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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
7
West Liberty society column records visits and travels from Goshen Indiana Cedar Rapids Davenport and Iowa City. Local events include Rebekah assembly attendance Clinton session and a Floricultural society meeting with papers on Iowa's resources and Old Fashioned Flowers.
Saturday a story by the author of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch titled A Romance of Billy Goat Hill stars Myrtle Gonzntey. Sunday Clara Kundle Young performs in She was made popular by the public, a film likely shown with no extra charge. Public admission remains unchanged as Paleace protection shown at the Parade with best pictures.
Wilton Iowa area social life details include visits from Mr. and Mrs. J. N Noble of Muscatine to their nephew Thomas Noble. Miss Rosale Christison with her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Will Strawb and Myrtle of Tipton. church Ladies Aid planning meeting. local students and teachers hosted by Vernon Daut. Miss Winifred Crombaugh’s week with relatives. a Mozart and Beethoven themed lesson and social at the M. E. church. and various residents visiting Durant and Davenport.
Local dealers warn coal prices will rise with the first cold snap, citing higher mining costs, increased wages, and shortages. Fred O. Block notes powder, labor, and material costs have spiked, pushing mine and retail prices up by about 75 cents to a dollar per ton, with some mines delaying fixed quotes and basing on shipment date.
A guest at Mrs. Ray McCabbe’s home reports the Hook and Ladder Company will hold a meeting Tuesday evening to initiate eight Dow members into their company. After the initiation they will enjoy a banquet.
An old advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use mix that darkens gray hair naturally and evenly. Dampened on a strand, it claims gray hair disappears by morning and slowly becomes lustrous with each application. Not a disease treatment.
County Engineer Fr. P. G. Halb fuss and the board of supervisors toured the northwestern sector and found highways overall favorable. The sole defect observed was poor grading in a few localities. Most roads show careful upkeep, but some need grading work. A second inspection trip to survey roads bridges and culverts in the northeast is planned.
Muscatine county nut growers are invited to compete in a state nut contest to be held October 26, 27 and 28 at Danville Indiana. Prizes for various entries are sizable with sixteen specimens required for entry. Subscriptions to Successful Farming will be sent to those entering, and entries should be sent to W. P. Williams in Danville.
Decatur Oct 16 Fred Ly Schultz of Linder New Jersey bound for the border while a train passed Ramsay. A piece of paper inside a hardtack gift bore his name and regiment. Emma H Klimper found the morsel and wrote to the soldier, leading to a connection and a forthcoming ceremony. The Rev Fe L Eavinghurst conducted a Saturday afternoon service.
A huge pumpkin crop near Muscatine is arriving in city via Zeisler Canning company in South Muscatine. Frost shortened growth after weeks of fine weather, prompting immediate picking and hauling to market. The local plant plans to process as much as possible at present.
An advertisement explains heating water swiftly by placing the Copper Clad Range near the fire and then moving a lever to maintain warmth without moisture. It highlights the copper reservoir, its aesthetic appeal, and the design with sheet copper between the asbestos and outer wall to prevent steam damage and rust.
Thompson's Hardware Store group spent Wednesday with Stewart and Bowser families in Mt. Vernon, Joster and Pine Bluff. Others, including the Parker and Sheppard households, joined relatives in Mt. Vernon and Muscatine Island visits. A Mt. Vernon trip ended for Mrs Parker Sr after weeks with relatives.
The Jugend-Verein of Zion Lutheran church holds its regular meeting Tuesday evening at 8 at the parish hall on Enat Sixth Street. Devotional by Rev John Haefner, poem by Mixa Meta Tietje, music led by Miss Hilda Dammann, German story by Ernst Sylvester, English reading by Misa Anna Jarek, followed by brief business.
A classicAdvertisement urges stopping meat to ease sluggish kidneys. It claims meat forms uric acid that overworks kidneys, causing rheumatism headaches nervousness and urinary issues. It promotes four ounces of rad salts with lemon juice and water before breakfast to flush kidneys and prevent bladder trouble.
Mrs G B Stewart and daughters Wolon and Mildred are spending govern days with her brother Frank McKillip of Atalissa Miss Goldo Silver of Muscatine is spending a week with Mrs M G Mr and Mrs E Davis and family and Mrs Fred Wodekind of Fairport spent Sunday with Chester Clapper and family Mrs E A Monon of near Illinois City spent Thursday at the L Kleist Mr and Mrs Edw Feldman Jr and family of Wrayville Mr and Mrs W Thirtyacre and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs M G Stewart Misses Mary and Jiwura Anderson of Foster Mr and Mrs Ed Anderson and daughter Zella and Mrs A Martin and daughter Juna of Bay Island Mr and Mrs Omar Martin and sons William and Earl visited from Saturday until Monday at Molino Mr and Mrs Will Slater and son Wilme of Wilton Iowa spent Saturday night and Sunday at the TL Morthome Mrs D A Gorham of Pine Bluff
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