Muscatine Man Addresses River Improvement Meet
Delegates from Mississippi River towns gather in Quincy Illinois for the fourteenth annual Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association convention. H W Metzger urged Congress to fund river rehab as a national highway and defense artery linking Minnesota to the Gulf. He emphasized river improvements for military and peacetime commerce, urging a living congressional interest and adequate appropriations. C F DeMarce departed Muscatine to visit Fairfield before returning home to Texarkana, Texas.
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Upper Mississippi Riv ‘Er’ Improvement Association
H. W. Metzger
Muscatine
Iowa
Congress of the United States
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United States
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Josephus Daniels
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America
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New Orleans
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National Treasury
C. F. DeMarce
M. DeMarce
Chestnut Street
Fairfield
Texarkana
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Two Fine Sermons Heard at Church in Muscatine
Former pastor Dr J N Elliott returned for dedicatory service at First Presbyterian, praising the Bible and Galatians as the basis of faith. He urged clear conviction to avoid wandering doctrines while Rev S G Baskerville delivered official presbytery greetings on church purpose, progress, and bearing fruit through faithful work.
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Wiliott
Paul
Dr. Elliott
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God
Christ
Moses
Samuel
Isaiah
Presbytery
S. G. Baskerville
Malcom
Iowa City
Thomas Carlysle
Heaven
Muscatine
Muscatine Church Leaders Seek Christlike Community Uplift
A Muscatine audience discussed individual worth to the church through actions and principles, urging Christians to form right ideas from the Bible and live truthfully to inspire the community. The piece notes Captain Compton's recognition and local ties, with ads urging insurance.
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Muscatine
Christ
Davenport Battery Elects New Captain
Davenport Iowa December 1 Junior First Lieut Arthur M Compton has been elected captain of Battery B I N G to succeed Capt Dan Evers retired At the last moment Senior First Lieut Harry Ward who was also a candidate withdrew his name Senior Second Lieut R S Truitt has been advanced to junior first lieutenant and Sergeant Frank Hin-3
Neighbor Told Her Cure for Lumbago
A Duncan Mills reader credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing lumbago after a neighbor’s recommendation. The letter states relief after using two to three bottles and endorses the product for toning kidneys, boosting energy, appetite, and sleep, urging readers not to neglect kidney trouble.
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G. H. Eveland
Duncan Mills
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