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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1917
Page
9
A Muscatine county report details salt as a partial preservative for soft corn, noting salt can prevent mould and heating in dry conditions, and may allow 1–2 pounds per 100 pounds of corn with careful ventilation and thorough drying. It warns excess moisture and unfavorable storage negate benefits.
The Muscatine State Bank offers clerk your aunt sale advertising with assurance of satisfaction.
An old Musterole advertisement touts a white mustard paste substitute that avoids burning. It claims fast relief for sore throats bronchitis croup stiff neck asthma neuralgia congestion pleurisy lumbago and muscular aches. Jars priced 80 cents and up, hospital size offered.
Rock Island mourns as Daniel McCleary passes away at Davenport home Saturday evening after illness. Funeral services set for Monday afternoon with relatives traveling from Davenport and Muscatine. Mrs. McCleary and Elbert Snyder, longtime local residents, attend to family matters and healing. The region notes postwar service hopes, local hospital care, and community support for bereaved kin.
Wilton residents and friends note weekend visits and departures. Dee Wisav-over and Adam Thurstan join at the Howe as kin. Miss Blanche Dlonker returns from Muscatine while John Killiion visits Muscatine. Herbert Cox and children Jett Wray visit Madisonville Kentucky. Mr. Cox travels to Chicago. Jank Reker returns from Dubuque on business. Clortrude Winer visits from Town City. Mrs Eaton heads to St Paul for extended stay with the W. Haring family. High School attendees at the Mascot Hall game include Leonard Summerhayes Paul Wacker Clarence Rynerson Donald Stutler Mitchert Ayers Arthur Atkinson Repinald Summerhayes Theodora Part and Ray Wilkerson. Loft attendance at loom singing noted. Rev J Stafford and wife visit son in Chicago for two weeks.
In Muscatins city the Tuug Loan and Investment Co offers insights into Dargalna real estate activity. The firm has enlisted several aides and reports considerable city real estate dealings. Agents with a large sale list offer marketing money and market familiarity with values.
Solomon Coldren, Iowa City's pioneer citizen and town builder, is reported dead. A Pasadenan dispatch says he moved to Tawa City 59 years ago, owned Coldren terraces and part of College Hill, and led the local oatiment plant and American Cereal Company leadership. Survived by widow, daughter Mrs. M. Z. Farwell, and sons George and Morton Coldren, all in California. He was a Mason, Odd Fellow, and longtime Trincopal church senior warden.
Mrs Sarah Blake returned from a three months visit with Elling Greves and family at dua. C Weber went back to Wardle after visiting son G W Weber, Channing and Hamlet Wall and Brunk and Charles Spaatha went to Chicago to enlist. Dan McCleary's funeral services held after his death at age ten? years. he is survived by wife Mina Snyder and three daughters. Mrs Huston was a visitor. W W Owen learned of granddaughters May Elizabeth and Kathryn Fouse illness in Denver. Rev Four’s family noted. Mrs Gillette of Wapella visited Mrs Lalein.
Bir and Mrs Orlin Wiltox of Counce Bluffs attended the funeral of Mrs G V Shipman in Sully. Mr and Mrs Jesse George of Bt Madison visited relatives. Phoebe Morgan of Columbus City stayed in Muscatine. Whatsoever society plans a sewing and meeting at the M E Church. Mrs Margaret Helmick visited Davenport. W B GC meeting Friday with officer elections. Ransom Melkoa and family from Muippingg visited sister G W Tippo on return from Minneapolis. Lulu Crossley Jr Mellie Harry and others traveled from Cedar Falls. Paxton Nana and others went to Muscatine for daddy’s business college entry. Mrs T J Simons visited Ains worth relatives. Mrs BE L Bivarly of Wapello also mentioned.
Walter McWilliams stopped by and visited his grandparents on Monday in Washington W. Whesting of the Safeguard was a visitor in Ames atye Monday. Miss Kate Bowman traveled to Wapello early in the week to visit the Fred Dunham home.
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