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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
15
Various short items report residents visiting Muscatine from Moscow Bayfield and Tipton. travels to Quincy Illinois City Stockton and Wapello. praise for Gulf Coast crops and Sleepy Eye bread. medical notices include Dr. E H King and Dr Cal W Smith. Frank Marmon funeral ties appear. goods offered include second hand buggies and restaurant fixtures. street addresses and local names appear throughout.
South Muscatine residents are informed that Rev. L. H. Segers of Lipton will occupy the Mulford Congregational pulpit on Sunday. He previously spoke at the Mulford church during the American Missionary Society convention and is welcome back. Rev. J. H. Thomlinson and Rev. Buckley will lead revival meetings near Lone Tree Friday through Sunday, requiring Thomlinson’s absence south of town.
Lottie Blair Parker's play Under Southern Skies in its eighth season features a 23 member cast. The production showcases Southern scenery and hospitality with a story of intense interest. The Grand hosts a Saturday matinee and night performance and is billed as a major event of the season.
Springdale residents report social calls in Cedar Rapids and West Branch. Families travel for business with Elbert Mather returning from Canada this week. Local tradesmen include H K Maxson selling beef and Glyn overseeing Kremers-Urban products in town. Rheuben Deforrest visits friends near West Liberty as Juveniles of Springdale engage in activities.
Regular Springdale report notes a buggy landed on a store building. Olen Bigelow returns from Canada with wheat crop described as fair quality and good prices. J. S. Fawcett moves into Mrs. J. C. Young’s property. Willard Niles sustains a severe foreword wound while at work. Friends meeting at West Branch IA held their quarterly session.
Columbus Junction residents report many students home from college to vote in the presidential election. Harry Hall travels from Iowa City for eye treatment and voting. others like David Morgan and Tom Grubb come from Des Moines and Des Moines area towns to cast ballots. Local residents and visitors navigate travel to support relatives and continue town events as the community observes the election period.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Scranton and family visit John Cady and daughter Myra in Millersburg Illinois. Virgil Scranton, son of Jesse Scranton, dies after a decline though once thought out of danger. He died around 4 p.m. Thursday the 29th and was brought there for burial on the 31st.
Community brief recounts deaths and departures including a brother's death and bereavement, Mary Close's winter trip to Ohio, visits from Jap Duncan and wife, Emma Murdock hosting the Aid Society quilt, Halloween observations, baptisms and sermons by L D S and M E churches, local travels by M D Murdock and Charles Harden, and various family visits and illnesses amid a town gathering.
Prairie Grove residents report Mrs. Laura Montgomery visiting her relatives near West Liberty and traveling to Springdale to check on her ailing mother-in-law. Mrs. Hattie Faires traveled to North English to see her niece Vivian, daughter of Mr.
Hyomei described as a guaranteed cure for colds coughs sore throat catarrh bronchitis and asthma claims quick five minute relief and overnight cure. An outfit costs 1.00 with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure testimony from Mrs Harry Obney Alliance Ohio cites personal cure in two weeks and husband also cured.
Miss Ethel Downing returns from Iowa City for a few days of rest. Mrs Nellie Kirby visits sister Mrs Aliie James and mother, bringing baby along to stay until Saturday evening.
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