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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1916
Page
6
The Community Christmas committee reports no difficulty in securing a tree for Christmas. Multiple offers of trees from thirty to forty feet have been received with Mr. Charles Kern overseeing the efforts. A decision on a tree will be made soon as most offers come from local donors. The tree will be placed in the city hall square for the Christmas celebration.
About fifty couples attended a dance at the Muscating Gauteh club house under the Paarl City Court’s auspices. The event was deemed a success with plans for an early January dance to feature the same organizers and attendance.
The Illinois City Sunday school head and several older boys from Hinola were visiting the Sunday activity. They are representatives of the Old or Boys conference to be held in Rock Fat in December and to the object of which is The Quest of.
The event for boys aged fifteen to twenty includes a conference on the boat for alder vour. A banquet starts at the stated hour with registration at fifty cents. Evening entertainment is free except for the dance, held in connection with the opening of the new gymnasium at Austad Valley College.
In circuit court here yesterday Dr Arthur C Sella of New Jersey and Manon Worv faced motions for separate murder trials. Judge Church reserved ruling on the feasibility and timing of trying Sollis and Mannion separately, with a decision expected later in the week.
A revival campaign conducted by Grace and Prosperity churches with Evang. W. L. Hamilton in charge drew about 150 attendees and led to roughly 50 conversions. A Sunday offering for Hamilton reached around $500, while a Kokpo team of 100 volunteers assisted in activities across Oakville, Mt. Pleasant, Columbus Junction, and Shounay.
The ad promotes Father John’s Medicine as a doctor prescribed tonic for colds coughs and throat troubles. It touts fifty years of success emphasizes safety by avoiding alcohol narcotics and dune soraty. The language frames the tonic as wholesome and body building with an implied medical endorsement.
An old advertisement claims Constipation in women causes dull skin and shows Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe laxative style remedy. It promises to purify the blood, clear up pimply complexions, improve digestion, and boost overall tone with a quick, mild effect. Available in ten and twenty five cent boxes from druggists.
At the annual meeting the Homesteaders held last evening William Appel was named president for the same year. Officers listed include vice president Arx Margaret Lew, correspondent Bollah Ingraham, treasurer W Krell, chaplain Mrs Cracker, marshal Mida Switner, master of arms John Sullabarger, lady of entertainment Miss May Whipple, lady of charity Miss Ki Sarah Spence, and musician Miss May White.
Funeral services for Mrs. William Kemmer of Luven tsily township were held at 2 pm from her daughter’s home on Horahoy Avenue with Rev. G W Barbar of the Mungeryittle Methodist Episcopal church officiating. Interment followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Pallbearers included John Tomield Kammer Hartman Chith Ravanmaud David Holliday and Winn Mee Clu.
A Luisa County man escaped serious injury after car overturned five miles west of town on a misty Monday morning. He lost control, struck a farm ditch, and the vehicle Rolled over, ending on its side. Neighbors pulled him free as one tire tore, and the driver, Mr Ville, suffered minor injuries with no serious damage to others.
Local report from Iowa City details bootleg cases and related proceedings. W K Garber, bound over to grand jury, and Davin and Terrill discharged or remanded as examinations progress. A separate dispatch notes Russian noblemen forming a commission to address the current situation in Europe per Reuters.
Fred Ruthenberg a 17 year old inmate recently committed to the Eldora State Reformatory escaped yesterday with Divon Lampman, another 17 year old from Clear Lake. Police report shows the pair fled while under custody and were last known near Front Street in Muscatine. They may attempt to return home as winter weather worsens, with the risk of recapture and return to the reformatory.
A city screening presented a film titled In any Girl Suto focusing on sex problems presented as educational. The work aims to warn viewers about vices and the tactics of leaders to corrupt workers. O P Nanh a prominent Mineae polis settlement worker travels with the projection and offers a short talk at each showing.
Washington, D. C. President Wilson presided at the cabinet meeting as talks for the Mexican American commission's next conference in Philadelphia moved ahead. Secretaries Lansing and Lane said they had no information on whether General Carranza had approved the protocol, though changes were expected from the Mexican side.
An advertiser asserts a successful nonoperative cure for a rupture once treated by operation. The text promotes a product named NOMMOLDINE as a complete remedy after years of rupture. It urges readers with ruptures to contact the listed person and location for a life free of worry and surgery.
A medical column links rheumatism to cold weather and uric acid buildup. It cites Professor Alex Haig of London and suggests drinking plenty of water, eating less meat, and using Anuric tablets to reduce uric acid. Advertises Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and cautions open-air exercise and diet to stay healthy.
Two Indian trappers near the river across from Wapello attract local curiosity among youths. They have a rough Indian camp and engage in hunting and trapping in Indian style. Reports suggest they likely came from the nearby reservation, though inquiries yield little concrete information.
A garbled list shows letters remaining at Mugenting port office for the week ending December 11, 16k8. Names include Jax By Post, Mr Fridick, Chiy Conntible, Nick Ciger, Fred Hoftmann, Argyle Profitt, Paul Brown, Carl Skipton, Mika Asahel Carlos, Mia M L Of, and others. Wires from Chicago bankers note Chix cazonin sent over $1,000,000 in Christmas savings clubs in 1915.
The audios Aid Society of the Mon aergia Methodist Episcopel church held a regular semi monthly session yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Fred Jones home on Maple Grove road with about fifteen members present. They engaged in sewing, dulcimers, and fancy work, and refreshments were served. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday January 30 at the home of Mrs. Louis King on Oregon street for an all day session. Mrs Davide Fonter was at the bedside of her father Jacob Minder a Lake county farmer who had been bed bound for several months.
Dec 13 report notes cautious press reaction to a cabinet reshuffle. The changes are not radical, with many undersecretaries remaining from prior administrations. Welcomed are tech experts A Claveille and M Laulehaur, and military figures General Hubert Lynittey as war chief and General Nivella as successor to Jeffreys on the western front. Jules Cambon remains general secretary of the foreign office.
Amsterdam dispatch reports The Koennischa Volks Zeitung attacks President Wilson over U.S. representations to Germany on Belgian denotations. The paper calls his actions improper and labels him a dilettante for not adequately condemning aggressor acts.
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