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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1906
Page
8
The Guarantee Loan Co offers loans secured by your property. They loan on horses cows carriages pianos household goods and other personal property with goods kept in your possession. The firm keeps hours Wednesday and Saturday evenings from seven to nine.
A column of short notices lists residents and visitors in Muscatine. Passengers ride Wilton, Western and Milwaukee trains to Des Moines Cedar Rapids Davenport and Davenport. People visit relatives in Moscow Moscow Iowa City and West Liberty. Local sales offer Studebaker wagons bargain bargains Bargers ice cream soda and a Bargain store removal sale.
The Ladies Aid of the First Congregational church meets Thursday at 3 PM. Forward society holds its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at Mrs Brenner’s Cedar street home. The Young People’s Christian Endeavor visit Wittich’s cottage on Geneva Island for the day. Prayer meeting is Thursday at the German Methodist church. Ladies Aid of the German Methodist meets Friday afternoon. Grace Lutheran Ladies Aid gathers Wednesday afternoon in the church basement hosted by Mrs Weltz. Teachers’ meeting and Bible study occur Wednesday at 7 30 PM.
The Helen Blair sailed this morning for Davenport on an excursion and will return around 2 o clock after two round trips between Muscatine and the Tri-Cities. The Diamond Jo line's steamer Sidney docked at Muscatine while en route from St. Louis to St. Paul with a sizable freight and passenger list. The St. Paul arrived in town on its passage from St. Paul to St. Louis with a large freight load and fair passenger list.
Large crowds attended the Labor Day observance and parade, with formal prizes awarded. Organizers touted a fine procession and community participation amid warm weather and festive spirit.
Muscatine marked Labor Day with a morning parade featuring Redman and Pauchet bands. Judges awarded prizes to S. Schmidt & Son Co and Henry Elfers grocery, with numerous floats from unions and businesses. An afternoon program at the fairgrounds included basketball, horse and hose races, and a ladder-climbing exhibition. Two youths, Mickey Lockwood and Earl Shearer, face juvenile court for watermelon theft at E. G. Hoopes’ farm. Nora May De Lisle sues Harold De Lisle. William Miller and Hattie O'Brien receive a marriage license.
Miss J Caroline Richard offers violin lessons at her studio located at C EB Richards residence 116 West Fourth Street.
The ministerial association met at the YMCA rooms at 10:30 AM. Members present agreed to resume regular Sunday evening services in the individual churches starting next Sunday, replacing the former union services.
The grand jury will be impaneled on Tuesday September 11, with the petit jury not starting work until the following Monday the 17th.
Wilton residents and visitors from Muscatine and Davenport filled weekend with social visits and travel. Ruth Eaton from Chicago stayed with C. D. Eaton family before returning, while Miss Lute Dove from Iowa City and Miss Eva Kingsley from Muscatine visited friends. Local events included a WCTU meeting at Mrs. C. Bacon’s and Pauchet’s band engagement for the fair.
South Muscatine residents observe Labor Day with mills and stores closing for the day. Fire department hose races are part of the fair activities while floats parade through the lower town. Local youngsters in blue join Hose Company No. 4 as a junior division. Multiple residents travel to Davenport for the prize fight and others visit relatives in Letts and Fruitland.
J F Devitt reports the American Bar association convention in St Paul a great success and the largest ever held except for the St Louis World’s Fair gathering.
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