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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
8
The steamer Keokuk of the Carnival City Packet company kicked off the boating season with its first trip last night. Heavy freight caused a late arrival as the vessel picked up shipments from Muscatine to Davenport, then proceeded to Burlington for its first run.
Prairie Grove residents report a series of personal visits and home gatherings. Reuben Deforest and J. Pinney traveled to Springdale on business. Mrs Alice Deforest visited her parents the Robisons. Fred Schneider and wife with Fritz Jensen and wife from West Liberty visited Wm Pruess near Nichols Station. Myrtle Hinkhouse vacations at home from college. Frank Wilkins and wife had dinner with relatives in West Liberty.
City of Muscatine approves vacating a ten foot alley strip between lots two and three in outlet seven, east three quarters of section 36, and transfers rights to Arstiena Schultz. She must convey a specified parcel back to the city for public alley use and cover all future taxes, with conditions and required deeds within ten days of publication. Mayor J Asthalter signs, attested by City Recorder Ustay Weis, 1908.
Lee Lang attends Des Moines gathering as he returns home from the state socialist convention held yesterday at Home Steaders hall. H G Street of Mystic is nominated for governor and Michael T Kennedy of Davenport is chosen for Second district congressman. Lang named Second district committeeman as Iowa to send five delegates to the national socialist convention in Chicago on May 10.
The Muscatine City Council has laid out Sub-sewerage District No 13 of Main Sewerage District No 1. The estimated cost is 8123.00 for constructing various sized pipes on Eleventh Orange Oak Maple Woodlawn and Culver streets with manholes basins and connections. Objections must be filed by April 2 1908 at 7 30 pm.
Foster Illinois March 24 The ad herents of the two leading parties met at Foster's store March 21 to nominate candidates for the township election on April 7. The Republican ticket includes F C Mewes as Town Clerk and C D Foster secretary with six other posts. The Democratic slate names Raymond J Ricketts as Town Clerk and Ronnie Bowser as Collector among others.
A promotional note urges readers to skip experimenting with recipes and buy from the grocer a ten cent package named Our Pie. It promises pie quality that makes you want another piece and suggests pleasing merfolk with good pie.
Wilton March 24 The Wilton Pomona grange will hold a meeting at Ross hall in Wilton Saturday March 28 All patrons of husbandry are urged to attend Special Deputy Organizer J R McClean completed two granges this past week one at Sweetland Center in Muscatine county and one at Sharon in Cedar county State Master A B Judson will visit each subordinate grange and assist at the Pomonas of Scott Cedar and Muscatine counties in late April.
A notice states customers cannot digest the food item offered in the sale by A W Morgan Druggist and warns of issues with the product. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Foley’s Urine Laxative is sold under a positive guarantee to cure constipation sick headache stomach trouble or any form of indigestion If it fails the manufacturers refund your money A W Morgan druggist.
American violinist Francis Macmillen faced a string of misfortunes in Marion Indiana losing a valuable pearl pin from Marietta Ohio given by his orchestra and breaking his bow during warmup for Moise Fantasia. The bow shattered the overhead light, causing a pistol-like explosion while Mme Van Dyk sang nearby.
Josephine Daskam Bacon, author of The Madness of Philip, begins a new serial in the April American Magazine titled An Idyll of All Fool's Day. It features two young people who stop at nothing in a riotous, ingenious tale filled with humor and zest. Illustrations by R. M. Crosby accompany the story.
In Muscatine County Iowa during the April 1908 term Lauren Henderson a registered pharmacist of the Henderson Drug Company seeks a permit to purchase keep and sell intoxicating liquors. A petition will be on file with the Clerk and heard at the April 7 1908 term in Muscatine Iowa regarding premises 114 East Second Street Lot Nine Block Twelve.
Railway timetables list eastbound, southwest and westbound passenger and freight trains. Highlights include No. 32 Davenport to Chicago at 3:43 am, No. 2 Mail and Express at 8:30 pm, No. 61 Local Passenger daily, and No. 80 Local Freight at 9:30 am. Air trains daily except Sunday. Agent W. SB Underdouk.
Wilton trains depart Muscatine on Nos 504 505 500 501 502 503 with arrivals at Muscatine at 6 25am 8 00am 10 16am 12 35pm and 8 20pm and 6 30pm daily on the Wiltom branch except Sunday.
A 1904 timetable entry lists trains No 12 and No 5 passenger eastbound services with operating times 2:30 PM and 7:58 AM respectively and freight services No 92 and No 91 noted as carrying passengers. The schedule shows connections between Milwaukee Chicago and St Paul with an effective date of April 9 1904.
A partial timetable lists arrival and departure times for Muscatine Round House Fruitland Grandview Wapello and Elrick Junction with connections to trains No 1 2 4 5 6 and services to Burlington and Iowa Central. Notes include daily and Saturday only services and partial connection details.
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