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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
6
A large addition will be made to the Huttig Manufacturing Company plant within the next two weeks. The cutting department will be extended to the remodeled old dry kiln at Third and Oak, with new machinery and increased cutting force after masons and carpenters finish in about a week.
Wm. Van Zyl L Angersbach Toborg Bros David Brotchie Atalissa Ia FP C Hart Nichols Ia among listed parties in the notice.
Mrs A H Parsons hosted a dinner in Columbus Junction to honor her sister Mrs Wm Ogier who will depart for Guyman Oklahoma on Thursday. Guests included Mr and Mrs Snyder, Miss Duncan, Mmes Duncan and Robertson and others. A busy day of visits and local moving headlines followed with area residents traveling to nearby towns.
Monroe Young rushed to Belle Plaine on his sister Mrs. LeQuatte’s illness after a telegram announced her death. Visitors include C. L. Rogers and wife in Cedar Rapids, and John Frank from Riverside. Lydia Hesselschwerdt marked eighteenth birthday. Mary Deweese finished school in Frank Pierce district. The new M FE church awaits plastering. Dan Carpenter and sons returned from a western trip.
Complete sets of photographs geological collections Indian artifacts fish bones and prehistoric animal bones along with various souvenirs will be displayed in the Alaska building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition to be held in Seattle in 1909.
The Sweetland Sunday School league assembles at Bloomington Friends Church on Wednesday March 10 at 10 30 am with a program featuring Mrs C K Winne more Mrs Mary Negus L N Stigers and other local leaders. The day includes devotional services reading of reports officer elections and a basket dinner followed by an afternoon program with duets readings discussions and round table sessions led by local clergy and teachers.
The party should leave 1552 Washington Street this evening for Portland Oregon and will join Mr Purcell. The oldest son will stay in Muscatine.
A long list of land deeds shows transfers from multiple sellers to buyers across sections and townships, with precise quarter sections, ranges, and total prices. Notable entries include Minerva Miller to Marcellus Nicola for 39 acres in section 31 and prices ranging from 1,150 to 33,750 dollars, reflecting wide property activity.
Hundreds visit the drug store to buy Root Juice touted as a cures all with many townsfolk claiming health improvements. An Iowa bank note and sworn statements appear in the paper accompanying the passage, dated March 1909, with endorsements by local bankers and directors.
Adams Iowa March 3 local notes record L Lou venstein of St Paul and F B Mapes on business trips. Rudolph Geertz from Muscatine. Gill sells farm north of here and moves to Johnson county Missouri. Measles in Hayward Rice home and at Independence school. W B Mills sale in Cedar Valley. numerous visits and small transactions among residents.
Local household brand MAHA A Gala Medal Flour eases daily cooking stress amid shortages. Community shoppers note reliable baking results during uncertain times and highlight its availability in regional stores.
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