Church Notes for Week Highlights Local Meetings and Events
Weeks schedule lists First M. B. Church events including Sunday school board, Brotherhood of St. Paul, Epworth League social, mid week prayer, Ladies Aid, Bible study with Mrs Booth, and Maude Ballington Booth lecture. Iowa Wesleyan Glee Club event aims for 3,000 audience. Trinity Church services and weekly appointments also noted.
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M. Bd
Sunday School Board
Brotherhood of St. Paul
I. M. Woolverton
Epworth League
Ladies’ Aid Society
Tabernacle
Presbyterian Church Activities This Week
The South Muscatine Presbyterian Church schedules a week of meetings. West Minster Guild meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm in church parlors. The Presbyterian Brotherhood hosts a monthly supper meeting Wednesday at 7 30 with Andrew Stevenson of Chicago speaking on Christian Captains of Industry. Ladies' Aid events planned Thursday and Friday afternoons with multiple members present. The annual Presbyter ian board offering is set for the last Sunday in March.
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Mesdames Black
Hine
Wigim
Ashcraft
van Riper
Thomas
Ladies’ Aid Society
South Muscatine
Community notices hint at weekly meetings and parlor schedule
The item notes a Monday 8 o'clock Bible study class and a Wednesday afternoon Lad ies' Aid society meeting at the parish, indicating regular devotional and charitable gatherings in the church.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Church Schedule at German M. E. Church
Tuesday evening choir practice at 7 30. Wednesday prayer meeting at South Muscatine chapel at 7 30. Thursday prayer meeting at the church 7 30. Friday no Epworth league due to Miss Booth lecture at the tabernacle. Ladies Aid meets Tue and Fri afternoons at the church. Catechism class Saturday at 2. C E Baumgarten pastor.
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South Muscatine Chapel
Epworth League
United Brethren Church Weekly Schedule and Travel
Official board meeting set for Monday at 7 30 p m. Ladies Aid sewing with Mrs Andrew Mull on Wednesday. Thursday evening prayer meeting followed by teachers meeting. Pastor Rev J C H Light to Bristow for annual U B church conference. Mesdames Giesler Hyink and Miss Mull attend Dumont Iowa for Women's Missionary society annual meeting.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Andrew Mull
Cedar Street
J. C. H. Light
Bristow
U. B. Church
Fred Giesler
Ben Hyink
Carrie Mull
Dumont
Women’s Missionary Society
Mrs. Giesler
First Congregational Church Weekly Lunch and Sewing
On Wednesday March 18 the First Congregational Church hosts a noon lunch followed by a sewing group and other work for women. The weekly gatherings have grown in popularity.
Great Chapters from God’s Word Study and Church Session
Thursday March 19 features a midweek study from Luke chapter nineteen with emphasis on personal responsibility. A brief church business session will follow the devotional service.
Farther Lights Church Annual Meeting and Week Ahead
First Baptist Church schedules a March 16 business meeting with officer elections and a 15 cent picnic supper. The week includes a Men’s Club meeting with Dr. H O Rowlands address, a West Hill gathering, a Kempton talk, a church meeting on the theme Doing Things for Christ, and a Ladies Aid session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
H. O. Rowlands
Davenport
West Hill
John Cline
Kempton
Foster, Ill
Christ
Ladies’ Aid Society
German Baptist Church Young People Social and Prayer Meeting
Thursday evening at the parsonage the church hosts a social for the young people. All young people are invited. A regular prayer meeting follows at 7 45.
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German Baptist Church
Attorney Andrew Stevenson to Speak at Presbyterian Brotherhood
Chicago attorney Andrew Stevenson will address the Presbyterian Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian church at the next monthly meeting in Muscatine. He will discuss Christian Captains of Industry and supper will be served at 6 30 by the church women. All church men are invited.
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Andrew Stevenson
Chicago
Presbyterian Brotherhood of the
First Presbyterian Church
Muscatine
Kepford Speaks on Tuberculosis and Sin at Men’s Meeting
A. E. Kepford state tuberculosis lecturer addressed a men’s meeting at the local Y M C A. He compared the insidious germ to sin in life, noting one seventh of the world is infected and urging eradication by God’s provided means. Dr. J. F. Hinkhouse and Rev. J. C. H. Light spoke briefly as the gathering concluded.
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S.S.S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta
A. E. Kepford
F. H. Little
Kepford
Muscatine
Iowa
J. F. Hinkhouse
Parsons College
J. C. H. Light
United Brethren Church
Riverside News Roundup Mixed Illnesses and Local Moves
The Riverside note brief reports the Frank Mills family illness and infant burial last week, ongoing recovery, and local visits. It lists new school directors Rene Schnoebeleon and H T Swift with R H Heitzman as treasurer, flags winter term ending Friday for a week’s rest, and mentions Dr C S Grant’s visit from Iowa City. It also notes Mr and Mrs W E Nicola rejoining in Florida, Henry Thoman’s pneumonia recovery, Will Stotts visiting from La Plata, W H Cress’s Washington trip, Jess Scott helping load for a move to Sully County, and Mrs Evans visiting Cedar Rapids relatives.
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Riverside
Frank Mills
D. M. Graff
Ladora
O. Stotts
W. H. Cress
Washington
Jess Scott
Sully County
S. D
Scott
Cedar Rapids
Rev
H. F. Pugh
New Library Arrivals Fill Shelves With Popular Titles
Mrs. Emma L. Mahin reports over a hundred new volumes received since December for the P. M. Musser library. The list includes works by Adams to Wright and many illustrated volumes, with school reopenings planned for March 23 under Miss Marietta Abbot.
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Emma L. Mahin
P. M. Musser Library
Adams
J. H
Harper’s
Alden
IL. M.—Christie
I. M
King’s Daugh
Local Social Notes From Buffalo Prairie March 16
G B Vanatta and family and W Kimball and family attend Fred Carpenter’s horse sale. Miss Mattie Boney visits L J Boneys. Miss Sadie Small with Mrs Leah Vanatta. Various residents visit Muscatine and Andalusia en route. Birth announced for Maynard Benjamin to C Kistler and spouse.
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Buffalo Prairie
G. B. Vanatta
W. Kimball
Fred Carpenter
Mattie Boney
L. J. Boneys
Sadie Small
Leah Vanatta
Earl McGinnes
Muscatine
Aubrey
Ida MccGinnes
Leonard Haines
Bay Island
Andalusia
Ike Mahaffey
Jessie Watts
Joe Pierce
Mellie Elliott
Mae Boney
Minnie Mahaffey
M. Mar
Florence Thompson
Frances Marple
M. L. Kistler
Lyle
Charles Kistler
W. O. Vanatta
Dave Vanatta
L. R. Hyett
Mattie McGinnes
Beulah MecGinnes
Manard Marquis
Thorton
J. S. Price
Ferdinand
Frank Downey
McCullough Family Celebrates Alex McCulloughs 49th Birthday
Port Allen on March P 1908 witnesses a surprise birthday gathering for Alex McCullough. Relatives and spouses including Maggie Quinby Rev J W Bechtel and others joined in a festive dinner and afternoon of singing and merry making.
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Port Allen
McCullough
Alex McCullough
Rev
Bechtel
William McCullough
David
Albert
Alex
Samuel
Maggie Quinby
J. W. Bechtel
Glenn Lura
Floyd McCullough
Mr. McCullough
Neilsen births and community notes from Stockton
Stockton notes report the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs John Neilsen on March 11. Mr and Mrs J C Riessen celebrated his birthday anniversary with friends. Belle Bohnsack visited Blue Grass relatives. The Gay Billings show drew locals to Stockton. Richland and Prairie schools close for a three week vacation. Nellie Ryan visited Davenport. Local families hosted guests at the Bohnsack home. Roads are drying and farmers plan fieldwork next week if weather holds. Dittmer and family with Anna Ehlmann visited Hy Bohnsack’s Inn as Dittmer delivers hogs to Walcott.
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Stockton
Jno. Neilsen
J. C. Riessen
Riessen
Belle Bohnsack
Blue Grass
Richland
Prairie Schools
Nellie Ryan
Davenport
Minnie
Hilda Anderson
Charles
Will Buemann
Emil Liebke
Max Laorenz
Bohnsack
Hy Dittmer
Anna Ehlmann
Oklahoma
Hy Bohnsack’s
Inn
Dittmer
Walcott
North Prairie Notes March 16 Report
Mrs John Jugenheimer visited Iowa City for a few days. Ed Herr and wife welcomed a baby boy. Ben Lang and Fred Schuessler shipped cattle and hogs to Chicago and traveled with the stock. Sweetland Sunday school convention at North Prairie church March 18 includes a basket dinner. Mr and Mrs C Chamberlain left for Waterloo to visit Bert Townsley. North Star Literary meeting last Friday was noted as very interesting.
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North Prairie
John Jugenheimer
Iowa City
Ed. Herr
Ben Lang
Fred Schuessler
Chicago
Sweetland
N. P
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Daughters of the King
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Dewey
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American Nation
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Mather
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Perkins
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S. S
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R. M
Woman's Exchange of
Simpkinsville
Symonds
J. A
Tarkington
Booth
Peo
Tompkins
J. W
Trotter
Jimmie Moore
Bucktown
Trowbridge
J. T
Trumbull
H. C
Tyler
L. G
Virginia
van Norman
L. E
Poland
Warren
C. F
Betty Marigold
Waterman
Nixon
Birds
Yerkes
Dancing Mouse
John Passmore
Across Cedar
H. Kramer
John Negus
Fred Fox
Gene Maylone
Marietta Abbot
Western Flour Mill CO
Chamberlin
Charles H. Salisbury
Mgr
Rowland & Clifford
Lem. B. Parker
Hershey State Bank
Hershey
State Bank
East Second Street
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