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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
6
At the noon hour a special religious service will be held at the McKee and Bliven Button factory tomorrow. C. F. McFarland of Keokuk will speak at the tabernacle tomorrow night and address the employer, with Y M C A secretary Hugh Jameson assisting.
Mrs Albert Howell of Salina Kan former Muscatine Island resident suffered a stroke of apoplexy while breakfasting and died before aid could arrive. Her husband and neighbors heard the fall and she expired on the floor. She was the daughter of Arthur Carr a former Island resident.
A praise and prayer service will be held this evening in the church auditorium for new converts who publicly confessed Christ at the tabernacle and joined the United Brethren. Tabernacle hymn books will be used. attendees should bring their own. New converts will be received Sunday at 11 o'clock.
An advertisement claims Dr. King's New Life Pills prevent dangerous abdominal operations. The copy lists Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the seller and markets the product as painless purifiers.
Local column records Mrs. L. M. Dallmeyer and Mrs. S. McDaniel shopping in the city and returning home last evening. Several residents including B. F. Miller, H. E. Allen, L. D. Hendrix, and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Jones depart for towns after city visits and business. George Lindner arrives from Spokane to spend holidays with family. New items at Swan's include spoons bracelets fountain pens and Signet rings.
H. Schmidt & Son Co advertises a vast stock of musical instruments and daily entertainment offerings. They promise daily availability and easy terms, appealing to all ages with music that appeals across generations. The copy emphasizes being the leading dealers in a large stock.
This week the store advertises Edison and Columbia phonographs with pay later terms. Buy the records now and begin payments on the phonograph 30 days later, with monthly installments. Phonographs priced from 12.50 to 150 and records at 35c for Edison and 25c for Columbia.
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