Women at McKee Bliven Button factory start Bible study
South Muscatine notes report the formation of a Women's Bible study class at the McKee Bliven Button factory with regular Wednesday services. Men hold Wednesday meetings in the same complex as the rest rooms await fitting for shared use. Other items mention Sunshine Club gathering at Mrs. George Nietzel’s home, sewing and discussions, and local residents’ health and travel news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKee & Bliven Button Factory
George Nietzel
Hershey Avenue
Royal Neighbors Sunshine Club
Geo. Holliday
Emma Nietze
Muscatine Bijou Hosts Top Vaudeville Acts Opening Week
The Bijou in Muscatine presented a strong weekly bill with Fields and Hanson in a clever blackface sketch, moving pictures, illustrated songs, and Frank Merritt the eccentric singer with ten thousand laughs per show. Next week the O'Kara Japs and the Fielding and Fisher team appear for six days starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bijou
Fields
Hanson
Frank Merritt
Merrit
Muscatine
Gollos
O’kara Japs
Fielding & Fisher
Bowman Not Guilty in Assault Case Trial
In Mt Pleasant Iowa on March 4 a jury returned a not guilty verdict for Bowman a black man charged with criminal assault on May Briggs. The trial occurred after the jury deliberated starting at 1:30 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Bowman
Little May Briggs
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company Annual Statement
The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company shows strong finances and has returned over 4 million to policyholders in death claims endowments and dividends. Charles H. Gobble named resident agent for Muscatine city and county, with G W Weippfert directing Eastern Iowa agency from Cedar Rapids for expansion opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Sterling
Taylor
Connecticut Mutual
Muscatine
Charles H. Gobble
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
G. W. Weippfert
Moscow township caucus to elect delegates to Muscatine county
The Republican voters of Moscow township will meet in caucus on Thursday March 12 at 2 30 to select five delegates for the Muscatine Republican county convention to be held in Muscatine on March 14 1908. S M Hoskins Committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow Township
Muscatine
S. M. Hoskins
Standard Bearers Present A Progam Musserville Event
The Standard Bearers society at Musserville Methodist church presented vocal numbers and readings then held a business and social session. Miss Clara Lockwood sang, Miss Ethel Yeager read, and Misses Helen Mitchell and Lucile Crow performed duets. The next meeting is set for March 16 with another program, followed by refreshments. Local notes cover neighbors attending and recovering from illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Bearers Society
Musserville Methodist Church
Clara Lockwood
Ethel Yeager
Helen Mitchell
Lucile Crow
Child Dies From Injuries Suffered in Boiling Water Incident
Five days after a tub of boiling water scalded him while playing in the kitchen with his older brother, the infant son of Edward Burt died near Knoxville Iowa. The boy’s grandmother Mrs. William Cotter of this city had rushed to his bedside. Funeral held at the family home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kreider
Fruitland
South Muscatine
Elizabeth Jaynes
Tri-cities
William Shoemaker
Edward Roche
Wilton
Edward Duncan
Ainsworth
Bert Dowell
Esther
Burlington
George Martin
Edward Burt
Knoxville
William Cotter
Mrs Cooper to entertain Leap Year social at East Hill home
Mrs. Harry Cooper will host a Leap Year social for the girls of the Automatic Button factory at her residence at 1305 Smalley avenue next Monday evening March 16. The Cooper parlor will be decorated and a program of readings vocal and musical selections is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cooper
Automatic
Smalley Avenue
Cooper Residence
Major John Sewing Circle Meets at Hess Home
The Major John Sewing Circle gathered at Mrs. Ella Hess of 110 Brook Street East Hill with large attendance and productive work. Music and refreshments followed. next meeting set for March 24 at Mrs. Isabelle Norton's. Erecting new stock yard sheds. Haney of Washington Iowa directs the project. new scales soon installed. Mrs. Clyde Duncan travels to Wilton to visit friends and Miss Ethel Lang's home nearby. Mrs. Harry Oliver also travels to Wilton for visits near Lang's residence.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Park Avenue
M. E. Church
Ruth MacDonald
Halstead Street
East Hill
John Newman
Kansas
Sweetland
Sweetland Township
Wilton
E. ¥. Pace
Drury Farm
John Taylor
Emily Lohr
Osage
John Apel
East Fifth Street
J. E. McIntosh
West Liberty
Byron Drury
Muscatine
D. M. Bridges
Grandview
George Heath
Cone
J. Armstrong
Summit
Joe Hampton
Major John Sewing Circle
Ella Hess
Brook Street
Isabelle Norton
Haney
Washington
Fast Hill
Clyde Duncan
Washington Street
Ethel Lang
Harry Oliver
Escaped Convict Recaptured At Fort Madison
Deputy Warden H P Smith with F E Davis arrived at Fort Madison penitentiary after a long chase. Davis had12 years remaining on his sentence from Anamosa. He and two others escaped August 2 1895 by climbing from the cell house roof. One companion ONeil was returned from Joliet last fall. the third man remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Madison
H. P. Smith
Anamosa Penitentiary
Ft. Madison Penitentiary
Santa Fe
F. E. Davis
Davis
O'Neil
Fort Madison
Joliet
Anamosa
Rhoades scholar ship candidates named from Iowa colleges
W Burton Millen of Columbus Junction is among four Iowa eligibles who passed the Rhoades scholarship exam in Iowa City. Arthur Sprague of Monmouth College awaits grade reports. Local residents travel for funerals and visits as several townspeople attend business and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
W. Burton Millen
Rhoades
Iowa City
Iowa
Oxford
Millen
Cornell
Arthur Sprague
Monmouth College
West End Team Reorganized as City’s Best Amateurs
The West End baseball team, a top city amateur club, reorganizes for the new year with many new players. Borgstedt and Schwab, praised as the best battery in the city, are chosen to lead the firing line. The club claims last year’s city amateur championship after defeating all local teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Borgstedt
Local Social and Travel Notes From Rochester
Rochester residents report visitors and departures as Welter Nelson family, Ruth Nelson, Earl Hain and Edna Hain relocate to South Dakota. Chas. McGillivray returns from Moline. Attendance at Prairie Belle school suspended due to Miss Ethal Nauman’s illness. Prayer meeting at Trinity church canceled by bad roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Welter Nelson
Ruth
Tipton
Earl Hain
Edna
South Dakota
Chas. McGillivray
Moline
S. C. Baker
Prairie Belle
Ethal Nauman
James White
Myron
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South Muscatine News
South End
Hershey Av
Enue
Sunshine Club
Henry Kaufman
Durant
Charles Pierr
Bay City
Herman Thede
George McAvoy
Sampson Street
Davenport
Harry Davidson
George Fuhlman
Rock Island
Ill
Musserville
Leonard Shoemaker
Demorest Avenue
Charles Graham
Bellevue Hospital
Royal Baking Powder
Annual Statement OF Insurance CO
Life Insurance Company Hartford
Conn
John M. Taylor
Ase Price Banks
G. W. Weippiert
Chas. H. Gobble
Muscatine, la
Methodist
Musserville Friends
Gilbert Washburn
Kansas Street
Pliny Fry
William
Cotter
Unfor
Brotherhood of St. Paul
Lucile Wagner
Wapello
Mary Taggert
Muscatine North & South
Ben Schuttler
Near Letts
C. J. Kinsley
Phillip Street
Sarah A. Figg
Charles Eichman
Des Moines
Claude Banks
Island
Bureau Junction
Thomas Maplethorpe
Wellman
J. E. Hoopes
Stewart Road
Will Hoopes
Stewart, Neb
Mrs. Cooper
Society
Aid Society
Lee Freise
Sophia Anderson
J. Walker
Paul Jesse
Frank Grey
O. F. Adams
Trinidad
E. R. Sherfey
Mary Jenison
Grand Avenue
Park Place
Nichols
Dave Anderson
Co. L. Shellabarger
Letts
W. H. Ellis
Githa Shellabarger
Thompson Bros. Co
Jauor John
Hess
Kansas Penitentiary
Minnesota
North Dakota
Western Flour Mile CO
L. C. James
J. C. H. Light
Miss Mollie Church
Lou Duncan
Mary Shearer
Robert Morgan
Fairfield
W. S. Adamson
John
Bard
H. M. Letts
Kansas City
C. A. Armbright
John Davis
Robert J. Reaney
Eliason
M. Norris
Archibald
Conesville
T. C. Skinner
Garry Stapp
C. N. Johnston
Ed. Garrett
Lizzie Hurley
G. D. Harrison
O. I. Jamison
Elijah’s
The
Taste Singers
Postum Cereal Co., Limited
Battle Creel, Michigan
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