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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
9
Coral grocers limit sugar purchases to two to five pounds per city customer and five to ten pounds per rural resident. The official notice arrived today and wholesalers informed retailers to pause sales. Widespread sugar shortages have affected packs nationwide, though the local impact is newly felt in this city. The duration of the restriction is not known.
The 1918 Brown class held its first full meeting to alert officers and promote class organization. President Reed led the session with Teed’s address on class responsibilities, followed by a short strike by students and officers pledging to boost class spirit.
A number of American railway engineers were killed by German partial bombs in a town behind the British front in France. Details are unclear. A bomb swept a street where American troops passed, shattering windows but injuring no one. Two American soldiers died in a hospital from gunshot wounds.
Members of the Advertising club met at the Hotel Muscating to plan a two page advertisement using the department store format. Each participant contributed, including the clothier who wrote his copy and the printer who assembled it. The class 48 holding group set a goal of at least thirty five members, while Brady’s rule count stood at twenty nine. A follow up meeting will set a class motto and other matters.
L Day cashier was elected vice president and Charles H Will elected director at Hershey State Bank's December 12 meeting. Will fills vacancy from the death of Fleury Jayne. Day remains director and vice president. Officers: Francis president, Day vice president and cashier. Directors include Hershey, Otto, Francis, Lillibridge, Shield, Thompson, Day, Will. Capital $151000, surplus $5000, undivided profits over $20000, deposits $1480500.
The Liberty Campaign club met at the Commercial Clay Rooms with attendees from city and county. The main topic was membership, aiming to build a list of 200 members and add new names as they are presented at future sessions.
Two Muscatine young men join the army and head toward training camps. Howard Goldsberry departs for Jefferson Barracks Missouri to join a motor truck squadron while C Raymond Ribak enlists in the ordnance corps with a two week furlough to prepare. Ribak is 22 and may be sent to a southern base before France assignment.
Hogeu invites viewers to visit the A Muse U theatre to see Camp Dodge, the Des Moines cantonment where Muscatine men chosen for national service are trained as modern warriors. The Paths Weekly highlights the camp, noting its extensive facilities and well equipped main cantonment.
The Lohr and Briathl Victrola shop moves from Hotel Muscatten building to 102 Hale Street in larger quarters formerly Dillaway millinery. The site has been overhauled with up to date lighting and white enameled woodwork. A grand opening will be held all day tomorrow in the new location with bargains and a complete line of machines restored for the event.
A new motor car will be shipped next week to Muscatine and the Burlington Southern line. General Manager Theo W Krein says the White Company source lists December 15 or 17 as shipment dates with arrival expected Wednesday or Thursday. The unit will be mounted on a flat car at Glevaland and is ready for service upon delivery. A print run is planned to publicize its merits to railway officials with hopes of a regular schedule before Christmas.
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