Local residents visit fairs and return home from Muscatine area
A strip of brief notices lists Columbus Junction fair attendance and frequent travel. Residents from Muscatine including Mrs J D Richards, Miss Ora Erick, Miss Cora Daut, and others visit relatives, attend fairs, or travel to nearby cities like Burlington Cedar Rapids and Rock Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Foster
East Eleventh Street
Columbus Junction
Ora Erick
Glen Frick
Grandview Avenue
Mary Siegel
East Sixth Street
Cora Daut
Mulberry Avenue
Burlington
New buggy sale ad and varied visitor notices
Local brief notes list a Bowman buggy promotion described as cheaper than ever. Several women travel plans are noted including Mrs. W. H. Harris to Washington and Mrs. M. C. Miller to Columbus Junction to visit Mrs. J. D. Richards. Others, including Mrs. Frank Latta and visitors from Sheffield, Ill., attend the fair and visit friends in Columbus Junction and Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Latta
West Eighth Street
Columbus Junction
FIGHTERS READY FOR LABOR DAY ON THE COAST
Heavyweight talk centers on Bat Nelson and Abe Attel plus bantamweights Gans Moran and Corbett. Nelson weighs 140 pounds and plans to slim to 133 by Saturday while Moran bets 10 000 he will beat Abe Attel. Attel rides favorite at 10 to 8 with Gans and Moran staking claims of power and skill ahead of Labor Day bouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Gans
Moran
Attel
Batling Nelson
Goldfield
Willie Britt
Bat
Owen Moran
Abe Attel
Tom Corbett
Resolutions Adopted by Shelby Norman Post G A R
The Shelby Norman Post G A R unanimously approved thanks to Muscatine Chautauqua association directors for access to a lecture by General John C. Black and to Major John Circle No 35 Ladies of the G A R for a ten dollar donation to cover Decoration Day expenses plus a fine supper at Electric Park August 19. They also praised the Woman's Relief Corps banquet at Weed Park August 26 and granted use of the post room for the 35th Iowa regimental reunion on the 9th and 10th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Norman Post
Muscatine Chautauqua Association
John C. Black
John Circle No
Electric Park
Woman's Relief Corps
Weed Park
Iowa
John Circle
G. A. R. Committee
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Lung Cure
Advertising blurb touts Dr King s New Discovery for curing coughs and weak lungs with a 50 percent claim and a one dollar price offered at Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store.
Dates Set for Muscatine Poultry Show This Fall
The Muscatine County Poultry Association fixed November 30 to December 4 for its eighth annual show. W. S. Russell of Ottumwa IA has been secured as poultry judge and prizes will again be generous, matching last year’s record across the western region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County Poultry Association
W. S. Russell
Ottumwa
West
Kansas City
West Liberty News: Kreth Hurts Head in Hay Incident
Daniel Kreth, helper at the livery barn, suffered a deep scalp gash and shoulder bruising when hay toppled and he veered away from a barb wire fence to avoid a fall. He received medical care and two stitches were required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Daniel Kreth
Lieu Kreth
Kreth
H. J. Ditmars
Columbus Junction Fair
Sam Hormel
Town City
Wallace Borts
F. M. Farber
Cedar Rapids
U. S. Express Co
Hattie Jessup
Denver
Colo
Ed Sexsmith
Oskaloosa
Chipley
Fla
Chandler
Laura Vogle
Davenport
Joe Hanley
James
Muscatine
Rengo Fat Reduction Promoted by Noted Physician
An advertisement touts Rengo as a simple fat reducer claimed by a physician to melt a pound daily with no harm. It alleges nerve benefits, no wrinkles from dieting, and ease of use chewed like candy. Available for $1 per box from the Rengo Company in Detroit, with a free sample offer by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elixir Senna California Fic Syrup Co
Fat
Rengo
Rengo Co
Detroit
Mich
A. W. Morgan
Visitors and Relatives Keep West Liberty Active
A parade of travelers and visitors stops through West Liberty. Mrs. E W Bowie hosts at home. Eli Parry’s funeral in West Branch. Ed Harris family heads to Maquoketa after visiting Cassie Elliott. Reunions include Hiram Thomas returning from Los Angeles and visiting Thos Hogue. Mrs. Margaret Green arrives from Carnegie to visit Rev. P H Green and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Bowie
Emar Stokes
Ben Roland
Eli Parry
West Branch
Oregon
Ed Harris
Cassie Elliott
Rocky Mountain
Maquoketa
Ed Elliott
Davenport
Harris
Margaret Green
Carnegie, Pa
Rev
P. H. Green
Hiram Thomas
Los Angeles
Cal
Martshalltown
Thos. Hogue
West Seventh Street
Thomas
Ida Nichols
Marshalltown
Byron Wright
Kenneth
Joe McMillen
West Fourth Street
Cyrus Lundy
Jamaica
West Liberty
Downey
John Evans
Huntsburg
John van Horn
Atalissa
Cora Stoker
Iowa City
W. M. Bell
Galesburg
Ill
Colorado
Nebraska
Wm. R. Fulton
James Connelly
Doris
Atlantic
Will Young
Arden
J. M. Scott
Ernest Diedrich
Durant
Ed Stoeteman
Third Street
Gertie Stephenson
Columbus Junction
F. D. Steen
Chicago
Fli Elliott
William Schenck
Kansas
Ella Johnson
Hazel Smith
Stark
J. B. Luse
Bessie Johnson
Muscatine
Dottie Korb
Superior, Neb
Mary
Foley's Honey and Tar Eyewash Sold For Cough Relief
Millions of bottles of Foley's Honey and Tar have been sold without any harm from its use for coughs colds and lung trouble. The genuine product in a yellow package contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Guard your health by refusing imitations. A. W. Morgan Druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Foley's
A. W. Morgan
Pine Mills Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Harvest
At Pine Mills Iowa on September 3 families from Muscatine visited Wm Alteneder and family while Roy Reeves delivered onions to Durant. George Fry and Charlie Cooper collected watermelons from Muscatine island. A rattlesnake with eleven rattles and a button was found under Lou Sickman’s porch. Bennett, Hartman, Alteneder relatives and visitors from Chicago Davenport and Minneapolis appear in the week’s social roundups with trips, purchases, and teaching duties resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Mills
Kollenhamer
Muscatine
Wm. Alteneder
Roy Reeves
Durant
Geo. Fry
Charlie Cooper
Muscatine Island
Lou Sickman
R. Bennett
Wm. Hartman
Blue Grass
Mr. Gable
Diptner
Chicago
Charlie Alteneder
Lillie
Sorrmmonta grocer markets Gold Medal Flour GENEVRA
Local shop advertises Gold Medal Flour stocked by Sorrmmonta and GENEVRA branding. The brief note implies availability and product line through a small, period-voice grocery listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genevra
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Lawrence
Kas
Mir
John A. TeStrake
Fred Mauer
Wilton Jct
W. J. Stevens
David Brotchie
P. C. Hart
Nichols
Frank Leimkuehler
Moscow
Muscatine Lumber & Box Co
J. D. Richards
Columbus City
Fred Little
Little Miss Grace
Walnut Street
Cranston
Charles Kleindolph
East Seventh Street
Samuel Mark
East Fifth Steet
William Johnson
Bayfield
Verba Smith
Rose Kern
Chestnut Street
Margaret Donovan
Cascade, In
City
G. F. McLees
K. Litchler
New Boston
Helen Blair
Jessie Naylor
Waterloo
F. W. Swan
West Third Street
J. H. Cotterill
Letts
Rock Island
Ed. Will
W. O. Harris
Burlington Road
William F. Robinson
Gladwin
Z. Black
Wilton
Ohio
H.C. Huckelberry
Eldon
Charles Washburn
East Eighth Street
Essie
Bessie
F. Maucker
Anna
James Maucker
Illinois
J. O. Mucha
Bowman
W. H. Harris
East Sixth Treet
Washington
Cal. W. Smith
Mary Harris
John Revift
Sheffield
N. Harris
Roscoe Avenue
C. Pifield
Carnival City Packet Company
Joe Gans
POST
Shelby Norman G. A. R. Post
Chautauqua Association
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
W.S. Russell
Amoron
Peter Denzinger
College Point
N. Y
Am-Or-Ou
Schuberts
Edmund
Wis
Mall
Penn Drug CO
Paitsceiphis
A W. Morgan
Calder
Rochester Bridge
George Ward
Ephriam Lamborn
Oklahoma City
Okla
Frances Butterfield
York
Neb
William Schneckloth
North Prairie
Canada
Bcandinavian-Canadian Land CO
Coleege
Railway & Light
City Lumber Yard
West Second Street
Muscatine, Iowa
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