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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
6
South End Heart Breakers club prepares a second annual watch party for December 31 with bonfire on Grandview avenue an orchestra banquet and toasts as the old year ends and the new year begins. Local residents share weekend travels and city visits.
The Mulford Congregational church holds rehearsals for The Light of Life cantata to be performed December 22 by ten members. The program, a full evening service with solos and duets, aims for a strong turnout. Nellie Foley will sing a solo. rehearsals continue through the week as the chorus works toward a finished offering. Iowa Congress of Mothers seeks a building at the State Fair Grounds in Des Moines with steps underway.
At the Iowa state fair grounds Governor-elect George W. Clarke and fair board members conducted interviews as part of preparations for an active campaign to secure legislative aid.
In Philadelphia on December 16, the sale of 24 cent omelets continues as the Women’s Housekeepers League faces internal rifts. A stock of 26,000 dozen is on hand with 10,000 dozen more promised, supplied by a secret source. Wachcor holds 400 cases of 30 dozen each. The dealer, with ties to Detroit and Kansas City, home in Philadelphia, seeks to curb high prices and alleged speculator motives.
Audubon Iowa Mrs Frante Watts of Audubon will attend a bay show in Denver under the cattle growers association. She will also lecture on the topic the one hundred percent baby highlighting her advocacy work.
Des Moines officials prepare a report on convict labor practices in Iowa, urging abolition or overhaul. Judge Robinson will present findings from state observations, noting past Iowa reluctance to contract labor and efforts to use convict labor on farms and roads nationwide as a model.
Antarctic steamer Terra Nova sailed from Christ Church New Zealand to relieve Captain Robert F in the relief operation. Temperance forces will urge support for the extension of the relief scheme as the ship proceeds to aid the saloon and stabilize the Antarctic station duties.
Des Moines reports a new administration will take charge in two weeks but few staffing changes are announced. Secretary of State Allen confirms C. G. Watkins as deputy. many positions remain unsettled ahead of the January 15 legislative session and the move to Des Moines.
France prepares for war printing five franc notes for emergency use. Bank officials say war unlikely but measures underway. Financial markets show uncertainty delaying new ventures and normal business.
Des Moines Ia Dec 16 permanent roads will be the paramount subject before the Iowa Good Roads Association at its meeting Tuesday and Wednesday A large number of delegates will be present and most of the men connected with road work in the state will attend in an engineering war One feature will be a display of road construction by moving pictures
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