Santa letters from Muscatine boys and girls request gifts
A parade of Christmas letters to Santa from young residents of Nichols and Muscatine Ia. Children list dolls, rocking horses, clothes, shoes, sleds, roller skates and candy for a wishful season while notes mention River and Liberty club milestones and local postal details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Yen
Santa
Nichols, Ia
R. R
Clifford Brown
Leslie Brown
Nichols
Jean Ellen Swickard
Iowa
Choral Union Disbands in 1877
A Journal item reports the Choral Union disbanding at least while Professor Collett remains connected due to poor attendance. It notes his discontinued Muscatine visit and mentions Lee Loomis departing to Ottumwa to work for the Courier, reflecting a past note on the paper's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choral Union
Collett
Muscatine
Picture Reading and Music Service at First Congregational
Rev. William Hainsworth blends the Christmas service with the picture reading program for a Sunday evening at First Congregational church. George M. Cohan's The Meanest Man in the World will be staged with musical features by the Cochja trio Ruth Norton piano solos Mrs Jeschka vocal solos and choir anthems. Argentina's new railway project is valued at 6 300 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hainsworth
First Congregational
George M. Cohan
Cochja
Ruth Norton
William Jeschka
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American Legion
Grand Theater
Irene Guesswegen
N. L. Burris
Wanda Schwandke
Red Hesser
Irene Gueseregen
Mildred McNallie
Akeo
John Lemkau
Harold Chant
Clarence Hahn
Stearns Howe
Harry Hesser
Fred Randall
Harry Ray
Jerry Hathaway
F. N. Randall
Leo
Juanita Rickerson
East Tenth Street
Bessie Saunders
Henry William Saunders
West Eighth Street
Mason City
The
Globe-Gazette
New Liberty Club
Mississippi River
Kenneth Doak
Marguerite Brown
BR. R. 2
Deloris Hay
Sherman Street
Bethany
Marion
Lindbergh
Jeane Bowman
West Liberty
Jack Tobias
Sanita
Goldie Shoemaker
Virginia Shoemaker
Vivian Leatherman
Res
Wilson
East Second Street
Wilson’s
Medalia
Wilton Lackaye
Argentina
Seiberling Tires
Ernie’s Tire Shop
Enney O
Rogers
Jaciel
Little Miss
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