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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1926
Page
9
The Atalissa Community club met at the Presbyterian church and elected officers for 1927. President Mrs C L Bolon Vice President Mrs Esther Sterner Secretary and Treasurer Mrs Will Butsler.
The Christian church bazaar is set for Saturday with dinner and supper in the church basement. Charles Morrison returns home improved after six weeks at Mercy hospital. Five of six quarantined scarlet fever cases are out by Saturday. Rev J A Saathoff absent. Chas S Williams to fill pulpit. Miss Oneita Cornwall visits from Iowa City. Earl Hawker family travels to Muscatine. Local oil station leased to Sinclair. new ownership starts Jan 1. Miss Florence Bodman to tonsillectomy. she stays with family after. Galliage to speak in Iowa City next Tuesday. Christmas tree planted by P M Schooley gifts.
Representativ e men of the University of Iowa will gather for the ninth annual Finkbine banquet on January 12 in Iowa City. More than 106 men will attend with presidents heads of men's organizations deans and select alumni invited. William O. Finkbine donor of Finkbine Field is a notable Iowa alumnus.
Classified ad details from the Muscatine Journal outline pricing, word counts, and deadlines for small and large type ads. It also includes a bankruptcy notice from the Southern District of Iowa Davenport Division listing Ida M. Houseman as bankrupt and announcing the first meeting of creditors on December 22, 1926 in Davenport with referee A. Cooper.
A Cleveland Ohio ad touts $1000 in goods from $36.90 material offered by Ercee Process Co. at 3570 West 25th St with credit terms and steady lifetime business promise. Also notes a missing 17 jewel solid gold Elgin watch from Grand Opera House on Dec 9 with rewards and missing item contact numbers. Rentals listed include a warm room and a 200 acre farm with contact phones.
In the Southern District of Town Davenport Division Judge I A Cooper presides over Helen Mae Forsyth bankruptcy No 5 697. Notice announces the first meeting of creditors in Muscatine County Iowa at 19 o clock a m on December 22 1926. Dated Davenport Iowa December 10 1926.
In the Southern District of Iowa a bankruptcy proceeding for Harry Houseman is noted. A meeting is set for December 22, 1926, at 1 o'clock a m, before the designated official in the case Noe 5,699.
In the matter of Rollo E. Porsyth, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy No. 5696. Town proceedings held December 22, 1926 at 1 o'clock a.m. Card creditors may attend. Dated Davenport IA December 10, 1926.
Rain turns to sleet halting corn husking as huskers seek better weather. St Malachy’s church held services. Mrs. R M Kautz of Buffalo visits Arden relatives. Mrs John Verink and John Henry Verink visit Muscatine after hospital stays. Wel fare society hosted by Mrs Charlies Estle followed by farm bureau home management lesson on cooking utensils. High Prairie school plans a Christmas program and oyster supper pending date.
Indian railway officials consider issuing coupon books offering reduced rates to traveling salesmen to ease travel costs and boost regional commerce. The plan aims to simplify fare discounts and improve field sales coverage across routes.
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