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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
7
A mosaic of notices including births, travels and visits. Ottumwa residents such as Ottie Snyder, Harvey Brown, and Miss May Downs are noted with plans or recent departures for kin and friends in nearby towns. Local services, sales, and ads appear alongside professional mentions.
Charles Dunham has been awarded the restaurant concession at Electric Park by the Muscatine Chautauqua association. He will oversee plans for larger crowds, faster service, and improved accommodations starting with the July 23 opening. Dunham, superintendent of tents, will be on grounds much of the time to assure direct control. Cash intake is ahead of last year, and out-of-town attendance along the Muscatine Western route is expected to rise.
When digestion and bowel action are normal there is a natural craving for food. If appetite is lacking a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets helps strengthen the digestive organs improve appetite and regulate the bowels.
White Lily residents in Germany envoy Mrs. Fuhr and daughter visit John Cannam. Maude Morehead visits Stella Thomas in Illinois City. Dan Winegard hosts a well attended party. Blanchards from Drury visit Otto Ziegler and William France. George Johnson Sr. of Waterloo visits in the area. Eckhardt family from Iowa with Maynard stay overnight with France and visit William France. Clyde Kent and son of Buffalo Prairie spend Sunday with Will Brayton. John Johnson from Preemption visits friends and relatives. Kathryn WinegarG visits Avis Blanchard in Drury. Frank Morehead, working in Moline, visits home folk. Stella Thomas visits Lulu and Maude Morehead in Illinois City.
Othaw East Hill News reports U F Grant Bond of 1303 Smalley Avenue suffered a sudden appendicitis Tuesday in Burlington during a regatta. He underwent an operation at Bellevue Hospital, performed by Dr A J Weaver, and was improving after returning home. Also notes late cherries arriving and local residents returning from the Burlington regatta and visiting in East Fourth Street.
The Muscatine Pearl company prepares a 120 by 40 foot three story cement and wood factory at the foot of Sixth street near Mad creek. Roof completion is expected tonight or tomorrow and a power plant will follow once the building is under roof. The facility will be moved from East Front street when finished, delayed from an earlier July 1 target.
The South Muscatine Methodist circuit plans to buy a parsonage for Rev W B Ireland and family by September first. Several residences are suitable but no final choice has been made yet. The move reflects long debated benefits of pastor housing and is expected to finalize soon. Local notes list church and community updates across Muscatine area with visits, travels, and services.
Wapello Iowa on July 8 announces that one of the town's faithful and efficient teachers has been chosen to a position at Iowa Wesleyan University. The selection underscores local educational quality and community support for higher education opportunities.
Garrett Davis is promoted to the superintendency of the Rock Island lines between St. Louis and Kansas City with headquarters at Eldon Missouri. He formerly supervised the Cedar Rapids division. Mrs Davis is Muscatine native Minnie Dietz.
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