Acquaintances Speak in Neighborhood Correspondence
Community readers share notes on kinfolk and neighbors in this weekly column. Names and relationships appear as letters of home life, with brief updates from local households.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1903
Page
6
Community readers share notes on kinfolk and neighbors in this weekly column. Names and relationships appear as letters of home life, with brief updates from local households.
Mrs. Sarah Staples funeral in West Liberty with Rev. Furniss officiating. Obituaries for Joseph King and O B McDonald detail ships building and Civil War service. Weddings include Miss Stucker and Mr Nye master, and Mr and Mrs Nyemaster. Christmas events, school holiday break, and local visits noted.
Atalissa Dec 22 A beautiful home wedding on Wednesday evening December 11 1903 was held at the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs R F Stucker of Atalissa. The ceremony joined their only daughter Clara E to J Ray Nyemaster also of Atalissa with about sixty five relatives.
J P Walker fell down stairs at home Tuesday, suffering minor injuries with no broken bones. Scarlet fever cases ease with no new infections. Schools reopen after two week holiday. Town visits include Mrs Jessie Baker and daughters from Dover, N J, and many residents and travelers from Muscatine Davenport Wapello Fruitland and Iowa City.
Mrs G H Helmick returns from Davenport with her sister Mrs Carl Grandy and Lucile Grandy. Rev S R Ferguson comes back from Haskins to aid in ongoing meetings. Chautauqua program committee prepares top talent for the season. Mrs Calista Carpenter returns to Conesville after visits locally. Mrs Jane Thornton and Isabel Thornton depart for Conesville to spend holidays.
Wilton notes list Bizie Hessen and Earl Herring as Muscatine travelers on Saturday. May Wright, ex P P S college teacher, returned to Cedar Falls. C L Cole of Bushnell Illinois visited Friday and Saturday. George Ingham, P S S college Chicago student, returns for Christmas break. Mrs Millecker of Kalona visits her son and daughter in law. Marjorie Atwater of Iowa City visits town. Ursula Powell left for Perry after visiting Thos Raynor. W Knapp of Redfield visits W Mahoney. Irwin Port, P P S college student, returns home for vacation. Walter Hieby of Sioux City visits Raynors over Sunday. Burdette Perry visits Muscatine Monday. Walter Curtis visited to spend the day. Mrs W Cooling spent Saturday in town.
Madura reports steady game in the area with Alte kruse Bros of Seventy-Six and A W White of Fruitland bringing in sixty three rab bits after a half days hunt. Local residents attend gatherings, travel for visits, and plan holidays including a Christmas program at the Brick church on Christmas Eve.
Charles Martin returns from Chicago for the holidays as Elsie Neidig visits Muscatine relatives. Ed Frye remodels his house. Fred Placke prepares to return to Muscatine. Roy Kemp and Al York spend holidays at home and with family. Shredders busy for Jake Gonse. Mrs. Adams attends a funeral in Muscatine. New pupils James Corbin and Earl De Camp enroll at the business college. Mrs. Jones and Ohio visitors stay with Frank Strouse. Christmas tree planned at Hopewell schoolhouse and Island church. County supervisor district meeting at Marengo.
An advertorial urges readers to keep Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns cuts sores eczema and piles claiming rapid soothing relief. Available at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store for 25 cents.
Misses Maude Sanderson and Nellie Ballard visited Columbus Junction. The Meredith McKee wedding drew guests from Columbus Junction and Des Moines. Callie Henrietta McKee married Henry Oren Meredith at G W McKee’s home with Rev. Geo Baumegarter officiating. Various local residents made short trips and moved houses. Will McKee and family return home for holidays as Elva Summers heads to Sioux Falls.
Kroloff Bros a Sioux City grocer firm has assigned liabilities of five thousand dollars as part of a financial arrangement reported in local business notices.
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