South Muscatine Hawkeye plant resumes operations after shutdown
Industrial activity improves in South Muscatine as Hawkeye button Works restarts at the South Muscatine branch with many workers employed. Black Button factory also reopens after a brief shutdown and repairs. Kaiser Box factory sizable crew continues. Roach & Musser Sash and Door works idle due to under way improvements, with repairs expected by Saturday and full operation next Monday. Nearby locals report family visits and health concerns, including a critical illness of Mrs. Bennett and births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Muscatine
Hawkeye Button Works
Black Button
Kaiser Box Factory
Roach & Musser
South End
Harvey Hoover
Elmira
Theodore Weller
Sampson Street
Burlington
Ft. Madison
Bennett
Art Seltzer
Latham and
Walton Streets
Henry Martin
Conesville
Sidward Brainard
John Bauman
Henry Cottier
Near Wapello
M. N
Fount Craddock
Des Moines
Grandview
Mrs. Grey
Sadie Craddock
Stewart Road
John Phillips
Dixon, Ill
Mon day Night Mulford Mission Club Meets Friday
The Mulford Mission Monday night club will hold its meeting Friday at the YWCA rooms for an enjoyable session. They plan to discuss time changes and potential renaming of the group. William Feather slipped on ice and severely wrenched his right ankle, keeping him home for days.
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Mulford Mission
William Feather
Revival Meetings Open at Spangler Chapel in Musserville
Rev P M Conant opened revival services at Spangler Chapel to strong attendance and high interest. Muscatine circuit pastors lead sessions through the week with youth from Musserville Methodist church planning to attend. German Methodist services at South Muscatine Chapel, led by Rev L E Kettlekamp of Quincy, continue with an engaging address and run through next Sunday.
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Spangler Chapel
P. M. Conant
Muscatine
Weird Case Brought in Montezuma Court
In Montezuma Iowa a petition seeks partition of forty acres east of town with one third of proceeds to plaintiffs. The case questions whether wife Sarah Hawkins relinquished dower in a 1852 deed to Wesley McVey, amid long ownership changes and unclear joint signing effects. The court will decide if the widow’s heirs can claim one third.
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Zuma
James M. Hawkins
Sarah Hawkins
Sarah
S. E
Hawkins
31St General Assembly
Iowa
Supreme Court
Muscatine Man Displays Six Foot Rattle Snake Kill Trophy
Fred Hoopes brought back a six foot rattlesnake skin and the live six foot reptile from Texas where he hunted with Ed Jones and Frank Strause of Fruitland. The snake, weighing about 18 pounds with seven rattlers, was displayed at the Commercial hotel barber shop while Hoopes plans to have it mounted. Train delays from a Sunday snowstorm affected southwest routes.
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Fred Hoopes
Southwest
Texas
Ed Jones
Frank Strause
Fruitland
Hoopes
Y W C A Annual Meeting Highlights Muscatine Iowa
The Y W C A of Muscatine held its annual meeting at the association building with many members in attendance. Officers and directors were discussed and elected. Miss Eva Seevers attended as state secretary, and reports from the extension, social, devotional, secretary and business departments outlined a year of progress, fundraising, Bible study expansion, and needs for more space and workers.
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Association
Eva Seevers
Emma Asthalter
J. S. Kulp
Bertha Hoover
Geneva
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Eczema Cure Promised by ZEMO Medical Claims
An advertisement touts ZEMO a scientific external remedy claimed to stop itching destroy skin germ causes and permanently cure eczema. The notice lists E W Rose Med Co St Louis Mo and retailer A W Morgan 107 West Second Street as distributors.
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E. W. Rose Med. Co
St. Loum
A. W. Morgan
West Second Street
Rooms Improve With Donations During 1907 Renovations
The association thanks friends for donations that enhanced the Den by Julius Schmidt and added a bookcase from Mrs. Little and subscriptions from Mrs. Jayne. The two small rooms rent at 12 dollars monthly since September, bath privileges are valued, and Miss Winnifred Giesler leads the rooms committee. Finance notes a successful year with a small treasury balance and total receipts of 3932.14, balance 497.04, and budget items for 1908.
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Mira Erb
Board
Friends of the Young Women's Christian Association
Muscatine
Iowa
Business Department
U. W
Asthalter
Reds
Weed Park
Minnie Headley
Geneva
Wis
Winnifred Giesler
Wore
Friends of the Association
Julius Schmidt
Dr. Little
Outlook
Jayne
Christian Advocate
Schmidt
Swan
Toben & Malone
E. L. Jayne
Dr King’s New Discovery Endorsed in Ad
An old advertisement claims cures for coughs and colds with Dr King’s New Discovery. It guarantees relief and lists Sta and Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store as sellers with a one dollar price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Havercamp
Iowans Apt Wedding in Centerville
Centerville Iowa January 14 wedding invitations go to Shonts family relatives for Theodora Shonts to Duke de Chalnes next month. It is likely that Mesdames J L Sawyers Henry Goss and G W Sturdivant aunts of Miss Shonts will attend but plans are not yet final.
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Centerville
Enterville
Shonts
Theodora Shonts
Duke de Chalnes
Mesdames
J. L. Sawyers
Henry Goss
G. W. Sturdivant
T. P. Shonts
Miss Shonts
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South Muscatine News
Hawkeye
SOUTH
Black Button Company
Ing
YY. W. ©. A. Building
P.M. Conant
Musserville
Montezuma Court
Power Rights
Montezuma, la
District Court
Poweshiek County
Hariet Lakin
John Schoales
Monte
Swarn’s Jewelry Store
Trath
John Diercks
Rock Island
Michael Wilhite
Baker Street
Hershey State Bank
Harvey Stickney
Davenport
Thomas Fower
Latham Street
John Bennett
Illinois City
Anna Bennett
Charles Gaines
Moline
Ray Hampton
New Boston
Nebraska Street
Mary Sylvester
Fairport
Ida Bridges
Kemper Avenue
Frank Bennett
Ita
Clifford Dealing
Winterset
George Davis
John Blake
Verona
Xoe
Williams
Dr. Willams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. V Goc
Piso
Coeepee
THE
Y.W.C.A
M. W. Stirien
Henry Jayne
J. J. Legler
J. Asthauer
F. H. Little
R. L. Thompson
Netmot
Frances Hawley
Fellowship Club
W. G. Robertson
Y. W
DR. D. Jayne
Yyamram
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, Ga
Saale
Shonts-De Chalnes
Philion
Fmwood CO
Peri
Leysen
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