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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1908
Page
6
Santa Claus Hardware Store announces its completed layout with department displays of practical Christmas gifts for friends and children. The store invites all to visit and view the suggested useful items at low prices.
Advert promotes a bread maker with no seams or sharp corners and easy cleaning. It bakes bread beautifully and roasts meat and poultry, claiming a ten year warranty and economy. It boasts hands free mixing and two to ten loaf sizes priced from two dollars to two dollars fifty, aiming to be a morning convenience.
Wilton Iowa notes weekend visitors from Davenport Muscatine and Rock Island. Townsfolk including the Crescents beat Lone Tree 22 to 19 with Marolf as center and Ringgenberg Kilian as guards. Local dinners and visits fill the social calendar as residents travel for relatives and business.
West Liberty Iowa December 14 Marshal R J Wiley arrested Norris Freeman at Mrs Fawcett's on a board bill dispute. Freeman claimed funds in Muscatine bank but bank officials knew him not. Freeman confessed to obtaining a gun with a worthless check and disposing of it at Elm Street pool hall. He claimed to be an actor with the Honeymoon Trail company and said he was discharged at Muscatine. Authorities did not prosecute and Freeman was released.
The George A. Olsen family of 312 West Seventh street moved to Rock Island today after Olsen accepted a position in the Rock Island Sash and Door works.
Business visitor Chris Danz, shoe shop promo, and doctor may call tomorrow. Mrs. August Strier travels to Davenport to visit friends. Charles Bruhn family returns from Davenport after Corinne Fisher's death. H Reitzel and Ideal Quilting head to Sterling for Christmas. Horses for sale by Frank Bowman. Mrs. Frank T. Logan returns to Davenport. Farm loans touted with no charge for collecting interest. Mrs. Roy Kemp hospitalized in Bellevue with typhoid fever.
Frightful stomach pains liver torpor lame back and weak kidneys addressed by Electric Bitters sold with a guarantee at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store priced 50 cents.
The Muscatine Deanery of the Episcopal Church will meet in Burlington on January 4 and 5 with Rev. A I E Boss attending. Bishop Theodore Morrison of Davenport will preside and confirm a class at Christchurch on January 3, then address clergy Tuesday morning. Dean E H Rudd of Ft Madison leads the district with talks on diocesan division and a $50,000 fund drive.
Funeral services for Corinne Fisher, a young child, were held yesterday at 2 PM from the family residence at 109 West Tenth Street with Rev. Thomas Osborn of the First M E Church officiating. Interment followed at Greenwood Cemetery.
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