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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1913
Page
9
An advertisement asserts that New York Hoerpfelde promises no false results while Herpielde cleanses the scalp and controls dandruff to promote healthy hair. It claims reduced hair loss and natural glow though acknowledges incurable baldness cases. Price is 1.00 with money-back guarantee.
Local notices list a show at the Princess Theatre tonight with a plan to visit Chicago for business and a short ride to Fairport. Advertisements promote house mantling and wall paper bargains at Baker Pitt, plus travel notices for V. Bishop and I 8 McKee. The town also notes Clara Kimball Young at the Princess, and a funeral in Montezuma for Thomas Byers. The Patha Star Crane Wilbur in The Moonshiner's Daughter heads to the Princess tomorrow.
Local cinema plans weekly showings at Lyric Theatre on Sycamore Street with four nights of Almond programing and nightly changes plus other films. Mrs McIntyre of West Third Street informed of a new grandson, James Holden McIntyre, born to Ora Otis E. McIntyre in Colorado Springs.
Police chase a man dubbed the Peeper who has provoked several investigations as he prowls in the neighborhood. Charles Kollman is charged with assault with intent to commit great bodily injury against his wife Minnie Kollman. he appeared before Police Judge John A. Rowan and was remanded on $4,000 bond with a hearing set for next Tuesday.
Judge Barker of Clinton reports an opinion that effectively grants a new trial in Catherine Rinpert Will, overruling the motion to set aside the special finding and adjust the will for probate. The testimony indicates sound mind but insufficient opportunities to influence, while Blessing vs. C., R. Y. P. overrules the motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial.
A notice issued by J. Wianemors, president of the Bloomington Cemetery association, calls all interested to meet at the cemetery on Decoration day to clean the grounds. A noon basket dinner and a short social time are planned after the work.
Ford Construction plans to start work in Koecklerville with excavation for paving improvements. Bricks will be laid along several sleers in the residential section and work will begin on Eighth Street between Poplar and Cypress soon.
The call goes out for the seventeenth biennial reunion of Crocker's brigade to be held September 17 at Barinda Indiana. Officers issuing the call are EB Rudd Mt Vernon W Kepler Mt Vernon D W Bushnell Connell Bluffs and J W Chael Des Moines. All soldiers who served in the Iowa brigade are invited to attend. A number of Muscatine veterans belong but attendance is not announced.
Farmers across the state are urged to decorate teams with American flags and drive them to market on June 14 the national Flag Day. The drive titled Drag Day coincides with the anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes and aims for a widespread roadside display led by the state highway commission in a concerted tagging movement.
Musesting High School will hold commencement on June 6 at the Grand theatre Ar rangements by the board of education shifted from Orphowm to Grand The seniors gained permission to move the venue The City Superintendent Ira H McIntire granted a holiday for graduates on Thursday of next week allowing a full day off.
Muscatine allied city faces a labor dispute as unionists report mass layoffs of Teamsters after failed demands to exclude non union help. Two workers remain while 13 idle. mayor cites grinding fund constraints for the action.
The pine organ of the German Congregational church is due to arrive Wednesday. Workmen will install it promptly after arrival, and the congregation looks forward with pleasure to the new instrument.
Mathewson and Tyler faced off in Boston as the New York Nationals dropped the first game of a doubleheader 1 to 0. Boston outpitched the veteran, with the score tied to a single run. Batteries: Mathewson, Tyler and Wheeling.
The funeral services for the late Dennis Garren, who died Saturday at his home, were held at 10 this morning from St Matthias church. Pallbearers were Poward Rabbitt Andrew Hest John Walter William Conway John Hoffman Jr and John Slaughter. Interment followed at St Mary's cemetery. Miss Edith Magoon of West Fourth Street has returned home from a weekend visit.
Testimony details Colonel Roosevelt on the stand for about an hour and forty minutes with cross examination, followed by Henry Routhier, Ishpeming city assessor, discussing publication of an alleged label. Witness Jacob Rilz, four years old at the time, recalls meeting Roosevelt through shared concern for New York’s poorer neighborhoods and denies accusations of heavy liquor use.
The sixty first annual convention of the Episcopal diocese sat in Christchurch Burlington Sunday and Monday with officers elected for the Women’s Auxiliary and delegates chosen to the New York triennial. Bishop Morrison urged opposition to a proposed name change for the church. Council Bluffs named May as the convention site.
A dispatch from Oskaloosa reports the Little Glidden pathfinder car, due in Muscatine today, is delayed by poor road conditions and not expected until tomorrow. The path riding party left Oskaloosa early today for Keokuk, reaching there after dark following a muddy half day from Des Moines. Ten miles of dry roads were found on the flat afternoon run. West Fourth street residents Beas Nargly and Mrs Luelle Narvis issued invitations for an at home card party Friday afternoon in honor of Mrs. William Jngs onnn of Davenport who plans to move to Canada. The event will be at their home. Nell Weingart hosted several young women Monday evening at her West Eighth street home for supper and fellowship with Gordon's barkers group.
Donaldson Anat, father of J. W. Morgan of Muscatine, died at home from pneumonia after exposure in a rainstorm. Born April 25, 2030 in Madison New York, he moved to Iowa in 1837 and lived near Columbus City, later Wapello. Survived by his wife Almira and two children, funeral Thursday at Louisa Center church.
Local public school pupils will take part in the Decoration Day parade under the supervision of City Superintendent Ira H. Melnts. Teachers are not required to meet at the building nor bring children downtown this year. The G A R post invites youths to join events, and parents may send children to the First National Bank Carer at 3 20 p m for supervision.
Local fans and admirers of Frank Boyle, manager of the Central Association venue, unite with Waterloo followers to honor him on Prank Boyle Day next Friday. A large morale gesture will be presented to the head of the Nusxtes prior to the ceremony, with a delegation planned to participate.
R. Stafford, well known local attorney and fan, is slated to deliver the presentation speech at the Waterloo base event, with organizers emphasizing community support and official involvement.
The Shelby Norman Post announces Decoration Day rites with bell tolling from noon to twelve five and flags at half mast. Comrades stand with uncovered heads as tombs multiply and more than 500 have fallen since last year, reflecting solemn military tradition and the enduring penny of taps.
The passage recalls pledging fealty to comrades living and dead, urging renewal of loyalty and laying spring flowers on little green mounds. It notes a ceremonial practice of placing flowers on waters that lead to the sea to remember the Sailor dead wherever possible.
On Decoration Day Muscatine fans will enjoy two baseball games at South End Park as amateurs stage the event. The Pirate city champions face the Strom Letts Independents at 3 PM with Hopkins and Fuller as battery and Gage with Hildebrand in the Letta lineup. A morning 10 AM tilt features the Bonkers versus the Post Office team at the same park.
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