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Experienced sorting girls wanted. Apply Huttig McDermid Button Co. Go to the Best for good meals and short orders 119 W 2nd. Born this morning to Mr and Mrs Henry Bartenhagen a girl. Spare ribs tenderloin sauer kraut fresh and smoked sausages at the People's Meat Market Phone 57. Reserve your seats at Swan's Saturday morning 9 o'clock. Muscatine Tourists vs Chicago Meteors. Rev AI E Boss arrived home from Chicago where he spent the past few days visiting. Call up 57 for the best spare ribs tenderloin sauer kraut fresh and smoked sausages. People's Meat Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huttig-McDermid Button Co
People's Meat Market
Swan's
Chicago
Qatmeal Package Department Begins Full Time Saturday
The package department will start up on full time Saturday morning January 4th.
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Meets at Walker Home
The Methodist church society held a meeting yesterday at 111 East Fifth Street with Mrs. J. A. Boatman presenting a paper on Medical Missions. The next gathering is planned for February at Mrs. Charles Kincaid's home on West Fourth Street featuring Mrs. Harry Seems on Industrial Missions.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Eliza Walker
East Fifth Street
J. A. Boatman
Charles Kincaid
West Fourth Street
Harry
T S S Club Entertained by Miss Minnie Wirtz
The T S S club enjoyed a pleasant evening at Miss Minnie Wirtz's Lucas street home. A cinch tourney awarded first prize to Gertrude Bersch and consolation to Helen Fuller of Chicago. The next meeting will be at Miss Clara Thauren's Lucas street home.
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T. S. S. Club
Minnie Wirtz
Lucas Street
Gertrude Bersch
Helen Fuller
Chicago
Clara Thauren
Mrs Kintler Hosts Mercy Sewing Society Meeting
The Help and Mercy Sewing society gathered yesterday at Mrs Henry Kintler’s home with many members present and work accomplished. Refreshments were served and the next meeting is set for January 16 at Mrs John Fowler’s Buell avenue. The Comus club enjoyed a dance at the Armory hall last evening with the Thomas orchestra providing music.
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Kintler
Mercy Sewing Society
Help and Mercy Sewing Society
Henry Kintler
John Fowler
Buell Avenue
Comus Club
Armory Hall
Thomas Orchestra
Madness Adds To Scandal Horror
Allenstein East Prussia January 3 Mrs Von Schoebeck widow of a major killed by Captain Von Goeben on Christmas night has gone insane after learning of the affair in his wife's apartment observers report the tragedy has intensified scandal and grief in the region
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Allenstein
East Prussia
von Schoebeck
von Goeben
Regular meeting of Lodge No. 143 of Modern Brotherhood
Regular meeting scheduled Monday evening January 6 with installation of officers and refreshments. State Manager Kane of Davenport will attend.
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Modern Brotherhood of America
Lodge No
Kane
Davenport
Grand Jury Drawn for 1908 Year at Court House
The grand jury for 1908 was drawn at the court house this morning. They will meet January 14, April 7, September 8, and November 10 at nine o'clock. Members include F. W. Swan Muscatine township, Peter Brookhart Seventy-six township, Ed Will Fruitland township, John Houseman Lake township, F. C. Steen Wapsie West Liberty, Frank Kelley Fulton township, John Nicoll Pike township, H. C. Hendricks Cedar township, Julius Welch Montpelier town, J. E. Smith Wilton, Charles Miller Moscow, and Frank Nestlebush Sweetland.
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Court House
F. W. Swan
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors Joint Session
Modern Woodmen lodge marks its 25th anniversary with an initiation and smoker on Tuesday evening January 7 at the hall. A joint session with Royal Neighbors will install officers on Wednesday evening January 8, inviting all members and wives to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Woodman Lodge
Royal Neighbors
Woodmen
National Order of the Modern Woodmen
Finger Amputation After Factory Accident
Miss Katherine Beherns of Van Horn street suffered a severe laceration to the left index finger while at the Leo Hirsch factory yesterday. Dr. Fred Appel attended and amputated the finger near the first joint due to the seriousness of the wound.
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Katherine Beherns
van Horn Street
Leo Hirsch Factory
Fred Appel
Nurses Remembered at Hershey Hospital Gift
Mr and Mrs John Baker of Lake township presented Hershey hospital nurses with a monetary gift after their several weeks as patients. Each nurse received a neat sum of money as a gesture of gratitude.
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Hershey Hospital
John Baker
Lake Township
Vesuvius Resumes Activity After Quiet Month
Naples reports Mount Vesuvius back in eruption mode after a period of comparative quiet lasting a month or more.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Mount Vesuvius
Road to Wellville diet credited with clear thinking
A Midwestern woman credits a dietary change and Grape-Nuts with sugar and cream for restoring health, clearing her brain, curing constipation, and improving stomach and bowels after removing meat pastry and hot biscuit from her meals. She praises The Road to Wellville and its author, with Postum Co. cited for the claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weillville
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Read
Wellville
Pkys
County Officials Reappoint Farm Doctors and Jail Physician
The county board reappointed Milton Rice as superintendent of the County Poor Farm for a 23rd year. Dr. G. O. Morgridge and Dr. W. S. Norton were re-elected county poor farm physicians, with Dr. Gustave A. Heidel kept on as jail physician. Henry Freers was re-appointed janitor of the county courthouse for 1908.
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Milton Rice
Board of County Supervisors
Rice
G. O. Morgridge
W. S. Norton
Gustave A. Heidel
Heidel
Henry Freers
County Board of Supervisors
Freers
County Assessors Set Meeting With Auditor
On January 11 the county assessors will meet the county auditor to receive instructions and supplies. Each year they convene to learn of changes in assessment by the state board. none are new this year.
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State Board
Plans for Commercial League Formed at YMCA
A YMCA meeting outlined a six team commercial league for indoor winter class work. Teams will represent Roach & Musser Co. Huttig Manufacturing The Journal Printing Co. Kautz bakery button cutters and the city clerks. Players must be employed by the firm represented. Lineups to be announced later. Physical Director Johnson expands Leaders' Class sessions as fifteen youths enroll.
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Roach & Musser Co
Huttig Manufacturing Company
the Journal Printing Company
Kautz’s Bakery
Button Cutters
City Clerks
Johnson
Skimmed Milk Diet Criticized as Cure for Fat
Physicians denounce skimmed milk as a fat-reduction method as insupportable. Others favor a teaspoonful after meals of Marmola, Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic, and Syrup Simplex, claiming it yields quick relief while allowing normal meals and daily weight loss of twelve to sixteen ounces.
Five More Bodies Found at Darr Mine
Five more bodies were recovered today at the Darr mine in Jacobs Creek Pennsylvania raising the death toll to 231. The latest recoveries increase the grim total from the mine disaster as rescue efforts continue with officials confirming the counts.
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Jacobs Creek
Darr
Man Locates Purse on Sycamore Street
John Meyers of East Second Street found a purse with 45 dollars on Sycamore Street between Second and Third. He stopped a man named Henry Odell to ask if he lost it. Odell later claimed the purse and retrieved it from the house.
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Sycamore Street
Second
John Meyers
East Second Street
Henry Odell
Secure Games With Cedar Rapids Team
Physical Director Johnson of the local Y M C A has arranged a short series of games with Cedar Rapids association squad. The first game is Friday January 17 in Cedar Rapids, with a return on January 22 in Pearl City. The Par lor City team is fast and a win for Pearl City will be tough. Also next Wednesday the association building hosts a gym test for senior students.
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Johnson
Cedar Rapids Association
Cedar Rapids
Pearl City
Association
Funeral Service for Matthew Dickey Near Moscow
The funeral was held at the Christian church four miles north of Moscow with Rev. N. Bloom officiating and interment in Rochester cemetery. Edna Christian accompanied her sister Mrs. Ben Overman to Nebraska City Mo for the winter. The Virginia Warblers performed plantation melodies to a good crowd last night. A meeting is planned at the M E church next Sunday evening. Henry Smith and his mother Mrs Chas Smith Sr drove to Wilton Thursday for trading.
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Moscow
Matthew Dickey
Christian Church
Here
N. Bloom
Rochester
Edna Christian
Ben Overman
Nebraska City
Virginia Warblers
M. E
Henry Smith
Chas. Smith
Wilton
Thought Smith Free After Lack of Evidence
County Attorney Pepper dismissed the case against Jerome Smith for lack of evidence. Mrs. Anna Fullmer testified she drew 480 dollars from the bank in Ainsworth five months earlier and believed the money was stolen from her while she was drunk at the home of Mrs. Mary Kern. She could not explain how the loss occurred and asserted Smith might have taken the money.
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Pepper
Jerome Smith
Anna Fullmer
Smith
Reeves Family Visits Brother Stricken in Moline Area
Pine Creek January 3. The Reeves households from Moline Rock Island and Fairport gathered to see Ira Reeves who is seriously ill at his home. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bierman and son.
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Pine Creek
Nat Reeves
Ed Reeves
George Reeves
Moline
Van
Jim Reeves
Rock Island
Ira Reeves
Will Reeves
Fairport
Ira
Ed Bierman
Thirty-Third Anniversary of Local A U W Lodge Celebrated
The A U W lodge in the city marks its 33rd founding anniversary with services at the hall on Thursday evening January 9. Four living charter members H S Howe M Y Howe George W Keckler Sr and W F Esichoff will give brief addresses. Maennerchor will perform several musical selections and lodge members will deliver talks. A committee is appointed to organize the program.
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H. S. Howe
M. Y. Howe
George W. Keckler, Sr
W. F. Esichoff
Weekend Visits Highlight Local Social Round
Of Muscatine residents are spending a few days with Mr and Mrs Fix. Mr Gagie Metz of Pleasant Prairie had dinner at Mr Fix's on Wednesday. Mr Art Carretzel and Miss Ora Welch of near Pleasant Prairie spent Sunday at Fix's.
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Muscatine
Fix
Gagie Metz
Pleasant Prairie
Sample silverware set invites inquiries
Journal want ads note late classification for silver knives forks and spoons that will not tarnish. Interested buyers are prompted to telephone 433 X for details and viewing.
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Telephone
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Aimoskeag
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Sean Wee Tow
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