Local News Highlights and Advertisements
Miss Flora Hamann travels to Chicago for a week with friends. Charles Heller heads to Rock Island for Knights Templar meeting. Mrs E Bretz visits Muscatine returning by evening train. Barger & Barrow promotes ice cream and candy. Isaac Haifleigh visits his brother Officer Haifleigh from Harrisburg. New shipment of Babcock buggies arrives. 400 acres for sale near town with fences and buildings by F S Pentzer. Sleepyeye flour advertised for bread. Mrs C Alteneder seen shopping. Dr Cal W Smith promotes inhalation for hay fever. Mrs Mary Yates returns from Illinois City. John A Robbins sells fire insurance. Mr and Mrs Fred Deutschman return to Davenport after visit.
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Mary Ruppel
The Daughters and Grandchildren thank neighbors and friends for assistance during the illness and death of our mother and grandmother Mrs. Mary Ruppel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ruppel
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Promoted as Healing Wonder
Advertisement touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as antiseptic for sores burns piles eczema and salt rheum. Prominent claim of healing power with price 25 cents from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Arnica
Havercamp
Prescription Drug Store
Muscatine Bankers Honored at Supreme Convention
Muscatine figures receive high honors at the Fraternal Bankers Reserve society meeting in Sioux City. Clyde W. Randleman elected supreme guard and William A. Appel re elected supreme conductor from Muscatine. R N Moses Cedar Rapids named supreme president with officers for four years and Muscatine eyed to host the 1912 convention.
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Muscatine
Fraternal
Bankers Reserve Society
Sioux City
Clyde W. Randleman
Supreme Guard
William A. Appel
R. N. Moses
Cedar Rapids
William Berkamp, Jr
Denver
Colo
Robert Sayley
Supreme
J. G. Hamilton
Minnie Dean
Grinnell
Supreme Sentinel
B. F. Loy
Ottumwa
Supreme Convention
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestion Relief
A promotional ad claims Pape's Diapepsin digests all foods and cures indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. It touts a 50 cent case, urges readers to keep it in the home, and asserts rapid relief within five minutes after meals.
Muscatine Tourists Plan Independent Basketball Return
Muscatine organizers move to restart the Tourists as an independent basketball team. Daniel Hayes backs the new squad with manager Wal ter Kautz. practice begins with the old players and recruits from the Y M C A. Hall space is undecided between Hare's Hall and the Y M C A floor, with public debut anticipated after lineup announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
United States
Daniel Hayes
Walter Kautz
Hayes
Hare
Conference endorses Illinois charities board and Deneen praise
At Rock Island Illinois the thirteenth annual Illinois State Conference of Charities adopted a unanimous resolution praising Governor Deneen for appointing the current board. The meeting backed a state colony for epileptics a tuberculosis sanitarium and extended child visitation work.
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Conference of Charities Indorses
Rock Island
State Board of Charities
Deneen
Illinois State Conference of Charities
Unexpected Publicity as Ballot Literature Reaches Voters
Democrats mail Republican literature after two vanloads are found in the Democratic National Headquarters mailing room in Chicago. The materials, printed in Bohemian Lithuanian and Slavish scripts, were intended for Taft campaign and were mailed to voters before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Taft
Double Tragedy at Goldsberry School In Macon County
At Goldsberry district school in Macon County D O Seaman a farmer called his two sons aged 10 and 12 from class and shot one dead mortally wound the other before shooting himself The motive remains unknown and the scene prompted school authorities to investigate the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Goldsberry
D. O. Seaman
Letters Remaining Unclaimed at Muscatine Post Office
Week ending October 14 1908 lists unclaimed letters in men women and foreign categories. Names include Thomas Baires Harry C Belding William Burgess Ray Castle James Fairfax and others with several duplicate initials and two D W Reed entries. The notice asks callers to say Advertised and is signed by R S McNutt P M.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Thomas Baires
Harry C. Belding
William Burgess
Ray Castle
James Fairfax
Samuel Fisher
Leonard E. Fraser
Chas. Fritz
Archie Hallock
E. F. Johnson
Wm. E. Kennedy
Casper Kullenbarger
Frank A. Lilly
Alvin Long
W. F. McCoy
Owen McKee
J. D. Mc
Epigmain Roduquez
R. S. McNutt
P. M
Frightful Experience Ended by Dr King's New Life Pills
A short vivid note claims biliousness malaria and constipation are quickly overcome by taking Dr Kings New Life Pills sold for 25 cents at Havercams Prescription Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Havercam
Enrollment at State University Nears 2500 Mark
Iowa City reports 2320 students enrolled at the State University as of Oct 12, with an increase of 165 from last year. Women make up over 800 of the students, with several pursuing Law, Pharmacy, Dentistry, and Medicine among Liberal Arts and other colleges. Total net enrollment after duplicates is 2320.
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Iowa City
The
State University
College of Law
College of Pharmacy
College of Dentistry
College of Medicine
College of Liberal Arts
Elie Aoe
Sade
YWCA Notes Highlight Classes And Social Plans
The English class opens with 15 members and enthusiasm for winter work. The membership committee meets for supper and a business session tonight. Miss Baird leads sewing at 7. Old Testament and Normal Bible classes proceed as usual. A social committee meeting planned a Halloween party at the rooms on October 31.
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Baird
Mrs Hetzel Returns Home From Keota Visit
Mrs. C Hetzel arrived home last evening from Keota where she visited with friends and relatives.
Illinois judges ban joint agency in East St Louis
Judge Moore of the circuit court issued a permanent injunction restraining 110 fire insurance companies doing business in Illinois from fixing rates and maintaining a joint agency at East St Louis. The suit, begun in June 1902, was filed by H J Hamlin then attorney general of Illinois.
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Belleville, Ill
Moore
Circuit Court
Illinois
East St. Louis
H. J. Hamlin
Local Residents Visit Across Town and Nearby States
Burlington visitors Dr. Allen Mrs J C Hunt Will McClurkin and wife H E Curran called on friends in Morning Sun. Mrs Hanna and Maud Smith with Bess Sellers kept weekend visits near Cairo. Oliver Wilson returned from Kansas trip. John Wilson visited grandparents M Ochiltree in Morning Sun. Wm Huffman from Oskaloosa and Ray Cochran from Indianapolis arrived for short hometown visits.
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Morning Sun
Dr. Allen
J. C. Hunt
Will McClurkin
H. E. Curran
Burlington
Hanna
Illnois
Emma Anderson
Stella
Wapello
Maud Smith
Bess Sellers
Cairo
Oliver Wilson
Kansas
J. G. W. Smith
W. W. Cilley
Mediapolis
Sam Robertson
Paul
Charlie McElhinney
Cutecomb
Columbus City
John Wilson
Davenport
M. Ochiltree
H. C. Brown
Postum for Coffee Ills Highlighted in Letter
A reader describes Postum as a coffee substitute made from roasted wheat and molasses that tastes like coffee with cream. The letter recounts a Ky mother with indigestion who switched to Postum, improved, and felt well, praising the product and citing the Bat tle Creek company and the slogan There’s a Reason.
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Cravenettes
Gordon
Ruthenberg Clothing CO
East Second Street
J. &. Branz
Journal
Ocal News
Flora Hamann
Charles Heller
Knights Templar
E. Bretz
Columbus Junction
Barger & Barrow
Isaac Haifleigh
John Haifleigh
Harrisburg
Babcock Buggies
Bowman
F. S. Pentzer
C. Alteneder
New Era
Cal. W. Smith
Mary Yates
J. G. Powell
Illinois City
John A. Robbins
Fred Deutschman
J. K. Tyler
E. 2Nd St
B. &. Lilly
She Quality
Randleman and
Appel Elect
Moses
Y. M
Co. A. Court
Woney
Titus Loan & Investment
Iowa Avenue
Dorullilivt
W. C. A. Notes
McQuesten & Sawyer CO
H. F. Barnard
Owa
A. S. Weidling
Orange and
3Rd Streets
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