Local News Notes From Muscatine Area Residents
Local items list residents visiting, traveling, or returning from trips to Muscatine and nearby towns including Letts Wilton Nichols Ex celsior Springs Red Wing Evansville and Schuyler. Mentions Rev Henry Reinemund and daughter Elsie graduation and a free 32 page booklet from Igleheart Brothers Swan's Down cake flour promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Reinemund
Elsie
Red Wing
Minn
Young Ladies’ Lutheran Seminary
Igleheart Brothers
Desk
Evansville
Indiana
Greenways Visit Friends After Ireland Arrival
William Greenway of Bernard Minnesota and his brother Christopher of Portadown Ireland arrived in the city from Ireland yesterday. They metJohn C Wilson on East Front Street and planned to visit their aunt in Letts before returning home. They also stopped in Boston Philadelphia and New York during their journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Christopher Greenway
William Greenway
Bernard
Minn
Christopher
Portadown
County Aramagh
Ireland
John C. Wilson
East Front Street
Letts
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for All Stages
An advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease taken internally and claims a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. The ad notes testimonials and lists F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, as manufacturers, with price 75 cents, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ruthenberg Returns From Missouri Military Academy
Walter Ruthenberg son of Mr and Mrs Charles Ruthenberg of 504 East Eighth street is back from Mexico Missouri where he attended the Missouri Military Academy. Superintendent W Fonville praises his two year record noting 49 credits and no demerits and says he made unusually good progress in all studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ruthenberg
Charles Ruthenberg
East Eighth Street
Mexico
Missouri Military Academy
W. Fonville
Ruthenberg
Woman Credits Lydia E Pinkham Remedy For Health Return
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes that after years of invalid status and an operation she found relief with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes backache, bearing down pains and periodic pains improving to health welcomed by the tonic. The ad promotes the remedy for female troubles and invites sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
A. Gregory
Lawrence St
Denver
Col
Mrs. Pinkham
Settlement Sought For Sculptor George Grey Barnard Work
Evan Barnard brother of George Grey Barnard says the sculptor awaits action by a Pennsylvania capitol graft investigation committee. Barnard's $100,000 statuary contract remains unsettled after delays and alleged graft. in New York a 15 member committee backs a settlement. If resolved, Barnard plans to travel to Paris to finish the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan Barnard
George Grey Barnard
Muscatine
Barnard
New York City
Paris
East Hill Cable Work Begins to Install 150 Phones
Iowa Telephone company started a large cable extension on East Hill from Mulberry to Washington street. Fifteen men lay 240 pairs to Poplar street, 120 pairs to Park Avenue, and 60 more to Washington street, totaling over one hundred fifty phones. Completion will take several weeks as demand necessitated the project to improve service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Telephone Company
East Hill
Mulberry
Washington Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Mulberry Avenue
Poplar Street
Poplar
Park Avenue
Sherman Street May Have Mains Being Signed Rapidly
Property owners on Sherman Street press for water mains extension by Muscatine City water works trustees. A. G. Tyler circulates a petition. he says almost all residents have signed and the effort is gaining momentum. Local notes include funerals and visits from surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Street
Muscatine City
A. G. Tyler
Grandview News Roundup of Local Visits and Accidents
In Grandview June 11, various locals visit relatives, shop, and attend funerals in Wapello Muscatine and Col umbus Junction. A rip-saw accident injures John Berk. Mrs Robison remains critically ill. multiple shippers and travelers move between Grandview Letts Muscatine and Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iness
Bessie Higley
Grinnell
Geo. Haas
Mediapolis
Edna Cross
Columbus Junction
Ruth Higley
Hazel Wagener
Schmidt
Muscatine
This Place
Mabel Foxwell
Crow, Minn
Hilton H. Berk
Grandview
Miss Morrow
Mary Zimmerman
John Berk
Grandview Lumber & Coal Co
Wm. B. Robison
Will Schneider
Wapello
Pomeroy Woodmen memorial day attendance noted
Pomeroy on June 11 reports several locals attended the Woodmen Memorial Day service at Joy Sunday. Tra C. Crawford, youngest son of Mr and Mrs F A Crawford, was among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tra C. Crawford
F. A. Crawford
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Sleepy Eye
E. Rhymer
Robert Cochran
Anna Allen
Excelsior Springs, Mo
Bertha Scull
Wilton
Teachers’ Institute
John Beimford
Schuyler, Neb
James Murray
Katherine Breen
West Second Street
Pearl Swagner
Atalissa
Lena Geirse
Nichols
Ola Hawkins
Maple Avenue
Pearl Luellen
Missouri Academy
George G. Barn
Park Ave
Sherman
City Water Works
Fast Hill
Henry Heinz
Rock Island
Mr. Heinz
Charlotte Vogele
Frank Gordon
Sterling, Ill
Mary Sylvester
Fairport
Bell Taylor
Emma Weikert
Sweetland Center
Jerry Carl
Madison Street
Cedar Rapids
Ayer
S. Spee Ce
City Lumber Yard
Muscatine, Iowa
Eingarten Bros
O. N
J. E. Garrett
Silas Guthrie
Milbourn House
Allie Berk
Jno. Schaffer
Frank Reed
Floyd Graham
J. J. Stingle
Dallas Zimmerman
Ralph Connor
Muscatine Island
Misses Pearl
Elizabeth Krahl
Alice Graham
Jane Sabin
Wm. Gray
Des Moines
S. M. Gray
Mr. Gray
Mrs. Gray
Oss McDaniel
Floyd King
Earl McGrew
Ard
Methodist Sunday School
Jno
Berk
Lee Werner
Harry Graham
James Buster
Chicago
Connor
Fruitland
Henry Thompson
Jno. McGrew
Armstrong Bros
Clarion
Dr. Paxton
Albert Smith
Cynthia Huff
B. W. Thompson
Jas. Walker
Gee. Hans
Geo. Cocklin
Bettler
Pearl Riggs
Marion Riggs
Joy
Dr. Williams
M. E. Church
Chauncey Epperly
Esther Aaronson
Peoria
Ill
M. O. Boruff
August Shoppa
Etta Boruff
S. A. Boruff
Aledo
J. B. Epperly
Wm. Epperly
W. F. Spence
Seaton
Ladies’ Aid
M. C. Boruff
Goff Crapnell
E. C. Boruff
Della Harr
Michigan
Dale Emerson
Collegian
A. B. Kirschbaum
Jane Hopkins
Ruthenberg Clothing Comp
East Second St
Bruggis
China
Swan
Jewelry
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