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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1909
Page
12
Local notices promote Fair Oaks expansion and weekend outings. Residents urged to join an excursion boat at 8 am and attend ball games Sunday and Monday afternoons. Travel updates include travelers from Riverside, Bartlett street, and Kalona visiting friends and family. Also ads for Sleepy-Eye flour and local financial offerings.
Several items urge buying a Fair Oaks lot and building a home. Mentions include excursions with Roach & Musser to Muscatine events, local ball games against Davenport, and visits by residents like Miss Ethyl Orr and Miss Rena Swales. Local shops advertise Kiowa cigars and Bestenlehner perfumes.
Miss Henrietta Gremmel who studied two years with Harold von Mickwitz a top Leschetizky exponent will accept a limited number of pupils for a summer course. She recently arrived home and will begin lessons soon at her local studio.
Those with bills against the Muscatine Baseball Association must file them at the Journal office by Monday noon. Bills will be audited at the first of the month and paid. By order Muscatine Baseball Ass'n.
Shelby Norman Post members meet at headquarters Sunday at 10 AM to attend a memorial service at First Baptist Church, per order of Commander Gus Schmidt.
A Roach and Musser excursion is planned for tomorrow inviting readers to enjoy life experiences. The event emphasizes leisure, companionship, and memorable outings in a community setting.
Garret Wiggers was arrested by Chief of Police Vannatta for violating a city ordinance by not gathering broken glass from spilled milk bottles on the street. He was fined three dollars and costs in Judge Howe's court.
Rev J B Smith will deliver the sermon "The Fight of Faith" at memorial services Sunday morning at the First Baptist church. A high quality musical program is planned with all patriotic societies attending, including Shelby Norman Post G A R and Women’s Relief Corps. The service order features prayers hymns anthems and solos with orchestra and organist Mrs L L Lane.
The committee was fortunate in getting him. After the church services, the decoration of the graves in Elmwood cemetery will take place.
A brief ad notes Electric Bitters as a speedy remedy for stomach liver kidneys and bowels with a price of 50 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The annual election of officers for the City Union of Young People's Societies was postponed at the meeting. A bill allowing a hospital bed and other matters was discussed. The new election date is set for June 18.
Memorial day services set for Monday at 2 30 p m in United Presbyterian church. Jos Boltz to preside as chairman. Dean A C Piersel of Iowa Wesleyan University Mt Pleasant to deliver the address, noted as one of the foremost orators in the region.
The group met at the First Methodist church and continued through Friday evening June 18. Only routine matters were considered and several bills were approved, including payment for a bed at Hershey Hospital once maintained by the society.
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