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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1909

Page

5

South Muscatine Addition 10th Street Plant Completed

The McKee & Bliven button factory expansion on Hershey Avenue is finished. The new frame warehouse, largest of its kind in Muscatine, can store several thousand tons of shells with fifteen loading doors for easy handling. The combined floor area of plant and warehouses rivals any in the country. Watermelon activity rises as growers fetch good prices while crop shy of a full year. Local social notes mention visitors and residents in Muscatine.

McKee & Bliven Muscatine McKee & Bligen Company Hershey Avenue Pbuilding South End J. S. Risley Davenport Andrew Cracker Phillip Street M. Lamar Odell Frank Pierce Latham Street Harry Miller Oregon Street Joseph Westerfelt Island Martin Arthur Seltzer Frank Gable Shirley Hoopes Kansas City Mr. Gable

Montrose Clergy to Speak on Sunday at Thomlinson Home

Rev and Mrs F W Throw of Montrose Indiana arrive by steamer Columbia plan a week long visit with Rev W H Thomlinson on Green Street They will preach Sunday at Hershey Avenue church and join a special musical program after the address Also fishing trips are planned This is a friendly clergy visit in southeast Iowa.

F. W. Throw Montrose Columbia W. H. Thomlinson Green Street Quartette James Brier Muscatine County South Muscatine Ed. Haas Wapello Charles Graham Ralph Lockwood Nevada

Visit Delayed by Illness and Family Gatherings

Lloyd Cracker lies seriously ill at home with typhoid fever feared. Fred Crow of New Era visits his mother Mrs. Hester A. Crow on Sampson street as friends plan several days of visiting.

Lloyd Cracker Fred Crow New Era Hester A. Crow Sampson Street

Muscatine Couples Wed in North City of Minneapolis

South Muscatine man buys grocery and confectionery store and plans to reside in Minneapolis. The event ties local families to the Twin Cities as a marriage and business transfer are noted in the North Muscatine area.

Local Muscatine Couple May Tie The Knot In Minneapolis

Announcement from relatives reports William Jones of South Muscatine and Miss Kate Binhoff of West Sixth Street being married in Minneapolis yesterday. No definite notice yet, but they planned the union, with Jones moving to Minneapolis to run a grocery and confectionery store. The couple, well known in Muscatine, will reside there. Social Tonight features an ice cream social at the Musserville M. E. church lawn to aid church funds.

William Jones South Muscatine Kate Binhoff West Sixth Street Minneapolis Westerday Mr. Jones Miss Binhoff Northwest Jones Muscatine Musserville

See Sterlin for a Bargain In Agricultural Land

Real estate listing notes a bargain on agricultural land at 109 E 2nd St with contact by phone 813 for inquiries.

Sterlin

Brick Delay Halts East Second Street Paving

Shipment of bricks from Galesburg did not arrive yesterday delaying paving on East Second Street and Park Avenue. Work crews had anticipated delivery to start the project and finish soon. East Hill locals report residents visiting and guests at local homes, including Miriam Bennett of Neosho Missouri and Eva Drake with Edith Garnes.

Galesburg East Second Street Park Avenue East Hill Miriam Bennett Neosho, Mo Elizabeth Zedeker Charles Conaway Eva Drake Edith Garnes Cranston

Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Relief From Kidney Disease

A Wayne West Virginia resident Mrs S L Bowen reports relief from kidney disease after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. She says a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely and credits the product for enabling her to rise from bed and stand straight. A. W. Morgan, druggist, endorses the remedy.

Foley S. L. Bowen Wayne W. Va A. W. Morgan

Scholars plan annual picnic at Weed Park

The Park Avenue M. E. Sunday school prepares for its annual picnic at Weed park on Thursday afternoon. Teachers and officers form committees, aiming for the event to be the biggest yet with field meets and novelty races. Attendees will bring baskets and dine around 6:30 after work.

Park Avenue M. E Weed Park

Real Estate Transfers in Muscatine Iowa

Real estate transfers transcribed for the Journal by G M Titus. Isabella Milholm transfers 88 percent feet of S%4 of lot 4 and 88 percent feet of S% of W30 feet of lot 3 Newell's sub division SE% of section 34 77 2 west to Henry A Lange for 1200 dollars. The German Mechanics Aid society transfers lot 3 west to Jeptha L Kent.

Muscatine McKee J. W Wm. Singleton Wm. QO. Gray B. Kemper West Muscatine Imp. & Mfg. Co Vada Duncan Franklin Thomas J Mary Ann Franklin Miller West Liberty Bilkey Joseph Sara E. Bilkey Sara E Joseph Bilkey Iowa Avenue City of Muscatine G. M. Titus Iowa Milholm Isabella Henry A. Lange Newell's The German Mechanics Aid Society Jeptha L. Kent

Hay Fever Remedy Praised by Batesville Consumer

A. S. Nusbaum of Batesville Indiana reports a three month summer cold and hay fever symptoms being cured quickly by Foley's Honey and Tar after other medicines failed. His wife also benefited from the product.

A. S. Nusbaum Batesville Indiana Foley A. W. Morgan

Mrs Mary Clements Visits Brooklyns Abbott Family

Mrs Mary Clements formerly Miss Mary Abbott arrived in Sweetland Township to spend two months with her parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Abbott.

Thomas Clements Brooklyn, N. Y Arthur Abbott Sweetland Township Clements Mary Abbott

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Dresser Thomlinson Home North William Jones and Kate bin Huff South Muscatine Man Fast Hill News Will Weed Baker Cora E James A. Young Beck George O. E. Townsley Peasley Elbert C Leslie W. Peasley Samuel C. Peasley Mary E. Dykes Louise Frankenreiter Stortz Starke John Elizabeth Hess Brook Street W.g.block Co
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