Trinity Ladies Supper and Local News in Muscatine
Local notes list guests and visitors from Letts Grand View and Wapello. Trinity ladies host Wednesday supper at Iowa avenue with chicken and free admission at Hare's hall for a December dance by Ostrander's eleven piece orchestra. Community updates include shopping trips, business visits, and club membership progress.
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Trinity Ladies
Business College
G. M. Titus
Iowa Avenue
Sherman Jackson
Grandview
Ostrander
Hare’s Hall
P. M. Musser Library Reports Growth and Usage
The P. M. Musser Free Public Library has 6,542 volumes with 4,251 in circulation and 1,109 visitors in a month. Daily circulations ranged 116 to 311 with 79 percent fiction. The library board met, chaired by Vice-President Mrs Henry Jayne, as President Titus was away.
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P. M. Musser Free Public Library
Emma Mahin
Library Board
George M. Titus
Henry Jayne
Muscatine Poultry Show Opens With Local Exhibitors
The third annual Muscatine Poultry Association exhibit starts tomorrow morning in the former C. C. Smith room at 116 West Second Street. Local entrants include J. L. Cross and P. B. Lake with Barred Plymouth Rocks, C. Rittenhouse with Barred Plymouth Rocks, F. M. Zeigler with Black Langshans, John P. Bast with Barred Plymouth Rocks, Fred P. Hoopes with Buff Cochins, Miss Sophia Lindle with Barred Plymouth Rocks, EB G Pace with Barred Plymouth Rocks, and R. S. Jackson with White Wyandottes. Out-of-town entries are slow but foreshadow a large turnout, and officials predict the show will surpass previous years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Poultry Association
C. C. Smith
West Second Street
Muscatine
J. L. Cross
Plymouth Rocks
P. B. Lake
C. Rittenhouse
F. M. Zeigler
John P. Bast
Grape Nuts Labeled as Health Base for Digestive Reform
A New Hampshire woman shares a tale of severe indigestion and painful stomach trouble eased by switching to Grape Nuts. She reports improved digestion, clearer mind, renewed strength, and return to work, attributing the change to this natural food. The ad notes Postum Co. in Battle Creek and promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
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New Hampshire
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Neighborhood News from Copperas Creek Record
In Copperas Creek the farmers report most husking done Eli Reynolds led with 1914 bushels in six weeks for Ira Reynolds and Mr Mack near Taylor Ridge. Local visits span Oak Grove to Sweetland Center. News notes Mrs Reynolds improves slowly and various residents share Sunday calls and family visits.
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Copperas Creek
Copperas Creek Iil
Eli Reynolds
Ira Reynolds
Mr. Mack
Taylor Ridge
Sunday Socials in Green Valley and Nearby
Mike Tomney and sister Julia visited friends in Green Valley on Sunday. Grace Eisele and Cora Foster called at Fruitland. Aaron Lukes and family spent the day with Eisele relatives. Kinsley family and children visited Mrs. Dugar. Emma and George Pontal visited their grandparents. Sereal Dewale called at the Smith home. Rene Dewale bought a horse at Chet McCabe's sale. Nellie Thornton and mother visited Muscatine for a few days. Boys skated on Fiseles pond Sunday. Will Fletcher called in Muscatine. Two young ladies visited Miss Cross's school Friday. Chas. Musch called on the Plowman family. Hartman family spent Sunday with McIntyres.
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Green Valley
Mike Tomney
Julia
Grace Eisele
Cora Foster
Fruitland
Aaron Lukes
Eisele
Kinsley
Pomeroy social scenes and visits across town
Miss Minnie Winger of Aledo visited her aunt Mrs Crawford in Pomeroy last week. Chas Noble and Hazel visited H C Beverlin family. The shadow social at the Pomeroy school house Friday night drew about $9 for shadows. Fern and Vina Thomason from Joy visited Hattie Beach and attended the social. Ladies from here attended a bazar in Millersburg Thursday. Bert Ostrander and family from the east are visiting his parents V L Lutz.
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Pomeroy
Ill
Minnie Winger
Aledo
F. A. Crawford
Chas. Noble
Hazel
H. C. Beverlin
Jackson
Pomeroy School
Fern
Vina Thomason
Joy
Hattie Beach
Millersburg
Bert Ostrander
V. L. Lutz
Wm. Boruff
Keithsburg Socials Net in Weekend Visits
Keithsburg residents report Sunday with M. O. Boruff and family. Mrs. Lida Fisher made a business call in Joy on Thursday. Miss Thomason from Indiana visited several days last week with her cousin Mrs. N. C. Beverlin.
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Keithsburg
M. O. Boruff
Lida Fisher
Miss Thomason
Indiana
N. C. Beverlin
New Era. New Era Dec 8 Mr and Mrs A
A brief newspaper item notes a social or community notice involving Mr. and Mrs. A on December 8 in the New Era publication. The fragment references a likely event or announcement without full details.
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New Era
Mrs. A
Visits and Christmas Program Plans Over Des Moines Area
C Brandt visits Des Moines with Mrs Brandt's father W Green and Mrs Flora Dodge and Miss Berdie Dodge were in Davenport Thursday. Sunday school practice for a December 22 program began last Saturday. A tree and tea are planned for the school. Culture club drew a large crowd last Saturday. Next Saturday features a special evening with the usual program and refreshments. Fred Baer left for Muscatine to attend Muscatine business college. Pearl Wilford Mamie and Addie Wunderlich spent Sunday afternoon at the Dodge home.
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C. Brandt
Des Moines
Fred Baer
Muscatine
Muscatine Business College
Pearl Wilford
Mamie
Addie Wunderlich
Dodge
Local Horses and Craftsman Changes Noted in Community
Hunt has quit breaking horses after a broken leg and now works as a carpenter. He recently finished a barn on the Hershman place. Miss Augusta Wiesse of Moscow sews for Mrs. Adolph Rexroth. A few neighbors attended the funeral of the late Mr. Jacobs of Wilton on Tuesday.
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Hunt
Hershman Place
Augusta Wiesse
Moscow
Adolph Rexroth
Mr. Jacobs
Wilton
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Braunworth
Thiesen
Michael Burns
Patrick Tomney
G. P. Gerhart
Fairport
Mary Dalton
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Charles Ruthenberg
Wapello
Frank Brown
Second Street
Davenport
E. W. Fellows
Clarion
J. P. Clyde
West Fifth Street
Fellows
Frank Blake
Columbus Junction
R. L. Reiley
The
Wapello Tribune
City Today
Elmer Shellabarger
Lake Township
Mrs. Arthur Springer
City
A. N. Hilstman
Miss Watson
West Liberty
Woman's
One Hundred
Mackey’s
Choice Investments
First Mortgage
Tel
Flowa Avenue
P. M. Musser
A. C. McClurg & Co
Citizens’ Railway & Light Co
I Wink
Library Bureau
J. A. Bartemeier
Neighborhood News
Virgil Buckley
Tom Thorpe
Maggie McKellips
Drury’s Landing
Frank Blanchard
Emma
Annie
Joel B. Hampton
Sweetland Center
John McNall
New Boston
John
Inlaw
Jim Noble
Noah Ripley
Anderson Reynolds
Oklahoma
Boston
Henry
E. P. Roe
Holmes
Elsie Louise Alcott
Sheldon
Hirt & Fesler
Imperial Superior
Ian
Hirt
Fesler
Wolf Bros. Meat Market
Marcatine Ead of
Carlia
White Prairie
George
J. T. Kuechmann
Virginia Gray Allen
Chestnut Street
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