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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1908
Page
5
News snippets list residents visiting Davenport Rock Island Iowa City and Chicago and travelers to Wapello and Sterling. Local businesses advertise records insurance and hay fever treatment while residents depart for family and friends across Iowa and Illinois.
Grace English Lutheran Church plans Luther Day on the evening of November 10. The Luther League and Woman's Missionary Society will host a reception and program, with the event featuring an entertainment at the church. Rally Day for the Sunday school has been postponed to October 25 due to preparation delays.
Local Y M C A officers set up a private wire and Western Union operator to receive presidential returns at the association building. A stereopticon will project results on a screen in the gym, with smoked glass slides, and the building open all night. Hot lunch will be served to all waiting for reports.
Advert reads Sealshipt Oysters with true salt sea tang and superior flavor. Although priced a trifle higher, customers are promised better value due to quality. Sold from a white porcelain case with blue Sealshipt trademark by H Bishop & Son and partners Ogilvie Caple, George Eitman, Hinkel Flannery.
Industrial branch of the YMCA at the McKee Bliven plant draws large crowds at noon. Magazines and periodicals are on tables for workers to read, with plans to add features as the branch stabilizes. Weather and farm notes follow with brief personal visits and travel reports from local residents.
George Hubbell and family fled their Granville Michigan home as a wildfire destroyed their dwelling and all furnishings. They traveled to Muscatine to visit cousin George Westman and plan to return in spring, noting local residents fought the blaze but could not save homesteads.
Epworth League of Musserville Methodist church held an engaging meeting with strong attendance. Rev W B Ireland new pastor agreed to lead a Bible study department with Friday evening sessions. Albert Snavely resigned as vice president. Martin Seltzer elected to fill the vacancy. Other fall plans discussed. no actions taken. Quinces cultivated. H S Hubbard notes rare feat though quinces were stolen by boys. Local notes: Miss Elsie Helwig visiting, Guy Lightman to Davenport, Mr and Mrs Arthur Potter visiting Musserville, Mr and Mrs August Tabor returning from Shenandoah and Creston, and Oliver Kaller visiting city.
Mrs W E Downer Miss Elsie Will of First M E church and Mrs W B Ireland of Musser ville M E church travel to Oska loosa for the Des Moines branch annual convention opening today. Miss May Villa Patten secretary left last night for an officers' meeting. A large program features Prof Liavii Singh of Thornburn College Lucknow India who will speak next Sunday.
The Maennerchor relocated from its old rooms above H Schmidt and Son to the Turner Hall in the Shammo building. Future rehearsals will be held in the new quarters and the practice tonight takes place there.
The passage highlights Hannah praising the bread made with Gold Medal Flour for the boys, with Rebecca noting its quality and appeal. The ad like line emphasizes trusted brand use and family oriented cooking.
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