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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1903
Page
6
From many correspondents the Journal reports on people you know across Wapelio West Liberty Montezuma and Millersburg. The section promises all the news all the time gathered by the staff of news getters.
A testimonial from N M Church of La Grande Oregon to Nan s Dyspepsia Cure stating 20 years of indigestion cleared after use starting June 15. The letter credits life saving recovery and urges purchase from The F Nau Company Portland Oregon and 203 Broadway New York. Price listed 1.00 per bottle or 6 bottles for 5.00.
Henry Wishard sold his lumber yard to the Iowa Lumber Co in Wellman Iowa. William Boehme died at his daughter’s home near Wellman on August 6 aged 81 years two months and nineteen days. Funeral services were held at Pleasant Hill M E church in Amish Iowa conducted by Rev Shreiner with burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
Riverside reports Mrs. Fisher from Lone Tree visiting Grandma Liska’s and E Nicola beginning a three day wood cut at his farm south of town. Oats yield twenty to forty bushels per acre. Frank Kas, wealthy farmer south of town, died Friday and was buried Sunday in Riverside cemetery. over eighty teams accompanied the funeral cortege. Cemetery board hires help to restore graveyard cleanliness in first class order.
H R Bernieder of near Muscatine canvassed White Prairie for a Chicago Portrait Co enlarging pictures. Mrs William Kirk and daughter Haitie of Bayfield visited Mrs S Morgan. A large crowd attended Sunday camp meeting and some tangled with buzzing bumble bees, even releasing two horses to escape.
Miss Ida Drake gave a gathering for Valley youth in honor of her niece Miss Bessie Drake of Mason City Iowa. The evening featured games social chat and refreshments of ice cream and cake. Miss Drake departed for Mason City Thursday after visiting Ida and Oscar Drake. A Presbyterian church social Thursday night drew a large crowd.
Acquaintances exchange notes on neighbors and relatives in a weekly Journal column styled as a letter from home. The feature gathers social updates and local connections, offering a warm snapshot of community ties and weekly happenings.
Mrs Mary Graham came home Tuesday from Hershey Hospital in Muscatine where she spent six weeks after a severe operation. Her health is greatly improved and friends thank the staff for the excellent care she received during her invalid spell and recovery.
Mrs Oscar Shaw and daughter Mabel return from Genoa Nebraska after three weeks. I A Lewis loses several fat cattle to heat while driving to Atalissa. Kate Culver of Denver visits Mrs George Miller. Mrs R W Nichols hosts daughters from Kansas City. Leila Thompson visits Irene Lewis. Ward couple travel to Pittsburg for about a month. Samuel and Clifford Naftzger visit B F Naftzger in East Third street. Virginia Rhoades visits Cedar Rapids relative. ice cream party hosted by A F Parker. Rev G W Burch resigns after six years. Rev F W Collins to assume duties September 13. Wilton campers reduce Sunday services. Christian church hosts farewell sermons. George Woolley funeral draws large crowd. Oakridge cemetery burial with life sketch read. Mrs C B McClun and son Edmund visit from Glenn Falls New York. W C Addleman kicked by colt, minor limp expected.
News briefs from Atalissa and nearby Cedar County include visits and travels of residents. Ida Butler and daughter visit Muscatine. Herbert Hargrave trips to Pittsburg. changes in farming as Joel LaRue plans to move back to his farm. births, teaching appointments, and summer travel among locals. Community events include Ladies Aid at Mrs. McLaughlin’s and local church life. one livestock loss noted from overheated cattle.
Bloomington residents share visits and dinners as families attend church events and host guests. Rebec a Scott travels from Wilton to dine with her daughter Mrs. P. B. Lake and returns with Clara Lake for a Wilton visit. Additional gatherings include Ed Negus’s Cedar county trip and A J Hoover’s Cedar Rapids journey with son Glen visiting Grandpa Sanders.
Miss Robertson spoke at the Methodist church in Lone Tree with morning and evening services. Nellie Patten of Peru visits her sister Mrs Howard Hinkley. Rev and Mrs Pace attend chau tauqua at Columbus Junction this week. Miss Jean Love of Kansas City visits her mother and sister. L G Younkin buys F F Carl building to move his restaurant there soon. Mrs Holt hosts her mother from Iowa Falls. Salada family moves back from Appleton City. Ruth Lee of Burlington visits cousin J M Lee and family. Rev B A Black elected pastor of the Reformed church.
The Iowa Central offers one fare round trip excursion tickets for Des Moines Iowa from August 21 to 29, with return allowed until August 31. Attractions and exhibits are billed as surpassing previous years. For details contact agents.
In Oxford Iowa on August 11 farmers report good corn growth with yields near forty bushels per acre. Visitors Rev and Mrs D Brown of Cedar Rapids were welcomed, recalling Brown’s past as Oxford’s Presbyterian pastor. Other items include J Worthman returning from the west, Jack Hutchinson traveling to Oklahoma to check on a ill brother Joe, Fred Rapp losing a horse, A T Cook’s injury and Crutches, Epworth League gathering at M E church, and Miss Clara Cook visiting G W Cook with Miss Laura Miller’s Spirit Lake outing.
Miss Stella Chamberlain shopped in Davenport. Wilton visitors include Attwood Scott with grandparents the Fishburns and Miss Kate Daut visiting her sister Mrs Kaufman. Langs attend Evangelical camp at Waterloo. Camp meeting Sunday drew large attendance in pleasant weather.
South Cedar residents report grain stacking to prevent spoilage from potential rain. West Liberty contractor F. M. Warren is building a residence for Will Wilkins on a recently purchased farm. The Aker sisters Blanch and Ethel return from Independence. Howard Rockafellow hosts his mother from Muscatine. Joe Bowman returns from a Bald Eagle Lake trip. Visitors include Mrs. Maria Henderson of Salt Lake and J D Hanks of Knoxville visiting Frank T. Gibrow’s home with Clark Lewis and daughters McElravy and Halderman in West Liberty. John Rummels and family visit Nichols.
An old allegory compares a girl trampling a snake to a man who spends big sums on a cyclone cellar yet neglects to provide his family with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The remedy is praised as prompt and reliable for bowel complaints and sold by all druggists.
On July 17 1903 H J Hartman executed a deed of assignment to the undersigned for the benefit of creditors conveying all non exempt property. Debtors should pay immediately and claimants must present sworn claims within three months from July 21 1903.
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