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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
10
Local society and business notices list visits, departures, and travel. Mrs Edward Walz and others visiting Davenport and Rock Island. John Havercamp returns from Oklahoma with Beveridge party. Miss Anna Weisse heads to Davenport. Dr. A B Clapp announces specialty practice in Muscatine.
An Austrian laborer named Bozo Dugich, twenty years old, died this morning at Hershey Memorial hospital after a week of intense suffering in a filthy box car. He was brought to Muscatine last week with a group of railway yard workers, fell ill before arrival, and died from inflammation of the bowels and congestion of the lungs. Relatives from Cotter are expected to take the body. arrangements may send him home.
Muscatine boat enthusiasts travel to Ft Madison for a centennial regatta opening tomorrow. Carl Braun sails the Donut in the 30 foot class and hopes for a top finish. E L Kemptner travels with Braun aboard the Donut while August G Thede Oscar Grossheim family and Alexander Grossheim depart aboard the Jonathan W. Others miss the Niagara due to boat issues.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Company failed to have the drainage district number three assessment changed. Judge Bollinger ruled the assessment stood as originally made in a decision issued this morning.
The assessment for the improvement levied by the drainage board will stand. Jayne and Hoffman were the railway attorneys while J. R. Hanley represented the drainage board.
Over sixty young people attended the gymnasium rally at the Y. W. C. A. rooms last evening and met Physical Director Miss Amy Lee. Many games were played and refreshments served.
The Y W C A plans a Muscatine high school branch under city oversight with its own officers. Miss Bertha Hoover and Physical Director Lee outlined benefits as girls received gym, rooms, and class access. A gym rally was a success and the shirt waist class begins tonight at 7. Bible class moves to Friday.
About sixty Young Men's Democratic Club members paraded the business section to greet William Jennings Bryan who would speak on the Rock Island train No. 1 this morning. Central at the Iowa Telephone office warned no fire, just Bryan, causing a brief stir. The club also planned a Stockton trip for October 10 with speakers Mark Walsh and Henry Vollmer of Davenport. The Will versus Pentzer case was scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m. GPMAPA cookies from Gold Medal Flour are noted as the best.
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