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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1903
Page
2
Anglers report abundant catches with channel cat, buffalo, crappies and perch in the river and sloughs. High water floods banks below the city with cottages on Geneva Island surrounded. farmers move cattle to higher ground as corn and pastures flood. Shelling along the river front appears active with many small boats and river men noting the bounty.
At the Iowa Legion of Honor convention in Cedar Rapids that closed its sessions yesterday A. Hopkinson of Muscatine was named to the finance committee.
Thomas Watson served as the Muscatine delegate to the convention. E H Burlingham was elected grand president from Oclwein. C S Chase grand vice president of Waterloo. J H Helm grand secretary of Cedar Rapids. John Hilsinger grand treasurer of Sabula. J B Ted row grand medical examiner of Williams. Grand trustees named were W H Henderson of Davenport and T C Prescott of Sioux City.
At a Musquitine Tribe I O R M meeting held last night officers were elected for the new term. Prophet H C Thiesen Sachem D O Leary Senior Sagamore J C Knott Junior Sagamore P Purcell Chief of Records R Wishert Collector of Wampum W D Hine Keeper of Wampum aA C Begey Chief of Degree Staff E G O Brien.
At a recent meeting of Irving Temple Rathbone Sisters Mrs Sallie McCoskry was elected grand lodge delegate and Mrs Phoebe Conaway chosen to represent Irving Temple at the Grand Lodge meeting to be held at Council Bluffs. Washing Chapter No 4 R A M meets tonight for Master Mason work with all Royal Arch Masons invited. Knights of Pythias to perform third rank work this evening with refreshments after lodge closing.
R L McCormick of the Mississippi Valley Lumbermen's Association warns ten years may end the white pine era in the lake states due to unchecked cutting. He cites dwindling forests in Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota with figures from 1873 to 1902 showing a steep decline and potential lumber famine. Geneva Island cottages endure rising river water threatening foundations yet remaining solid while island life shifts as high water curtails visits and delays usual leisure.
The Iowa Central Railway announces special summer excursion rates from Elrick Junction for June 1 to September 30, 1903. Destinations include Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo at 24.25 dollars, Glenwood Springs 26.25, Salt Lake City and Ogden 27.25, plus reduced fares to Deadwood Lead City Hot Springs and Custer South Dakota. Rates apply round trip with diverse routes and stop-overs. Inquiries to any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis.
Word of the death of Mrs J B Betts in Chicago reached Rev Stafford pastor of the First M E church. Her remains will likely reach Greenwood cemetery Saturday evening for interment with a brief chapel service. A longtime resident and faithful member of the First Methodist church she will be remembered by friends. The exact arrival time will be wired and announced when known.
Track on the M N and 8 rail road was cleared one mile this side of Grand View after a dirt cover yesterday. Officials believe the company has stabilized the area and foresee little danger of another cave in.
Funeral services for Ollie O. Franklin were held at 1312 East Fifth Street and the body was taken to Fairport for burial. Floral tributes indicated the high regard of his young friends for the deceased.
The article touts Hyomei as an effective remedy for catarrh and related respiratory diseases. It claims 97 of 100 in New York suffer from catarrh and credits Hyomei with reducing cases and deaths. Readers are offered a money back guarantee if it does not cure, with J. J. Havercamp in the city selling on that basis.
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