Dying Mother Calls East Hill Resident to Holland
Peter Rinck of Dale street Kecklerville left last evening for Holland Mich to be at his mother Mrs A A Rinck who is critically ill at about 56 Her husband and three sons remain At home Rinck is a bookkeeper at Heinz pickle works Park Avenue M E church lighting plant recently completed adds about 200 candle power Several residents of Sweetland township Davenport and other nearby towns are noted for travel and visits including Mrs Lena Kirschner and Mr John Ripson The Ladies Aid of Park Avenue M E church will meet Thursday at Mrs Scott Lanes home to discuss important matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Rinck
Dale Street
Kecklerville
Holland
Mich
A. A. Rinck
Mr. Rinck
A. C
Heinz Pickle
Park Avenue M. E
M. N. Bond
John Irwin
Sweetland Township
Texas
John Ripson
East Fifth Street
Durant
Glen Clark
Sweetland
Lena Kirschner
Nichols
Charles Peterson
Isett Avenue
Moscow
Sam Fryer
Rock Island
C. E. Kane
Davenport
Walter Riese
East Tenth Street
Clinton
H. A. Heselton
Vanesburg
Dover
Delaware
Nicholas Bast
Washington Street
Missouri
Charles MecMurphy
Summit
J. Coch
P. D. Sowers
East Eighth Street
Oelwein
Hugh Hodge
William Rensink
R. J. Call
Chicago
B. F. Taylor
Ladies’ Aid Society
Park Avenue M. E. Church
Scott Lane
Grant Street
Grape-Nuts Promote Brain Cell Repair For Busy Men
An ad extols Grape-Nuts as a daily staple for rebuilding brain cells through proper food elements from wheat and barley. It claims the product requires little digestive effort and is favored by thousands of successful men, urging readers to read The Road to Wellville in the package.
Runaway Wagon Demolishes on Slough Bridge
A heavily loaded wagon belonging to Andrew Farr of the Island ran away after the driver left the horses, rolled into the Slough bridge area, demolished the wagon, tipped over, with left wheels broken and a horse gashing its shoulder. Farr had left the horses unattended on Clinton street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Farr
Island
Slough
Farr
Clinton Street
German Lottery Scam Reaches Des Moines area
United States postal authorities and police crack down on German lottery promoters sending alluring circulars through the mails. Des Moines detectives describe a major operation selling fake lottery tickets and estimate over $60,000 earned in the city alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Muscatine
Des Moines
Germany
A. Y. Fike
West Side
J. M. Miller
City Detective Bureau
Son dubbed Raffles robs Dubuque home
Dubuque police say Roy Brown, son of the homeowners, conducted a two week old robbery at the corner of Fifteenth and Bluff streets while the family was away. He reportedly rummaged the house and sold hundreds of dollars in furniture and furnishings to local second hand dealers. He is presently out of town.
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Dubuque
Brown
Fifteenth
Bluff Streets
Roy
108 Years of Age in Easton Connecticut
Mrs Deborah Silliman at 108 is hailed as New England s oldest woman and has been a church member for ninety five years a record likely unmatched in the country Grandchildren gave a birthday party last year but this year she is too feeble to join yet she still talks entertainingly with friends and memories fade but charm remains
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton, Conn
Deborah Silliman
New England
Silliman
Live to a hundred says England lecture on aging
Sir James Crichton Brown told the Royal Institute of Public Health in London that if people live rightly and take proper care, reaching one hundred should be normal. He warned against feebleness at fifty and beyond and promoted Vinol cod liver oil with iron from Haverkamp’s Drug Store in Muscatine Iowa as a tonic for the aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crichton Brown
England
Royal Institute of Public Health
London
Muscatine
Vinci
Havercamp's
Prescription Drug Store
East Second Street
Iowa
Prophecy Fulfilled by Cooper Preparations Stir Boston
Boston reports a tidal wave of callers praising Cooper New Discovery medicines as stomach remedies improving rheumatism. Testimonies from Michael Broderick and E B Clark describe relief from chronic stomach trouble and sciatic rheumatism after using the preparations for weeks. The city scene suggests nationwide confidence in Cooper’s methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cooper
Michael Broderick
Clifton Street
North
Cambridge
Mass
E. Bb. Clark
Massachusetts Avenue
Katherine Ridgeway to Appear at Grand Theatre
Katherine Ridgeway and company will perform at the Grand on next Monday evening as the fifth number of the Y M C A Star Course. She is supported by Miss Fae La Grange, pianist, and Donald Chalmers, bass.
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Y. M. C. A. Star
Miss
Katherine Ridgeway
Miss Ridgeway
Fae la Grange
Donald Chalmers
Brotherhood Banquet at First Presbyterian Church
The Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church hosts its initial banquet this evening at 6 39 in the church parlors with a social hour and musical numbers. Dr S M Campbell of Galesburg will deliver the main address The talk titled The Church and the Man is expected to be instructive and entertaining. The new constitution and by laws will be presented for action and informal club discussion will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brotherhood of the
First Presbyterian Church
S. M. Campbell
Galesburg
Commuted Illness Promised Relief With New Discovery
An ad-labeled health claim touts Dr Kings New Discovery as quick relief for throat and lung trouble. Available in Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 50 cents and one dollar.
Former Muscatine Resident Margaret Schultz Dies at 80
Mrs. Margaret Schultz aged 80 formerly of Muscatine died at her son Henry Luttig’s home in Drury Township after a two year illness from heart failure. Survived by husband, son Henry Luttig, a sister Mrs. Charles Witt. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. from the residence with Reynolds Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Schultz
Muscatine
Henry Luttig
Drury Township
Charles Witt
Schultz
Reynolds Cemetery
Six Injured in Moran Junction Interurban Crash
Six people were injured when two interurban cars collided at Moran Junction thirteen miles from Perry Iowa this morning at eleven o’clock. The Moran car, carrying passengers bound for Des Moines, was involved in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Moran Junction
Perry
County Republican Convention Calls Delegates March 14 1908
Muscatine county Republicans call a county convention at the courthouse on March 14 1908 at 1 30 pm to select sixteen delegates for the state convention and sixteen for the second district congressional convention. Representation is by township ward and votes for Cummins in 1906 with detailed township and ward tallies listed and caucuses to be called by local committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Muscatine County
Albert B. Cummins
Bloomington
Cogas Correo
Cen Dso
Fruitland Township
Fulton
Goshen Township
Montpelier Township
Moscow Township
Orono Towhelip
Seventy-Six Township
Sweetland Township
Wapsinonoe Township
Wilton Township
Muscatine
Muncatine
Dr King’s New Life Pills Offered For 25c Box
A local store advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills at 25 cents a box as a remedy for stomach liver and kidney trouble. The notice highlights a quick relief claim and sale accessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Havercamp's
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Washington
District of Columbia
East Hill News
Holland, Mich
East Hill
I. F. McAllister
Cedar Rapids
D. K. Smith
James Howard
Illinois
Wellville
Slough Bridge
Andrew
HUB Metropolis
Katherine Idg
Hutt
M. C. A. Star
Dies
Western Flour Mill CO
Tion
Siegel & Isaacson
E. 2Nd St
Batterson Stores
East
New York
Washburn & Tiedemann
M. Kautz Baking Co
J. C. Coster
Funck
Reid
Boone County
Owa
Weidling
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