Local residents depart or visit with shopping notes
P C Jones leaves for West Branch to handle business today. Dr E H King and Dr Cal Smith return from Davenport. Elizabeth Phillips of Lone Tree visits city and shops. William Weitman of Nichols journeys home after a day of shopping. Harold Lawrence arrives from Chicago to stay with parents. Several residents travel to Washington and Burlington for short visits. Real estate ad offered: a good building lot with sewer and water access. Mrs J Howard travels to Burlington for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. King
Elizabeth Phillips
Lone Tree
John A. Robbins
Harold Lawrence
Chicago
Many Floaters in the City as Muscatine Sees Circus Visitors
The Muscatine police report a large influx of strangers linked to visiting circuses and carnival companies. Authorities cooperate with amusement operators, driving out suspicious figures and noting no thefts or disturbances so far this week. Two women trailing Cosmopolitan shows from Keokuk were ousted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Keokuk
Community Roundup from Illinois City and Muscatine
E M Baker made a business call in Rock Island on Saturday. Various residents visited relatives in Muscatine and Muscatine callers list includes Danne Hesler Morrow and others. A dance at Andalusia drew a crowd and Rev Wylie preached a fine sermon at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois City
Ill
E. M. Baker
Rock Island
C. Reeves
Hollis
Ethel Tyler
Eva Walker
France
Bessie Hayes
Muscatine
Wm. Simpson
Louis
John Danne
Wm. Hesler
John Martin
Lane Schutte
Art Hahn
Fred Kreuger
Wm. Troxel
Clara Baker
B. G. Morrow
Fred Mewes
Rose Danner
Dick Morrow
Jim Hume
Elmer Reeves
Fairport
Wm. Reynolds
Mae Epperly
J. Reynolds
Muscatine Island
Wesley Sheppard
Man Suffers Hip Injury After Morning Fall At Home
Vincent Binz of 518 Bismarck street injures hip from a fall on stairs this morning. He experiences dizzy spells but was not confined to bed. Funeral services for Mrs. August Berg, who died yesterday, are set for Thursday at 2 PM from her Wallace street home with Rev. J. J. Jans officiating. interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Binz
Bismarck Street
Mr. Binz
August Berg
Wallace Street
J. J. Jans
German Evangelical Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Factories Close This Afternoon Amid Local Attractions
City employers shut several button plants around 3 pm to let workers choose between a circus carnival and a baseball game. Some factories started late due to employees attending events and others suspended work until tomorrow. Planting sweet potatoes continues on farms south of the city while strawberries ripen and may reach markets by week’s end if weather holds. Local notes report illnesses and visits among residents on Kansas and Wisconsin streets and nearby avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
Will] Buckles
Kansas
Philathea Baraca banquet ends friendly contest in Wapello
In Wapello Iowa on May 25 the Philathea and Baraca classes of the M E Sunday school held a banquet at Miss Glen Kremer's home. The event followed a contest to boost attendance over two months with the losing side hosting the celebration. The Baracas won by a slim margin. about fifty Baracas and forty Philatheas attended the event which included a mock trial with a not guilty verdict and praise for both classes.
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Wapello
M. E
Glen Kremer
Mabel Duncan
Ethel Heindel
Carl Thomas
Ora Brown
Stanley Newell
Baraca
Hugh Newsom
Philathea—Hurley Gauss
Baracas
Bay Island News Roundup May 25 Bay Island Ill
Aug Kranz hauls corn from the Bay this week. Olive Schrock leaves for Oakville to help her sister. Frank Kane farms for August Kranz. Percy Goldsberry and wife visit Muscatine. Mrs Miller and daughter Rachel with Mrs A W Kranz at Walter Ziegenhorn’s. Walter Ziegenhorn’s baby dies at 4 30 p m Friday after a brief illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Island
Ill
Kranz
Olive Schrock
Oakville
Frank Kane
August Kranz
Percy Goldsberry
Muscatine
Miller
Rachel
A. W. Kranz
Walter Ziegenhorn
Corn Planting Progress in Blue Grass Amid Cold Wet Weather
In Blue Grass Iowa May 24 most corn has been planted though fears arise of replanting due to cold wet conditions. Local social notes mention Mr and Mrs Richard Nugent and family visiting the Wm Salauu home, and visits by Mrs I R Bancks Georgia and Carl to Miss Jessie Idle at the Watts home. Mrs Hopkinson closed a successful term of school at Hazel Del then returned to Muscatine. A picnic dinner was enjoyed by fifty six attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Grass
Richard Nugent
Wm. Salauu
I. R. Bancks
Georgia
Carl
Jessie Idle
Watts
Hopkinson
Hazel del
Muscatine
School program thrills audience with songs and recitations
The program features Song America and multiple student recitations led by Roy Wunder Elsie Wagner Harold Bohnsack Pearl Bohnsack John Wunder Ora Dipple and others. It includes dialogues by Ethel Florence Luella Gladys Annie, Fern, Raymond Nugent, Georgia Bancks Elmer Steffins and more with graphophone music by Henry Lehms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Roy Wunder
Elsie Wagner
Harold, Bohnsack
Pearl Bohnsack
John Wunder
Ora Dipple
Georgia Bancks
Elmer Steffins
Wilma Brown
Albert
Elmer Saultau
Arthur Bohnsack
Henry Lehms
North Prairie Notes On Weather and Visits
North Prairie Iowa May 24. Mr and Mrs A C Houvenagle and children visited near Durant. Farmers replant corn due to wet cold weather. Small grain looks good. Mrs Ed Chamberlain and Gail in Iowa City for treatment after mad dog bite. Mrs Snyder of Muscatine visited Mrs D McKinney. Mrs Sayers of Chicago to return home soon. School closes Friday with picnic, Children s Day planned for third Sunday in June. Ruth Maylone of West Liberty remembered with postcard shower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Prairie
A. C. Houvenagle
D. McKinney
Sayers
Chicago
McKinney
Ruth Maylone
West Liberty
Readership Survey From Muscatine Route 3
Mrs Henry Freyermuth spent Friday and Saturday in Iowa City on business. Julia Armstrong asks readers outside Muscatine county to mail name and address for a postcard reply and Muscatine scenery, noting twenty three years writing for the Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Freyermuth
Iowa City
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Journal
Julia Armstrong
Muscatine In
Route 3
Electric Bitters Promise Cure for Bilious Malaria
An old retail notice promotes Electric Bitters as a cure for stomach liver and kidney troubles, biliousness and malaria. The ad states a guarantee and a price of 50 cents from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
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Duluth, Minn
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Letts
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Sunkist
California
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Demorest Avenue
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Wisconsin Street
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Kansas Street
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Grandview Avenue
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Iowa State College
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Best On Earth
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the Berkshires
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