Local residents depart for Fourth of July visits
Mrs. William Ruskin leaves for Lone Tree after visiting Muscatine friends. Several families head for Grace Hill, Ottumwa, Keota, and Ainsworth for Fourth of July festivities. A five room house is for sale at 750 dollars. Sleepy-Eye flour and farm mortgage loans advertised. Titus Loan & Investment Co. also promotes investments of 100 to 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Ruskin
Lone Tree
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Iowa Ave
Gas range sales aim to boost gas business, not profit
The seller says the goal is to advance the gas business by offering the best lines, not to profit from ranges. They state selling a store isn’t the aim and imply customer satisfaction depends on embracing gas ranges.
Start a Savings Deposit Now With 4 Percent Interest
The notice urges starting or adding to a savings deposit to earn 4 percent interest from July 1. Because July 5 is a legal holiday, interest accrues from July 1 on deposits made by July 6, applicable to July only. Women and children encouraged to open accounts. a free home savings bank is available in the Hershey Building at Third and Sycamore.
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Hershey
Third
Sycamore
South Muscatine Plant Employes Plan July Picnic
McKee and Bliven Button company workers will take an all day outing July 17 near the old Grosjean farm twelve miles southwest of South Muscatine. The event follows management approval with a special committee organizing travel along the Muscatine slough route. Holiday observes next week with factories closing Monday and stores at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee & Bliven Button Company
iMuscatine Slough
Grosjean Farm
Muscatine North & South Road
Hershey Avenue
Pool Room Becomes Gospel Hall After Conversion
Frank Royster converted to Brethren faith and, after Rev. T A Robinson’s counsel, removed billiard tables from his pool room to serve as a gospel meeting hall. The conversion story appears in the Gospel Messenger and details his baptism at home and the room’s transformation for worship.
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Frank Royster
Faith of the Brethren
T. A. Robinson
the Gospel Messenger
Church of the Brethren
Robinson
South Muscatine
South End
Herbert Wagner
Cranston
Henry Nagel
Columbus City
Muscatine
Joseph Ramsdell
Davis
Fairport
Ethel Dodd
Morning Sun
Rock Island
Charles Slight
Wapello
Mrs. Wagner
Letts
Tn Hoopes
Oscar Bradman
Valley Junction
Jacob Lessman
South End Musician Composes Selections
Miss Ida Appel daughter of William Appel of Grandview Avenue has completed piano selections to be published soon by a Chicago house. One piece titled An African Caprice and another The Muscatine Girls reflect local flavor and will later be arranged for band. George N. Rockwell has forwarded the scores. The Paudhet band at Electric Park tomorrow will perform a selection arranged by the South End musician.
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Ida Appel
William Appel
Grandview Avenue
Chicago
George N. Rockwell
Miss Appel
Electric Park
Paudhet
South End
Morning Sun Notes Visitors and Local Events
Miss Lulu Huffman heads to Chicago with Miss Amy Nichols visiting Miss Luella Jarvis. Local residents travel, attend Epworth League events, and plan a second annual horse show and fall festival with a large Morning Sun committee guiding finances advertising rooms exhibits and amusements.
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Morning Sun
Lulu Huffman
Chicago
Ill
Amy Nichols
Yarmouth
Luella Jarvis
F. M. Elliott
Indianapolis
Lucile Hartman
Washington
J. R. McClanahan
E. E. Francisco
Oakville
May Field
Columbus
Ohio
J. F
Bernice Walker
Lenox
Zella Green
Hedrick
Sankey Brown
Montana
Louise Deihl
Pennsylvania
Mary Trumbull
Zella Cavin
Emma Cavan
Elsie McElhinney
Niagara Falls
T. C. Mickey
Caroline Jamison
Macedonia
Wellston
Okla
J. F. Holiday
Wm. Beck
Bert McKinley
H. M. Adams
Zimmerman
J. W. Smith
Wm. Haru
Lizzie Deihl
C. B. Allen
J. K. Latta
D. McElhinney
S. F. Wilson
Chas. Butler
C. A. McElhinney
S. Robertson
Fred Courts
W. R. Smythe
S. H. Curran
P. A. Yohe
J. L. Vertrees
Fred Selzer
W. J. Marshall
W. H. McClurkin
G. J. Tomlinson
J. S. Kinkead
Frank Frazier
Walter Hensleigh
J. B. Hayes
O. E. Hibler
Wm. Thompson
T. C. Copeland
C. P. Pierce
5. Robertson
F. Coutts
J. C. Hunt
Z. J. Wilson
Will McClanahan
Tragic Death in Wapello Aboard Train
The body of George McChesney arrived in Wapello Iowa after a drowning accident on the railroad He is remembered by family friends and a large community The funeral was held at his parents home and interment followed in Wapello Cemetery A day of church services and Independence Day events were planned with a union service and a full program of music and prayers.
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Wapello
George McChesney
John MecChesney
George Potter
Chester
Ill
South Wapello
Chas. Blanchard
Gerlach
Presbyterian Church
Hill
Christian Church
J. Q. Roberts
H. W. Baker
Tingle Warren
America
Sternberg
Ora Brown
Poole
W. C. Saunders
A. L. Hill
Power of Jesus
Guild Benediction and Local Ball Match Highlights
Audience attends Benediction led by Rev T S Poole with G A R and W A C members present. Wapello Independents beat Fairfield 5 to 4 in a tight ball game watched by a warm crowd. Ed Hicklin visits Iowa City. Grace and Ethel Crocker visit Minnesota. C A Brown trips to Des Moines. Lela Wiederrech, Grinnell graduate, named Columbus Junction assistant principal. Wapello courthouse banks and most businesses close Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Poole
Fairfield
Wapello Independents
Wapello
Ed. Hicklin
Iowa City
Grace
Ethel Crocker
Minnesota
R. S. Johnston
H. L. Duncan
Columbus City
C. A. Brown
Des Moines
Lela Wiederrech
Grinnell
Carecets offered at ten cents a box for week treatment
Ad promotes Cascarets at 10 cents per box for a week’s treatment, claiming it as the world’s best selling remedy in its category. Available at all druggists with widespread appeal to readers seeking quick relief.
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Cascarets
Millice Boxes
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