Local residents depart after city visits
Mrs. O A Ford traveled to Wilton yesterday afternoon after shopping in the city. Mrs. E C Kerr left for West Liberty last evening following a city visit. Mrs. M Leech of Wilton departed for home after spending the day here. Mrs A C Shiffer of Wilton left yesterday afternoon after a city visit. Mrs F E Longstreth and sons left last evening for Letts after visiting in town. Miss W Giesler left for Washington last night for a short visit. James Worley departed for Columbus Junction after handling city matters. Mrs James Metzger arrived from Davenport to visit locally. Take Bestenlenner Cherry Balsam for coughs. Ella Kelly of Letts spent the day in the city with friends. Mr and Mrs James Bronson of Lone Tree departed for home after a day in the city. Mrs F E Wilkins of West Liberty departed for home yesterday afternoon after spending time in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.C. Kerr
West Liberty
City
M. Leech
Wilton
A. C. Shiffer
Muscatine
East 2Nd St
F. E. Longstreth and Sons
Warren and
Fay
Letts
W. Giesler
West Seventh Street
Washington
James Worley
Columbus Junction
James Metzger
Davenport
Will
Ella Kelly
James Bronson
Lone Tree
F. E. Wilkins
Jas. Stevens
Columbus City
J. H. McKee
Crawfordsville
W. F. Orr
The
Presbyterian Church
Jas. McKee
J. W. Mills
Des Moines
Cotter
J. J. Duncan
Alma Ellis
W. H. Grimes
Allerton
Frank Williams
Ames
Nellie Williams
R. H. Malin
Elizabeth Malin
James Colbert
Lamont
Oklahoma
Harvey Shellabarger
Concord Township
Wapello
D. A. Shhabillion
Leech
Henry Giessler
D. H. Snake
Durant
Electric Bitters Cure For Bilious Malaria At Havercamp’s
Cure claims promise to dissolve stomach liver and kidney troubles and biliousness and malaria. The advertisement credits Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hite
Havercamp
Steamers Burned on Mississippi at Wabasha
River rafters on the Mississippi suffer loss as fire destroys four steamers in Wabasha Minnesota boat yards. The vessels named Isaac Staples J W Van Sant Cyclone and Mary B were consumed, leaving a reduced fleet of raftsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabasha
Mississippi
Wabasha, Minnesota
Isaac Staples
J. W. van Sant
Mary B
Saturday Evening Post bets on business with Christmas Number campaign
The Saturday Evening Post, led by Cyrus Curtis, spent fifty thousand dollars on advertising a single issue the Christmas Number. The publisher believes inflation will ease and business will rise, supported by solid crop reports and strong bank deposits, arguing competition and advertising are the lifeblood of trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday Evening Post
Cyrus Curtis
Satturday Evening Post
Lime City Notes and School Openings Report
Lime City Iowa details visitors and moves among locals. Families travel to Muscatine Davenport and Rochester Township. Prairie Belle school opens with George Zesiger as teacher. Local students attend Wilton College and Sharon schools. several residents visit relatives and host gatherings.
East Hill girl escapes injury in runaway wagon
Nine year old Mabel Meyers narrowly avoided harm when frightened horses bolted near Flat Iron Point. She clung to the wagon seat and was found unharmed after the wagon halted a mile away. East Hill locals note a flurry of departures and visits among residents, with several moving between Muscatine Davenport and nearby towns.
Foley's Honey and Tar Proven Safe Cure Claim
Millions of bottles sold with no one reporting harmful effects. Genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package contains no opiates or drugs. Guard health by refusing imitations. A. W. Morgan, 197 West Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
A. W. Morgan
West Second Street
Wedding and social notes from Columbus Junction area
Miss Jennie Zion and Charles Gipple wed at the Zion home in Shellbark at 5 PM. Guests attend. couple to live on groom’s farm near Wyman after December 15. Also reports Browns Tennessee minstrels at the opera house. sales, visits, and family travel across Colum bus City and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Jennie Zion
Charles Gipple
Wm. Zion
Shellbark
Gipple
Wyman
Brown
Tennessee Minstrels
Opera House
Home Teaco Spices and Extracts Ad
A Christmas baking tip promotes Home Teaco Spices sold in 10¢ packages and Home Tea Co s Extracts made with real fruit oil. The ad urges tastier flavor from oils and spices and notes availability through a sales point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Teaco
Home Tea CO
Thanksgiving visits spread across Conesville area
Conesville residents and relatives traveled from Muscatine Columbus Junction Atalissa and Wapello to spend Thanksgiving with family. Several gatherings centered on Wm Daniels Mrs Emerson Mrs Owens and others while Mina Emerson celebrated her seventeenth birthday with a surprise party. Fred Coffin and Ray Keyes left for Des Moines after learning of a death in the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conesville
Lewis Annan
Moline
Sidney Emerson
Wm. Daniels
Charles
Walter
Theo. Schwab
Atalissa
Muscatine
F. B. Gay
Ferol
Alice
Frances
Columbus Junction
Robt. Owens
A. F. Abbott
John Shomberg
Harold
Evelyn
Grace Chapman
Sadie Jarrard
Laura
Iva
Martha Horton
Wm. Ingraham
Leona Moyer
Rock Island
Mincher
Wapello
W. A. Mincher
Alvaro
Randall Tipton
Jas. McKee
Kelly
Eva
G. W. McKee
Walter Ingraham
Zelma
Clarence
Vivian
Letts
John Buser
Merlin Buser
Miss Mina Emerson
Miss Mina
Audrey Foster
Maude Maxwell
Jennie Tucker
Elsie Yocum
Rae Noland
Ida Heath
Lettie Westerman
Myrtle Chown
Maude Smith
Myrtle Foster
Anna Westerman
Guy Forbes
Roy Jean
Lloyd Babbitt
Ray Yocum
Milton Tucker
Jesse Foster
Floyd Swails
Arthur McCullough
George Dyche
Buryl Trautman
Fred Coffin
Ray Keyes
Des Moines
Condition of Mrs Taft's mother reported grave in Worcester
Worcester, Dec 6. Mrs Louisa M Taft mother of Secretary Taft lies unconscious and growing weaker daily. Physicians say death may come any time. After a family conference it was decided not to notify Secretary Taft to hurry home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Louisa M. Taft
Taft
Wilton Notes Include Club Elections and Local Visits
The Wilton area reports a White Lily club meeting with new officers led by President H. A. Smith and vice president C. H. Brumbaugh. G A R Post elected officers including M. D. Allen as commander and John Winsell as delegate. A church supper date changed to December 12, and several residents made trips to Muscatine and Milwaukee for visits and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Allen
A. C. Weatherly
G. H. McCartney
C. M. Marshall
James Carl
S. H. Wise
John Winsell
J. N. Edge
M. E. Church
Nettie Silberborn
Muscatine
Edward Berry
W. A. Pye
Garwin
Anna Dwyer
Chas. Henderson
Milwaukee
Maurice Henderson
Margaret Gertrude Moynahan
Wilton College
P. McGuckin
Rock Island
P. Dowdal
Orvil Ford
Velma Ford
M. P. Kirkpatrick
West Liberty
John McDermott
Frank Cope
Real Estate Mortgages Investment Proposition
You have an investment as safe as a government bond. We offer first mortgage loans from $100 and up with no collection charge. In thirty years and over fourteen million dollars invested, no customer has ever lost a dollar. Call or write for full particulars.
Surprise party marks Mrs Richley's 68th birthday in Wapello
In Wapello Ia Mrs Philip Richley celebrated her 68th birthday with a Monday gathering at her home Tuesday noon about twenty five relatives from Wapello and Muscatine attended a bountiful dinner. Muscatine visitors included John Richley and family and Mr Winning. Eck Winder traveled to Iowa City for a cancer operation. Dr and Mrs W S Grimes left for Denver to attend a railway surgeons meeting. Helen Hartman visited relatives in Muscatine over Sunday. Various local members were elected to lodge offices and others traveled to Muscatine for business. A horse drawn buggy accident near Island church left Mr Corbin badly bruised but unbroken and Mr Webb lightly scratched. Florence Longstreth of Letts visited the Hunter home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Philip Richley
Muscatine
John Richley
Car
Eck Winder
Iowa City
University Hospital
W. S. Grimes
Denver
Colo
Helen Hartman
Louisa
Noble Grand
C. A. Bates
Geo. Kallenbarger
Taylor Hayden
Jim Guthrie
H. A. Plitt
J. H. Hank
L. A. Reiley
Christina Newell
Fredonia
Howard
Hicklin
Columbus Junction
Odell & Weaver
Weaver Farm
Louis Otto
Atalissa
Herman Otto
Jefferson Township
H. A. Otto
Washington
Iowa
K. U. T. E. Society
Florence Hurley
Frank Graham
Marshalltown
M. Day
C. DeCamp
L. L. Webster
P. M. Reish
Letts
Wm. Fitzsimmons
C. Martin
Wm. Corbin
Wesley Webb
Island
Mr. Corbin
Mr. Webb
Florence Longstreth
Hunter Home
Fruitland News Notices and Visitors
Fruitland news notes include Mrs. T. H. Drake and Theo returning from Middletown New York, Mrs. James Strouse’s trip to Toledo for her father’s illness, D. D. Webster’s Chicago stock show plans, and updates on local residents health and visits. J B Parmalee recovering, J Frizzell Sr. ill with Dr Fulhiam attending, Belle Shepard from Iowa City visiting, Elsie and Abbie Spright at home, and Thanksgiving gatherings with Mr. and Mrs. Martin from Muscatine and the Day family from Cotter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruitland
Dec
T. H. Drake and Son
Theo
Middletown
N. Y
James Strouse
Toledo
D. D. Webster
Chicago
Beulah Corbin
Clyda Wiley
Buffalo
Wm. Hatfield
North Liberty
Ind
J. B. Parmalee
J. Frizzell
E. B. Fulhiam
Belle Shepard
Iowa City
Elsie
Abbie Spright
Muscatine
Robert Martin
A. L. Hoyt
Harold
George Day
Cotter
Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings in Bloomington
In Bloomington on Thanksgiving Day and nearby days, residents report visits and dinners. Jesse Fishburn returns from school duties to share a Thanksgiving meal with parents. George Havernagle returns from Chicago. Mrs. Ed Rynearson and daughter Jennie visit Wilton relatives. Several Hoopes family members from Muscatine call on Mrs. Maria Hoopes. Mrs. Charles Richmond arrives from Chicago to see her mother Mrs. Margaret Dallas. A. J. Wood and family host Mrs. Mary Harker and Rev. Jordon and wife at Thanksgiving dinner. Ray Hovernagle visits Grinnell relative Geo. Hovernagle. J. S. Garnes and family entertain company. Miss Bessie Hoopes and Mrs. F. B. Burnside visit M. Hoopes and daughters. Miss Alice Snider visits Locust Grove school. Albert Schoemaker visits his Muscatine cousins, the M. Schwitzer family. Friends mourn Aunt Mary Negus, very ill with daughter Mrs. Newton Bronson at West Branch, and little Vera Negus is quite sick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lime City
Chas. Dice
Ayersville
Albert Straub
Chas. Healy
Near Moscow
Willianna
William Straub
Muscatine
Ethel Nauman
Prairie Bel
B. S. Denny
John Tracy
Peter Daut
Will Hanna
Ella Clay
Davenport
Geo. Zesiger
Lena Jennings
George Zesiger
Vern Walton
James Jennings
Arthur Karns
Doc Walters
Iowa Township
Miss Clay
Chas. McGillivray
Rochester Township
Clarence
Harry Walton
Wilton College
A. Atwell
Wilton
Sharon
Bloomington
Jesse Fishburn
Ions City
George Havernagle
Chicago
Ed Rynearson
Jennie
J. Lynn Hoopes
Rebecca Hoopes
Maria Hoopes
Charles Richmond
Margaret Dallas
A. J. Wood
Mary Harker
Jordon
Sweetland
Ray Hovernagle
Grinnell
Geo. Hovernagle
J. S. Garnes
Bessie Hoopes
F. B. Burnside
Concord Thanksgiving Visits and Family Gatherings
Concord residents share a holiday weekend with relatives and friends. Fdna and Fl wnn Carey visited near Fredonia with Maudie and Roy George. S. L. Johnston and Sweete enjoyed Thanksgiving with Floyd Johnston’s family. Ray Solomon and Arthur visited George Solomon’s home, while R. McDaniel and Eva visited the T. Carey home. Frank Blake hosted company, and Jno Barker spent Sunday with B. Litner’s family near Letts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Fdna
Flwnn Carey
Fredonia
Maudie
Roy George
S. L. Johnston
Sweete
Floyd
Ray Solomon
Arthur
George Solomon
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Hearts and Masks
Seiler Bros
East Second Street
David
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East Hill
Mabel
Ben Meyers
Bert Winn
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Park Place
Clark Brownley
Winterset
Etta Wright
Silas Burnett
Montpelier
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Orie Anderson
C. R. Duncan
George Parkin
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J. C. Marshall
Ed. Bell
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