Local notes on residents and events in Muscatine
Mentions of Braunworths shoes and several residents traveling for visits and return trips. Ads for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea note indigestion and pain relief. Local people like Miss Tillie Cahn and Miss Elizabeth Wilvert travel to Davenport and Iowa City for relatives and business. Weather joke and Chanters at Muscatine events hint at a big Thursday crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Wilvert
West Third Street
Iowa City
Dorothy Musser
the Journal
Muscatine
S.S.S
Station A
Kansas City
W. P. Brush
Will Serve Supper and Fund Carpet for Rostrum
The Presbyterian church in Wilton will host a 15 cent supper in the vestry on Tuesday June 13 to raise funds for purchasing carpet for the rostrum and choir loft. The article also notes a busy social scene with church activities and visits among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kincaid
Davenport
L. B. Mason
J. B. Cowher
Geo. Parvin
Muscatine
Messrs
H. B. Strong
J. W. Potter
Chicago
Stella Mooney
J. W. Wilson
Hattie Haussler
C. H. Armstrong
E. Freidericksen
Geo. Mannsmith
J. Teufel
Bessie Chown
Burdette Perry
Mabel Marshall
Cedar Falls
Kathryn Klein
Hoffmen
J. L. Giesler
Pat Delaney
Nebraska
Herman Jepp
Eliza Creek School Closes as Staff Moves On
A summary of local happenings includes Lillian Workman ending her year as Eliza Creek schoolteacher and returning home. Ernest Colberg and family relocate to Iowa on a Clinton Bear farm. Harry Beeney dies near Wrayville after illness, with funeral at Foster Baptist Church. Noble Bros. ship hogs from New Boston and Muscatine visitors noted. Elsie Swisher wraps up Glancey school with a picnic and dinner.
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Eliza
A. J. Boruff
Abingdon
Lillian Workman
Eliza Creek
Foster
Father Kennedy
Belle Plain
W. M. Murdock
Max Colberg
Petersville
Ernest Colberg
Iowa
Clinton Bear
Harry Beeney
Wrayville
Baptist Church
Noble Bros
New Boston
Henry Gerard
Sylvester Mosser
Dr. Blan
Wm. Beverlin
Chas
Noble
Muscatine
Struble Opens Campaign At YMCA Against Cigarettes
Dr Wallace R Struble president of the National Cigarette League opened a city campaign against smoking with two YMCA meetings. One for boys at 3 pm and one for men at 4 pm drew about a hundred attendees. He urged fathers to send sons and influence wives to build Christian character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace R. Strube
National Cigarette League
Struble
Presbyterian Cho
Jamecron
W. R. Struble
John the Baptist
Brother
Kingdom of God
West Liberty Notes and Social Roundup
West Liberty Iowa reports visitors from Davenport Muscatine Council Bluffs and California. Mrs Tooman Hannah Longbottom Helen Fickler Edith Hayes and others visited family and friends. A Rock Island Independents game drew a crowd with West Liberty winning 6 to 4.
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West Liberty
Tooman
Davenport
Hannah Longbottom
Helen Fickler
Edith Hayes
West Branch
John Wiley
Muscatine
Egbert Kimball
Edwin McClun
Burlington
Mr. Claussen
Mrs. Burgee
Burger
George Barnes
California
Violet Starr
Iowa City
Webber
Council Bluffs
Elmer Wells
Laura Tooman
Swanson
Town City
Rock Island Independents
Bids Sought for Removal of Storm Damaged Trunk Sewer Debris
Bids will be received until 7 30 p m Wednesday June 14 for removal of concrete debris from trunk sewer destroyed by the May 9 storm flood. Work starts at once. each bid must include a certified check of 59 from any Muscatine bank. The firm Stolzenau and Maurer of 517 West Seventh Street reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Rev Horace F Martin Begins Pastorate at Grace Lutheran Church
The new Grace Lutheran pastor Rev Horace F Martin preached his first sermon yesterday morning on I am come that they might have life. He spoke of Christ giving eternal life beyond the tomb and urged belief to obtain this life. He described the Christ life as freeing believers from anxiety and lifting souls toward glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace F. Martin
Grace Lutheran Church
Martin
John
Christ
Earth
God
Carl Hagenbeck Circus Arrives With Grand Wild Animal Show
The Carl Hagenbeck circus brings a three train, 79 wagon spectacle with 700 species of wild animals and a vast menagerie. It features 30 sensational acts, Florenz acrobats, Heras aerialists, the Flying Edwards, 14 Herzog stallions, Pony Riders, and humorous acts promising a landmark European hippodrome experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hagenbeck
Chicago
St. Louis
America
Stellingen
Hamburg
Germany
Florenz
Flying Edwards
Herozoggs
Carl Hagenbeck Circus Called Finest Educational Show
A tasting comparison of human and animal intelligence applauds the Hagenbeck circus as the premier educational display of its era, highlighting the exhibition given by the animals and trainers as a standout in modern entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parison
Carl Hagenbeck
Electric Bitters Promise Health for Body and Mind
Advertising copy touts Electric Bitters as giving a clear brain and vigorous body with a 50 cent price. Sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp’s
To New York in 18 Hours On The Pennsylvania Special
The Pennsylvania Short Line offers an eighteen hour Chicago to New York train known as The Pennsylvania Special. It departs Chicago at 2 45 p m daily, reaches New York at 9 45 a m the next day, and returns from New York at 3 55 p m to Chicago arriving the next morning. The service features vestibulated and electric lighted library smoking dining sleeping and compartment observation cars. For full information contact Geo Jenkins T P A Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Geo
Jenkins, T. P. A
Des Moines
Wilton Boy Honored By Mt Pleasant College Editor
George Morgridge of Wilton is elected editor in chief of the Wesleyan News at Mt Pleasant Iowa. He directed the first annual chronicle of the college’s doings, a 35 page sextennial edition printed for about $700, documenting the institution from its founding to the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Morgridge
Mt. Pleasant
George B. Morgridge
Wilton
Wesleyan News
Collega
Iowa
Morridge
Methodist School
Burlington
Morgridge
Fire destroys McDonald in Buchanan after lightning strike
A lightning strike at McDonald in Buchanan sparked a fire that consumed the building, farm machinery, and hay, with extensive property losses reported. No injuries are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Buchanan
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