Local News and Social Happenings in Muscatine
Candy Kitchen hosts visits by Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Hand of Columbus Junction while Mrs. S. E. Hessler leaves Franklin Street for Rock Island to see her daughter. Mrs. Frank Van Dorah returns from Fairport after a visit with Miss Lilly Woods. Jacob Gettert buys a Maxwell two cylinder 20 horsepower car from Jackson Supply. Mrs. E. Kline of Waterloo arrives to spend days with her father W. A. Reeves and relatives. See Stirlen Rowan for Wire insurance. Pearl City soap offered at 2 bars for 5 cents.
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S. E. Hessler
Franklin Street
Rock Island
Frank van Dorah
Fairport
Lilly Woods
East Hill
E. Kline
Waterloo
Muscatine
W. A. Reeves
Joseph Stotz
Columbus Junction
Mary Greeley
Esther Dailey
Arden
Hester A. Crow
Grandview
Charles Murrane
New Boston
Helen Blair
Edward Giebel
Island
Rockford
Chvoyable Reunion Marks Crandall Home Forty Years Married
A South Muscatine couple celebrates their fortieth wedding anniversary at the Crandall residence. Friends and family gathered to honor the milestone and wish the couple continued happiness.
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Crandall
Terrific Gale Strikes Island Farm Lands
A powerful gale causes damage at the William J. Klein farm on the island, uprooting trees and tearing roofs. Farmers assess losses and seek possible insurance assistance as officials document the storm’s impact.
South End Plats Anniversary Events and Local Notes
The fortieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crandall was celebrated at their West Muscatine home with a day of reunions, dinner, and well wishes from family and friends. Local notes report visits from Mary Latham, Andrew Cracker, and others, plus weather and farm effects from a damaging wind and hail storm impacting Island plantings and delaying work. Memorial Day closures are planned at Roach & Musser and Button plants, with some local stores limiting hours. Water levels rise in the Mississippi, threatening nearby properties while most South Muscatine residents report limited damage so far.
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Joseph Crandall
Muscatine
South Muscatine
Mary Latham
Moline
Andrew Cracker
Philip Street
Harry Rogers
Raymond Covington
Dubuque
Davenport
Harry Lundee
Eliza, Ill
James Parks
Near Letts
William J. Klein
Roach & Musser
South
Miss Ary Hill Delivers Captivating Recital on Stage
The young lady displayed clear enunciation and graceful delivery as she recited Mistress Sherwood's Victory. Ary Hill showed dramatic talent and was praised as highly gifted with potential to become a noted reader with proper training.
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Miss Ary Hill
Mistress Sherwood
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Ad Highlights Female Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce Favorite Prescription as strengthening for nursing and expectant mothers and a remedy for various feminine weaknesses. It promotes lotions, suppositories, and Pleasant Pellets, notes alcohol-free formula, and invites readers to request a free booklet from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr. Pierce
West Liberty High School holds thirtieth commencement
West Liberty Ia May 28 The thirtieth annual commencement of the West Liberty high school was held at the M E church. The class of 28 graduates featured an address by Prof. F C Ensign of the state university and speeches by Harry Hall and others. Scholarships were announced and class honors led by Margaret Battey.
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West Liberty
West Liberty High School
M. E. Church
P. H. Green
Harry Hall
F. C. Ensign
The
State University
Ensign
Supt
Schall
Des Moines College
Colorado College
Drake University
Leta Atkins
Mark Anderson
Margaret Battey
Mary Ball
Isabelle Green
Ary Hill
Ethel Nixon
Mary Anderson
Alma M. Nichols
B. A. Nichols
China
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Candy Kitchen
W. S. Hand
Stirlen & Rowan
East 2Nd
Larkins
Pearl City
Jacob Gettert
Jackson Supply Company
Ruthenberg Clothing Co
East Second St
Sweet Girl
I. Merel & Son
Muscatine’s
South Muscatine News
Mrs
Philip Dalton
Riverside
Otto Schwerin
Flora
Phillips Street
Ill
Clifton Dorsey
Wapello
Roach and Musser
Mississippi River
McQuesten & Sawyer Co
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