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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
8
The Lincoln school plans a Christmas program on Sunday December 2 featuring multi grade recitations and dialogues. Students from first through sixth grade will perform religious and festive pieces, with a holiday tree and candy sacks for guests, underscoring true seasonal spirit.
Funeral services were held at the church for Opal Hatten. The obituary notes a private burial and local mourners, with pallbearers and a lay preacher. Preparations are underway for two modern residences on Washington Street, to be designed by Mr Liessering.
Rockwell City authorities seek two robbers responsible for a spree across the region. They struck a central store and a hardware store, escaping with about $100 in cash. no clue yet to their identities. The evening meeting of the alert hose company is scheduled for seven sharp.
A. W. Harquist of Waterloo arrived in Muscatine today to fill in as acting secretary of the Y M C A while General Secretary J B McNiel takes an indefinite leave of absence for rest due to tuberculosis affecting his right hip. Harquist, highly recommended, will consult with a committee to select a permanent replacement. McNiel expects to be away at least eighteen months.
Fragmentary sentences describe a board vacancy during a long absence, with an unnamed minister or official rejected by the ministry. The readable portion hints at a failed appointment or nomination and a rejected view by the ministry, leaving the position unsettled.
Burl Fratcher and others depart for New Mexico to install a Dolese Qu. Co. plant. Norman Zivson to visit Amira for Christmas. Riverside Grange meets with social time after routine business. Pythian Sisters to hold officer elections. Edward Gremmel visits from Munsontine. Max Hoffhauer welcomed a baby girl. Ladies Aid Bazaar at Turner Hall raises funds. chicken supper well patronized. Mrs. Bagom returns after weeks in Hawaii. Adolph Murer and Sabi Murer return from Florence Arizona. Local shoppers visit Davenport. Twelve to One Ledler Gard Cub hosted at a local home.
A Ladies' Aid gathering is announced for Thursday at the home of Mrs. with attendees to discuss upcoming activities and plans for church helpers and community service projects.
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