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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1902
Page
7
Indianapolis pipeman Oscar Stehlin recalls a nervous collapse and recovery after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He credits faster sleep restored appetite and strength, urging sufferers to try the remedy. The advertisement touts the pills as blood and nerve affectors and lists price and availability from Dr Williams Medicine Company.
Muscatine items report travel plans and visits by Mrs John Nicola Miss Jeanette Curtis and others. The paper notes coal strike benefit events, church services and community updates including arrests and court
The Ministerial association will meet in the parlors of the First M E church Monday Oct 13 at 10 am Rev J N Elliott will conduct paper All pastors in the city eligible for membership and urged to attend weekly conference and fellowship H Russell Greaves President L B Hix Secretary
Waterloo Iowa Oct 11 Business man minister traveling salesman and politician S H Basher ends political career to partner with J B Young in coal business He is done with politics and will not stump the district this fall for Governor Boies Basher has long been a prominent Democratic figure in Iowa and beyond
O R Larson of Bay Villa Sundays River Cape Colony runs a general store in a valley nine miles from the railway and twenty five miles from the town. He cites farmers within thirty miles as customers and notes fourteen cures with Chamberlains Cough Remedy in the last year. For sale by all druggists.
Glenwood Iowa October 11 The Mills county Iowa apple carnival opened with likely the finest display of apples ever shown. The season yielded unusual quality among growers of fine specimens and a fairly good crop. Apples in many colors decorate town businesses and the national colors red and yellow shape a magnificent arrangement.
The J. F. Boep ple Button factory’s new plant on West Second Street is completed and the company will move this week. The old factory proved too small for rising orders prompting the move. New machinery of latest design is being installed alongside existing equipment to handle increased business.
Cedar Rapids Indiana trustees select corner of Third avenue and Fifth street for the new Carnegie library the $75 000 project amid strong opposition from West End residents who plan to protest the location of the building.
The church marks Woman's Day with a 10:40 a.m. sermon by the pastor and a 7:30 p.m. program led by the women. The public is warmly invited. Sabbath school convenes at 9:39 a.m. and the Young People's Christian Union holds a 6:30 p.m. devotional in the church lecture room.
Love feast at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m by the pastor followed by Lord's supper Sunday school at 1 30 p m Epworth League at 6 30 p m preaching at 7 30 p m by the pastor Presiding Elder Thorne will be present at morning service and have charge of sacramental services but cannot preach due to ill health All are cordial fellowship and worship invited
Corner tawn avenue and Fourth street invites all including visitors to 10 30 reception of members and Lord s supper 2 p m Sunday school Dr J T Martin superintendent 7 30 evening service sermon The Call of a Great Man 6 30 Christian Endeavor led by Mr Townsend Mixed quartet sings in morning and evening services Strangers welcome
The Musserville Methodist Church invites attendance at Sunday school 10 15 a m class meeting 11 15 a m junior league 6 30 p m public worship with sermon at 7 30 led by Rev W Thorn lord supper administered by the presiding elder prayer and devotion services Tuesday and Thursday evenings and a general invitation from Pastor W L Clapp to all services.
First Baptist Church at Third and Cellar streets holds services at 7:20 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with morning theme Spiritual Blindness and evening theme What Lack. A Sunday school begins at 1:45 followed by B Y P A at 6:20. Preaching at West Hil chapel on Tuesday night and a men’s class is taught during the Sunday school hour by Pastor H Russell Greaves.
The devotional services at Friends Church corner Sycamore and Fifth streets start with Sabbath worship at 10 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. led by evangelists Inez and Birdie Batchelor. Sunday school is at 11 15 a.m. and Y P S C E prayer meeting at 6 30 p.m. J Fry pastor invites all to attend.
Corner of Fourth and Cedar streets hosts Sunday school at 9 a m with worship at 10 30 a m and 7 30 p m in the chapel South Muscatine holds 2 15 p m service in the same church grounds.
p m class meeting at 7 p m led by Henry Mark. Everybody welcome. Seats are free. A H F Hertzler pas
Preaching by Rev. Mr. Davies morning and evening. Morning service 10 30 a m Sunday school 1 30 p m Young People 6 30 p m Evening preaching 7 30 p m Music by the chorus choir Seats free All are invited Bring friends
Holy communion at 7 30 Sunday schools at 9 36 morning prayer and sermon at 10 45 evening prayer at 7 30 and Friday at 7 30 led by rector F F Beckerman.
Sabbath school at 19 a.m. preaching and sacramental services at 3 p.m. All are invited.
B F Carroll of Bloomfield will not seek re election as grand receiver of the A O U W due to his run as Republican auditor candidate. H Michaelstetter of Sioux City is named to succeed him with a May state convention election in Sioux City.
Ex Senator Gobble traveled to Abingdon in Jefferson county this week to join relatives at the 58th anniversary celebration of his father’s Iowa settlement. The respected pioneer is 84 years old. The Farther Lights Baptist Church monthly meeting will be at the Mulberry street home of Misses Florence and Elsie Haubacher on Monday evening, Oct 12. Mr and Mrs VU Holliday, visiting in the city at Mrs J Martin’s home, left Friday noon on the Firefly for Industry, IA.
Miss Alvina Kaufman departed this morning for Chicago to enter a business college and take a bookkeeping course while spending the winter months with an aunt.
Miss Cora Arnold of Keota arrived in the city yesterday noon aboard the Firefly for a visit at her brother H. H. Arnold's home.
Mr and Mrs Wm M Gardner were aboard the frefly Friday noon bound for Davenport where they planned to spend the day.
The Musserville M. E. church schedules a quarterly communion service for Sunday evening. In Muscatine county district court, Herman Bauer dink’s will was admitted to probate on Friday.
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