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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
6
West Liberty Iowa residents attend meetings and visit kin as G A R members and W A C ladies plan a Monday night gathering. Local movers relocate, bank upgrades add safety boxes, and residents travel to Muscatine Iowa City and Osceola to visit friends relatives and schools.
Union services on Thanksgiving Eve will be held in two sessions. Morning service at the Baptist church features Rev. H. F. Martin preaching the sermon. Evening service at the First Methodist church hosts laymen giving two minute talks on reasons for local and national thanksgiving and may include special music. Rev. Martin is soon leaving for a new pastorate in Iowa City.
The Fairport Lutheran church hosted a record-attendance concert by H. Schmidt & Son Co to raise funds for a new church organ. Herman Schmidt Sr and his sons from Muscatine performed with cheerful applause for each number. Davenport boy soprano Carl Schutter also sang, contributing to a highly successful event.
Orono Iowa reports a social visit at the Cecil home by Rev. Betchel his wife and daughter Lena of Conesville. Ralph Babbit suffers an ear abscess. Dr. Hubbard of Columbus Junction attends. Local threshing, sickness, and farm visits noted including Labor at Muscatine visitors Thompson Newton and Jim Burton.
An advertisement asserts Pape's Diapepsin will digest all foods, relieve indigestion and sour stomach, and prevent discomfort within minutes. It urges keeping a case at home for family use and explains common stomach woes stem from undigested food turning sour in the digestive tract.
Western conference football nears conclusion with Chicago versus Wisconsin at Madison as the pivotal game for the league championship. Both undefeated Badgers and Maroons bring strong form and old-line plays, while Iowa and Kansas meet, Vermont rivals loom, and a slate of other interregional matchups tests the balance of power across the gridiron.
The advertisement asserts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued remedy among laxatives. It emphasizes gentle action without debility or dosing increases, praising natural, physician-approved components and urging purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup brand from leading druggists.
Confined to her bed for several weeks, she is able to be about again. The Ladies Aid society of the M. P. church met at Mrs. Hattie Gray’s home. Mr and Mrs Urb Lodge of West Liberty visited relatives in town. Lewis Dress of Muscatine spent Sunday with Miss Myrtle Lodge. Edith Cornwall attended the Rebekah lodge in West Liberty. Fancy Work Guild met at Edith Holloway’s. Lillian Applegate shopped in West Branch. Edna Nicholas and Mrs Edith James visited Downey. Several residents, including W. C. Knight and Arthur Cornwall, made business calls in Iowa City this week.
Take warning against stomach liver and kidney troubles and learn that Electric Bitters quickly relieve such ailments. Offers relief and vitality by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 50 cents.
A 16 horse power threshing machine engine fell through a wood bridge in Pike township yesterday when planking gave way. Two men rode the engine but were uninjured, as were the horses. The machine belonged to William Poole and Brother and was being moved to Herman Unkle farm.
Mesdames Susan and Sarah Gates were visiting friends in Iowa City this week. Mrs Myrtle Moylan and her son Harold of West Liberty spent Tuesday with sister Mrs Lewis Jenkin. Miss Vera Linder has been...
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