Local arrivals and health tips headline city scene
Mrs. Fred Bloomer of Letts visits the city while Irving B. Richman returns from Iowa City after attending the democratic congressional convention. Grinnell residents Anger and daughter visit Emma Dalzell. Mrs. Catherine Flood departs Kalona for home. J M Woodcock and wife from Chicago visit Funck family on West Third Street. Also notices urge Dean's Ointment for itching piles and local Panitorium services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving B. Richman
Iowa City
Catherine Flood
Geo. McClellan
Kalona
J. M. Woodcock
Chicago
City
G. A. Funck
West Third Street
Kemble's Fire and Accident Insurance Offers
Muscatine county residents hear of Kemble's insurance at 116 Iowa avenue while several locals visit family and attend events in Iowa City and Wilton. Traveling readers include Elmer Corwin heading to Fruitland and Joseph Reindl on a business trip to Chicago via the El Paso Flyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Kneese
Rock Island
H. J. Fitzgerald
Chas. Reynolds
Colorado Springs
el Paso Flyer
Chicago
Elmer Corwin
Fruitland
Muscatine County
Kemble
Iowa Avenue
Joseph Reindl
el Paso
Milwaukee
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted as Blood Remedy
A historic advertisement claims catarrh cures require internal remedies not local applications. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on blood and mucous surfaces and has been prescribed by renowned physicians for years. Testimonials are available by mail from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, with pills marketed as the best family option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Zionist leaders fail to win concessions for Palestine settlement
Dr. Theodore Harzl founder of the Zionist movement and Dr. Wolffson head of the Hebrew Colonial trust return to Vienna from Constantinople reporting that talks with the sultan about settling Zionists in Palestine yielded no agreement. The sultan expressed sympathy but offered concessions that did not satisfy Zionist demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Harzl
Zionist Movement
Palestine Association
Wolffson
Hebrew Colonial Trust
Vienna
Constantinople
Palestine
Muscatine Gun Club Shoots Yield Notable Scores
Members of the Muscatine Gun Club held a recent shoot at the grounds with several good scores posted across fourteen events. The report highlights eager participation and welcomes more members to weekly matches amid a very wet season and quirky scene descriptions from the rural route to churchgoing Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britt Tribune
Ogden
Government to Build Alaska Telegraph System
General Greely, head of the U S signal service, sails for Alaska to supervise a government telegraph network from Valdez to Eagle City. Officials consider laying a land cable over hard mountains due to line maintenance problems from storms and floods that break land lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Greely
Alaska
Valdez
Eagle City
Dawson
Ashcroft
Methodist Conference Set for Keokuk Next Week
Keokuk hosts the Iowa Conference of the Methodist Church September 17 to 22 with Bishop Hamilton presiding. Speakers include Rev. W. S. Gardner Rev. Dr. J. A. Boatman Rev. Dr. Thomas B. Neeley Rev. W. G. Parr and Rev. Dr. Thirkield among others. Muscatine delegates anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodists of
Muscatine
Iowa
Keokuk
C. L. Stafford
First Methodist Church
W. L. Clapp
Musserville Church
Hamilton
Mexico
J. A. Boatman
Chatham Square Methodist Church
First Church
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Thomas B. Neeley
America
Methodist Sunday School and Tract Society
Bishop Hamilton
Westminister Church
McCabe
W. G. Parr
Church Extension Society
W. T. Thirkield
Freedman’s Aid
Southern Educational Society
Cedar Valley Notes and Local Happenings
Cedar Valley Iowa reports ill health in Wellman with Mrs. Swain at bedside of Frank. Old Settlers met Saturday. Ida Drake malarial but improving. Grandma Holmes visits from Ohio. Mrs Benedict back to Muscatine after visiting Ed Rock's family. Locals share visits, threshing meals, and telephone line work. Rev Millice to give final sermon September 14 before conference. Weather remains fair though cool nights invite Jack Frost and corn progress lags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley
M. G. Swain
Frank
Wellman
Iowa
Old Settlers
Cheesebro
Ida Drake
Ed. Rock
Katie
Nina Filater
Harry Rhoads
Will Gregg
Myrtle Duffield
Sweetland
Emma Beggs
Wilton
Fred
G. B. Stephens
Adams
Millice
M. E
Chas. Lamb
Earnest Lambert
Cedarville
Atalissa
A Simple Change Postum Boosts Health
Mrs E Kennett of Springfield Missouri writes she was diagnosed as consumptive and sent to Asheville for health. She could not drink coffee due to stomach trouble, but a landlady suggested Postum Food Coffee which she found replaced coffee well and improved her meals. She gained flesh and strength and credits Postum with her recovery and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Kennett
Springfield
Asheville
N. C
Postum
Elizabeth Young
Vincennes Ave
Chicago
Fairport Social Roundup Notes Visitors and Local Visits
Fairport residents host and visit rivals, with many trips to Muscatine Davenport and Wilton. Notable mentions include A H Gatton, F J Feustel, Stella Chamberlain, and Roscoe Green moving in. The Saints tent relocated to Sweetland Center as parts of community happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Olson
Muscatine
Fairport Cemetery
George Keck
Reise
John Sibley
Helen Blair
Davenport
E. F. Stull
Mackenner
Henry Dollman
A. H. Gatton
Will Hunn
John Hobart
Schellhorn
Burlington
Art Brandt
David Nelson
Saints
Sweetland Center
F. J. Feuster
Roscoe Green
Bargain Produce Prices Listed Across Groceries and Produce
Market bulletin lists prices for flour lard sugar coffee and vegetables. Spring chickens 35 to 40 cents per lb sugar 5.00 per 100 pounds granulated 19 ths for 1.90 and various fruits including lemons bananas and oranges with per dozen or per bunch rates. Some items show home grown quantities and assorted weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Graham
Rio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jim
Sunny Jim
Alice M. Hart
Daily Journal
W. E. Battey
West Second Street
Ricksecker’s
Golf Queen
John A. Robbins
Fred Bloomer
Letts
Luellen Bros
East Second Street
Grand Hotel
Dean
P. M. Muller
Public Library
Third Street
Kemble’s
Henry Miller
George Richie
G. W. Porter
Miss Bessie
The
Baptist Association
W. W. MecQuesten
Harriet McQuesten
R. H. Greaves
Z. W. Hutchinson
Walton
Minnie Headley
Kemple’s
Nicholas Barry
Oscar Harris
Cedar Rapids
Chicago Post
von Dresky McBride Black
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von Dresky McBride
Black
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Muscatine Gun Club
Gun Club
McBride
Ben Black
Yon Dresky
Ce Eee
Tme
W. S. Gardner
First
Westminister
J. W. Hancher
Iowa Wesleyan University
Dr. Mills
New York
McDowell
C. W. Shelton
Simpson College
Fairport
Gene Wilcox
Carrie Warner
Keck
Purcell
Dodge
Keenig
Eda Leach
David Brunson
Stella Chamberlain
Montpelier
Huston
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Ill
Dr. Caldwell
Fil
Havercamp’s
Prescription Drug Store
Old
Kentucky
Mira Hershey Lumber CO
Hershey Lumber Company
Stidd
Misoatine
Bashel
Concord
Hocking Valley
Second Street
Titus & Jackson
F. Giesenhaus
S. G. Stein
Pine
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