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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1903
Page
8
Local brief notices advise lodge meeting deadlines for the Journal and church column placement, with Saturday and Sunday deadline guidance. Local names share travel, visits, and arrivals. ads promote a palmist appearance and a tonic product. community items include fairs, races, sermons, and employment moves in Des Moines and Davenport.
Local items list residents leaving for Des Moines to attend state fairs in early September and visiting friends in Davenport Brooklyn Columbus Junction and Muscatine. Several residents travel to Columbus City West Liberty Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids for fairs visits and family events.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Fred Beach hosted a birthday doll party for her daughter Miss Glyde. The event featured little girls in white dresses, games, and a supper of sandwiches pickles potato salad candy ice cream and cake. Assistants included Misses Marie Lane and Anna Rankin. Guests listed: Margaret Gobble Shirley Johnson Nellie McKee Bernice Blackwell Florence Hughes Agnes St John Lois St John Jean Martin Mary Munroe Mildred Hacker Dorothy Dean Loretta Devitt Helen Wallace Helen Gobble Gail Thompson Helen Ruffner Grace Leysen Ruth Brandt Margaret McDermid Gladys Hudler Jeanette Hudson Jeanette Huttig.
Yesterday at 2 30 in the Windsor hotel parlors Davenport Mrs G W Bartlett and Charles A Jacobs were married by Dr Charles Moore pastor of the First Congregational church Davenport The couple plans home at 602 East Fifth street Emma Franz attended the ceremony and the newlyweds traveled by steamer Helen Blair
Mr and Mrs Fred Giesler and children Winnifred and Frank plan a two week stay at Eagle Point cottage. Mrs Giesler and two companions traveled aboard the steamer Mignon and awaited the rest of the party including Mr and Mrs Quest and son Ray and Mr and Mrs George Stewart of Washington.
Winnifred Giesler accompanied them to the cottage. Mrs G B Samuels entertained friends at 316 Cedar street in honor of Mrs Lucy Burk holder and Miss Jennie Samuels of Fort Scott Kansas. The afternoon featured flinch, music, and refreshments.
Mrs. Sam Borger of Shore Acre arrived aboard the steamer Mignon at about 1 o clock. She reports a small city party will visit their cottage tomorrow including Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lilly, Mr. and Mrs. C Lillibridge, and W H Nellis of Boston. They will return on the Mignon tomorrow evening.
Mrs J W Vanatta Miss Ida Mull and Sidney and Fred Terry traveled this morning on the Mignon from the Vanatta cottage after a day there Yesterday about sixty U B women gathered at the cottage and reports say they had a fine time.
Mrs B H Eversmeyer and Mrs A Woliberg left on the Mignon this morning for Deutschland to spend the day at the Eversmeyer cottage. Mrs Mary Leffingwell is staying this week at the cottage and will return tomorrow evening.
Mrs Mackey and Miss Felicitas Mackey traveled home last evening aboard the Mignon from Mackey's Landing where they had spent several days at their cottage.
Mrs Warner Mrs Fitzgerald and Mr and Mrs Ben Lilly traveled from Geneva Island on the steamer Mignon after a day spent there with friends, returning last evening.
FE M Randell and family plan a gathering at their Geneva Island cottage Fairview with a sizable Mus catiners group expected to attend tomorrow.
Mrs. Frank Anson and her children are expected off the island this evening aboard the launch Mignon, after spending the past week at their cottage.
Next Wednesday the Ladies of the Old Ladies Home will travel to Shore Acre aboard the launch Mignon to spend the day with Mrs. Borger.
Mr and Mrs Mart Havercamp came down from their cottage after spending the day in the open air. The couple enjoyed a day outdoors and returned home in the evening.
Mrs. J. EB. Howe entertains Mrs. Ryan on Davenport Avenue at the Geneva Island Three Elms cottage during the week, according to local social notices.
An advertisement touts the Lanoix Sanitarium at 925 Forest Avenue in Kansas City Missouri as a center for cures of liquor morphine cocaine and all drug habits in six to ten days without pain or hypodermics. It guarantees a complete cure before payment and offers brochures and testimonials on request.
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