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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
6
First Baptist Sunday school plans a Christmas program with a potato admission. Attendees will bring at least one potato to donate to Muscatine Welfare Association, funding aid for needy city residents. Potatoes collected at doors go to welfare work.
Details for a school bazaar at Nichols School are set for December 20 as pupils from primary and intermediate rooms prepare for a notable event. Attendance records show several pupils with perfect attendance, listing names from both primary and intermediate classes.
The Muncatina County Danitat society plans its annual session tomorrow evening in the Lange and Howe Office at the German-American Bank building, beginning at 8:20. Officers to be elected include President H. F. B. Tanke, Vice-president W. R. Oxo, Secretary and Treasurer F. W. Englund, with a nominations committee chaired by A. C. Kilatton and members A. M. Bingo and F. Langs.
Local churches conducted services with out of town speakers for a two week revival. Rev John Wry of Colorado Springs and Rev Le Marken Dean of Boulder led evening sermons at Friends and Jutat Presbyterian churches, while Prof. Wm Worth Marrs of state university preached mornings, with German Methodist and other congregations joining in the effort.
The federal probe expands to New York Chicago Detroit Toledo and Cincinnati. Prosecutor Frank Swacker says no coal shortage and no basis for alleged price gouging. Congressman Ebenezer Hi of Norwalk Conn, a veteran member, is confined to his apartment after a health scare. doctors attribute it to exhaustion.
A City Hall Square Christmas service features four traditional carols Adeste Fideles Holy Night Joy to the World and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. Readings and choir selections echo Yuletide observances as carols are rehearsed in church and school for the festive tree service.
Pred Walter and Bill Maurer, two Wilton youths, walked about fifty miles from Wilton to Iowa City yesterday and back along the Rock Island Railway right of way. They arrived in Iowa City about 2 o clock and returned with Walter Maurer driving. Both boys suffer from sore feet and Walter has a swollen ankle.
Woodstock Ill tale recounts a patient with bronchitis and cough who improved after Vinol treatment. The letter claims Vinol tackles the root cause with tonic ingredients, strengthens the system, and offers a money back guarantee through Havercamp's Drug Store and leading local outlets.
A dated dispatch reports the Trai nor Dealers' Benevolent Association rejecting August A. Huxch's plan for Anheuser-Busch, indicating dealers will stock only beer and light wines at tables, claiming heavier drinking and social control concerns. Belgian events are described with Switzerland’s stance echoed by Berne sources.
Dintelet plots a new addition between Ninth and Tenth Streets along Sycamore in Bilkey’s First Addition to Musca ting. Joseph Bikey owns the reclaimed land, removing debris and filling the hollow to create a desirable residence district. Anticipated opening next spring.
Announcement states Lilia high school students and faculty are invited to attend Curia Reinelup at First Methodist Episcopal Church at 7:00 p.m. The program includes Maslee Varna Rice and a lecture on Haly and Greece by Rev A S Smith with Marie Mildred Mackenale and a school boy's dream. refreshments. The London steamship Nora believed sunk. Nora’s vessel is of gross land and recent movements not reported.
Harry Horn a Whitten garage proprietor came within an ace of death Saturday night while returning from Durant. At a railroad crossing a fast train approached he swerved braking hard, the car veered into a ditch but he escaped injury. Mrs. Horn praised the providence that saved him.
Prominent physicians credit uric acid as a component in rheumatism and nerve pain. The Buffalo institute reports a native remedy called Anuric that claims to flush uric acid from the system, reducing swelling and inflammation. The ad urges readers to buy an urchin 10 cent trial package from drug stores and promises relief after a short trial.
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