Millersburg Tornado Recovery Seeps Through Town
Millersburg Illinois residents begin cleanup after the May 11 tornado. Only three or four injured, none seriously. Families return, reroute visits, and church and town officials organize rebuilding with a $1,600 start. Spectators exceed 2,000 as the community surveys wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millersburg
Ili
William Blair
S. W. Ellsworth
Earl E. Ellsworth
Illinois City
Lit
M. BD. Murdock
J. L. Terry’s
Chas. A. Foster
Atalissa
M. D. Murdock
Clark Ramsey
Near Alexis
Presbyterian Church
Ward Bridgford
Cyclone sights and local notices around Illinois City
John Hahn and family and Sullivan Ellsworth spent Sunday in Millersburg viewing cyclone sights. Reverend Richardson and family hosted visitors from Muscatine. Mrs. Katherine Brayton’s funeral prompted departure of Wm Brayton and daughter Effie and Mrs Mills from Logan, Illinois. Charles Ege closes a year of teaching with an ice cream reception Friday. Memorial sermon planned for next Sunday at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinnois City
John Hahn
Sullivan Ellsworth
Millersburg
Mr. Winkler
Muscatine
Richardson
Wm. Brayton
Effie
Mills
Logan
Katherine Brayton
Meral Brown
Chicago
Charles Ege
Rock Island
George Jinkens
Keokuk
Dr. Walker
Russell Murdock
Local Social News and Civic Meetings in Buppfalo and Surrounding
Miss Tena Niebling arrived from Davenport en route to Canneton Indiana to settle. Ladies Aid at M E church held a sewing afternoon. Pythian Sisters met at K of P hall initiating one candidate and receiving three applications. Adelia Fricke of Rock Island visited. Norma Kautz returned to Muscatine for business college. Cecil Swarting of Davenport visited Kautz family. Turner hall dance a success. Mrs John Wasps surprised on birthday with guests and refreshments. Attendees included Moorhead De Lap Claypool Mur er, Tuefel, Schmeltzer and Muscatine guests. Mrs Sophia Kuhn returned from Red Oak to attend brother-in-law funeral. Charles Dorman and family spent day in Muscatine. Basket picnic at Clark's grounds hosted by school children with Ladies Aid in charge. Harold Dorman of Burlington Paper Co visited home. N H Patnoe left for Chicago. Elsie Bishop arrived from Muscatine to visit.
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Buffalo
Tena Niebling
Davenport
A. Murer
Cannelton
Indiana
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Adelia Fricke
Rock Island
Ill
Norma Kautz
Muscatine
Business College
Cecil Swarting
Theo. Kautz
Messrs
E. L. Kemptner
H. Hebert
Arthur Adams
Frank McCoy
Geo. Pilgrim
J. Ray
Wm. de Lap
A. K. Claypool
Adolph Murer
J. C. Tuefel
John Murer
H. Schmeltzer
Frank Smith
Sophia Kuhn
Red Oak
N. H. Patnoe
Chicago
Elsie Bishop
Governor Cummins Here Tomorrow in Muscatine
Governor Albert B. Cummins, candidate for the U S Senate, expected in Muscatine around 2 30 am after Ottumwa visit. A public reception at the Commercial Hotel is planned for Thursday afternoon with possible remarks by Judge S F Prouty or Harvey Ingham, and a street concert by the band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Cummins
United States Senate
William B. Allison
Family Theatre
Muscatine
Milwaukee
Ottumwa
Cummins
W. S. Hill
Smalley Avenue
Hill
Allison
Commercial Hotel
Prouty
S. F. Prouty
Des Moines
Birth day party and visits across Muscatine area
New Era notes include Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Meyers visiting Muscatine visitors on Saturday. Miss Lulu Beatty hosts a birthday party with several children. Rev Olander and Miss Breta Freeburg visit Chas Alteneder’s home. Arthur Meyers from Council Bluffs visits here. Fred Crow visits Kretschmar at Pine Mills. Will Sauer from Mount Grove visits the parsonage. Isaac Meyers and family visit Alteneder. Children rehearse for the Church Children’s Day program on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Era
Isaac Meyers
Muscatine
Lulu Beatty
Olander
Breta Freeburg
Chas. Alteneder
Arthur Meyers
Council Bluffs
I. Meyers
Fred Crow
Kretschmar
Pine Mills
Will Sauer
Mount Grove
Hood's Sarsaparilla Spring Medicine Ad
Advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla promoting purity safety and blood purification. It claims to restore appetite and aid digestion with liquid or chocolate-coated Sarsatabs, offering 100 doses for one dollar.
Lyons Fire Department Chooses to Attend Lyons Celebration
Four of five hose companies voted to attend the Lyons Ia celebration on June 4 with Exelsior Rescue Relief and Hershey agreeing to go. The Champions opposed. Foremen meet tonight to arrange travel plans including a possible special train and band. city funds unavailable so costs must be borne by the companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Second Ward
Excelsior, Rescue, Relief and
Hershey
Lyons Department
Picnic Planned by Ladies of the Maccabees at Electric Park
The Ladies of the Maccabees plan a Monday afternoon picnic at Electric Park. Preparatory arrangements were finalized at a lodge meeting last evening. Several other business matters were discussed but no action was taken. The event is expected to be the year's first gathering at Electric Park and is anticipated to draw a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Park
Ladies of the Maccabees
The Witching Hour Returns at Powers Theatre Chicago
Augustus Thomas presents The Witching Hour a four act melodrama blending telepathy spiritualism hypnotism and mystic inheritance. The Chicago New York success promises gripping scenes across three generations from a gambler’s room to a murder trial with stirring human passions and surprising plot twists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustus Thomas
Powers Theatre
Chicago
Mr. Thomas
Supreme Court
Alabama
Mizzoura
Arizona
Thomas
New York
American Home Life lecture by Mrs M L Allen at First Methodist
Mrs M L Allen of Des Moines, general organizer for the Women s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church, spoke on American Home Life to a fair audience at the First Methodist church lecture room. She described work in cities and the Negro field, noting aid to Chinese Japanese Koreans and Indians and the impact of Marcy home in Chicago and Glenn Home in Cincinnati aiding thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
M. L. Allen
Des Moines
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Methodist Enurch
Women's Home Missionary Society
Allen
United States
America
Marcy
Chicago
Glenn
Cincinnati
M. E. Church
South
Veteran Army Chief Retires From Rock Island Office
Muscatine friends learn General A. Mackenzie of the United States engineers office at Rock Island will retire May 28 after reaching the age limit. He is known as the veteran chief of engineers and will keep an interest in upper Mississippi waterway improvements while basing in Rock Island after a westward trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
General A. Mackenzie
United States Engineers
Rock Island
Mackenzie
United States Army
Mississippi River
Drunkenness Deemed Treatable Disease by Scientists
Eminent scientists and physicians declare drunkenness a disease and call for treatment. Home remedy Orrine No 1 and No 2 offered with a money back guarantee if no cure. Orrine costs $1 per box and is mailed on receipt of price. Free treatise on drunkenness available from Orrine Co. Washington DC. sold locally by A W Morgan, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orrine Co
Washington, D. C
A. W. Morgan
City Seeks Bids for Hershey Avenue Hose House Site
Sealed bids due 7:30 p m May 21 1908 to Muscatine Iowa city recorder for purchase and removal of a dwelling on the west 60 feet of the east 143 feet south 140 feet of outlet 18 see 2 and 3 two 76 range 2 west of the 5th p m the property located on Hershey avenue was bought by the city for a hose house site the city council may reject all bids F J Eppel chairman fire committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder
Muscatine
Iowa
Hershey Avenue
F. J. Eppel
Neither Borrow Nor Lend
Quote from Shakespeare Hamlet warns that borrowing or lending harms both borrower and lender and strains friendships as it dulls thrift. The line emphasizes prudence in financial relations and frugality in domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Penelope Medal Flour Gold Mice Claim
Penelope County fair judges award Medal Flour as top brand in bake-off. Contest highlighted by Gold Mice decorative motif and strong show of local preference for premium flour quality. Judges praised consistency and flavor across multiple uses.
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Sheu
New Mexico
McAfee
Ilinois City
A. W. Murdock
East Buffalo
R. B. Murdock
E. E. Murdock
A. J. Debord
Arthur Braught
E. Fournier
Lake Charles
Cardui
W. G Block CO
Iowa Avenue
Neidig’s Book Store
East Second Street
Buppfalo
Sopata
Theresa
Governor Cummins
Knights OF Columbus
Laurent Coun
Cil
Laurent Council
Iowa City
St. Matthias School Hall
James O'Toole
John F. Devitt
J. A. Bartemeier
George W. Lindle
Insurance Men
Muscatine County
Howes & Badger
N. W
Security Bank Bldg
Minneapolis, Minn
CEPT
DES
Moines
General MacKenzie
Plymouth Rock
Plymouth Rock Gelatine Company
Boston
Mass
Penelope
Home Savings Bank
Ideal Printery
E. P. Day
Insurance
Anson
J. Carl Barnard
Prop
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