Banking Houses Form Local Financial Row
First National Bank lists capital 50 000 surplus 50 000 with directors S G Stein D V Jackson J R Reuling W E Bliven J Carskaddan F P Sawyer S M Hughes and offers safety deposit vault boxes for rent. Cook Musser Co State Bank and Trust Co shows capital 75 000 surplus 75 000 with P M Musser president Ed C Cook vice president and S B Cook cashier announcing 4 percent interest on time deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
G. Stein
D. V. Jackson
S. M. Hughes
S. G. Stein
J. R. Reuling
W. E. Bliven
J. Carskaddan
F. P. Sawyer
Cook, Musser
Railway Timetables and Lines for Rock Island System
In effect January 5, 1908 the Rock Island System lists eastbound trains from Davenport Chicago and westbound passenger and mail trains with times including No 12 at 3 43 am and No 61 at 8 19 pm All trains run daily except Sunday and serviced by agent W S Undercoach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island System
Davenport
Chicago
California
Washington, Oskaloosa
Kanses City
Ft. Worth Cove
Wilton Trains Timetable Fragments Include Daily Nos And Muscatine Runs
A fragmented timetable lists multiple daily trains with numbers 8 14 6 16 20 18 15 and 9 5 and notes Muscatine departures and arrivals. Branch service shows daily runs with Sunday exceptions and specific times across several routes.
Muscatine North and South Railroad Schedule Highlights
Timetable notes multiple trains between Muscatine, Fruitland, Grandview, Wapello and Elrick Junction. No 4 and 2 run daily except Sunday, No 6 Mondays only. North Round trains No 5 and No 1 operate with varied arrivals, plus connections to Iowa Central, C R I P and Town Central services at Farrick Junction and Wapello.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bound
Muscatine
Round House
Fruitland
Grandview
Wapello
Elrick Junction
Daecehess
Cccesesses
North Round
Wreens
Firick Junction
Iowa Central
Burlington
Town Central
Farrick Junction
Army Officers Hold a Special Meeting in Musserville
A Musserville Methodist church service followed a Sunday School session with visiting Salvation Army staff captain Thomas Cowan delivering a thoughtful address on past present and future. Captain Julia Thomas sang and another meeting for young men at the church is planned for Wednesday. Various locals visit and depart, with several residents listed as visiting or returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musserville
Musserville Methodist Church
Salvation Army
Thomas Cowan
Peoria
Julia Thomas
Conant
Island Church closes revival meetings amid cold weather
Rev. P. M. Conant wraps up the Muscatine circuit revival at Island church despite severe winter conditions. Converts were received and attendees benefited from special instructions. South Muscatine residents visited. several locals ill or traveling were noted. Also reports on the Standard Bearers gathering change and various local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Conant
Muscatine
Island Church
Musserville M. E
Young People's Society
South Muscatine
Kate Rose
Ohio Street
Edward Reilley
Des Moines
Louis Elfers
Grandview Avenue
Charles Weierman
Grandview
Jacob Krone
Fruitland
J. Phillips
Wallace Street
Nathan Ball
Muscatine native Gately arrives in Shanghai for lumber work
Oliver Gately, a former Muscatine boy, has reached Shanghai, China. In a recent letter to Walter Mease he describes the eastern world. He was sent to the Orient to represent a Washington Lumber mill and will stay several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Gately
America
Shanghai
China
Walter Mease
Mr. Gately
Orient
Washington
Church Notes Schedule Weekly Meetings for Ladies and Boards
Saturday afternoon the Ladies Missionary society meets at 8 in the church parlors. Monday 7:30 the official board holds its regular monthly meeting. Wednesday 3:00 Philathea meets with Miss Elizabeth Bridgeman at 2002 Mulberry avenue. Thursday 7:30 mid week prayer meeting with class formation after. Friday 2:30 Ladies Aid meets in the church parlor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Philathea
Elizabeth Bridgeman
Mulberry Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Church Group Activities Schedule This Week
Monday evening Christian Endeavor at the church parlors with a business meeting and social hour. Wednesday features Westminster Guild and a Men of the Church meeting to form a league. Thursday includes prayer meeting and a Sunday school teachers and officers gathering. Friday hosts Ladies Aid in church parlors. South Muscatine Ladies' Aid meets at Mrs. Meerink's home Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Westminister Guild
South
Virgin Oil of Pine Promises Quick Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts Virgin Oil of Pine as a pine based remedy that cures colds in 24 hours and any curable cough. It claims internal use and kidney benefits, sold by Leach Chemical Co. in sealed vials with wooden cases and directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Church Activities Week Schedule and Fellowship
The article lists a week of church events including Salvation Army meeting Y M C A Star lecture B Y P W social prayer meeting baptism mid week church service Ladies Aid and Alpha and Men’s meeting at the parsonage and lecture room. The pastor Rev Judson Kempton extended fellowship on Sunday to fifty two new members and over 300 partook communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabernacle
The
Salvation Army
Opera House
West Hill
Ladies’ Aid
Delta Alpha’s
Judson Kempton
Ladies' Aid Lunch Meeting Set for February
The Ladies' Aid society will serve lunch at noon on February 5 and asks members to arrive by 10 30 for an early gathering. A regular February business meeting will follow after lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Gately Talks Of Shanghai Assignment And Language
Mr Gately describes years in Shanghai as a representative, enjoying the American settlement yet noting peculiar Chinese customs. He hopes to master the language before returning home. Rev Preston delivers brief talk to Mulford Mission Christian Endeavor group as attendance and interest rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Gately
Preston
B. C. Preston
First Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor Society of
Mulford Mission
Armour of God Epistle Study Draws Mento Noon Session
A church notes a noon session titled The Armour of God from the Epistle to Ephesians. Last week's fire attendance and helpful meeting serve as incentive for this week. Friday event for men, social evening with invitations issued Monday, begins seven and ends ten.
German Congregational Church Activities Schedule
The Ladies' Aid society meets Wednesday afternoon. Thursday evening they hold a regular prayer meeting at 7 30 followed by choir practice. Saturday morning from 9 to 11 a German school session. Confirmation class runs from 11 to 12 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Congregational Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Regular Young People’s Society Meeting at United Brethren Church
The United Brethren Church hosts the regular monthly meeting of the Young People’s Society on Monday with a social hour and a Valentine box as the entertainment feature. Refreshments will be served. A regular monthly session continues on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Church
Young People's Society
Vinol Promises Muscle Gain and Appetite Boost
Vinol, a cod liver oil derived tonic with added peptonate of iron, claims to build strength, improve appetite, and enrich red blood. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store in Muscatine promotes Vinol for all ages and offers a money back guarantee if no benefit is observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinci
United States
Havercamp’'s
East Second Street
Muscatine, Ia
German M E Church Schedule and Society Notes
German M. E. Church on Fourth and Cedar lists weekly prayer meetings at Muscatine 7 30 p m Wednesday and at the church 7 30 p m Thursday and Friday. Woman’s Foreign Missionary society meets at Mrs Boehling 1243 Dale on Wednesday afternoon. Ladies Aid holds its monthly business meeting Friday afternoon at the church. Catechism class Saturday at 2 o’clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Fourth
Cedar Streets
C. E. Baumgarten
Muscatine
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
German Baptist Church Ladies Circle Meeting Notice
German Baptist Church reports a Wednesday 2 30 pm Ladies Missionary Circle gathering at Mrs A Peetz home on Schiller avenue. Thursday evening prayer meeting listed following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Baptist Church
Ladies Missionary Circle
A. Peetz
Schiller Avenue
Record Breaker Cascarets Advertising Success
The greatest and quickest permanent advertising success is Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Advertised in newspapers for about ten years, sales rose from nothing to over one million boxes a month. Merit plus advertising made Cascarets widely known and recommended by users to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal
Local Notes From Lime City and Surroundings
Charley Martin of Tipton visits Lime City friends while Mrs. Will Hanna stays in Tipton. John Barclay’s baby ill. Mooney couple welcomes a son born to Jack and Mrs. Moomey of Muscatine. Several residents move, visit, or recover from la grippe as community life continues with church gatherings and trades.
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Lime City
Charley Martin
Tipton
Will Hanna
John Barclay
S. J. Mooney
Jack Moomey
Muscatine
Bert Rocholtz
Joe Barclay
Wilton
John Ford
South Bethel
Chas. McGillivary
Rochester Township
Moss
Arthur Karns
U. B. Church
Elmer Cole
Melissa Adams
Charley Adams
South Union
Vern Walton
James Jennings
Roy Giles
J. H. Smith
Peter Daut
Clara Smith
Iowa City
Peter Whitmer
Sugar Creek
Tolbert Straub
Mary Whitmer
Emma
West Liberty
Leslie
St. Louis
Albert Straub
Bert Snyder
Bucklen's Amica Salve Hailed For Bruises Sores And Burns
An auto collision prompts praise for Bucklen's Amica Salve which heals bruises sores and burns quickly. Sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
New Religious Secretary for Muscatine Y M C A Arrives
J M Mitchell of Australia arrives in Muscatine to assume duties as religious secretary of the Y M C A on the recommendation of Fred B. Smith. Mitchell brings years of association work in Australia and will oversee all religious activities here with his wife joining him shortly. A reception was held for them at Isabel Kelsey's home. Other local notes mention church and school events, travel, and a discussion on ice conditions with no thick ice yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Mitchell
Australia
Muscatine
Fred B. Smith
Mr. Mitchell
Muscatine Association
America
Island
California
Isabel Kelsey
W. Gardner Robertson
U. P. Church
Morning Sun
Ila
Ralph Kelsey
Burris-Carothers
Stronghurst
Ill
Measles Spread Prompts Absences. Local Hotel Reopens
In Crawfordsville on February 3, measles cases rise with over forty scholars absent from school. Mrs Mary Sewall and Henderson Manners recover after illness. E B Franklin buys and plans to reopen the David Griffith hotel this spring. Clemens O Burris marries June Carothers in Stronghurst Illinois, with warm wishes from locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Mary Sewall
Henderson Manners
E. B. Franklin
David Griffith
Clemens O. Burris
Stronghurst
Wellman Notes Local Happenings and Debated Roosevelts
Wellman Iowa items report Jacob Trieschmann’s return from Mt Vernon and a quarterly M E church service by Rev J A Boatman. The high school presented a Friday night program at the opera house with a Roosevelt debate affirming Wells and Murphy against Foster and Blumenstein. George Trieschmann and wife welcomed a baby boy. Alta Wade suffers tonsillitis. B R Steninger’s baby ill. Poultry show exhibits many fanciers birds. B M Junkin recovering from illness. W F M S met with Mrs A L Braden Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta Wade
B. R. Steninger
Riverside
B. M. Junkin
L. Braden
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Arthur Nouman
RH. D. Hust
West Second Street
Frank L. Bihlmeler
Telephone
Iowa
J. Uuice
Hershey State Bank
Thos. Brown
Alt
Wade
Illinois
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
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Wilton Trains
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Wiiton
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
Muscatine North and South Railroad
South Muscatine News
Thomas Also Sings
Henry Daber
Elmira
Arthur Ward
George Davis
Demorest Avenue
Ottumwa
Charles Sweeney
August Mark
Eliza
Daniels
Clara Meister
Cotter
Martin Dailey
Milwaukee
Cranston
John Schmidt
Sampson Street
John White
New Boston
Philip King
Theodore Weller
Stewart Road
Hershey Avenues
Desire Water Protection
Hershey Avenue
Brook Street
Clinton Street
Helen Schlipf
Florence Missel
Esther Pool
Irene Frambers
Agness Laboda
Vera Schlipf
Nellie Frankenreiter
Margaret Hoffman
Martha Keil
Ida Lechner
Ellen Dumphy
Genevieve Schlipf
Katherine Weber
Elmer Pool
Harold Schlipf
Ices
S. Erb
West Fourth Street
Andrew Mull
Cedar Street
W. J. Vanatta
East Fifth Street
Muscatine Buy Row
Will
For Lumber Company
Ladies’ Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
Rae
Limme City
Y. Wf. G
Corps of Workers
Howard Huston
Frank McCoy
N. J. Lease
Reuben Mennefee
John Smylie
Birdie Taylor
Blue Mound
Kan
Geurning
Garrison
Presbyterian Church
Taylor
M. E. Church
Ainsworth
Wellman
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