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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
5
South End reports a Sunday anniversary event at Mugger ville Methodist Episcopal church with a short program and installation of officers led by Rev G T Badgley. Mira Adella James chairs the arrangements. President Marain Seltzer is ill, prompting a postponement from last week.
Oskaloosa stays a dry Iowa city as a petition drive failed to gather enough signatures. Petitioners were to finish by Tuesday evening but chose not to proceed, allowing a new bid next year. The item notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy history and advertising claims.
Sacramento May 29 tests by the California board of health found insufficient evidence to convict the stable fly as a transmitter of infantile paralysis. Experiments by Hunt and Sawyer with seventeen monkeys showed the insects did not develop the disease, and autumn and later tests planned for July and August aim to confirm the finding.
Washington May 22 Secretary Daniels ordered a supplemental naval academy report on the suspected self inflicted death of Lieutenant Richard Hill U S N. He died soon after visiting Miss Henrietta Erwin of St Louis who was his fiancée and visiting relatives in the capital. The couple planned marriage soon and investigation focused on the circumstances of the death.
Mary Peters, once exhibited as a freak in P T Barnum’s side show, died after an operation at a county hospital. Weighed about 660 pounds at last, she endured twenty years of display before the fatal growth removal. Survived by three children living in Philadelphia. body to be moved to a special coffin.
A well attended Epworth League event at First Methodist Episcopal church featured five nations represented by costumed youths and booths with pumpkin pie coffee and fruits. Elsie Wiltwor and Miss Myrta Baker led booths while Miss Tina Kane and others chaired. The event included a banquets committee and plans for future exhibits and a Mt Vernon May Festival trip for local social groups.
Miss Violet Wlint and members of Nim's Daughters class of the Wrat Bay Visit Sunday School held a farewell surprise at Miss Kilne's home on Washington Street Wednesday evening. Kilne and her family plan to move to Minneapolis soon, with a singing interlude by the Five Senges. A birthday book was presented to the hostess as a memento of the occasion.
Many mothers and their children gathered at the parlors of the First Capital church Wednesday afternoon for a Cradle Roll reception run by the Sunday school primary department. Hosted by Mrs. George Mark and Mrs. I F Beveridge, guests enjoyed games and amusements from 2 to 6 pm with a brief informal program featuring piano and vocal solos and refreshments served at the close.
The Park Price Mothers club held an ensiulestic session at the club's treasurer Mrs John Fordham on Bryan avenue Wednesday afternoon. A successful sale of ice cream cones in the yard cleared a neat sum for the organization. Light refreshments were served at the conclusion. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs George Vry on Cedar Street in two weeks.
The wedding of Miss L. May Loveless and Arthur R. Brock took place Wednesday afternoon at the First Methodist Episcopal Church parsonage with Rev. L. M. Grigsby officiating. The couple were attended by Mr and Mrs. Fred Manhardt.
A clergyman testimonial touts Eckman's Alterative as a remedy for severe throat and lung ailments. The letter cites a patient with tuberculosis and influenza-like symptoms who recovered after using the product, and endorsements from Rev J J Cowles. The ad claims safety, no habit forming drugs, and lists A G Beustenthaler druggist and Eckman Laboratory as sources.
The Cedar Rapids column lists numerous residents and visitors including Miss Mamie Finley of Aulantte Iowa and Mrs. W. W. Aderson of Cedar Rapids. It notes travelers from California, Davenport and Nichols, and local social visits, church notes, and events such as a Girl’s class debt repayment party and Memorial sermons scheduled for the upcoming Lord's Day.
Official publication announces a map of Muscatine County roads furnished by the State Highway Commission is open to public inspection. The hearing before the Board of Supervisors will be June 3, 1913, at the Court House in Muscatine to consider designations and changes in the proposed county road system.
Des Moines report notes Mrs Deliah Helscher aged 88 and her eight month old baby sent to detention hospital as smallpox patients. The piece mentions a Auburn New York man using Foley’s Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder trouble with claimed permanent cure.
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