Local business notes and family arrivals in Ottumwa
Graphaphone records sell for 3.00 per dozen at Hirt and Griffiths. Judge Jerome Carskaddan arrives morning in the east on business. Randolph Tea and Coffee Co offers laundry soaps and premiums at 415 Mulberry Street. Miss Mamie Grafe arrives from Columbus Junction for a visit with Miss Geetzman on East Fifth Street. Mr and Mrs Eugene Barnard welcome a new son born weighing 12 pounds on the 29th. I S Pepper, principal of the First Ward school, returns home tonight to resume duties Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Tea & Coffee Co
Mulberry Street
Mamie Grafe
Columbus Junction
Miss Geetzman
East Fifth Street
Eugene Barnard
I. S. Pepper
First Ward
South Ottumwa
Tom Wilson
J. C. Wilson
Pleasant East Fifth Street
Francis Art Institute
Chicago
Misses Currier Host South Muscatine Party
Misses Hattie Vinnie Modie and Tresa Currier hosted a party at their South Muscatine home in honor of their mother. A large guest list enjoyed a supper, crokinole, and a musical program by Misses Hannan Richie Knight and Stoker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Currier
South Muscatine
Hattie
Vinnie
Modie
Tresa Currier
Miss Hattie
Henry Smith
Vinnie Currier
Hannan
Richie
Knight
Stoker
Stortz
W. Lewis
Will Smalley
Carl Leewie
Geo. Exo
Frank Moses
Geo. Nelson
Wayne Reynolds
Otto Hagerman
Will Brunner
Ralph Haines
Mmes
W. S. Richie
Emily Niles
Fred Ford
Wm. Knight
Clara Richie
Grace Richie
Pleanor Howell
Mabel Souder
Clara Schomberg
Maggie Stoker
Ethel Stoker
Organ Recital of Prof. Andrews at M E Church
Prof. Andrews of Oberlin College will give a Tuesday evening organ recital at the First M E Church auditorium beginning at o'clock. The program includes Guilmant, Wagner, Bach, Gounod, Saint Saens, Lemare, Dubois and more with vocal solos by Mrs Edna Needham Beck and Miss Laura Musser and Miss Millie Timm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Elsa
Lohengrin
Slo
St. Saens
Edna Needham Beck
Wolstenholme
Gigout
Guilmant
Laura Musser
Millie Timm
Lemare
Dubois
Twelfth night social slated for Monday at rectory
Social at the rectory Monday evening Jan. 6 invites all. Ice cream cake and candy featured as part of the event with Miss Emma Horan visiting Rock Island and other local residents traveling for news or visits.
Postum Coffee Turns Tantrums to Sunshine in Family Homes
Mrs. C. K. Larzelere of Antigo Wisconsin shares that after switching from coffee to Postum Food Coffee she and her husband and daughter stopped bilious attacks and headaches. She credits improved health and mood to the drink and urges tired irritable women to try it for a "wonderful change" in life and family atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. K. Larzelere
Antigo
Wis
Uttle
Schmidt's Music Store Offers Graphophone Records Sale
Columbia Graphaphone Records priced at $2.50 a dozen. Schmidt's Music Store claims largest assortment and prominence as the leading dealers with a guarantee they will never be undersold.
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Columbia Graphaphone Records
Schmidt
Elected Officers Named For Champion Hose Hook and Ladder
The Champion Hose and Hook and Ladder companies held their 27th annual election of officers at the hose house last night. Officers elected include President Louis Benninger and Recording Secretary Henry WIlmering. Financial Secretary Wm Scholten and Treasurer George Trump. Trustees include Henry Hartman. Champion Hose Company elected Foreman Louis Schmelzer First Assistant Foreman Louis Kautz Second Assistant Foreman Carl Tiecke. Champion Hook and Ladder elected Foreman Charles Schroeder First Assistant John Maurath Second Assistant Harry Korta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion Hose, Hook and Ladder Company
Louis Benninger
Henry Wilmering
Wm. Scholten
George Trump
Henry Hartman
Champion Hose Company
Louis Schmelzer
Louis Kautz
Carl Tiecke
Ludwig Piano Gains Prestige At Paris Exhibition
Muscatine’s oldest music house introduces the new Ludwig piano praised for excellence and superiority at the Paris Exposition. The instrument’s reputation follows its dealer’s decades of experience and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig
Muscatine
Schmidt
Ship Wreck Not Detract from Mechanics Concert at Armory Hall
Yesterday’s ship wreck will not interfere with a Mechanics concert and dance set for Armory hall on Tuesday January 7. The event costs 25 cents a couple and the city announces a big social evening with music and dance.
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Armory Hall
Gremmel Cigar Ad Promises Quality in Muscatine
In 1902 an advertisement touts C. T. Gremmel as Muscatine's leading wholesale cigar maker. The copy claims nothing better is sold or shipped locally and offers a 19 year business guarantee with cigars pipes and clippings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Gremmel
Muscatine
Twelfth Night Party by Daughters of the King
On Twelfth night Monday Jan 6 the Daughters of the King host a social at Trinity rectory. Old season customs will be observed and everyone is invited to attend for a jolly time. Light refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Rectory
Wyoming K P Hall Dedication Set for January Fifteenth
At a meeting of Wyoming Lodge No 76 the dedication of the new K P hall was fixed for January 15 after the second floor space was reserved. About 300 to 350 people are expected with Rathbone Sisters offering gratis service. A fine program and supper are planned, followed by a dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Lodge No. 76
K. P. Hall
Committee On
Wyoming Lodge
A. L. Lindner
Rathbone
K. P. Lodge
Grace Hotel Chicago Promotes Convenient Stay
Special notice urges Muscatine readers to consider the Grace Hotel in Chicago at Jackson Boulevard and Clark Street as the most convenient and reasonably priced lodging option for visits to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Grace
Jackson Boule
Clark Street
Jackson Boulevard
Too good an appetite on a Texas restaurant tale
A Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent relays a yarn about a man who cannot resist corn ears. He eats multiple roasted ears in a Texas restaurant. A fellow diner jokes that the man could save money by boarding at a livery stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Texas
Pard
Fortified Lighthouse on Savage Inhabited Cape
A lighthouse at the south cape of Cormosa was built in a savage‑inhabited area and fortified. It features a cast iron tower with a machine gun on the gallery, steel revolving screens, a surrounding iron fort, bulletproof passages, siege provisions, water tanks, a loophole wall, a dry ditch, and two caponnieres armed with eighteen pounder cannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Cape
Cormosa
Bulgarian Haidutin Brigands in Balkan Legend
Leslie's Weekly recalls the Haidutin brigands of Bulgarian history who rose as protectors of the weak and foes of the Mahomedans, seen in songs and legends as friends of the poor. The note also mentions a sales pitch: Graphophone records priced at $2.50 a dozen at Schmidt's Music House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkan Mountains
Turkey
Haidutin
Leslie’s Weekly
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Eibbrand, Ryan & Co
E. Second Street
Daily Journal
Guarantee Loan Co
East Second St
Aoney
Reliance Loan Co
Joe Kranz
Iowa Ave
Hirt & Griffith’s
Jerome Carskaddan
Frami
R. A. Holmes
10Wa Ave
Schmidt's Music Store
Emma Horan
Rock Island
Scheetz’s
Geo. M. Titus
Seymour
Iowa
B. Reinemund
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Miles
Fruitland
Whitmore
John Bennison
Woodhull
Marie Hanehan
Kalona
Nellie Potter
Chas. Fox
Chester
Penn
Mr. Fox
the Mechanics’ Band
Charles Schroeder
John Maurath
Harry Korta
Titus & Jackson
S.D. Gordon
Cleveland
Ohio
Edison Phonographs
Columbia Graphaphones
Victor Talking Machines
Schmidt's
Lara Jayne
Anna Jayne
Lone Tree
W. F. Lewren
Wellman
St. Louis
Handler
Miss Kaufman
Alvina Kaufman
Argus Lodge
Iowa Legion of Honor
Olive Foster
Business College
Wapello
Davenport
Joe King
Iowa National Guards
Joe
New York
West Point
Schmidt's Music House
Albert Figg
Muscatine Island
Mr. DeCamp
C. P. Teeple
Wilton
Wilton, la
Post Ofice
Board of Trade
C. Collins
Uniols Central Railroad
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Illinois Central
Dubuque
J. F. Merry
Rass
Gertrude Fry
Letts
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Wittich Brothers
Frank
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