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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
22
A large crowd is expected at the charity ball to be held at the Armory tomorrow night. Chase's seven piece orchestra will provide music with reduced rates. The Armory hall is donated by Mrs Ida Hare Warfield, along with numerous other donations. The event aims to raise funds for city charities and will be managed by an executive committee.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church hosted a chicken noodle supper last evening from 4 to 7 pm, selling fancy work and candy. About 335 meals were served and $250 cleared, with the Young Women’s Guild contributing brushes that added roughly $25 to the total. The event was described as one of the season’s most successful sales.
The Jolly Tex club met yesterday afternoon at Mrs A Arndts 1119 Hershey avenue for Kensington. The afternoon included socializing and needlework followed by a dainty luncheon. The next meeting is January 20 at Mrs Gus Reinsager 605 East Sixth Street.
Members met at the hall for a business session and arranged a January 6 anniversary program. Mrs J L McCallan Mrs Bertha Kruger and Miss Bettie Anderson will head the program with refreshments served. No further meetings until after the event.
The Ladies Aid Society of John A. B. Church met yesterday for an all day session at the parish house in Arden. The day featured sewing and a noon pot luck meal prepared by the women.
Pleasant afternoon yesterday as Hi Deen club members gathered at Mrs L R McKee home on Orchard avenue. Refreshments served to close the social hour. Next meeting moved to second Wednesday in January due to holidays.
Santa Claus fund benefits planned at the Grand Theatre with a two part Than Houser feature Reader of Minds and Our Mutual Girl Pathe Daily News and a Keystone comedy Among the Mourners tonight. Friday presents the third episode of Zudora with fifty percent of receipts aiding the Christmas fund.
Dr Melgin in charge of the foot and mouth disease quarantine announced after a talk with Representative Vollmer that Jackson County shipments will be allowed tomorrow subject to inspection from all counties except six infected townships in the southwest corner.
In district court this morning a motion for a new trial in the case of W. Smith versus Autti Blackwell was argued. The matter has been taken under advisement and a decree of divorce was entered.
A Muscatine and Louisa counties joint Board of Supervisors session heard objections to District 18 land assessments. Attorneys, objectors, and property owners from both counties attended as the boards announced tours of the district to inspect properties before final action. The afternoon featured numerous challenges to what claimants called excessive or injurious assessments. Also noted was a Long Beach weather report of high seas, floods, and property damage from a southeast gale.
Katherine Weisse and Henry G Weisse are named in a Case TM record. The document lists parties and legal action with dates and filing details in a formal docket style. No further context is provided in the fragment to identify the case nature or outcome.
Weather across the eastern United States remains below freezing and more than 36 hours of frigid conditions are forecast. In Chicago Morris Mann testified in the Joseph Fish arson case, admitting a conspiracy with Fish and David Korshak that led to the fire at Mann's hardware store on South State Street and a $2,000 insurance payout.
West Liberty Iowa December 17 The Kings Daughters circle will meet Friday December 11 at Mrs Carl Templemans home instead of Mrs George Sheldon's as listed in the year book. Assisting in serving will be Mrs Zella Lewis Eliza Force Lucretia Merrill Carrie Snider Matilda John Malissa Nay and Ruth Rowe.
A district court term opened with Judge M F Donegan assigning three actions brought by as signees of South Muscatine Lumber Co against insurers holding policies before last year’s fire. The Bartemeier vs Central National Insurance case leads the docket Jan 18 with Iowa Assessments Mutual and Partners Fire also listed. Lily Patton returns from Nichols. Mr and Mrs O H Howe visit Davenport. F B Hamlin calls on Davenport in afternoon and evening.
Grandview Iowa on December 17 reports Mr and Mrs Glenn Stevens traveled to Muscatine as passengers Wednesday. Also noted were Mr and Mrs D L Woodruff and other travelers stemming from the same route in a brief local transport update.
Deonard son traveled with family in Muscatine on Saturday. Mrs Lee Werner, a Wapello resident, was en route Thursday and notified by the death of her mother Mrs Dan Graham. Mrs Harve McGill and Hazel McCully also listed as Muscatine travelers on Saturday.
The earth’s atmosphere keeps daylight visible after sunset. Sun rays strike the upper atmosphere, creating twilight as the sky gradually darkens and daylight fades away.
A Houston Post quotation features a man insisting a woman offered encouragement, while she denies ever giving him encouragement. He recalls her remark about her uncle leaving a fortune and “one foot in the grave,” debating what counts as encouragement in the exchange.
A London railway station installed penny in the slot ticket machines to help travelers buy tickets for companions to the platforms. Patrice quips that she'd pay more than a penny to see friends leave town, while Glad to See Them Go ponders patience.
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