Epworth League program noted and residents bid farewells
The Epworth League presented a missionary program last evening. Frank Link resigns as Foreman at Muscatine Lumber and Box Co to take a higher paying post in St Louis on June 1. W. C. Strong becomes new foreman. Mrs John Weltz entertained 28 boys and two German Lutheran Orphans home girls in a annual dinner near Hersey brick house. Local residents discuss road sprinkling nuisance near Sash and Deer factory. Community notices mention funerals, visits, and Memorial address by Rev W L Clapp at court square tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Frank Link
Muscatine Lumber and Box Co
St. Louis
W. C. Strong
John Weltz
German Lutheran Orphans Home
Burlington Road
Hershey
Wm. Burkhart
J. W. Miller
West Liberty
Gatton
Gird Bromley
Wapello
Chas. Ruthenberg
Olonza Grey
Leavenworth
Kansas
South Muscatine
Bridges
Grandview
Oak Grove closes school with picnic and events
Miss Irene Klaiss, Oak Grove's teacher, has visited scholars this week as the school prepares to close Friday with a picnic and program. The Dorcas Sewing society meets Will Fishburn's on Wednesday the 29th. A box social is planned at Kalorama school Friday May 31. An ice cream social is set for Cyrus Satherwaite's home Tuesday June 4. Mrs. Adam Hild from the city visited Ed Barnard, Sr. and Mrs. Adam Beck and children plan to visit Davenport Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Irene Klaiss
Dorcas Sewing Society
Will Fishburn
Kalorama School House
Cyrus Satherwaite
Adam Hild
Ed. Barnard, Sr
Adam Beck
Davenport
Madge Stuart
Kate Frater
Emma and
Josephine Braun
Carl Barnard
John Stuart
E. L. Cole
Warranted Syrup of Tar Refund Guarantee Card
A printed card states a refund offer for a 50 cent bottle of Green s Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure cough or cold and a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded. Signatories include G. A. Riemcke and Nesper & Co. with J J Havercamp and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Riemcke
B. Barkalow
J. J. Havercamp
Nesper & Co
J. T. Keuchmann
Memorial Day Observances and Wreath Making Held
Ladies of the G A R and W R C spent Memorial Day preparing wreaths at the courthouse for veterans graves. A city parade and ceremonies at Court Square followed with music, an address, and a Lincoln Gettysburg reading. If rain, activities would move to Stein's Music Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. R. Circle
Grand Jury
Court House
Court Square
Hall
J. T. Davidson
Pauchet
50Th Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Shelby Norman
Sons of Veterans
Second Street
Second
Walnut
Decoration Day at Letts Honors the Dead
Letts Iowa May 29 decorative day ceremonies at 2 p m in the Meth Episcopal church with Rev Arthur T Fowler of Muscatine delivering the address titled Single Hearted Patriots. Music provided by the Letts Encore band and the male quartet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letts
Methodist Episcopal Church
Arthur T. Fowler
First Baptist Church of
Illinois Central Survey Aims Iowa Central Link Extension
Civil engineers for the Illinois Central began surveying a sixty mile line south from Cedar Rapids to Crippen Iowa crossing the Rock Island then to Washington and Kalona where it meets the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern. It continues directly to Coppock to connect with the Iowa Central as part of a Minneapolis to St. Louis trunk line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Iowa Central
Muscatine North and South Railroad
Montezuma Republican
Ilinois Central
Cedar Rapids
Crippen
Iowa
Rock Island
Washington
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Kalona
Coppock
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Pain Balm Quick Relief for Stiff Neck Advertised
For a stiff neck there is nothing better than a free application of Cham berlain's Pain Balm. It quickly relieves the stiffness and soreness, effecting a complete cure. For sale by J. J. Havercamp and W. C. A. Busch, druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. J. Havercamp
W. C. A. Busch
Black Diamond Express Sets Off From Buffalo to New York
The Black Diamond Express departs Buffalo at noon via the Lehigh Valley line to New York offering a la carte dining car service and luxurious parlor and day coaches. Through tickets to New York and Philadelphia are available with step over allowed at Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Lehigh Valley Railroad
New York
Et Buffalo
Philadelphia
Ely Cream Balm Promises Relief for Catarrh
Drying preparations worsen catarrh by drying secretions that adhere to membranes. Use cleansers that soothe and heal. Ely's Cream Balm is advertised as a cure for catarrh or a cold in the head, available from druggists for 50 cents or by mail from Ely Brothers in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Ely Brothers
Warren Street
N. Y
Neighborly Call Delivers Unusual Remedy
A town woman with a bad headache asked a neighbor to call for bromo seltzer. Fifteen minutes later a messenger arrived with four yards of Bologna sausage and the woman recovered.
Rector for the piles advertised with guarantee
Patent medicine style notice offers Rector as a cure for piles with a full refund if ineffective. Each package includes a pile pipe and samples are free. Signed by J. J. Havercamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rector
J. J. Havercamp
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Standard Oil Company
Musserville
B. E. Lilly’s
Wittich Bros
E. 2Nd Street
Undertakers
Nervita Medical Co
Clinton and
Jackson Sts
Chicago
Illinois
Forgale
McPride & Cope
War Heroes
Navy—Program
Shelby Norman Post
G. A. R. Hall
Post
St. Mary’s Cemetery
H. D. Herr
Adi. N. M. Brown
Lincoln
J. B. Jester
Pandiets
Rev. Clapp
Pandiet
Stein
Prof
Bannerman
Catarrhn
Bannerman Institute
A. L. Fortenpaugh
Jackson Boulevard
Wur Command
the Bannerman Institute
Clark Sr
the Illinois Central Survey
The
Black Diamond Express
Jennie Locke
Mother's Remedies CO
Chicago, Ill
Barbers Mona Corpter
C. B. Fuller
M. D.wells & Company
Bara
Muscatine
Hershey Lumber Co
Catine
S. G. Stein
Osteopath
Myrtle D. Harlan
Iowa Ave
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