Muscatine Then, Now, and Nearby Visitors and Notes
Local Muscatine items list visitors and travel departures including W H Butterfield of Washington IA, Mrs E Luthye Pearl of Wilton, and Dr E H King. Other notes mention Rev John Jans returning from Kahoka, Mrs J H St John’s convention talk, and various residents visiting Wilton or Columbus Junction. Sixteen short updates cover raids of travel, visits, and small local movements with Gulf Coast crops and Sleepy Eye flour pitches interspersed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Fox
Columbus Junction
Muscatine Boosters Seek Next Supreme Convention
C H Lemkau Clyde W Randleman and Will Appel left Muscatine for Sioux City to push for Muscatine to host the next supreme convention of the Fraternal Bankers Reserve Society. Delegates from Davenport earlier selected Muscatine for the gathering, with resolutions to present to officials this week. Securing the event would bring substantial advertising to Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraternal
Bankers Reserve Society
C. H. Lemkau
Clyde W. Randleman
Will Appel
Muscatine
Sioux City
Pearl City
Davenport
Lodge
Mississippi River
Washington
California
Reunion trip for Iowa Infantry officer heads to Murray
Secretary and Treasurer E. P. Day of the 18th Iowa Infantry Reunion association departed for Murray Iowa for the twentieth annual reunion. Several hundred are expected to attend the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Day
18Th Iowa Infantry Reunion Association
Murray
First M. E. Church announces quarterly conference
The church calls a full representation for Monday at 7:30 p m. A prayer meeting follows Thursday at 7:30 p m with emphasis on forming the prayer habit. Friday at 2:30 p m the Ladies Aid meets to plan the Oct 28 annual supper and collect papers for a future carload shipment. Next Sunday the pastor begins sermons on Gods Method of Making a Man inviting friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E
Ladies’ Aid Society
Presbyterian Brotherhood Entertainment Committee Meet Tonight
First Presbyterian Church officers and members of the entertainment committee of the Presbyterian Brotherhood are to meet this evening in the pastor's study to discuss important business. The American Sunday School Association holds a city meeting this week. The Presbyterian church missionary society will entertain six delegates. South Muscatine Ladies' Aid Society meets at Mrs. Charles Rider's home on the Burlington road Wednesday afternoon. All day session Friday October 16 at the church with lunch at noon. Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Brotherhood
American Sunday School Association
The
Presbyterian Church Missionary Society
South Muscatine
Wapello
J. F. Heins
Emden
Ill
Fred Wahl
J. W. Childs
Chicago
Fargo
North Dakota
M. E. Morgan
Geo. Bean
Dickey County
N. D
Forbes
W. A. Cox
Morning Sun
Glen Kremer
West Liberty
Sternberg
M. E
Etna
R. J. Tillman
Ed. Hicklin
Burlington
Wm. Paschal
John Wright
P. O. Shipman
Sunbury
Mr. Shipman
Pennsylvania
R. G. Hawkins
J. H. Hawkins
C. A. Carpenter
Pierre
S. D. Hon
Wichita
Kaw
Davison
Tripp Co
South Dakota
Henry Winter
Will Winter
A. H. Dewein
Leo Zimmerman
Peter Zimmerman
Roy Hunsicker
Will Perkins
F.T. Ives
Everett Williams
Emery Reynolds
Harry Archibald
Adda Archibald
Stockton Parade Upset as Young Democrats Missed Train Display
Muscatine youths from the Y M D C traveled to Stockton by rail to display red oilcloth uniforms, but the parade failed to reach the depot as planned. Only the band joined the trip, 65 tickets were sold, and Stockton residents witnessed the colorful uniforms while Muscatine kept their garments away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsh
Stockton
Muscatine
Mark A. Walsh
Democratic Club
Musecatine
M.D. C
Digest life by digesting it not just tasting it
Lord Bacon’s maxim inspires a health and success-focused promotion for Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. The ad touts digestion over mere consumption, claims medical endorsement, and offers a trial by mail from F. A. Stuart Co. in Marshall, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Bacon
Stuart
Europe
America
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
Wapello Briefs Note Deaths and Local Movements
Wapello Iowa reports include the death of Mrs. J W Childs in Chicago where she visited her daughter. Residents travel for sales, sales plans announced, and local movements such as property purchases and relocations are noted. Several visits to Burlington and West Liberty are recorded along with a land drawing trip to South Dakota. A double wedding occurs in Burlington.
Hope Lifts Muscatine After Uniform Display
The piece notes 30 uniforms exposed during a Saturday event and lauds W. H. Graff for courage. He carried four capes and four caps from the F. A. A. hall to the depot, presenting a dramatic scene as the Young Men's Democratic club prepares for a future in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Young Men’s Democratic Club
W. H. Graff
Muscatine Red Men back Ed G. O'Brien for grand sachem
Muscatine delegates to the Iowa City grand council left for the University City to push Ed G. O'Brien for grand sachem, a high state Red Men honor. The delegation list includes Dennis OLeary W D Hine Herbert G Thompson Edward Hagerman Judge John A Rowan Albert Vetter Emil Kranz and Lester Smith. The council program features receptions rides memorial services and banquets across October 12 to 14. Auxiliary members Isabel Norton Amelia Miller and EF G O'Brien also traveled to attend related events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Men Lodge
Iowa City
Order
University City
Ed. G. O’brien
Sagamore
O'Brien
Dennis O'Leary
W. D. Hine
Herbert G. Thompson
Edward Hagerman
John A. Rowan
Albert Vetter
Emil Kranz
Lester Smith
Burkley Imperial
St. James
S. U. S. Band
S. U. I. Armory
Great Council
M. E
S. U. S. Armory
Isabel Norton
Great Council of the Poca
Local nuptials and visits span Wapello area
J E McCray’s establishment hosts wedding news as the groom, a rural carrier, hails from across the river near Grand View. Schneider family arrival from Burlington signals a Merrick property home, while Jennie Johnson returns from Springfield. Ed Fisher and Almeda Hank wed at the M E parsonage with witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. McCray
Henry Schneider
Grandview
Wapello
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Oyst
Piate
Jack
W. H. Butterfield
Washington, Ia
E. Luthye
Miss Pearl
Wilton
C. H. Sandros
East Third Street
Cranston
P. Curry
E. H. King
Joseph Tuttle
W. A. Warren
Candy Kitchen
John Jans
Kahoka
J. H. St. John
of Women's Federation of Clubs
Charles Snyder
Thomas Farrell
Schley Avenue
Barbara Braasch
W. Woolfrum
E. Ellman
S. Heabner
George Snyder
Gulf Coast
Texas
Stirlen & Rowan
Edgar King
Snyder's Livery
J. C. Wells
Ralph Wells
Downey
Beame
Paul Verdon
J. M. L. Payne
Albia
Clark, S. D
Jewelers
H. F. Barnard CO
E. 2d St
Muscatine Lumber & Box Co
Sou” City
Bankers Reserve Lodge
War Regiment
Rock Island Depot
Young Men's Democratic Club
Chestnut Street
Red Oil
Dune
E. G. O’brien
DR. Pentzer
Free Office
Bldg
Ski Eo
E. P, Day
East Second Street
Iowa
J. E. Stevenson
Iowa Avenue
Gollar
J. Carl Barnard
Prop
F. A. Neidig
M.ra Hershey Lumber Company
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