Augusta Cottlow Performs New Year’s Recital at Grand Opera House
Chicago critic W. L. Hubbard praises Augusta Cottlow in a New Year’s recital at the Grand Opera House. The pianist shows mastery of Brahms, Chopin, MacDowell, and Debussy with tonal beauty and thoughtful interpretation, delivering a poised and powerful performance.
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Chicago Tribune
W. L. Hubbard
Augusta Cottlow
Grand Opera House
Miss Cottlow
Chicago
Berlin
New York
MacDowell
Iowa Health Board Seeks 1908 Disease Reports
Louis A. Thomas, secretary of the Iowa state board of health, mails blanks to city and township health boards for reports on infectious diseases and deaths in 1908. Reports due January 15 will compile state statistics. The letter urges epidemic precautions. diseases listed include cholera, plague, leprosy, meningitis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, and others. No known bubonic plague or Asiatic cholera cases. leprosy cases are being sought.
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Louis A. Thomas
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Iowa
State Board
Thomas
Lone Tree Holiday Visitors and Travel Notes
Miss Edna Potter and Berna Holdeman return from Mt. Pleasant where they attend Iowa Weslyan University for the holidays. Mrs S A Flood of Hastings Neb visits. Mrs Anna Scott leaves for Omaha after visiting relatives. B G Jayne returns from a Western trip. Harry Croneweth of Sigourney visits grandmother Mrs Constant. Mrs J R Vicker and children travel from Keota to join Mrs Constant and sisters. Walter Crayford heads to Chicago with cattle and hogs. Mrs Pete Weise and two children visit her mother Mrs Menzel. Miss Ida Cotter visits relatives at Oxford. Mr and Mrs Amos Fuller and children go to Blockley to spend Christmas with his mother.
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Lone Tree
Edna Potter
Berna Holdeman
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan University
Oxford
Amos Fuller
Blockley
Death Strikes Mesher Family Again in Typhoid Tragedy
Mrs. Mesher dies at Hershey Memorial hospital after her husband’s death a week earlier. Three children Alice Lucinda Wallace remain ill with typhoid fever though Wallace convalesces. The couple’s funerals set, with plans for guardianship and care for the young orphans.
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William Mesher
Alice
Lucinda
Wallace
Iowa and Dakotas Lead Nation in Farm Prosperity and Productivity
Statistics from the agriculture department show Iowa and the Dakotas topping national farm prosperity. North Dakota leads with 755.62 dollars per farm worker annually, Iowa at 611.11, South Dakota 605.69, and Nebraska 554.78. Acres worked per worker are 134 in North Dakota, 136 in South Dakota, 98 in Nebraska, and 80 in Iowa, making Iowa the most productive per person.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Dakotas
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
United States
Union
Commonwealths
North
Illinois
Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
An advertisement claims a single day cure for colds using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. The box bears E. W. Grove’s signature. Price is 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Attorneys urge change in laws on criminal proceedings
County attorneys seek authority to file information for initial prosecutions without grand jury indictment to speed trials and allow jail or bond pending investigation. Debates arise over preserving indictments and preventing unilateral dismissal. few favor abolishing the grand jury system.
Sweat Worm Wafers Promote Sleep for Babies in Des Moines Ad
A 1908 Des Moines testimonial from R. M. Bennett describes Long's Sweat Worm Wafers as a quick relief and positive cure for worms in infants. The letter says babies slept well after three days and enjoyed sweet-tasting, non-cathartic tablets. Sold by Oro Medical Co and local druggists.
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Des Moines
Iowa
The
Oro Medical Co
Sixth Avenue
City
R. M. Bennett and Family
West Fifth St
Sixth Ave
A. G. Bestenlehner
W. C. A. Busch
Havercamp
Henderson Drug Co
J. T. Kuechmann
Services by With Prove Interesting at First Presbyterian
Evening services at the First Presbyterian church, led by the Men's Brotherhood, featured H F Giessler speaking on Christian Missions From a Business Man's Point of View and Fred Beach urging business men to participate in a forward movement in missions. D B Mackenzie outlined the Presbyterian Brotherhood’s aims and history in Muscatine as the program closed, with a notable musical segment.
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First Presbyterian Church
H. F. Giessler
Orient
Fred Beach
D. B. Mackenzie
Presbyterian Brotherhood
Muscatine
Socialists Discuss Gompers and Rudovitz Cases
Muscatine socialist meeting at Olds block reviewed Judge Wright decisions in the Gompers Mitchel l and Rudovitz cases. The group proposed a sick benefit society with Lee W Lang as organizer and due collector. Benefits start at $3 weekly for five weeks after seven days of illness and will rise with membership.
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Muscatine Socialist Party
Olds’ Block
Judge Wright
Gompers-Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Rudovitz
Lee W. Lang
Church Hosts Special Musical Programs
Special musical programs were presented at the church with several selections by George N. Rockwell, all of which were capably rendered.
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George N. Rockwell
Local residents make visits and attend sales around Laurel Hill
Christ Fick and daughter Vena drove to Muscatine on Monday. Josephine Brugman arrived from West Liberty after visiting relatives. A C Weatherly of Wilton visited Laurel Hill. George Buckley from near Davenport passed through en route to West Liberty. Mrs C W Derby shopped in Durant last week. Tom Hudler and Ralph Madden were in Durant. Mrs Harry Angerer spent Sunday with relatives near Durant. Mrs Robert Patton and daughter Lillian left for Moline to visit Ed Patton’s family. Clarendon Hudler spent Sunday near Fairport. Henry Angerer and Fred Bunce attended Mrs Jenie Ford’s sale north of Wilton. Pat McSwiggin had wood-sawyers the first of the week. Laura Bunge shopped in Durant. Many farmers attended Nick Engle’s public sale Tuesday. William Goettsch of Farmington.
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Laurel Hill
Tom Hudler
Ralph Madden
Durant
Harry Angerer
Robert Patton
Lillian
Moline
Ed. Patton
Claredon Hudler
Fairport
Henry Angerer
Fred Bunce
Jenie Ford
Wilton
Pat McSwiggin
Laura Bunge
Nick Engle
William Goettsch
Farmington
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J. C. H. Light
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Missouri
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine County
N. Rosenberger
P. Wagner
Grandview
Kemble & Kemble
Enquire L. Journal
A. C. Cox
E. 2Nd St
Caleb Berry
Bidwell Road
J. M. Clegg
Ainsworth
Bloomington Co
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Trixie
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A. P. Andersen
E. C. Peto
Pacific Coast
Boyd Transfer Co
Minneapolis
Mina
Legislature
Fred Schoenig
Lucas St
Shumaliwid
Brotherhood IN Charge
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City of
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West Second Street
Woodlawn
Frank Cook
Batterson Stores
Geo. Wright
Cor. 4Th and Orange
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Oak and Family Theater
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Will Cooper
Third
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Harry Glatstein and Company
East Second Street
Kansas
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Burlington
Kan
J. Greenblatt
E. Second Street
Pioneer Button Co
Automatic Machine Girls
Vienna
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Machine Girls
Schaefer
Commercial Hotel
Sam
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Freeport
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