Muscatine approves special tax for sewer improvements
City council resolves to levy a first permanent tax on parcels abutting Sub-Sewerage Districts Four in Two One Twenty One in One and Twenty Two in One for costs of sewerage work completed under contracts. Assessments based on property value, with seven install- ments optional if waivers signed, 6 percent interest, delinquent penalties apply. Passed December 8 1911 by Mayor W S Hill.
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Local Family Gatherings and Notices in Foster Illinois
Foster Illinois December 4. Mr and Mrs Ira Boney and children of Buffalo Prairie and Mr and Mrs Floyd Rickett of Pins Bluff spent Thanksgiving at the Willett home in Wrayville. Rev H Norton and Theo Steen of Muscatine were hosted by Thomas Watson. Miss Lillian Workman teaching at Eliza remained home sick. Jos Fowler township supervisor returned to Rock Island. Thomas Garvin and daughter Agnes with Fowler brothers attended the funeral of John Fowler in Missouri last week.
United Brethren Cantata Promises Christmas Pageant
The United Brethren Sunday School plans a Christmas cantata titled Santa's Prescription with rehearsals starting soon. Mrs. Charlotte Hare chairs the committee with helpers Grace Hawkins, Peter Dove, E. R. McCorkle, Winifred Gieslar, and Jesse Kopp vee. Children in costume will portray various states with characters like Santa Claus, Mickey, Uncle Sam, and Columbia, plus brownies and other child lore figures.
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E. R. McCorkle
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Jesse Kopp
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Extra copies of Journal's annual edition go on sale
The Journal announces a large annual edition to be issued Saturday December 9 with limited extra copies available at the office for five cents each. To secure copies early, readers are urged to telephOne or call ahead. Advertising copy must be in by tonight and news material by noon tomorrow.
Resolution authorizing sewer bonds for Muscatine project
City of Muscatine Iowa authorizes mayor and city recorder to issue sewer bonds to Independent Construction Company. Bonds total 239.99 dollars in varied denominations with 6 percent interest, payable semiannually, for sub sewerage districts within Main Sewerage District One and Two, dated December 1 1911.
Fragmentary ad listing groceries and supplies
A damaged OCR fragment lists items such as corseted groceries and household goods. Entries include Van Camp beans, soap and toilet soap, matchers, yeast, baking supplies, and a 225 unit price gesture. The text references an address on Jowa Avenue, suggesting a local shop inventory.
Bed-Wetting Cure Promised In Ten Days
An advertisement promotes Uri-Stop as a cure for bed-wetting targeting parents. It claims rapid success, outlines the urinary system involvement, and notes tablets sold by mail order from Dr. Peoria Illinois at one dollar per box of 130 tablets, with a refund offer from a Rexall druggist named Morgan.
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Springdale notices and local trades drift in December 1941
Local brief from Springdale Virginia recalls city business, residents visiting relatives and changing work. Mentions Carrie Todd in Went Liberty, Fred Schnider calls, Mary Miles visiting Cedar Valley, Leonard Shrove moving to Iowa City for a year in a game business, William Handbecker in Chicago, and Emma Trueman visiting Maxton Iowa.
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Old-Time Delicacies Impress Thebse Diners
The scene details a feast featuring Cleopatra like guests who sample a wide array of dishes. Mutton is absent, but roast beef plum pudding and a diving Ammon with a kamiike head appear among rarities that delight the diners as they savor goose, stout, and barley wine to aid digestion.
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Cleopatra
Initiative that challenges norms faces ridicule and doubt
The passage portrays a lone thinker who initiates a new idea despite mockery and hardship. It argues that early risk takers are vilified while the broader world later admits the merit, inviting them to share in the praise after years of silence. The tone reflects a columnist’s plea for courage and independent thinking.
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Shepherds Poorty Paid in Surplus Provisions
In Russia hired shepherds receive only ten to twenty cents daily, paid with goods for home use. The system withholds cash, supplying necessary provisions instead, affecting workers like shepherds in rural districts.
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Russia
Posters on posts tell of London notices long ago
The article explains why posters were called Posters andHow roads and footpaths in London used to be separated by lines of posts. It notes that announcements were pasted on these posts, shaping the term Posters.
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Saxon Foreste Largo
Saxony remains a center of civilization while about a quarter of its territory is still forested, leaving much woodland across the kingdom as described.
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Confidence and risk in a restless man
A reflection on the lack of enterprise. The text argues that a man who does not commit or bet on his judgment shows a deficiency in self confidence and decisiveness, implying that certainty in action is tied to belief in one’s own plans.
Lubin comedy A Rural Conqueror A Muse T
A Lubin comedy titled A Rural Con queror A-Muse-t presents rustic misadventures and playful misunderstandings in a small town setting. The short scene follows a cheeky inventor attempting to outwit neighbors with comic schemes.
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