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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
4
The item outlines a series of brief notices including a marriage license issued to Martin Koepf Jr and Hazel May Radcliff, travel by residents to Davenport and Rock Island for visits, job and business calls, and various short notices about renting flats and church or social trips.
B F Ogden, Louisa county clerk, resigns following an arrest in Burlington earlier in the week. The Louisa board of supervisors will meet May 27 to appoint his successor. Wapello reflects sympathy for Ogden’s family while noting his prior reputation for accuracy and a career as a high school principal before entering public office.
The Davenport Cathedral faced a decision on its assessment, with delegates voting against a reduction from 160 to 120 dollars. No further changes were reported.
At the fifty fifth annual convention of the Episcopal diocese of Iowa in Burlington eight delegates were chosen for Jamestown's general assembly. Lay members J H Bolton Geo F Henry Samuel Mahon Edmund Lockwood and clergy J W Cathell John Arthur Dewitt Dowling John Sage chaired committees on parishes canons education church state auditing endowment and charities with named appointees. The Davenport cathedral assessment remained $160.
Samuel Crocker guardian of the deceased Fannie E. Crocker submits a full account of receipts and disbursements and an inventory as executor. He asks the court to approve his actions discharge him from duties and exonerate his bondsmen.
A Muscatine society event at the F P Sawyer house on West Second Street featured a formal pre nuptial dinner for J J Kinsey of Boston PA and Mrs D C Richman. Decorations centered on violets and hearts with wedding imagery and a small porcelain dove gift. Music ranged from Pauchet's orchestra to piano pieces and a French Canadian dialect recital.
Miss Helen Ineichen hosted a Bonita club gathering on West Fifth street with Japanese decor. Emma Bielefeld won the first prize in cards, Marie Healy of Nichols took the consolation, and Mrs. Ralph Thompson plus Alberta Healy earned top and booby prizes in a fishing pond and coin-guessing contest.
Ray Johnson and Miss Edna Ryan were married at 3 30 this afternoon at the Methodist parsonage with Rev W P Stoddard officiating in the presence of intimate friends. Johnson, a Muscatine Journal collector, and his bride are longtime residents of the city. They will reside here.
The Women's Relief Corps met at the G A R hall. Seven candidates were balloted and two applications read. Committees were named to handle refreshments and button-hole bouquets for Decoration Day on May 30. Next meeting set for June 4.
The senior class with Miss Hastings and Miss Hoffman rode wagonettes to Fairport yesterday. They visited the Grotto Wyoming Hill the potteries at Fairport and other points of interest. They returned at 10 50 in the evening.
B Y P U members held a picnic supper at Weed Park last evening with about sixty attendees. The supper was served in the clubhouse and the evening featured various amusements.
The Royal Neighbors Sunshine club met yesterday afternoon at their hall with a large attendance. Members sewed and enjoyed a social time. Refreshments were served at 4 o clock. The next meeting will be held in two weeks.
The Colonel Hare Circle met last evening to discuss several subjects but no decisions were made. The group will reconvene Friday evening May 24 and all members are urged to attend.
The Daughters of the King of the Trinity Episcopal church gathered yesterday afternoon at the rectory with a typical number of ladies in attendance. The next meeting is planned for two weeks from yesterday.
The young people of the German Evangelical church will hold an ice cream social this evening at the church parlors, starting at six o'clock.
The Knights of the Maccabees met at their hall in the Asthalter building for a regular session. After the business adjourned a smoker was enjoyed by members.
Mr and Mrs T R Fitzgerald celebrated their thirty ninth wedding anniversary with a six o clock dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs S E Whicher on Monday evening
The M. W. club meeting planned for Thursday afternoon has been postponed until further notice.
Ella E B Curtis transfers three lots and another lot to Joseph R Stoll with a lease tied to 1907 held by Geo W Herr for 1200 dollars. Ellen Dougherty transfers north half of lot 9 block 26 South Muscatine for 825 dollars. William J Goeser transfers north half of lot 6 block 582 Muscatine to Christina S Frevermuth for 759 dollars.
The Argus lodge No. 17 R L of H will hold their regular meeting this evening at o'clock.
H Foster Bain asks federal government to provide equal funding to Illinois for swamp land reclamation along rivers. Bain, at a Washington conference, aims to secure $60,000 total to fund surveys and spur legislative appropriations for levees and works to confine rivers.
The Spalding club conducted its regular meeting last night at the home of Mrs. Frank Moynahan on East Ninth Street.
An old advertisement promises to run a want ad in nearly 6,000 homes each day for a price of 1 cent per word paid in advance. The note emphasizes broad reach and low cost for classified requests.
A brief notice explains that placing a want ad in The Journal increases chances of recovery. The cost is 4 cents per word.
Walter Harrington and Miss Josephine Ostrander both of Muscatine Iowa were married Sunday at 3 PM by Justice McFarland in Rock Island Illinois The couple ages 21 and 18 kept the ceremony quiet while Miss Ostrander attends Muscatine high school and Harrington works at the Conaway Porter printing office They traveled from Muscatine on the steamer Helen Blair leading to the ceremony
The funeral services for Miss Louise Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Miller were conducted at 1 pm from the family residence and followed by ceremonies at the German Baptist church Rev Tilgner officiated Interment was in Greenwood cemetery Pallbearers included Emil Johnson Ernest Tilgner Louis Othmer Charles Freund Harry Weiershauser and Emil Sell
The grand lodge of Iowa Legion of Honor met in Marshalltown on May 22 and selected Cedar Rapids as the site for its 1908 session.
Labor inspectors in the city filed informations against Huttig-McDermid Pearl Button and Hawkeye Button companies for employing children under 14 and failing to post age rosters. Each company pled guilty and paid fines with costs. Additional cases against Automatic Button and others were expected to follow as officials enforce the child labor law.
A fox hunted to the seashore in West Somerset swam out to sea, evading pursuit as the hounds were called off. After minutes it returned to land, shook himself, and walked away. The master spared the fox and gave no further chase that day.
A Scottish tale says a drought driven farmer invented a field watering machine but rain arrived the first day making him abandon the device and remark that nothing can be done today without competition.
A fragmentary dialogue features a character recalling a husband’s striking eyes and a plan to await a mil poe with a new hat. The odd phrasing suggests an oblique, period voice and an exchange that hints at characterization more than plot.
In a terse exchange, a man compliments Lady Bancomb on her youth, claiming she resembles her daughter. The remark backfires, angering the elder and costing the speaker a chance to identify the daughter.
From Germany comes the custom of geld and silver weddings as a traditional celebration marking long marriages. The practice highlights valued unions and persistent partnerships in German culture.
The last men’s meeting of the year will be held next Sunday afternoon at the local Y M C A. Rev. Brown of West Branch will speak and is billed as a leading Friends church pastor in the state. He will address the Fifth Street Friends church and stay with the local congregation during his visit.
The Iowa Central offers a personally conducted excursion on May 30 from Arlington to Marietta, Minn. exploring rich farming lands in Sibley Renville Medicine Lac Qui Parle counties priced $25.90 to $50.00 per acre. The Minnesota Valley district is billed as the best dairy area with diverse crops near St. Paul and Minneapolis markets, hub of flour wheat and lumber interests.
The Columbia steamer serves Davenport and Rock Island on Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:30 a.m. and Sundays at 7:30 a.m. to Burlington travels Mondays and Wednesdays. After May 1, the Blatz steamer will replace the Columbia on Sunday trips, returning to Muscatine and then to Davenport Monday morning. W. A. Blair, Manager.
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