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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1905
Page
6
Correspondence from Conesville details Thanksgiving travel and homecomings, church events, and school preparations. Entries note residents moving houses, visiting relatives in Iowa City Muscatine and Cedar Rapids, set dates for entertainments, and a house fire. Local fairs, juries, and social gatherings are referenced along with several names and households.
Sweetland, Sweetland, Dec. 7. Joe Martin attends Leverich normal school. In Muscatine Bamford and Haifieira were feeding com for Longstretch Wednesday. Charlie Sionett, the stock buyer, seen on oll street Wednesday afternoon. G. O. Day lost a horse last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Moore and daughter Nellie of Long Grove, La. Miss Alteneder of Orafino Idaho and Franke Bermeli and family spent
Mrs John Bonner visiting relatives departs for Panore Rev C B Zimmerman and Dr C D Trumbull attend Ministerial association at Wapelia Bible Society executive names Zimmerman life member Bible depository moved to Robertson s drugstore J Huston Jr Wright Marsh Ochiltree head to Texas for land purchase A Yarmouth contingent joins for Mt Madison stock sale Harry Rogers family move to Muscatine Ladies Ald Society quilts at D Grahams Laurel Hill pupils Yankee Hollow enjoy evening outing Norton families visit sons Harris commercial school enrollment Angerer siblings attend Goose Brill in Stockton Muscatine trip for play A We man in the Case Hannah Hersch visits Maude Rininsland Brugman and Ridin land Stockton visitants Dennis Bower in neighborhood</S:
An article notes Good Housekeeping editorial on nutrition stressing that health depends on how nourishment is assimilated. Maltose rich Malta-Vita is praised as a nourishing malted wheat product, especially for children, advertised as a tasty, ready to eat breakfast item available from grocers for 10 cents.
A survey of social and business updates from Pleasant Prairie and nearby communities includes Mrs. Christ Klebey traveling to Muscatine for a funeral, Miss Bilas Vrick visiting Davenport, and locals hosting birthdays and gatherings. Multiple attendees from Wilton, Marion, and Sigourney report visits, dances, and holiday preparations, with school openings and church events noted.
A notice details a gasoline engine at the local pumping station needing a new cylinder. Mentions individuals Herbert Stephenson of Fremont Wak transacting business last Monday and W H McCracken involved in finance or purchase. The item appears in a cluttered OCR with several social and public notices spanning multiple names and events.
A December Friday at the parsonage featured a varied program with about sixty ladies, musical numbers by Mrs Hillis Ady Mix Oscar Stucker and Mrs Henry Watters and duets by Misses Zella Lamb and Helen Watters. An evening of readings and poetry followed with social gatherings and refreshments. Local residents Mrs Ollie Hickey, Wilbur Fridley, Mr and Mrs Thomas Agar Jr, Mrs Samuel Els and children, Miss Nelle Woore, Carle Braun, Br and Mrs Clarence Wainscott, Jesse Franklin, Miss Edith and Elsie Webster, Mr Spurge Pulse, Fred Lowry and Thomas Agar Jr were noted visitors or movers of the week.
Local notices report John O. Hayes remains in a very serious condition. Hiram Hayes’ barn burned last Wednesday. Several residents travel, visit, and move between Toolesboro and nearby towns. Miscellaneous family and neighbor updates accompany the scattered, partial telegram of events from Pine Mills and surrounding areas.
Wunsebe's. Charlie Heitzhel built a large area for J Dromm. Ruben Iriia sold one of his best fat hogs while delivering them to Montpelier on Wednesday. Oh. Sami Irwin has been very ill.
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