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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
4
McCorm Dry Goods Co announces a Saturday sale on ingrain carpets at greatly reduced prices. Also features distinctive dress goods promotions and a coat skirt and suit sale. Local events include a health talk by B Coffman and a nurse lecture at Hershey Memorial Hospital.
The YMCA announces a universal week of prayer starting Sunday with daily 7 am 12:20 pm and 8 pm meetings at the local association building. Each half hour session covers global themes from Europe to Australasia and ends with Thanksgiving and evangelistic effort.
A newspaper item promotes Prosene Compound with Compound Tincture of Cinchona and sherry wine as a stomach remedy. Taken in tea spoonful doses before meals the mixture is said to increase gastric juices and act as a tonic. Prosene is produced by Cooper Pharmacal Co Chicago and available from prescription druggists.
Harry F. Hartman formerly of Muscatine now of Chicago married Miss Ruby Jones of 100 Hershey avenue in Joliet on Monday. The couple traveled from Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hartman and were joined in matrimony, with both having wide Muscatine connections.
A shower was given at the Witte home on Newell Avenue in honor of Miss Marie Witte who will wed Charles Dittman of this city. The decorated residence featured palms and chrysanthemums with a green and white theme. Guests played guessing games and other activities while Mrs Frances Richard won first prize. Hostesses the Misses Dittmann Dammann Yagow and Witte served a free course supper.
Miss Hazel May Bitzer and Clyde Eldon Vanatta wed Wednesday evening at the bride’s mother's home 405 Mulberry avenue Rev J C H Light of the United Brethren church officiated The couple are well known and their friends greet the nuptials Mrs George Parvin hosted a dinner today at 1474 Washington street with Mrs Mary Oats of St Louis as out of town guest The U B Ladies Aid will host a chicken pie supper and sale at the church parlors next Wednesday Nov 11 final arrangements are being made for a likely success
The Geneva club of the YWCA will meet at the home of Miss Anna McCoy this evening with Misses McCoy and Swain acting as hostesses.
A junior party is planned for tomorrow from 3 to 5 o'clock at the Y M C A rooms.
The second in a series of dances to be held this evening by the Eight-Eleven club will take place at the Launch club.
The Family Theatre on Third Street continues to attract large crowds as manager Sodini extends the bill. Probasco the Juggler, Avil and Grimm in their comedy bar act, and the Lilliputian Comedians Robinson and Gaunt headline. A sparring act entertains, and Major Del Fontaine, a gun spinner and fire juggler, will perform tonight after weather‑related travel delays.
Clark Shaft is unveiled as a monument on the Fort Massac site in Metropolis Illinois with the dedication ceremony held on November 6. The event marks the fort’s commemorative significance and boosts the park’s historical honor.
John C. Bonnell travels Muscatine County to promote the Omaha corn show and keeps the entry list open through the Wilton Farmers Institute so winners can compete. The event offers fifty thousand dollars in premiums with strong county chances. The Omaha show runs December 4 to 9.
Senator Elkins of West Virginia, en route to Morgan Town, plans to press for a clear decision from the Queen on the Duke of Abruzzi proposed marriage to Katherine Elkins. He says he will secure his daughter’s royal acceptance before returning to Washington. The publicity has disrupted his privacy, he complains after a photographer chased him for family pictures.
Caritha team leads with a nine point margin as results come in from the latest meet. Local sources note Gold Medal Flour sponsored competitors and the crowd responds to sharp finishes and steady pace throughout the race.
Geneseo New York November 6 Miss Ethel Roosevelt escaped a fatal fall during a Geneseo Valley club fox hunt thanks to rare horsemanship. Her fiery mount cleared a five barred fence after the saddle girth broke, yet she clung to the mane and retained her seat as the horse landed.
About 2000 people gathered yesterday for the monument ceremony, with strong representation from Illinois and neighboring states. Virginia and Kentucky officials were well represented, along with delegates from Washington DC, Chicago, Bloomington, Springfield, and Jacksonville. The Illinois chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution conducted the exercises.
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