South Muscatine Juniors Host Poverty Party at Hoopes Farm
South Muscatine juniors gathered at J E Hoopes home on Stewart Road for a poverty party hosted by Amy Hoopes. They rode a hay rack from Ralph Leyson’s to the Hoopes farm, wore tattered costumes, played games and music, and served sandwiches and doughnuts on wooden dishes with tin spoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hoopes
Stewart Road
Amy
Ralph Leyson
Sixth Street
Town Avenue
Hoopes
Miss Chase
Sylvia Robertson
Florence Miller
Linda Musser
Maud Vanatta
Elsie Narvis
Helen Knopp
Helen Bloom
Lillian Rosenmund
Ivy Ryan
Bertha Baldwin
Viola Greeley
Mabel Zeidler
Bessie Reesink
Lila Althouse
Amy Hoopes
Edwin Lillibridge
Ralph Leysen
Ralph Williamson
Harold Will
Elmos Richards
Archie Keath
Lee Ashcraft
Charles Reuling
Adolph Kohlhammer
Maude Garnes
Abbie McBride
Lillian Kemper
Alice Yeager
Florence Chase
Musserville Music and Literary Club
Florence Weltz
Oregon Street
Verna Miksch
Edith Stohr
Esther Stohr
Agnes Carter
Stella Knight
Charles Toborg
Clifford Knight
Ralph Washburn
Roy Priester
Harry von Wagoner
Walter Weltz
Popular Irwin woman credits Pink Pills cure
Mrs. Isaac Fulton of Irwin Pennsylvania one of the town’s best known women says she suffered anaemia and nervous prostration for years before Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People restored her health. She recommends the remedy as a sure treatment and notes recovery after a trial at a druggist and continued use. The pills are advertised for blood and nerve disorders with sales from the Dr Williams Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Isaac Fulton
Irwin
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Chestnuts and Other Christmas Hard Shells on Market
Chestnuts and eight other hard shell varieties are on market for the Christmas holidays. Prices range from 5c to 50c per unit with chestnuts at 20c per pound, almonds and English walnuts at 17 4c, mixed nuts 15c, hickory 50c per peck, walnuts 20c per peck, and peanuts five a sack. A full supply is available for the season.
Grain and Livestock Prices Across Wholesale Market
The list records wholesale prices for grains, produce, flour, feed, and live stock. Notable rates include oats 35 cents per bushel or per unit, wheat around 80 cents, corn old 48 cents, butter 20 to 25 cents, eggs 30 cents, lard 10 to 12 1 2 cents, and various vegetables and fruits with per pack or per dozen pricing.
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Graham
Webber Wins Muscatine Button Cutter Championship Record
Robert Webber of South Muscatine set a city and believed world record by cutting 302 gross of 24 line buttons in five and a half days at Bishop and Hagerman earning 30.20 dollars at 10 cents per gross. He surpassed Frank Long who earned 29.80 for the same period while cutting 298 gross. Webber’s daily pay totaled about 5.49 dollars, roughly 37.50 per week, in a contest to settle speed disputes in button manufacture.
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Muscatine
Robert Webber
South Muscatine
Frank Long
Bishop and Hagerman
Long
Webber
To Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertising note promoting Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets to cure a cold in one day. Druggist refunds the money if it fails. EB Groves signature appears on each box. Price listed as 25 cents.
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EB. W. Groves
Six Fine Fast Trains Chicago to New York Through Service
Six fast through trains run Chicago to New York on Pennsylvania Short Lines. The Manhattan Limited leaves Chicago at 1 PM and The Pennsylvania Limited at 6 PM. For details contact H. R. Dering Agt at No 2 Sherman Street Chicago.
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Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Superior Limited
Manhattan Limited
Pennsylvania Limited
H. R. Dering
A. G. P. Agt
Sherman Street
$100-Dr E Decthon Anti Diuretic for bedwetting
An advertisement promotes Dr E Decthon Anti Diuretic as a quick fix for bedwetting in children and adults. It claims immediate relief and notes a $1 price at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store on 203 East Second Street in Muscatine Iowa.
Knights of Pythias Rathbone party announcement
The third in a series of card parties under K of P and Rathbone Sisters will be held Monday evening December 7 at o'clock sharp. All Knights and Rathbone Sisters and their families and sweethearts are invited to attend. Per. Com.
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P.’s and
Rathbone S
K. of P.’s
Rathbone
Per
Returns From Convention of Railway Surgeons
Dr. H M Dean returned from the Rock Island railway surgeons meeting in Kansas City where about 200 physicians attended a two day session. Papers were read in fifteen minute segments and Chicago surgeon C B Plummer was elected secretary. Dr Dean presented on Carbolic Acid, building on his early investigations dating to 1863.
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Dean
H. M. Dean
Rock Island Railway
Kansas City
C. 8S. Plummer
Chicago
Correction on Anti-Saloon League meetings and services
Announcement recalls the postponement of Anti-Saloon League Mass meetings to December 13 and notes preaching services at Musserville are on as usual tomorrow at 7 30 p m with the sermon Joy in Gods Service led by Pastor E C Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musserville
E. C. Brooks
Called meeting of trades committee at Assembly Hall
A committee of three from the Carpenters Bricklayers Painters Hadcarriers Tinners Plumbers and Electricians will meet at Assembly Hall over post office on December 8 at 7 30 p m by order of the committee.
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Assembly Hall
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Disputed in Ad
Rheumatism cured in a day claim says the mystic remedy acts in 1 to 3 days with immediate disappearance after removing the cause. First doses bring quick relief. Sold for 75 cents and 1.00 by H. E. Wiley & Co and McBride & Cope druggists at 124 East Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Wiley & Co
East Second Street
McBride & Cope
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H. Schmidt & Son Co
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Byrne
Hirt & Fester Co
Muscatine Business College
Pov
Miss Amy Hoopes
Alberta Berry
Randleman
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army of the Republic
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Royster
Charles Moore
Miles Avenue
Mississippi
Musserville Methodist Church
Fred Selzer
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Peck and Pound
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Button
Cutter of World
Muscatine County
Banker's Life Association
Chas. H. Gobble
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Big Chief
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Poland
China
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Batterson’s
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Mobile
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Business Center
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N. Rosenberger
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Royal Pearl Button Co
W. H. Hoopes & Son
J. Bilkey
Teichmiller Bros
Sarah
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Rochester
Pontiac Bbldg
Continental Distributing Service
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