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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1914
Page
4
Sunday schools in city churches gear up for Christmas season with nativity exercises and youth performances. Choir rehearsals begin as teachers plan programs while schools drop Christmas pageants. Miss Isabelle Bourne returns home from Joliet after a week with friends.
Muscatine council approved 27 new street lights across multiple streets and avenues after debate led by Alderman Sullivan who objected to publicizing the lighting list. The council also considered a $94 payment dispute with Muscatine Lighting for old style arcs after September 1.
A 1914 testimonial from Mrs. Pearl Sutton describes severe dermatitis on face neck and hands improved by nightly use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The ad promotes free samples and a 43-page Skin Book, urging readers to request via Cutleura Dept. 1 Boston.
Alderman Bowen favors paying the sum if the lighting company guarantees against replacing 100 candle power lamps with 1 candle power units. The council rules the company not legally entitled to the amount. The sewer project faces dirt complaints and a probe into poplar trees growing into sewers with city attorney Hanley and engineer Young to review possible bans.
Wilton Chapter held a regular meeting in which officers for the coming year were elected. Worthy matron Miss Pearle Maurer, Worthy patron Rev. M. E Lumbar, Assistant matron Miss Anna Ringgenberg, Secretary Mrs. I. D. Wright, Treasurer Mrs. A. KH. Leith, Conductor Mrs. W. A. Looney, Assistant conductor Miss Olga Port were chosen. Additional appointees included Ada Misa Bes alo, Ruth Mrs. Vera Hain, Bathers Miss Bessia Christison, Martha Miss Ethel Marns, Electa Miss Esther Kaufmann, Chaplain Mrs. Emma Cooling, Marshal Mrs. Ella Smith, Warder Mrs. Mary Baker, Sentinel D. Duncan. Miss May Coleman of Letts visited in the city yesterday.
Railroad officials report unusually quiet freight activity for the season with coal shipments delayed by mild weather. Winter tonnage requires larger trains, keeping overall freight low and many workers unemployed on the Milwaukee line. Social notes mention visits by Mr and Mrs Win Thede and others from Plain View Davenport and Walcott.
Mr and Mrs D E McClung of this city return from a two week southern trip. They spent Thanksgiving with Mr McClung s parents in Quincy and then visited St Louis. Most time was in Arkansas for hunting and fishing. Mr and Mrs B E Welk returned to Fruitland after a day here. Mrs William Scheherknecht of Columbus Junction visited friends and shopped locally.
An advertisement claims thin blood causes stomach trouble and that Dr Williams Pink Pills enrich blood to strengthen nerves and muscles. It promises improved appetite and digestion, with relief from irritability and tiredness as health returns, urging readers to request a free booklet and noting "Four own druggist" sell the product.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles reports progress in a membership drive aiming to secure between 50 and 60 candidates. A grand initiation is planned for the first meeting night of the new year, January 8, with a temporary dispensation on entrance fees expiring January 1, prompting active recruitment this month.
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