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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
2
May in Muscatine brought heavy rain and rising rivers. A total of 8.10 inches fell, led by a 3.23 inch cloud burst on May 23-24, with the river peaking around 9 feet 3 inches and bridges undermined. Eleven clear days, nine cloudy, eight partly cloudy, three rainy. average wind from the east and a monthly temperature average of 60 degrees.
Harry E. Hahn of West Fourth Street was among 417 awarded degrees at Iowa State College Ames during the 47th annual commencement. Degrees covered agriculture home economics engineering industrial science and veterinary medicine. Many graduates were not present due to war or public service while others in khaki received enthusiastic applause. Bachelors conferred included Hahn in Farm Crops and Soils. Dorothy H Evans Elsie Wilson Nell Hinkhouse of West Liberty earned Home Economics. Mildren M Savage of Brighton also earned Home Economics.
A June term of the district court in Muscatine begins Tuesday with no juries. only equity cases heard. The docket lists twelve divorce cases, fewer than usual, presided by Judge F. D. Letts, with the session expected to be brief. Upper Iowa College defeated States Teachers 3 to 1 in Hawkeye Conference play.
Crowds gathered at the Muscatine station as Private Warren Allen of Battery C, 126th Field Artillery, disembarked from Rock Island No. 2 amid cheers. Reports say about fifty local guardsmen are being transferred to fill gaps in a division to serve overseas, with movement largely from Camp Cody to other depots. Washington debates keep troop movements secret while Iowa officials press to preserve Camp Cody ties and local identity amid emplacements for frontline needs.
Knights of Columbus Laurent Cornell will convene in a special session this evening at :30. Message from A G Bostenlehner invites readers to reach the multitude through the Journal Want Ads.
James Clarkson, former Republican National Committee member and New York customs surveyor (1902-1910), died at his brother’s Newark home at age 70. Born in Brookfield Indiana, he aided Underground Railroad activity in Iowa, led the Iowa Republican state committee, edited the Iowa State Register, and helped found major railroads and bridge enterprises in Des Moines and New York New Jersey.
A fragmentary line mentions Grosvenor Clarkson, a son’s secretary of the Council of National Defense, and references the Iowa Society of New York at the time of his death.
The Moline Federals and the Woodmen of the World have withdrawn from the Inter City League, leaving six clubs including Keeler Club Island City Overlands and others. Standings show Muscatine leading with a 2 0 record while Kilmer, Tinals Of and RI El Keeler Club compete for position.
Officials of the Aurora Elgin and Chicago railway civic leaders from three cities and road workers met to avert a walkout set for tonight. The public utilities commission will hear the civic representatives next Monday. One plan proposes a temporary wage advance.
Representatives from Elgin including William Grote as chairman Mayor Federman George B Hunter S C Eppenstein and A L Paulson joined the day’s conference Aurora’s delegation was led by Mayor James Harley.
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