Plattensburg to Speak at First M. E. Church December 16
Local notices announce C H Plattensburg will lecture on Patronize Your Own Home Town at First M E Church as part of the Star Lecture Course. Details note tickets sold to fund course expenses with December 16 as the program date alongside other acts in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Church
Star
Metropolitan Lyceum Huread
Y. M. Cc. A. Epworth League
C. H. Plattensburg
Timme Sisters
Edward P. Elliott
Congress adjourns to finish committee organization
Washington December 8 Congress was not in session today as both houses adjourned until Friday to complete the organization of working committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congress
Muscatine Laundry Plans Premium Shares For Students
Muscatine schoolchildren are offered a chance to earn premiums by helping recruit laundry customers for F. X. Schaefer Laundry at 2155 Iowa Avenue. For each dollar in laundry work a pupil assists, a premium is credited toward a chosen prize up to twenty dollars. The program runs Dec 10 1915 to March 10 1916 and includes free theatre tickets with each dollar of laundry. Probation Officer Kern endorses the plan as an easy way for youths to buy Christmas presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Charles Campbell
F. X. Schaefer
Iowa Avenue
Schaefer
Kern
Gorizia Bombardment Halts City Business
Italian bombardment of Gorizia disrupts daily commerce as the department of commerce and industry moves from Gorizia to Vienna after shells hit the city. An Associated Press le ased wire report from iinden dated December 8 at noon notes the stoppage of ordinary business activities.
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Gorizia
Associated Press
Iinden
Zurich
Department of Commerce and Industry
Vienna
Jad Salts Kidney Advice Cures Sluggish Kidneys
A newspaper ad claims backache and dull kidney pain come from excess meat. It promotes Jad Salts, a grape lemon lithia tonic, as a remedy to cleanse the kidneys, reduce urine irritation, and restore regular function with a tablespoonful daily in water.
Sour Stomach Relief Advertisement Pitch
An ad explains acid dyspepsia or sour stomach with heartburn and gas, urges Dr Williams Pink Pills to tone digestion and enrich blood, offers a free diet book What to Eat and How to Eat, and lists price 50 cents per box or six boxes for 2.50 from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Flavoring extracts exempt under law retain sale in Iowa
Prohibition will not affect flavoring extracts. Attorney General Cosson states flavoring extracts are not beverages and not covered by the ban. The decision relies on a Supreme Court ruling that liquids once alcoholic but altered lose intoxication, yet mixed ingredients can keep their beverage use and fall under the law.
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Muscatine
George W. Cosson
Supreme Court
Watch Night Service at Sweetland Church Marks Anniversary
Watch night service planned at Sweetland Methodist Episcopal church on Friday December 31 to celebrate fifty years since building and organization of the Sweetland charge. Revival services begin in January. a Christmas program is planned. Ladies' Aid funded a new range aided by a local hardware firm. Farmers Institute displays and stock judging events were held at the church with Muscatine county exhibits and praise for the venue.
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Sweetland Alethodist Episcopal Church
H. C. Millice
Sweetland Charge
Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid ‘Society
Farmers’ Institute
Muscatine County
O'Donnell
Institute
Lodges Select Officers for Coming Year Across Groups
Woodmen Eagles and Homesteaders elected officers last evening at various meeting places. Woodmen cap off with large turnout and cigars after balloting. Eagles install next month with a record turnout and plan a special program. Homesteaders elected officers for the year and will be installed January by State Officer A L Moreau with a public ceremony. Odd Fellows named their officers including Henry Battenhagen as Noble Grand and M W Stirlen as Vice Grand.
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Eagles
EB. Lincoln
Barnard
Blaesing
J. A. Leyda
Charles Kern
Harry, Wall
G. D. Lezotte
E. B. Fulhiam
A. J. Oliver
A. J. Weaver
J. Ly. Klein
George Behres
Fred, Timm
Fred Miller
LeRoy Johnson
N. W. Meyers
Gus, Beck
Otto Gundrum
Adolph Share
Sam Fisher
B. Pulliam, Sr
A. L. Moreau
W. A. Apple
Wm. Golightly
E. C. Ingraham
Fred, Krell
Andrew Cracker
Miss May Whipple
Odd Fellows, Odd Fellows
Henry Battenhagen
M.W. Stirlen
C. Hawkins
Samuel Bailey
D.F. Borgstadt
William Bretyz
Northern Gravel Co Pump Shut Down
The Northern Gravel Co has ceased pumping gravel and sand and will not resume until next spring. Patrons can still secure sand and gravel at pits, as the company holds a large stock built up over the summer. South End Locals report Mrs. F. Stohr seriously ill at 1117 Oregon Street. H. W. Franklin is repairing the roof of his blacksmith shop at Hershey Ave and Main Street.
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Northern Gravel Co
South End
F. Stohr
Oregon Street
H. W. Franklin
Hershey Ave
Main Street
Iowa Lodge Elects Officers For Year
Iowa Lodge No. 2 A F and A M at last night's meeting elected officers for the coming year to be installed January on the first Tuesday. E M Moore past worshipful master, Charles F Herman worshipful master, A E Othmer senior warden, C A Bartlett junior warden, S G Stein treasurer, S L Johnson secretary. The remainder of the roster will be named by the new worshipful master.
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Iowa Lodge
A. F
A. M
E. M. Moore
Charles F. ‘Herman
A. E. Othmer
C. A. Bartlett
S. G. Stein
S. L. Johnson
Iowa Saloons to Close as Wet Goods Exit by Jan 1
Des Moines dispatch reports Attorney General Cosson instructs county attorneys to enforce prohibition in fact and technically. Saloons must close by January 1 and all wet goods shipped out of Iowa. The plan allows dealers to dispose of stock before enforcement begins in 1916. Local obituaries and unrelated notices follow in the same column.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Cossou
Cosson
Obituary of John Write Hayes of Buffalo Prairie
John Write Hayes born in Westmoreland County Pennsylvania on July 10 1837 died at his home in Rock Island county near Buffalo Prairie November 30 1915 aged 78 years 4 months 10 days He moved to Illinois with his parents at age seven later spent time in California and Nevada Married Mary Schmelitzer February 21 1888 and had nine children Cassie Walter and John predeceased him Survived by his wife and two sons
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John Write Hayes
Westmoreland County
Rock Island County
Buffalo Prairie
Illinois
California
Nevada
Mary Schmelitzer
Cassie
Walter
John
Christmas sale and relief drive at Trinity Parish Hall
At Trinity Parish Hall on Thursday a Christmas sale offers hot chicken lunch soup pie and cake. Dr Edward W Ryan chief of the American Red Cross in Serbia arrived in Lausanne and plans a tour of France England and Italy to secure aid, then rejoin the Serbian army in Albania.
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Trinity Parish Hall
Serbia
Associated Press
Lausanne
Switzerland
Paris
Edward W. Ryan
American Red Cross
Ryan
France
England
Italy
Albania
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color
Vintage advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound for darkening gray hair. It promises natural, even color, improvements in dull or flaky scalps, and says a 50-cent preparation bought at the drug store will restore hair beauty by morning after one or two treatments.
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Wyeth
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Madison
Calvin Adams
Mulberry Avenue
W. Oo
Fritecman
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Baptist Church
Batterson Stores
German Methodist Epworth League
Hol-lister
Snow White Drug Store
Chocolate’ Shop
Ladies’ Aid Society of
G. H. Plattensburg
Rexall Ordentier
A. W. Morgan
Westbrook Land
Letts
District Court
Louisa County
Citizens Savings Bank of
Lettsville
Westbrook
Malinda
Citizens Savings Bank
Oliver S. ‘Johnson
Chocolate Shop
Sweetland Church
Brate
Waart
Hank
Pang Plug Rubeertoa
Ake
Mayer Dry-Sox
Mayer
Dry- Sox
F. Mayer Boot & Shoe Company
Milwaukee
Wis
J. F. Freyermuth
Colson
Megs
Chester
Hazel
Olive
Audray
Marie
Reynolds
William
Mattie Ryan
Francis. W. Ball
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hazel Dell
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