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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
3
An editorial discusses Senate hearings on war department delays in arming the nation. It cites funding gaps, production lags, and congressional inaction, arguing responsibility lies with officials and Congress. It warns of German propaganda and urges decisive organization and mobilization before the broader war burden falls on the nation.
A wartime editorial lauds past warnings ignored, blaming Congress and officials for failings in preparedness. It calls for full support of American military measures, warnings against German propaganda, and collective resolve to strengthen the nation's war program.
Leone, a ragtime pianist in a department store, secretly despises ragtime despite boosting sales and her pay. She imagines a different life with an opera-loving partner, while masking her inner pain and longing behind a polished, hopeful exterior. She encounters Mr. Beckley and a weekly music-publisher visitor, continuing a life caught between artful longing and commercial duty.
Leone saves money to see Carmen with her sisters and a rare seat in the balcony. Roy Wilding, siting beside her, asks about opera as he reveals plans to leave Pierce Varee for a bank publishing job, and Leone’s answer pleases him despite lingering distractions from the evening’s wonders.
A new social club named the Flon club was organized in Muscatine last evening. It includes local young women led by Miss Alberts Luetike Edna Punck Helen Leodtke Ann Tremmaal Mildred Barger Inora Linn Fannie Wallace Dorothy Garrison. The first meeting was at Miss Punck’s Monroe Street home with plans for social events every two weeks. December 28 meeting to be hosted by Miss Helen and Alberta Luetke 204 Mary Place. Officiers for the first year are President Miss Anna Gren Vice President Miss Mildred Barger Secretary Elnore Linn.
An ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a 17 year treatment for liver and bowel ailments. It promises a normal action with olive color tablets and suggests users will see a pale face and improved energy. Sold by druggists for 1c and 25e per box.
Large audience attended the Bis club dance evening with music by the Ma Hanna and Ogle all piece orchestra of Iowa City. Treasurer Alberta Luedtke presided as host with local officials approving the event under the club auspices.
Farm sales news lists Muscatius State Bank and a clerk named Taym Suto with state action and guaranteed advertisement terms. This compact blot hints at local finance and farm commerce notices with bank involvement and guaranteed ads.
Muscatine's Whig campaign for selling Red Cross Christmas seals will start tomorrow under the Public Health Bureau. Over 60,000 seals may be sold as booths operate in downtown stores. The campaign headquarters span German American Savings Bank, Mershey State Bank, Muscatine State Bank, First National, and First Trust and Savings banks, with daily shift leaders and a rotation of workers listed for each day of the coming week and Saturday.
An unprecedented rush for seats marks the engagement of Griffiths Intolerance at the A Muse-D theatre next week. The mammoth production attracts praise from eminent writers and is outclassing prior efforts, with performances drawing crowds across the country and abroad in long runs of acclaim.
A fragmentary description praises beauty as an unmatched creation surpassing all drama and art. The text hints at reverence for a theatre experience, noting it discounts lesser works and elevates performance above others.
Danish resident Meta Damgaard-Matson of Chicago Illinois reports regained health after two bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She aged backache headaches fatigue and poor appetite before treatment and credits the remedy with relief from displacement inflammation and nervous prostration, endorsing it to other women.
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