Local births and visits fill Muscatine social scene
Local notes report births, visits, and travels across Muscatine and nearby towns. A boy born to Mr. and Mrs. James Roberts and a girl to Fred L. Ray and other residents are listed amid a stream of visitors from Davenport Keswick Creston West Liberty and Wilton. Community notices include health ads for Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and a move of the Highland Nobles lodge to the Nyenhuis building with a first meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred L. Ray
Lucas Street
South Muscatine Men Banquet Declared Successful
The first banquet of the Mulford Congregational church men’s club drew about sixty dinner guests. W L Roach gave the principal address on Every Day Christianity, stressing Christian deeds over occasional church attendance. Rev B C Preston and several locals also spoke while the Dealings Orchestra and male quartet performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulford
B. C. Preston
First Congregational Church
Mr. Roach
Frank Faulkner
Tony Christian
J. B. Riggs
J. G. Richley
John Bloom
South Muscatine
John P. Diercks
Claus Lemkau
Stocker
Jesse Rehmel
Wallace Street
Chris Gremmel
Milwaukee
William Stewart
Oregon Street
H. A. Lewis
Washington
Harold Bowlby
Winterset
J. Dougherty
Evans Street
William Randleman
Grandview Avenue
Meyers
South End Schools Enter League Baseball This Spring
South Muscatine students prepare to join a city baseball league to be formed soon. Garfield and Franklin boys hold regular practices and set lineups while practice games are planned before league play. Roach and Musser Sash and Door plans expand with gravel and sand for a large cement floor at the west warehouse on Grandview Avenue and Oregon Street. Two new warehouses are being painted and stocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Muscatine
Garfield and Franklin
Roach & Musser
Grandview Avenue
Oregon Street
Y W C A Notes Bible Classes and Membership Update
The YWCA notes list several Bible study classes tonight including Miss Sade Wilson's Old Testament class at 7:45 and the automatic factory class at 7:30. An afternoon eight week Bible study is planned with Miss Alethea W. Tracy teaching, and a board meeting reported 254 new members and 547 total members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sade Wilson
Association
The
Automatic Factory
Miss Tracy
Carl Schmidt
Kecklerville
Koehler
East Ninth Street
Alethea W. Tracy
Young Women’s Christian Association
Willie Young and Thomas Brandow Visit Friends
In Orono on April 22 Willie Young and Thomas Brandow were noted as visiting friends in a brief local item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orono
Willie Young
Thomas Brandow
Local Pastor Assists in Union Evangelistic Services
Rev W H Thomlinson left for Preston Iowa to take part in union evangelistic meetings held by Congregational and Methodist churches. He is a former pastor of the First Congregational church there and is expected back Saturday for Sunday services at the local church. A crew works on Muscatine North and South tracks near Oregon Street resurfacing and placing new ties. Samuel Sprott returns home after visiting Edward Anson on Evans Street. Julius Parker of near Wapello left after a day in Muscatine on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Thomlinson
Preston
Thomlinson
First Congregational Church
Muscatine
Oregon Street
Doan's Kidney Pills End Kidney Trouble Says Muscatine Woman
Mrs. John Mark of Muscatine Iowa endorses Doan's Kidney Pills after two years of kidney troubles. She explains they relieved back pain and improved health after trying other remedies. The ad promotes the pills as a simple herbal treatment from J J Havercamp's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
John Mark
East Fourth Street
Iowa
Dean
Doan
J. J. Havercamp
Funeral services held for editor O S Jamison at Columbus Junction
The Columbus Junction community gathered for the funeral of editor O S Jamison with a home service at 11:15 and a procession to Wapello for a Bethel Methodist church service conducted by Rev. Newsom and Rev. Blanchard. Attendees included former students and local relatives, with Oscar Hale reading a commemorative piece. Other items note Brockway funeral, travel of relatives, and a school work exhibit Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
O. S. Jamison
Wapello
Bethel Methodist Church
Mr. Newsom
Charles Blanchard
Oscar Hale
Brockway
E. F. Brockway
Grandview
Vinnie Letts
Cornell College
J. W. McKee
Corning
Ark
Loisa Johnston
Frank Griswold
Presbytery
The
Presbyterian Church
S. C. Foster
Ainsworth
Dan Neff
J. J. Russell
Pearson
O. I. Jamison
Robert Newell
Thos. Newell
Concord Township
Boise
Idaho
Newell
Supt
R. R. Hunt
Electric Bitters Promote Health Claims on Kidney Trouble
A vintage ad asserts dying on the scaffold is painless next to weak back kidney trouble. It promotes Electric Bitters as the remedy and prices it at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
Local social visits reported in Aledo and area
April 22 update notes E H Irwin and Will Duffield visiting in Aledo. Mrs Elmer Mosier and Mrs Lincoln Brocket visited Carrie Beverlin in Joy. Mrs Grant Leech stayed with sister Mrs Walter Epperly in Prince. Ernest Colberg family from near Muscatine visited W M Colberg and Joseph Cox households. Anna Munson joined Easter at Mrs Charles Munson in Wrayville. Beulah Martin of Seaton assisted switchboard before returning home. Leslie Brocket visited Seaton with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza
E. H. Irwin
Will Duffield
Aledo
Elmer Mosier
Lincoln Brocket
Carrie Beverlin
Grant Leech
Walter Epperly
Prince
Ernest Colberg
Muscatine
W. M. Colberg
Joseph Cox
Anna Munson
Charles Munson
Wrayville
J. W. Blan
Hamilton
Beulah Martin
Seaton
Sylvester Mosier
Leslie Brocket
Montpelier Republicans to Caucus at Pine Mills
Montpelier township Republicans call a meeting at Pine Mills on Wednesday April 22 1908 at 3 o clock p m to select candidates for township officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Montpelier Township
Pine Mills
Notice to Contractors for Muscatine Sewer Improvements
Sealed proposals requested by the City Recorder of Muscatine Iowa for sewerage improvements in Sub-sewerage District No 13 Main Sewerage District No 1. Bids due by 7 30 p m April 50 1908 with five hundred dollar certified check. Work begins by May 15 1908 and must finish by August 1 1908. City to pay remaining cost by bonds and cash within thirty days of completion. Council may reject any bids. James J Ryan city engineer April 18 1908
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder
City of
Muscatine
Iowa
City Engineer
City of Muscatine
James J. Ryan
Probate Notice of Will in Muscatine County Iowa
On April 7 1908 the district court clerk opened a will for Sarah A Figg deceased. A hearing on proof is set for May 6 1908 at the April Term to decide admission to probate. Interested parties may appear and show cause. W S McKee Clerk and Thos Brown attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Muscatine County
District Court
Said County
Sarah A. Figg
A. D
Muscatine
W. S. McKee
Thos. Brown
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Alump
James Roberts
W. Edison
Keswick, In
Elizabeth Fotsch
Letts
Bessie Crocker
Caroline Marolf
Wilton
James Carr
West Liberty
City
Charlotte Mauck
Corner Fourth and
Linn Streets
Roach & Musser Sash and Door Company
Lulu Frack
Davenport
J. H. Young
Roselawn Avenue
Leah Coyle
Creston
Shiek
East Seventh Street
Fairfield
Havercamp’s
R. S. Hutton
East Eleventh Street
Mt. Pleasant
Carl Foster
Minnie Burkett
Cedar Street
Hollister
Co. F. Elmer
Walcott
John A. Robbins
W. A. Hutton
Tri-Cities
Oscar Faulhaber
C. Bear
Stirlen & Rowan
Margaret Nicola
Nichols
E. B. Fulham
Third and
Walnut Streets
Dr. Clapp
E. Second Street
Woodman Hall
Nyenhuis
Third Street
Iowa Avenue
Sfgres
Portland Cement
A” Co A
Atlas
Marquette
B. Kleinert Rubber CO
Broadway
New York
Mulford Church
W. L. Roach
South End
Ing
Francis Hill
Will Hawkins
Nowels
Frank Tarpy
Burlington
Bertha McCormick
Ina
Georgia
Will Baker
Cone
Will Jones
Nellie Gunderson
Henry Krider
Co. B. Vail
Brandow Place
Logal
Preston, IA
Union Evangelistic
Igieheart Bros
Dept
Evansville
Ind
Nature
James Doan
Doan’s. Kidney Pills
Ae. Ighta
East Second Street
Lett&er
J. E. Stevenson
Pierson
Brussels
A. L. Pierson
Second St
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