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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1910
Page
12
Local brief notes show residents visiting Davenport and Wisconsin plans with a Turkey dinner and church gathering. Advertisements promote Snyder’s buggies and Edison or Victor talking machines with payment terms. The German-American Savings Bank hints at a forthcoming 70th anniversary edition and big opportunities for readers.
Short greetings and travel notes flood the page. Mrs C F Wallich sails to Fairport friends. Hirt Fesler debuts Christmas music bags. Mrs H D Warfield and daughter depart Muscatine for Moline. Mrs W H McDaniel visits her uncle J C Wilson in Buffalo Prairie. Mrs Josie Fox visits sister Mrs Walter Kimball in Buffalo Prairie. Piano sale offered by Geo Steck and W W Kimball. Mrs Thomas Rainbow leaves for Monmouth due to her brother E J Machlan’s illness. S Revives with a bank ad and travel items as the paper markets auspiciously.
Mrs David Fox arrived from Columbus Junction this morning and spent a few hours shopping. 25 second-hand organs from 5 dollars upwards offered by Hirt and Fesler Hershey Building with terms of 1 dollar a week. Miss Grace Hermes left for Peoria Illinois after resigning from Batterson Stores millinery department.
At a recent Launch club meeting members decided to cut costs by letting the furnace go cold and adding a stove in the assembly room for visitors to chat or play cards. Fire will be used for dances and parties. Officers to be elected January 2.
The Grand Army Post holds its annual officer election this evening in Memorial Hall at the courthouse with expected large attendance. The meeting will also cover other important matters. Diarrhoea is common in September and Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended. available from dealers.
The Y M C A basketball team hosts Oska loosa on Wednesday at 8 15 pm at the gymnasium. The visitors are a seasoned fast unit, while the locals mix in changes to give all players a turn. Coach Walter Kautz reports the squad in top shape after thrice weekly practices. Probable lineup includes Elliott at forward Hahn West at center Grafe and Herman in guard positions.
What Cheer wrestling fans in What Cheer Iowa await a big bout scheduled for Wednesday with local athletes and rivalries shaping the meet. The card promises notable matchups and a lively crowd at the venue.
On Wednesday evening December 7 Billy Ramsbottom of Des Moines will oppose Young Ingalls of Chicago in a finished match at What Cheer Athletic club. Expectations run high as eastern Iowa presses for high class mat events with strong fan support. Under manager Harry Houghton the program has been well run and draws top grapplers, hinting at more big nights to come.
Packey McFarland the stockyards lightweight champion announces a December 19 bout with the Fairmont A. C. of New York and a campaign to win the lightweight title. He and manager Emil Thiery map a schedule meeting feather and lightweight rivals in St. Louis New York San Francisco Kansas City Pittsburg and Milwaukee if terms are agreed.
Clinton Iowa December 6 Mayor J C Smith of Clinton was married to Miss Nina Normal in a quiet ceremony conducted by the Congregational church pastor. The wedding was performed Monday afternoon in Clinton.
Carroll Iowa December 6 officials announce Drainage District No 23 will span over twenty five miles and cost about two hundred thousand dollars forming a major irrigation and drainage effort in the state with extensive impact on farmland and local economy.
The county board of supervisors ordered a ditch project over 25 miles long starting in the northern part of the county and running southeast to empty into the Racoon river. The estimated cost is $200,000.
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