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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
2
Christmas shoppers from surrounding towns visit local stores as fine weather and busy interurban trains spur early buying. Stores plan extended hours through Christmas, hoping smooth crowds after a brisk preholiday rush last Saturday.
Easy method to darken gray hair naturally using Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy sold for 60 cents. Apply with sponge or brush, one strand at a time, to achieve darker glossy hair in days. Claims dandruff removal and reduced hair fall, promoting a youthful look. Advertiser A. W. Morgan, 107 Want Second Street.
The Harvey Stock company returned to the city after a ten day break with The Girl Prom Out Yonder. Midy Wylde shines in the title role as audiences filled capacity houses at matinee and evening shows. The company, after weeks of hard work, resumes tomorrow with a Christmas day opening and additions to the troupe announced.
High Prairie Fathodist Episcopal church plans a Christmas week cantata titled Santa in Slumberland produced by the Sunday school. The exact evening is undecided but no other local program will conflict. Most Sunday school members will participate with a late December full cast and program to be announced. Goods from Trinity Ladies A Co and UW Hall will support the event.
Rev Meigs delivering his farewell sermon urged First Baptist members to unite in a movement toward erecting a new church edifice. He reflected on Pauls life and urged Muscatine church growth, improved leadership, and stronger membership while hoping for a modern building and broader community impact.
A Mexican gang attacked Carl Meacum on East Fourth Street injuring him with multiple stab wounds and a club. Police, aided by auto patrol, detained several suspects including E. J. Moller after witnesses saw four men flee. Meacum was hospitalized, and a bloodstained weapon was found near the scene.
At the Muscatine County Crop Improvement Association gathering in the county building, defenders of the government agent clashed with critics of modern agricultural plans. Proponents praised scientific farming, noting cooperation with advisers is key to progress, while opponents argued against reliance on experts and literature.
Ness notes Mus is one of seven of ninety nine counties with a crop adviser and cites farmer outreach efforts and mixed results. Defenses of the movement claim opposition is fading while several students perform recitations and songs under school programs.
A man calling himself Thomas Gilpin, claiming to be a hypnotist’s brother, left Center ville Ac for Center ville, Iowa after police received a report of a bogus life cure. Officers found bottles and junk in a hotel basket and he demonstrated a killer potion. Gilpin was asked to depart. police noted his other items included fountain pens and paraphernalia of a con artist.
Tomorrow evening the Sweetland township Redwood School hosts a box supper and entertainment. Mae Frances Schoultz, the school teacher, announced a program featuring songs, recitations by Edna Salzwedel and Minnig Doering, plus a dialogue and arithmetic recital.
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