Local News Short Travels and Daily Notes
Stop at Slaughter s Candy Store for lunches and ice cream. Mrs Vernie Slayton leaves for a short visit with friends at Andalusia. Mrs C High leaves for home at Andalusia after a city visit. Dr A B Clapp, eye ear nose and throat specialist Hershey Building. Mrs Milo Rittenhouse departs for Iowa City for a short visit. Miss Mabel Bronner leaves for Iowa City for a short stay.
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Slaughter’s Candy Store
Vernie Slayton
Andalusia
Mrs. C. High
A. B. Clapp
Hershey
Milo Rittenhouse
Kings Street
Iowa
Cit
Mabel Bronner
West Seventh Street
Iowa City
Frank's Panitorium Club advertisement tease
The cloth gets wrinkled and broken if not pressed. We clean press sew on buttons press overcoats and shine shoes for 1.00 per month. Goods called for and delivered the same day. French dry and steam cleaning carefully handled. Better join the club tonight.
Local notices list travel trips and sales across several residents
The itemized notes show residents traveling to West Liberty Davenport Chicago Cedar Rapids and Atalissa for visits or work. An auction note mentions two pony traps for sale and Dakota land for sale or trade. Several short odds and ends include a choir or church event and a corset demonstration at McCorm Dry Goods Co.
Cool Drink Cool Drink Sunday chicken dinners with ice cream
A brief ad notes Sunday chicken dinners with ice cream offered for 25c, inviting customers to visit for a cooling treat after church or on the weekend.
Forty Year Anniversary Of First Methodist Church
The First Methodist church of this city marks forty years since its August 29 dedication. Rev. Thos. Osborn will preach After Forty Years, inviting those at the 40 year dedication to attend. Bishop Thompson preached the dedicatory sermon, and the town annual conference met September 1 in the new church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Osborn
Thompson
Towa
Progressive Step by Local Photographer in Muscatine
Oscar Grossheim, renowned Grand Rapids photographer, introduces a metropolitan system of permanent and movable scenic backgrounds at his Muscatine studio on East Second Street. He imported C. A. Stanley to craft the backdrop with a decorative wall and dedicated child poses area. Stanley departed for St Paul and Minneapolis after completing similar contracts.
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Oscar Grossheim
Muscatine
Grossheim
Stanley
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Passenger Train Wreck Near Burlington No Serious Injuries
A Rock Island Burlington Branch passenger train derailed three miles from Burlington. No serious injuries reported as cars left the track. The 10:23 p.m. northbound train sent crews to recover passengers, and the 5:20 a.m. service resumed at 10:40 a.m. Cliff Ross and his gang investigated the wreck. Local note: a visit from Mrs. B Marshall’s party returning to Aurora Illinois. Dr J M McClelland of Mt Pleasant to preach Sunday at 11 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Burlington
Cliff Ross
Frank Lewis
Owls Fraternal Group Nears September Installation
Organizers L. H. Dugan and E. T. Newman report readiness for the new order of Owls in Muscatine. Charter, paraphernalia, and charter work have been received, membership growing, and a strong nest will be established. Officers will be elected and ritual work demonstrated at installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Dugan
E. T. Newman
Order of Owls
Muscatine
Brown's Business College Notes Opens Next Monday
The office will be open until 9 tonight and enrollment is available any time but best at the start. The school operates 50 weeks a year and furnishes all books and supplies in one tuition sum.
Grape-Nuts with Cream Advocated for Breakfast Vitality
An ad urges starting the day with GRAPE-NUTS with cream to feel steady energy through noon. It promises a lasting sense of vitality and suggests reading The Road to Wellville in pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellville
Foley's Kidney Remedy Testimonial from Wayne West Virginia
Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia reports kidney disease relief after using Foley's Kidney Remedy. She says a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely and she could once again stand and rise from bed. A W Morgan druggist confirms the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
S. L. Bowen
Wayne
W. Va
A. W. Morgan
Safe Place For Money Investment Offer
Titus Loan & Investment Co offers real estate mortgage backed security with interest 5 percent 6 percent 544 percent depending on loan quality. Minimum investment is $100. address 213 Iowa Avenue. Call or write for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Iowa Avenue
Winding down with visitors and funeral notices across town
In the evening at eight o clock Mrs. Sam Harmon and her son from Bloomfield Ind arrived to visit relatives aboard the wrecked train. A long list notes residents visiting relatives locally and away plus a funeral tribute to a lifelong neighbor known for Christian kindness and a successful summer of German church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Harmon
Little Son
Bloomfield
Letts
R. S. Johnston
Des Moines
Johnston
Elsie Westlake
Ollie Wilton
Sadie Diller
Davenport
F. Colen
J. C. Bell
Muscatine
Grandview
Arthur
M. J. Marston
Columbus City
Dunlap
M. L. Lane
Anita Miller
Inez Oliver
Mary Lewis
C. A. Carpenter
Chicago
Vinnie Lowe
Morning Sun
Vina Wilson
Mabel
Grinnell
J. B. Blair
Bess and
George
Oriean
Ill
J. D. Wilson
Joe Schock
Dorothy
Albia
Irwin Orr
Flora Schibilion
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Erwin
Keota
Obituary of Arthur B Raub Pioneer Resident of Muscatine
Arthur Bradley Raub born May 10 1858 died August 19 1909 at his lifelong Muscatine County home established by his parents. He studied country school and two years at Iowa City College and remained known for his kind heart. He inherited the family home after his father William Raub died. Married December 19 1883 to Mary L Day they had five children Clarence A Gertrude B Bessie V Herbert M and Mary E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bradley Raub
Iowa City
William Harrison Raub
Arthur
Muscatine County
Mary L. Day
Clarence A
Gertrude B
Bessie V
Herbert M
Mary E
Union Services German Churches Join on Sunday
Union services of the German churches of Muscatine will be held Sunday evening at the German M. E. church conducted by Rev. W. C. Schultze.
Porter Couple Relocate from Island to Nebraska Street
Mr and Mrs William Porter have moved from the Island residence to Nebraska street confirming a local relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Porter
Island
Nebraska Street
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Mary Jenison
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Emma Phillips
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Atalissa
Dakota
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C. A. Curtis
Stella Mulligan
Mabel Warner
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George McMahon
East Eighth Street
Anna Bishop
Sycamore Street
H. L. Husted
Julius Schmidt
Bessie Holtz
Sweetland
Hattie Schluter
Carl S. Koontz
Josephine Wyant
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Spokane
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1St Methodist Church
Nellie C. Meyer
St. Mary’s Sewing Society
W. E. Nutting
Rock Island
Will Blessing
Mulberry Avenue
Grace Potter
McCorm Dry Goods Co
Edward Hetzel
New York
N. Y
Mrs. C. Hetzel
West Second Street
Elizabeth Criswell
Cambridge
Ohio
Iron Mountain
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T He High School
Jake
J. A. Bond
Prop
Grown Restaurant
Rev. Osborn
Methodist Church
Ference
Grand Rapids, Mich
Burlington Branch
Columbus Junction News
Brown’s Business College Notes
Oxford
Oxfords
Wilson
Dauber
Orrin H. Raub
Thurston
Nebraska
Annie M. Jones
Omaha
Union Services
Airdome
Dainty Winnifred Greenwood
Yclone
W.g.block Co
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