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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
6
Ice is too thin for heavy skating but small ponds near East Hill are frozen enough for children. Pond Lily is frozen but snow on top hardens surface, hindering ice cleaning. A small riverfront pond near the Bifers ice house sees skaters while overall ice strength remains limited.
Muscatine lodges show turnover with most selecting new corps of officers. Iowa Lodge No. 2 A F and A M held its annual meeting at Masonic hall last night naming W. M. E. P. Ingham J. W. Charles Braunworth J. W. George Riemeke Jr. Treasurer Charles M. Gobble and Secretary S. L. Johnson.
A large gathering heard reports and officers elected for Modern Woodmen of America at Woodman hall last night. New appointments include Counsel M V W Stapleton Past Counsel S J Lencz Adviser J A Knight Clerk J A Leyda Banker Charles Kern Escort J M Wallingford and multiple ward and lodge officers across Maccahers Elect Tent No 9 Knights of the Maccabees and Muscatine Eagles Aerie No 815 with committees and social plans announced.
Advertises Hyomei inhaler kit for $1 at Havercamp's Drug Store with a money back guarantee if it fails. Claims Hyomei kills germs in the nose and throat, relieves coughing sneezing and hoarseness, and restores vitality in a few weeks. Extra bottles priced at 60 cents.
The Royal Neighbors Sunshine club met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs. Myrtle Mirk's East Second street home. The gathering was purely social with no sewing or work undertaken, following a note on buttons and missed tasks.
An old age digestion advisory extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a superior supplement to natural gastric juices. It explains metabolism shifts with aging, the decline of digestion, and promotes the product as essential for middle aged and elderly persons. The ad claims tablets aid digestion after meals, boost nutrition, and delay senescence, offering sample mailing from the Stuart Company in Marshall Michigan.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Park Avenue M. E. church met this afternoon with Mrs. Sarah Hain on Sherman street. Due to the extreme cold attendance was light. The meeting was pleasant and some work was accomplished. The regular task of the club sewing buttons could not proceed as none were secured and the gathering focused on social conversation with refreshments served by the hostess.
The funeral for Joseph Groters was held this afternoon at 521 Maple Avenue with Rev. Ora W. Carrell of the Friends church presiding. Members from the Fraternal Aid Association and the A. O. U. W. attended in a body. Pallbearers included Edward Maxton and Dan Terry of the F. A. A. and Chester Freers, Milton Freers, Charles Rensink, and Lee Freears of the A. O. U. W. Interment followed at Greenwood cemetery.
The thermometer at the Muscatine water works office dropped to three below zero during the night marking the first invasion of bitter cold in the area. Early morning pedestrians moved with a brisk, spirited gait though the exact cause remains a mystery.
Miss Bairds sewing class completes term and will celebrate with a gymnasium picnic this evening after six. Future term to start in January. those wishing to join should register now. Miss Wilsons Bible class meets at 7 45 this evening. A stencil class, four lessons for fifty cents, will start if eight sign up before Christmas. Announcements note Major John Circle meeting at G A R Hall this evening with officer elections and business.
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