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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
5
A Muscatine event at Grand Theatre and Geneva Golf Club canvassed for Liberty Loan bonds. Speakers urged subscription as attendees, and even nonattendees, were contacted. A $2,250,000 goal was set and pledges began. hospital announced birth of a ten pound son.
Readable fragments describe society meetings at multiple homes with Mary class groups, charity plans, and a church wedding. Mary Howe’s group and the I. W. club hold sessions with needlework, music, and social chats. A Loga Schmidt wedding took place at Lathorin Zion church with a short ceremony.
Louisville woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief from female troubles headaches and nervousness saving her from a possible operation. She reports restoration of health, strength, appetite, and ability to do housework after four years of suffering.
An advertisement promotes Freezona as a quick painless corn remover using a few drops directly on the corn. It asserts low cost and minimal irritation, noting a Cincinnati authority endorses it. The piece then shifts to social club notices and local meeting reminders from various churches and organizations.
Senior class members hold their annual picnic at Cone Lake today weather concerns limit attendance with less than half the group present. Chaperone TR. L. Waleren and the school faculty accompany students traveling by C. M. & St. P. schedule.
The local Lodge of Elks at East Front Street will host a banquet and dance for members, their wives, and friends in a lively evening of food and entertainment.
War era report shows recruitment lag as 57 518 volunteers since April and a daily intake near 1 200 to 1 500, with national guard and allied divisions strained. President may appeal to the nation to boost manpower for France and Europe, amid deteriorating prospects for rapid mobilization.
Wilton residents visit Muscatine and Davenport for family gatherings and Memorial Day events. A school board meeting elected Harry B. Rothwell as manual training teacher. Several locals traveled from Muscatine and nearby towns to attend services, visit relatives, and decorate graves.
J Moran and J B T Wosada of this city returned from Council Bluffs where they represented Laurent Connell Knights of Columbus at the annual state convention. The session elected state deputy J H Devaney of Cascade secretary John B O Leary of Cherokee treasurer E J McEvoy of Alpena adjutant J J Kelly of Des Moines, marshal Henry Rahling of Cornell Sua.
John F. Jantzen of Delmeny Saskatchewan praises Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as exceptionally fine. He reports using it personally and with his family and recommends it for its effectiveness and benefits.
Journal's Special Service reports Will Support War Orphans in Iowa City May 1941. Iowa University members donate 815.26 to aid French orphans through New York Life, proceeds from a faculty play. Most children are boys. all were born after the war began.
Mia Annis Edmondson of Maren cino visited the Tri Tunean home on Decoration Day and traveled to Washington in the evening to see her relatives Robert and Laddie Edmondson. C Carlisle and cousin Mia Margaret Slonaker of Taintor also returned home Wednesday after several days at the Edmondson residence.
Joseph Melsky, a well known Nichols resident, died after a brief illness. He was 63, lived in Nichols for ten years, and is survived by his wife two sons Louis and Ollie and five grandchildren. No funeral arrangements have been made.
The article lists numerous residents visiting Columbus City and surrounding towns, including Dr Lady Nellum visiting at the Albert McCullough home and planning to practice in Wahahington, Ia. Mr and Mrs A W Parkes of Beth luendorf and Ida Riley attended Decoration Day events. Disrupted by rain, Craven decorations were postponed and will be held a week later on June 21 at Columbus City.
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