Muscatine Area Residents Move About for Various Affairs
Local notices list Mrs OC Hammersly and Miss Grace Miller visiting Muscatine, A L Pierson traveling to Burlington for business, Mr and Mrs Carl Henschel visiting Muscatine, and many others visiting or departing for towns such as New London Nichols Columbus Junction Rock Island Burlington and Letts. The notices also mention Dr E H King attending a railway surgeons convention and the death of John Morgan at Columbus Junction with funeral held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Morgan
Mabel
Ethel
Columbus Junction
Dr. Morgan
John Morgan
East Hill News Briefs Include Injury At Hirsch Button Plant
Miss Reichert of East Sixth street was injured at the Hirsch Button plant on East Fourth street when her left hand caught in an automatic machine. Dr. E K Tyler attended. several fingers were badly mangled. Work proceeds on the Huttig sheds in the lumber yards and the East Second street dry kiln. Muscatine Lumber & Box delays building until next spring. Community notes mention local residents visiting, recovering, or traveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Reichert
East Sixth Street
Hirsch Button Company
East Fourth Street
E. K. Tyler
Huttig Manufacturing Company
East Second Street
Muscatine Lumber & Box Company
East Hill
Anna Parmelee
Gus. Kremmer
Beggs _ street
Mary Gray
Baby
Chicago
B. Boyne
Mary Anderson
Foster, Il
Lee Friese
L. N. Seiver
Columbus Junction
Blanchard
Park Avenue
Maude Stinson
P. Blanchard
Bricklayers Union No. 7 to Elect Officers
The Bricklayers Union No. 7 of Iowa will hold its annual meeting tomorrow evening at Eagle hall. Annual reports will be presented and officers for the coming year elected. A full attendance is desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles Hall
Bricklayers’ Union No. 7
Iowa
Eagle Hall
A Viper In the Stomach Helps Dyspepsia
Advertisement notes dyspepsia with liver and kidney troubles. Electric Bitters claimed to help all such cases or no pay. Sold for 50 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
Vaudeville Stars at Family Theatre Delights Audiences
The Langdons’ Midnight on the Boulevard automobile act headlines the Family Theatre bill. Electrical effects dazzle, and the routine blends humor with a staged crash inside a self driving car. The act stands out as a uniquely ludicrous and somewhat spectacular presentation drawing nightly crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Theatre
Druggist Offers Half-Price Dr Howard Specific
Druggist Havercamp tells customers he guarantees refunds if it fails to cure and offers Dr Howard's specific for constipation and dyspepsia at half price. He notes many sales with no returns and warns the offer may end soon for conditions like constipation sick headaches dizziness and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
Dr. Howard
Dr. Howard Co
Wapello Briefs and Local Society Notes
J M Marshall of Columbus City visited Wapello on business. Albert Crocker and Miss Mary McSlary are ill with measles and erysipelas. Louisa County Supervisors met in regular session. Julius Johann remains seriously ill. Harvey McKinney visited from Oquawka for the weekend. R S Johnston of Columbus City left for Des Moines on business. Miss Jennie Robertson, county recorder elect, spent Sunday in Columbus Junction. Mrs Bert Cecil hosted eighteen young married women and, later, a small card gathering in honor of Miss Yohe of Burlington. The Wapello Masonic Lodge elected officers: J H Dixon master, A H Dewein senior warden, A E Bald ridge junior warden, W S Grimes treasurer, J T McChesney in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
J. M. Marshall
Columbus City
Albert Crocker
S. B. Nowell
Conesville
Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Mary McSlary
J. C. Smith
Joseph Boltz
Morning Sun
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Julius Johann
Harvey McKinney
Oquawka
R. S. Johnston
Dess Moines
Jennie Robertson
Recorder-Elect
Recorder’s
Columbus Junction
Bert Cecil
Miss Yohe
Burlington
Cecil
Welcome Words For Women Favorite Prescription Ad
An advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe non alcohol remedy for women with weak or run down health. It highlights open ingredient disclosure on bottle wrappers and asserts the medicine is proven and not a secret compound from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Local notes from Wapello and surrounding area
Monday a busy day with residents traveling between Wapello Muscatine and Quincy. J F Heins bought property near the W H Bothe residence on Second Street and plans remodeling and making it his home. The tax sale at the court house proceeded with few offerings and adjourned to December 14 1908. The county auditor called assessors to meet January 5 1909 to discuss property valuations. Two elderly Louisa County residents died Mrs Sarah A Whitcomb and Mr Morgan. Prof George Weber visited relatives near Wapella and attended the Louisa County Teachers meeting in Morning Sun. C P Lacey spent the weekend with his family returning to Lone Tree Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Schultze
Wapeillo
Quincy, Ill
Schafer
Snyder
Muscatine
J. F. Heins
Sarah Hornsby
W. H. Bothe
Second Street
J. C. Luckey
Union Township
Court House
Board of Supervisors
Louisa County
Sarah A. Whitcomb
Wapello
Morgan
Here
Columbus Junction
A. M. Donaldson
George Weber
Wapella
Dorcas Sewing Society Pie Social At Oak Grove
Oak Grove Iowa hosts a pie social at the county farm this evening to aid the Orphans Home in Council Bluffs. The Dorcas Sewing society met at Mrs Will Lake's home last Wednesday amid poor weather with good attendance and a profitable, pleasant gathering. Mrs Milton Rice hosted the M B Ladies Aid on December 3. Will Fishburn is building a new buggy and tool shed. Mrs J C Stuart entertained neighbors at a six o clock dinner for her sister Mrs Nisch of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Dorcas Sewing Society
County Farm
Council Bluffs
Will Lake
Milton Rice
M. B. Ladies’ Aid Society
Will Fishburn
J. C. Stuart
Nisch
Massachusetts
Root Juice Promises Relief From Ailments
Mrs. Sarah Collins reports dramatic relief after using Root Juice for bloating sour stomach headaches and cold hands. The tonic is advertised as beneficial for stomach liver kidneys bowels and blood and sold at Morgan's drug store for one dollar a bottle or three for two dollars and fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Collins
Morgan’s
Rev Wennermark Accepts the Call at Muscatine Church
Rev. Herman Wennermark of Oxford Junction today accepted the pastorate of Grace English Lutheran church in Muscatine and will resign from Oxford’s Evangelical Lutheran church. He is expected to arrive in Muscatine the first week in January and will join the local ministerial association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Wennermark
Oxford Junction
Grace English Lutheran Church
Muscatine
E. Reinemund
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Oxford
Wennermark
Chicago Theological Seminary
Augustana Seminary
Rock Island
Purn
Augustana Theological Seminary
Local social notes from Blue Grass and Pleasant Prairie
Mrs I R Bancks travels to Keswick for a Sunday visit and returns Monday. Miss Millie Schiele accompanies her from Durant. The Watts entertain at Prairie while Bohnsacks host Thanksgiving dinner. Various residents attend events, school programs hindered by weather, and the Ladies Aid plans a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass
I. R. Bancks
Montpelier
Keswick
Millie Schiele
Durant
J. C. Watts
Frank Kelley
the Prairie
William Bohnsack
Nellie Wunder
Davenport
E. C. Watts
John Saltan
Pleasant Prairie
O. A. Bohnsack
Adam
Henry Dipple
Antone Braun
Genia Bohnsack
Pearl
Georgia Bancks
Ora
Ethel Dipple
Wood Lawn
George Plett
Ladies’ Aid
Wm. Sissel
Wilma Bohnsack
Laurel Hill Social Notes Distract Busy Week
Laurel Hill Iowa December nine local items report Laurence Brugman attending a Friday dance at Sweetland. Arthur Rasmussen after visiting at the Romig home left for Rock Island Thursday. James Moylan visited from Durant Saturday. Miss Mary Hogan returned to Iowa City Monday after visiting Myrtle Fulton. A E Rexroth of Wilton for Watkins Medicine canvassed the area last week. Mrs Chris Kiehber returned from...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Lela Stevens
Wilton
No. 6
Will Bryant
Albert Brugman
Durant
Elzie Hesson
Lloyd Taylor
Ralph Madden
Sweetland
Robert Pentzer
Cummings
Charles Bailey
Little Lee Norton
Frank Angerer
Rollie Herr
Herbert Herr
North of Wilton
Laurel Hill
Laurence Brugman
Arthur Rasmusse
Romig
Rock Island
James Moylan
Mary Hogan
Iowa City
Myrtle Fulton
A. E. Rexroth
Watkins Medicine Company
Chris. Kiehber
Hyomei Promises Cure for Catarrh in Advert Aids
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a guaranteed cure for catarrh and related respiratory ailments. It describes the inhaler kit for $1 with refills at 50 cents, cites a customer claim of being fully cured after 1.5 bottles, and lists asthma bronchitis coughs and colds as treatable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
Hyomei
C. N. Lindsy
East First Ave
Mitchell
S. C
Booth’s
Hyomei Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Notice to Bidders for Muscatine County Court House Lighting
Sealed proposals will be received by the Muscatine County Supervisors until 10 o clock a m Wednesday December 16 1908 for electric lighting fixtures for the new Muscatine court house. Proposals to A S Lawrence County Auditor Muscatine Iowa or to Joseph E Mills Architect Detroit Michigan. Specifications and fixture list provided on request. Right reserved to reject any and all proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Supervisors
Muscatine County
Iowa
Muscatine
A. S. Lawrence
Joseph E. Mills
Detroit
Mich
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Baring
OC. Hammersly
Letts
A. L. Pierson
J. J. Edger
New London
Rinely
Grace Miller
A. B. Clapp
East Second St
Carl Henschel
W. H. Koepping
West Second Street
Nichols, In
S. F. Boyd
Rock Island Division
W. S. Underdonk
Allen Stewart
Marie McCroskey
H. E. Barringer
Sadie
Huttig Mfg. Co
E.H. King
Clarence Hahn
Milliken University
Decatur, Ill
John W. Hahn
West Sixth Street
S.S.S. Netoe Penn
Nature
TEE Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
Muscatine Lumber & Box Co
Langdons
Bers Delight
the Langdons
Grace Lutheran Church
Hawking Machines
Nice
Mundt
J. H. Mundt
Metzger
Muscatine Broom Factory
J. E. Stevenson
Iowa Avenue
E. P. Day
J. Carl Barnard
Prop
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