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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1926
Page
4
Letts M E church resumes after a $5,000 remodel raising the building and adding a basement. An all day reopening is planned with a 10:00 Sunday school, 11:30 morning worship, a noon potluck dinner, and a 2:30 afternoon service with hymns prayers and a sermon by Dr. Thomas Osborn.
Arden Iowa December 16 roads again nearly impassable after Sunday thaw and travel rutting then freezing complicates travel for autos and teams and inconveniences holiday shoppers. Shippers association sent hogs to Chicago and local residents report many health and family updates. Greece olive oil production this season tops 175 million pounds with farmers adjusting outputs.
The program lists a 7:30 p m evening service with a prelude processional hymn scripture reading prayer offering announcements remarks by Dr Osburn and a choir sung cantata The Christmas Kine by Fred B Holton titled for the occasion
Freezing conditions and a fierce northwest wind disrupted travel in Wapello County. Thermometers plunged from 40 degrees above to 2 to 6 degrees below zero, with buses between Muscatine and Burlington halted and trains running up to two hours late. Social notes record club meetings, visits, and a referee sale of the Jamison estate with bids on city lots and farmland ranging from 1,100 to 4,100 dollars.
In Mt. Vernon Iowa nineteen Cornell college students form the Star boarding club to eat for 2.50 a week each. Two students serve as chefs and daily meals are prepared by the remaining members. The project aims at economical, sumptu ous fare as described by AP dispatch.
The text explains that membership is to assist in the kitchen with dishwashing rotating among students. Chefs get free board while an officer roster lists a manager acting as steward and a treasurer. Breakfast is informal with students serving fruit and cereal and cooking as they wish in the kitchen.
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