and sometimes square. The wife explains the square pies honor her husband's complaint about monotony in his diet.
Miss Nora Schneider celebrated her 12th birthday at home on Lombard Street Saturday afternoon. Guests included Maude Miller Elinore Hume Helen Kiesewetter Hazel Dale Elma Rehmel Florence Duprez Louis Danz Harry Hein and Ernest Baker.
Neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Watts of Montpelier gathered Friday night at Woodlawn to surprise them on their 22nd wedding anniversary. The event featured games singing and music and a late hour of enjoyment. Thirty nine people attended and a dinner was served.
The Colonel Hare Thimble Bee will convene tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 5 o'clock at the home of Mrs Joseph Biles located at Corner Hope Avenue and Oak Street All members are requested to attend.
There will be work in the third degree at lowa lodge, A. F. and A. M., Tuesday evening, March 24th. All brethren in good standing are cordially invited. Per W. M.
The Ladies Aid society of Grace Lutheran church will hold an all day sewing at the church on Wednesday March 25.
The Highland Noble Sewing Society will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs Cal McDaniel. Residents are invited to attend and share on upcoming projects and community service plans.
Manager Gollos of the Bijou theatre has secured a bill of unusual merit for the coming week. Tom Herron, Eddie Moon, and Castellat F Hall appear early in the week. Ruth Chandler, Hughes and Maze, Fritz and Yodler perform on later nights, with special moving pictures headlined by the Goebel Tragedy.
Earl Smalley of Burlington road was kicked in the head by a frightened horse while leading it yesterday afternoon. The injury cut a deep gash above his right eye. Dr. J W Morgan attended him and he is resting nicely today.
A. J. Hines of Rock Island visited the city to arrange formation of the Muscatine Independent baseball team and to plan the season opening. He also opened negotiations for the erection of an aerodrome.
Residents along Drainage Ditch No. 3 lodge numerous complaints at a Muscatine Louisa counties joint board meeting held at the courthouse. Auditors and engineers presented read petitions while no decisions were made at 3 30 PM with future action anticipated.
Applications for temporary and permanent injunctions against 13 former saloonkeepers were filed in Muscatine district court. Judge D W Jackson set a hearing for March 27 to decide if the defendants and their former saloon buildings can be barred from operating liquor businesses again. The Law Enforcement League filed the actions after raids and seizure of liquids, with defense by C A W Kent and E M Warner.
Muscatine’s squad is in Chicago with no game tonight and plans to return to the city at 4 35 tomorrow morning. Manager Kautz seeks Chicago opponents home games for the team on return. Captain Norton calls a 3 30 armory assembly to escort the players. Local merchants urged to decorate for the parade to boost the celebration.
The Chinese government sent an invitation for the Atlantic battleship fleet to visit Chinese ports. The notice was received at the Chinese legation in Washington and promptly forwarded to the state department.
Upper grades and high school students will not be examined before break. School dismisses next Friday for ten days from March 27 to April 6 in a citywide vacation. Teachers plan trips during the break including a convention in Davenport.
The advertisement explains Grape-Nuts is made from wheat and barley baked into large loaves then sliced and rebaked to break down starch into easily digested sugar. It claims to offer ideal nourishment for all ages and conditions from invalid to athlete with the slogan There’s a Reason.
The proposed bill aims to save certain reasonable restraints of trade from attack by amending Section 7 of the Sherman Act. It allows registered corporations and associations to obtain immunities for future contracts while preserving current law for unregistered entities. Registration procedures vary for for profit and non profit groups, with appeals available for registry removals.
In Des Moines Iowa James Lally a former Irish volunteer and Victoria Cross recipient who once saved officers in the Charge of the Light Brigade now works as a crossing guard. He once hurled a bomb to save lives at Balaklava. He later emigrated to this country and now warns people of approaching trains.
A local ad promotes buying a home at 213 Iowa Ave for a few hundred dollars as a first payment with long term, easy payments to own the property. The listing targets prospective buyers seeking affordable home ownership.
Advertisement seeks a capable middle aged housekeeper for a middle aged man and his mother. Good home and steady work for the right person. Provide references in initial letter to C. L. Butterfield at R. R. No. 3 Wilton Iowa.
Weckerlin farm spanning 13 acres one mile from town features 2000 bearing grape vines and fruit trees including apple peach cherry and plum. Includes plow land pasture six room house barn grain crib granary brick chicken coop and horse stables. For sale cheap via B. H. Eversmeyer & Co. 115 Iowa Ave.
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