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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
7
A compilation of short items from Muscatine and nearby towns mentions social visits in Wilton Letts Davenport West Liberty and Columbus Junction. People travel for funerals business and family visits while local businesses advertise seeds rocks and health tonics.
A forthcoming Friday recital at Wapello features Miss Margaret Moynahan and Miss Gertrude Legler with Miss Mabel Addleman, including piano pieces by Moszkowski Sapellnikoff and Grieg, readings, and songs. The program aims for variety to appeal to all audiences.
Church notes announce May lectures on health at multiple churches given by Prof. Flynn under the ministerial association. A May Breakfast is planned for the 20th. Next Sunday the pastor preaches at First Church Grinnell with Company K of the 54th Regiment attending. Welcome new members Dr. Frederick Lyons Appel Herman Angel Lola May Nickles Golda Nickles.
Tuesday sunlit visit hosts Mrs. Asthalter at Geneva Island for a Ladies' Aid outing leaving at 8:00 a. m. The Brotherhood of St. Paul meets at 8:00 with Mr. Potter speaking on modern evangelistic methods in the Philadelphia Campaign. Thursday hosts W H M 8.0 at Mrs Kendig's with Native American Indians and Alaskans topic followed by a 7:45 prayer meeting led by Mr Potter.
Muscatine authorities, led by Mayor Barney Schmidt, vow strict enforcement of the city ordinance banning speeds above eight miles per hour within city limits. Despite no prior arrests for speeding, officials warn motorists to slow in downtown areas for public safety.
German M. E. Church at Fourth and Cedar lists events Tuesday night choir practice at 7 45 Rev R J Tillmann of Wapello Iowa preaches Friday night service at 7 45. Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon in South Muscatine at Mrs Louis Ruthenberg's home and Friday afternoon at the church. Funeral service for Mr H Steffen is scheduled for Tuesday at 1 30 in the afternoon with a 2 o'clock ceremony in the church.
Tuesday evening the Young Women's Guild meeting is postponed to next week. Wednesday afternoon the South Muscatine Ladies Aid will be entertained by Mrs J H Conner at the church parlors. Thursday evening the Union prayer meeting at the First Congregational church on The Relation of the Spiritual and the Physical. Tuesday evening Prof W E Flynn lectures at the church. All are invited.
May 11 at Old Clifton records a flurry of visits and callings. Charlie Knott and family spent Tuesday at B F Knott's while Mrs. Sarah Shaum, Mrs. Littrel, Mrs. Hank and others called on local residents. J L Orr of Buffalo, Kan visited W A Duncan. A Deforest visited West Liberty friends.
The church outlines a week of meetings and events including Vestry Monday at 7 PM Daughters of the King Tuesday 7 30 PM Choir Wednesday 7 PM Trinity Guild Thursday 2 PM Banquet 7 PM Litany Service Friday 7 30 PM.
Baltimore May 11 The Methodist general conference in session here is described as the greatest ever in America with Bishop Cranston noting unprecedented hope. Delegates including 600 first timers hear Bishop Goodsell praise the Episcopal address on Temperance and Prohibition sparking loud enthusiastic support. Governors Hanley and Hock push temperance measures as Bishop Bashford forecasts China mission gains and opium trade abolition.
Tuesday afternoon the Woman's Mission Circle will meet at the parsonage. All women invited. Friday afternoon the Ladies' Aid Society will meet at the church.
Visiting New York I will show you the city save you time and expense and reveal more in half a day than you can in days. Protect you against confidence men meet at depot find hotel accommodations escorts not uniform write for terms. Mention party size Edward Butler N Y C Tourist 47 W 19th St New York.
Means many bad bruises and sores Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals quickly as it does burns. Gentle healing for injuries. Available for 25 cents.
Mrs J H Letts travels from Letts to Mt Vernon for her daughter Vinnie Letts Cornell College recital. Numerous local visitors and friends are noted, including Miss Louise Eliason, Mabel Foster, Edna Fulton, J L Orr and family, and Mrs E L Schuyler, with social calls in Columbus Junction, Letts, Muscatine, and Burlington.
Mrs. Thomas Colton of Union township is very ill with measles. Garry Gardner returns from Kansas for a brief visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. George Gardner. W B Millen H D Bargett and Wm Moffitt spent Saturday night and Sunday with friends in Concord township.
Multiple short items report illnesses and recoveries, births, visits, and travel. Notable names include Mrs. Frank Laucamp, James Walton, Park Walton, Albert Straub, and families from Lime City Wilton Tipton Davenport and Moscow. Hospitals, trips to Manchester and Chicago, and a chicken supper at South Bethel are noted.
A vintage medical advertisement claims most food is poison to the dyspeptic and promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints and debility priced at 50c. Store.
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