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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1907

Page

5

Death of Mrs. Theodore Gettert Shocks Muscatine County

Well known Muscatine county resident Mrs. Theodore Gettert dies suddenly at home near Sweetland Center. Born Effie Parker September 26 1873 she taught in local schools before marriage in 1899 to Theodore Gettert and moved to a farm near Sweetland. She is survived by her husband a two year old son her mother and two sisters. Funeral Friday at 10 30 am at Sweetland M E church.

Sweetland Center Theodore Gettert Muscatine County Effie L. Parker Fairport Sweetland Fredericka Parker Hattie E. Parker Muscatine Eda M. Feuster

Smith & Perrin Chiropody and Spa Service Ad

Painless chiropody work sham pooing manicuring face massaging and scalp treatment offered by Smith and Perrin on the 2nd floor of the Fisch building contact phone 614.

Smith & Perrin Fisch Building

Inaugurate Special Series of Meetings

Rev H F Martin leaves for Fairport to lead a series of religious meetings at the school house for new church converts. He will teach practical Christian duties in a schoollike format. In Fairport the new church foundation is finished and carpenters will begin the upper structure, aiming for early spring completion.

H. F. Martin Fairport

Minister to Speak at West Hill Chapel Revival

Rev. A. J. Kempton will speak at 7 30 this evening at the West Hill chapel. The meeting is open to all neighbors and will discuss The Good Done by the Sunday Revivals.

West Hill Chapel A. J. Kempton West Hill

Local Produce Contracts Boost Muscatine Plant for 1908

Heinz pickle company plans expanded vegetable output at the Muscatine plant next year. Acreage is rising as farms adjacent to company property are rented, aiming to supply a longer season and higher No. 4 production, weather pending. East Hill locals note visits and travel by residents, with community events including a Christmas entertainment at Park Avenue Methodist church next Tuesday evening.

Heinz East Hill Win Gordon Sweetland Center August Hartman Wilton Herman Placke Park Place Kalona Samuel Haley Washington Etta Weitz Keithsburg, Ill Gertrude Potts Park Avenue Methodist Church Leith Hocke Blue Grass Edith Ware Montpelier

Jubilee Prayer Meeting Thursday at Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian church hosts a jubilee prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 pm in the church auditorium. Converts from the tabernacle meeting and renewed church members are urged to attend, with a welcome for nonmembers. A chorus choir and orchestra will lead singing using Sunday hymnals. bring your own hymn book. The session will meet after the prayer meeting and at other times to receive new members.

Tabernacle Meeting Presbyterian

Journal offers extra copies of Sunday closing meeting

Readers are urged to place orders now for additional Journal copies containing the full report of Sunday’s closing meeting. The notice highlights availability and order deadlines for those wanting a complete account.

Sack of Big White Chief Flour Sent for Christmas

A sack of Big White Chief flour was dispatched for Christmas to an unnamed recipient. The brief notice notes the shipment as a holiday gesture with no additional details on sender or location.

Erection of Second Warehouse Under Way by Roach and Musser

The Roach and Musser Sash and Door Company began the second warehouse on the Musser property this morning. The building will sit near the main plant on the Musser lumber yard site south of the Rock Island and Milwaukee tracks with heavy piling to form a permanent foundation. The first lumber shed is rapidly rising and should be ready in a few weeks, marking a major improvement to handle more lumber efficiently.

Roach and Musser Sash and Door Company Musser Lumber Rock Island and Milwaukee

Revival at Musserville Church Brings 100 New Members

A Sunday prayer and praise service at Musserville Methodist church attracted large attendance and enthusiastic support. Rev. P. M. Conant credited the revival with yielding more than a hundred new member cards and anticipates probationary induction next Sunday. The event starts a winter series of meetings and a midweek prayer gathering is planned.

Musserville Methodist Church P. M. Conant

Sunday Service Changes At Musserville Island Church

Rev. P. M. Conant will speak at Musserville Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o clock instead of 7 30 pm. In the afternoon he transfers to Island church for a 3 o'clock service. A large attendance is anticipated if weather favorable.

Tabernacle Muscartine P. M. Conant Musserville Methodist Church

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Wagner Bros Mrs Theodore Gettert Pass Ing East Hill News Heinz Company Acre M. E. Church Theodore Weeks Indianola George Taylor Claude Clinton Northwestern Railroad Jubilee Prayer Meeting Presbyterian Church Anson Paul Steinmetz East Second Street Frank Anson the House of Kuppenheimer Barnard’s Muscatine’s Real Gift Store Young and Old H. F. Barnard Co., Jewelers T 2Nd Street South Muscatine News Roach Musser South End Carl Heisner Winterset Grandview Avenue Will Feltz Neola August Brendt Burlington Martin Fowler Chicago Harry Coobey Near West Liberty H. Fisher Moline Ill Daugh Bert Walden Ainsworth Brookes MUS Serville Church Letts A. R. Brookhart C. Althaus Franklin Street John McMahill Wapello Levi Bishop Miles Avenue Martha George Arden S. Abbott Demorest Avenue Henry Diercks Silvis Stella Gerner Columbus Junction Will Boots Harry Fisher Near Eliza Musserville Will Borkett Gladwin Milwaukee THE Pierson A. L. Pierson E. 2Nd St Hershey State Bank of Muscatine Home Savings Banks Hershey State Bank
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