East Hill News Box Company To Receive Large Lumber Raft
A large lumber raft is expected to pass down the Mississippi River and reach Muscatine within a week to ten days. The Mississippi Box company at 109 Oak Street will receive a section of the raft, with the rest towed downstream to supply lumber markets as far as Keokuk. Season typical, beginning mid May, amid local factory prospects and labor interest.
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Muscatine
Mississippi Box Company
Oak Street
Lizzie Gardner
Zalus Davis
Keokuk
South Muscatine
Kaiser
Anna Shannon
Elva
West Liberty
Grandview
John Davis
Margaret Lear
Moscow
J. S. Milton
Rock Island
Edward Morrow
East Fourth Street
Oregon
Martin
Jefferson Street
E. H. Stanley
Bessie Stanley
Unknown dog kills thirty five fowls in Sweetland Township
A dog unknown to Sweetland Center residents killed thirty five Plymouth Rock chickens in Jacob Norcross's hen house near Muscatine. Farmers fear an ongoing threat as many flocks have suffered losses to roaming dogs. Mrs. Henry Gettert donates shrubs and flowers to Weed park, with Park Policeman Koenig arranging planting.
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Jacob Norcross
Plymouth Rock
Sweetland Township
Norcross
Muscatine
Sweetland Center
Henry Gettert
Hershey Avenue
Weed Park
Henry Koenig
Muscatine Woman Attends Son's Wooden Anniversary
Mrs. H. S. Howe of Kecklerville returned from Leighton Iowa after attending the fifth or wooden anniversary of her son Dr L C Howe. The couple celebrated last Thursday with about sixty neighbors presenting gifts. Dr Howe is a Muscatine native and Muscatine High School alum.
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H. S. Howe
Kecklerville
Leighton
Iowa
L. C. Howe
East Hill
J. A. Christeson
Moscow
D. E. Chase
Fifth Street
William Martin
Jefferson Street
Lee Mark
Corpus Christi
Texas
Columbus Junction Daily Roundup Notes Local Visitors and News
Miss Jennie Garner returns from California for an indefinite stay while in good health. Numerous residents travel or visit relatives across Iowa with brief mentions of illnesses and family connections, including Mrs. Helena Hanft’s improvement and Rev. G A Wickwire's trip to New York to visit his seriously ill grandmother.
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Columbus Junction
Jennie Garner
California
West
Garner
Col. J. W. Garner
Frank Colton
Columbus City
Helena Hanft
Mona Stapp
Cotter
Harry Owen
Frank Letts
Clarendon
Texas
Louise Eliason
Letts
R. J. Reaney
D. P. van Horn
Gertrude Johnson
Iowa City
A. Carpenter
Des
Perry Shellabarger
Concord
Margaret Hungate
Verba Smith
G. A. Wickwire
New York State
Dangerous Surgery Prevented by Dr King’s New Life Pills
A historical ad claims abdominal surgery is avoided by using Dr King’s New Life Pills marketed as painless purifiers sold at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Havercamp’s
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East Hill News
BOX Company
Winono, Minn
City
Ladies’ Aid Meeting
Ladies’ Aid Society
Park Avenue
M. E
Fast Hill
Roy Fisher
Arden
Riggs
Muscatipe
Mrs. Henry Gettert
Dr. L. C. Howe
Riage
UW. N. Letts
Colbert
Fredonia
Conesville
Edwards
Lone Tree
Robert Carson
J. L. Orr
Buffalo
Kane
Eile
Cohn Mercantile CO
Muscatine, Iowa
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Amer- Boys
Sierra Ie Acare
Lisles
Rockford
Wees Union
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