Not Guilty Verdict Pronounced in Christensen Case
The jury returned a not guilty verdict for Henry Christensen after about twenty minutes deliberation. Judge M F Dovegan instructed carefully on applicable charges including attempted assault and battery. The verdict, while surprising to many, suggested the jury did not find sufficient corroboration beyond the dubious testimony and incomplete circumstantial evidence presented at trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Christensen
Christensen
Young Davidson
Herbert G. Thompson
D Davidson
Ida Gardner to Sing at Lim ited Recital at Siethodis Church
Miss Ida Gardner, renowned contralto, will give a recital at Siethodis church on Monday evening, December 10. Admission is by invitation only with cards distributed by Reinemund & Company. Gardner, soon to engage with the Imperial Opera of Vienna, rose to prominence after studying in Paris and has since earned acclaim from metropolitan critics and major musical figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Gardner
Siethodis
Ission
Ong
Ae Reinemund & Company
117- di West Second Street
Jone
Rematt
Gardgar
America
Imperial Opera
Vienna
Agaa
Marceye
Paris
Lloyd £'Anindyne
Sliss Gardner
Mic Faity
Foresters
Miss Gardner
Intolerance History Returns as Fourfold Drama Unveiled
The Abfuse-U theater premieres a fourfold drama titled Intolerance History. Mae Marsh Lillian Gish Mir am Cooper Constance Talmadge and other stars headline a vast production mirroring the scale of Birth of a Nation with 15009 people 5d horses and 15 chariots used in its creation. The show features a symphony orchestra and chorus to accompany the historic tableau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abfuse-U
Ehorua
Farm Sales Adverts and Local Social Notes
The notice lists farm sale clerking by Mancatine Stata Banke and ad names. It records local social events at Muscatine and Cedar Rapids, including visits, hospital training, funeral notices, and circle meetings with donations to the red cross. Several residents travel between Muscatine, Parham, and nearby towns and attend gatherings with brief references to dates and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Circle
Della Wacker
Milas Wacker
Angela Rehwinkel
Sartori Memorial Hospital
Cofar Falls
Polwinkel
St. John’s Hospital
Fed Wing
Wint
Maurer
Alva
Marshall
Viath i
Danskin
Cedar Rap- Aff
Park Walton
Addie Barclay
Vernon Walton
Alice Miller-Blake
Maquoketa
Prante Port
Irwin Port
Chicago
Issaes Blanche
Isola Bridges
Wildasin
Knott
Dorothy
Muscatine
Fonen
Harry Nicolaus
Mrs. Seid
Kelley
Seiders
Banhick
Wifes Consent Not Necessary for Army Enlistment
Announcement from Washington offices states that wives need not give consent for enlistment across all army services. Ruling valid until December 10. Chicago recruiting rules expand to areas around the city with daily enlistments surging, many draft age men seeking branches of service before the draft questionnaire. Also notes a child with croup and endorsement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twacodt
Washington
Army
Chicago
Graduate nurses needed for Army nurse camps
An appeal by the Surgeon General calls for five hundred graduate nurses immediately for Army nurse camps. Each cantonment hospital will require at least five nurses, with pay of about 0 per month plus maintenance. Applications should be sent to the Superintendent, Army Nurse Corps, Mil Hunog, Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Health Department
Public Heart Bureau
Misa Haettiv Seifert
Ner
Seaacaes
Welfare Association
In & M. LL
Nursa
Clinte
State University Hospitae
County Farm
Ingane
Glenwood
United States’ Army
National Guard
Naliona
Washington
Clienjara
Thanksgiving expenditure report by Battery OC Thanksgiving committee
Financial statements submitted for publication detail expenses for the Thanksgiving service. Items include offerings, rent for decoration, tobacco, candies, jams, oils, and box supplies. Several named individuals and organizations appear with modest sums and a final balance paid to Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatarn Union
Ry Box Seve
Muscatine
McWneil
Women Sufferers and Kidney Health Remedy Ad
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder complaints without realizing it. Symptoms like back pain and nervousness can signal kidney trouble. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root may help, available by prescription or in large bottles. send ten cents for a sample to Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY, noting Muscatine Daily Journal advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keilmer
Kilmer & Co
Bingharston
Muscatine Daily Journal
Pinex Cough Syrup Promises Quick Relief In Homes
A vintage advertisement touts Pinex cough syrup as the most common remedy in the United States and Canada. It claims rapid relief from persistent coughs, soreness, and bronchial irritation, promising a pint from a 60 cent 21 ounce bottle mixed with sugar syrup.
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United States
Canada
Ula
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayoe, md
Big Revivals at Baptist Is Plan
A global evangelist Rev. John Quincy Adam Henry and his campaign party will conduct a three to four week evangelistic effort at the First Baptist Church starting the last Sunday in December. Preliminary plans and guest arrangements were discussed by the deacons and pastor this week, with a conference held with Rev. Merry G. Bowden of Springfield Illinois to finalize services. The deacons will present the plan to the church this evening for approval, and cooperation from other city churches is expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Quincey Adamy Henry
First Baptist Church
Eluych
Merry G. Bowden
Springfield
Ilinois
Vexgard
Henry
Birthday party and quilting club notes from Columbus Junction
A birthday celebration for Ray Shigiet included games and gifts such as a gold watch from his father, with many attendees listed. The Quilting club hosted a chicken dinner at Mia Kelly and Mia Mary Van Auken's home, attended by relatives and local residents, amid a report on a traffic accident near McGraw and Galton farms and local social events.
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Columbus Junction
Bee
Ray Shigiet
Miss Alma
Robert Gingleton
Enverette
Orie Tronson
Harry
Robert Weber
Marley Baker
Gilkey
Clem
Bark Heimeter
Manford Gentyler
Harry Bradley
Harold Orr
Wesley Lewis
Jack Willets
Schablon
Morge Burns
Sophia Ligeher
Leslie Orr
Gladwin
McGraw
Galton Farms
Red Rods
Boive Wagner
Washington
Marriage at Muscatine in December
Mina Hazel Wagner daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Wagner of this place and Herman Blaniss son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Blause of Muscatine were married December 1 at the Lutheran parsonage in Muscatine by Rev Lafeer in the presence of a few friends The bride is a senior at Columbus function Wish school and in the orchestra The groom works in a Mess Market Muscatine couple will live in that city Friends extend congratulations Ted Overholt visited Muscatine relatives Bert Van Wey visited Cent City for business duties
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J. Afauer
Maria Siegel
Muscatine
J. Fred Moore
J. Simons
Ainsworth
Mina Hazel Wagner
H. E. Wagner
Herman Blaniss
Rudolph Blause
Tieck
Ted Overholt
Yisl
Bert van Wey
Sat City
Mail ships speed troops letters as warships join effort
Washington reports urgency to fix mail delays for American Expeditionary Forces. Warships and destroyers are being used to speed letters to Pershing's men as parents and sweethearts struggle with long waits. Proper addressee details and unit info are stressed to cut red tape.
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Prom TE Fournadl Bureau
Washington, D. C
Wranee Lomee Mall
France
Ile
Lewa
Post Office Department
Unars
Pershing
War Department
Sene
Mail handling promise aided by new war depot
The piece notes improvements in mail handling by the war department and urges prompt correspondence to soldiers to combat homesickness. It mentions address and sender details and stresses letters from home cheer soldiers, while also listing a Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. A. A. Keath’s home on West Eighth Street.
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Minil
War Department
Pagtoiire Department
Ladies Aid Yoblery
The
United Brethren Church
Low
A. A. Keath
Gee Pain's All Gone Mi Mother Marvel Product Ad
An old advertisement-style claim touts Clypto Ginton a universal pain relief remedy. It markets the product as a marvel for any ache, promising extraordinary soothing relief. The text imitates Caribbean dialect phrasing to attract readers.
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Mi Mother
Clypto
Ginton
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Sperry & Hutchinson Co
Una
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Columbus
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Keanaports
Caery
Sloan
Sloan’s Liniment
Gia Macalign Chemical Co
Walls City
Egarator Strypia
Melrito & Ong
Desyer and
Buvar
California
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el Paso
Golden State
Golden State Limited
Keneas City
Kansas City
Deming
N. M
Camp Cody
W. R. Votaw
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