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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1908

Page

2

Della Hanna Weds Ernest E Wells in West Liberty

Miss Della Hanna and Ernest E Wells wed at noon on February 5 at the Hanna home in West Liberty Iowa. Rev P H Green officiated for a small gathering. a wedding dinner followed and the couple plans to reside near Downey Iowa after March 1 at Arp Darm six miles north.

West ‘Liberty James Hanna Calhoun’ Street Della Hanna Ernest E. Wells P. H. Green Christian Church Mrs. Weiss Spencer Darm Downey Lottie Hanna Jap. Stearns Henry Propst Lou Leech South Prairie Ed. Wells James Larson West Branch Will Lemon Oasis C. &. Duncan Nichols Hattie McKinstry Blanche McElrath Cedar Rapids I. T. Wright Will James Ottumwa Hillmoe Dakota Robert Shannon Nichols, Coun

Excellent Speakers to Visit Davenport Church Dedication

The Davenport Association of Congregational Churches invites top speakers to address the assembly at the new local church dedication. Governor Albert Cummins is asked to discuss church state relations, and President MacLean of State University will speak on church and education.

Davenport Association of Congregational Churches Albert Cummins Republic MacLean The State University

Coasting accident injures seventeen year old boy

William West seventeen-year-old son of Mrs O J Sopher suffered a serious left leg fracture three inches above the ankle while coasting on Fourth Street. An ambulance carried him to his home at 514 West Fifth Street after Dr E K Tyler reduced the fracture at Charles Richards residence. This marked the year’s first severe coasting accident.

Iowa City Albert Whitacre Downey Lillian Walter Mackey W. B. Jayne Messrs Isaac Lewis P. N. Gibson West Branch George Griffith Des Moines Ray Wm. West O. J. Sopher Fourth Street West Richards Charles Richard E. K. Tyler West Fifth Street

Laurel Hill Notes Reflect Local Visits and Events

Laurel Hill town gossip lists visits from Chicago residents Mr. and Mrs. Bryson Hill to Paul Johnson and family, a Durant business caller A Schiele, illness updates on Mrs. Frank Cummings, dances postponed due to weather, and various trips to Wilton Muscatine and Cedar Rapids with brief notes on sales and funerals.

Laurel Hill Bryson Hill Chicago Paul Johnson A. Schiele Durant H. H. Johnson Dorothy B. L. Norton Wilton Ferdinand Bunge Melpine Tobean Davenport Frank Cummings Ralph Dockshoot Sugar Creek Lillian Patten Muscatine Columbus Junction G. W. Johnson Sweetland Center Minnie Jasperson C. Brumbaugh Gus Bartels Christopher Fick Walcott Luke Cockshoot Lloyd Taylor Cedar Rapids

Engineers Arrive to Survey Drury Ditch Work

Engineers Hickler and J A Ryan from Rock Island arrived in Muscatine to survey the Drury ditch in Drury township Illinois opposite the city. Work on the ditch is about half completed with progress despite inclement weather.

Hickler J. A. Ryan Rock Island Muscatine Drury Ditch Drury Township Illinois

Grace Lutheran minister to lecture at Baptist meeting

Rev. H. F. Martin of Grace Lutheran Church will deliver a temperance lecture at the weekly men's meeting at the Baptist church this evening.

H. F. Martin Grace Lutheran Church Baptist Church

Local News Briefs From Muscatine and Surrounding Areas

Illinois City reports Jim Simpson and family moving to Muscatine where he will work as a teamster at Huttig's. Several notices of visits, social events, and illnesses follow including Ladies Aid at Mrs. Tyler's, Mrs. Lizzie Thomas visiting Fairport, and Mrs. Ellen Martin and Mrs. Reeves ill with la grippe. Ed Hayes and Sue Schutte drove cattle for Wm. Fisher.

Illinois City Ill Jim Simpson Muscatine Simpson Huttig Lizzie Thomas Ella Crabtree Fairport Iowa Ladies’ Aid Society W. C. Tyler F. Seidler Ed. Huber Texas Jinkens Keokuk Dr. Walker Wm. Hésler Austa Seddam Vollie Dantz Millersburg Cap. Brisbine Moline Ellen Martin Rivertown Bluff M. Reeves

One Day Cold Cure Ad Claims Signature of Grove

An old advertisement touts a product “Bromo Quinine” laxative and cold cure with the claim that it cures a cold in one day. It references a signature by E. W. Grove and markets the remedy worldwide priced at 25 cents.

E. W. Grove

Sickness and revival mark Nichols notes

Nichols reports widespread grippe and bad colds in town with Mrs. P. C. Hart seriously ill. J. Smith dies at his daughter’s home south of town. Christian revival meetings end with 28 converts after two weeks led by Rev. Hughes. reception for new converts attended by Rev. Green and wife. Mrs. J. Elder visits Letts with her parents.

Green West Liberty Hughes

Wapello Social Notes and Local Names

Wapello Iowa items list visits and travel. Ellen Wilson stays with Mrs Dalmas. Lina Staats returns to Cedar Rapids. Emma Ellis misses school after a fall. Charles Evesmeyer resumes brief outings. Rev E A Crooks returns to Blanchard. Rev S Bis Ross visits Fairfield after National Reform convention. Mrs Cronk expect home from Arvada. Houtz family returns from Muscatine after funeral of Roland Simons.

E. A. Crooks National Reform Association Blanchard S. Bis Ross The Christian Church Fairfield A. P. Cronk Arvada Col Jacob Houtz Muscatine Roland Simons Houtz

Heal skin ailments with Hale's Household Ointment

Ard all mental and physical annoyance from all forms of skin diseases, quickly ended by Dr. Hale's Household Ointment. An unequalled healing balm for cuts, bruises, burns or any skin abrasions. At drug stores, 25c, or from Kenyon & Thomas, Adams, N. Y.

Local Social Notes From Cairo and Virginia Grove

Miss Lena Frerichs and Mamie Berkshire visited Winfield on Wednesday. Will McCann was in town. Ed Vandermark and wife visited S. H. Havenhill Sunday. Mrs. Ed Greene spent Sunday with Fred Berkshire. Grace McConahay and Herbert Linder shared Sunday evening at the Vandermark home. A surprise party at Geo. McConahay’s honored Grace’s seventeenth birthday with a signet ring. Meetings will begin here led by Rev. Wilson.

Cairo Lena Frerichs Mamie Berkshire Winfield Will McCann Ed Vandermark S. H. Havenhill Ed Greene Fred Berkshire Grace McConahay Herbert Linder Vandermark Virginia Grove Geo. McConahay Grace Rev. Wilson

Bank Seizure Amid Disappearance of Italian Banker

In Philadelphia on February 7, sheriff seized the contents of the Banca Provinciale Romano after Giovanni Bersani, a key depositor, vanished en route to New York. The bank served about 1,000 depositors. locals report growing threats as Bersani’s brother Biagio confirms his brother failed to return.

Philadelphia Giovanni Bersani Banca Provinciale Romani Daniel Sassi New York Biagio Bersani Giovanni

Didn't Agree With Him on Farm Belief

A Carolina man inspected a farm run by an old friend who drafted his whole family into work. The owner notes the father is near ninety and not himself lately, while the friend quips farming may no longer suit him. The exchange appears in Success Magazine.

Carolina Success Magazine

Strange Buyer Expresses Satisfaction With Flat

An unidentified man declares they are entirely satisfied with the flat they currently occupy, speaking in a formal tone to the interviewer and signaling no desire for change at this time.

Cure for Skin Disease Promoted by Germicides ZEMO ZEMOTONE

A widely circulated claim asserts that no skin disease can resist the germicides ZEMO and ZEMOTONE, which are said to destroy germs and cure. The sample ad lists E. W. Ros sed Co of St. Louis and A. W. Morgan at 107 West Second Street as sellers.

E.w.rossed, Co St. Louis A. W. Morgan West Second Street

Padded ambulance called after holding man

The excerpt describes neighbors quiet and a calm block until they restrained a man and called for a padded ambulance from an insane asylum after the December Bohemian entry. It conveys a tense moment with a distant piano and orderly surroundings then the abrupt intervention.

Insane Asylum Bohemian

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