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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
8
Local Muscatine items list Christmas candy sales at Angersbachs and Hobart M Cable pianos featured by J J Griffith. Residents travel to Davenport and Chicago for business and holidays while sick and visiting relatives.
A Boston Store feature highlights silk fabrics and luxurious textiles as gift options. Highlights include 50 yard lengths of black taffeta silk, 5 yard cashmere taffeta, seven colors of silks, and a $100 plaid silk selection fueling the season’s fashion trend.
Catalog note lists various silks and fabrics including 8 yard black warranted taffeta, Peau-de Soie silk, crystal taffeta, and velvet selections. Also features white marseilles and multiple waist goods with 50 styles to choose from.
A list of item prices including 1.68 and 1.98 dollars plus larger amounts shows these items described as good Christmas presents. Call for details.
A Muscatine store offers over two hundred ready to wear skirts in multiple colors and sizes for Christmas gifts. Prices range from 1.98 to 25.00 with special holiday cut prices for the season.
Christmas clearance offers over two hundred fur items including boas scarfs collars jackets and capes at deep discounts. Prices listed from 1.50 to 35.00 for adults and 1.00 to 6.50 per children set with claims of saving half price and end of season closeout.
At Cornell college Mt. Vernon Miss R Belle McCord won first place on Martin Luther with Harold Gilbert State Center second and E C McDade Creston third on The Farmer of St Ives Miss McCord advances to the state oratorical contest at Osceola in February
The Wednesday Night Card club met at Miss Stella Cohn’s West Fifth Street home. Five tables of spirited play. F S Pentzer won the gentlemens prize tied with Lyle Day. Mrs F S Pentzer won the ladies prize tied with Mrs J W Eells. Refreshments were served. guests included Mr. and Mrs Richard Fox, Mr. and Mrs CA Coldren, Mr and Mrs Chas F Gray, Mr and Mrs F Pentzer Sr, Mrs John W McKee, Mrs J W Eells, Miss Carrie Shammo, Miss Mabel Leverich, Miss Jean Sawyer, Miss Winnifred Giesler, Mise Block of Tipton, Mrs Bret Cobb of Nebraska, and Messrs Lyle Day, Chas Fox, Frank D Throop, and Frank Gies ler.
The ladies of Trinity Episcopal church hosted a cake and fancy work sale at the rectory on Fourth street yesterday. Many attractive items were offered and most were sold, with coffee and sandwiches served in the afternoon and evening.
A large crowd attended the Presbyterian ladies turkey supper last night. The event met the usual high standard, with the tasty fare disappearing quickly. The ladies also offered a substantial sale of fancy items for Christmas, generating a good profit from both meals and gifts.
Last evening, friends surprised Archie Keath at 805 Fast Erehth street for his eighteenth birthday. The night featured games and music with an oyster supper around midnight. Attendees included Grace Hix Gertrude Wilhelm Jessie Kopp Bessie Althouse Jessie Collins Alice Collins Fred Morgan Arthur Wilhelm George Chase Ralph Hix Archie Keath and George Filbel.
On Wednesday December 17 1902 at 1 pm Rev L B Hix united Charles T Hankins of Cedar Township Muscatine County Iowa and Grace Coriell of Muscatine in the nuptial at the bride’s home 509 East Ninth Street Muscatine. They will reside at the same address after January 1 1903.
Frank Boke wed Miss Anna Pilgrim yesterday evening at 7:30 at the Presby terian parsonage on Iowa avenue. Rev J N Elliott officiated with a small circle of friends as witnesses. Bride’s sister Tulie Pilgrim and Paul S Baker served as attendants. The couple are well known in this city and will receive good wishes.
A crowd of young people gathered at Miss Elva Wilsons home for games music and social conversation. Refreshments were served and enjoyed by all with attendees including Elsie Hysell Carrie Silverhorn Anna Nagel Mary Funck Sophie Nagel Nellie Gerdts Flora Wilson Elva Wilson Carl Silverhorn Joe Dutton Edward Schaefer Edward Kirsch Walter Niebert Frank Erne and Joh Funck.
The Leverich normal school held a reunion hosted by current pupils with many attendees from Nichols and the city. A sleigh party arrived, guests enjoyed various amusements, and after a joyful evening they departed to their homes. Ref refreshments added to the enjoyment of the night.
The 209 Century club met at Mrs. Geo. B. Jackson’s home on West Third Street Tuesday afternoon. Members spoke on England literature and art with a Shakespeare Bacon paper by Miss Carrie Shammo, noting the program’s merit and lively attendance.
A broad sale offers hundreds of titles for all ages at one third off. Featured authors include E P Roe Louisa Alcott and Ellis Harkaway with various popular novels and classics. The ad invites readers to come and see the selection for boys girls old folks and children.
The paper on Elizabethan to Victorian literature by Mrs. E M Wag and a critique on Oliver Cromwell by Mary Shamm o drew praise. The next club gathering will be at Mrs. Wm Roach’s home on Wednesday afternoon January 6.
Jacob Friedli died this morning south of Wilton after a brief illness. A longtime Muscatine County resident since the 1840s, he was a prosperous farmer and Lutheran church member. Survived by five children Henry,ard and Emma at home Mrs Teufel of North Prairie and Mrs Gettert of Sweetland. one sister Mrs Rexroth of Obraska. Funeral Sunday at 9 Follows services at Wilton Lutheran Church conducted by Rev Doden.
Wright Lorimer, star of Power Behind the Throne, headlines in papers yet again for free publicity. Reports from Muscatine claim sensational ties with a Kalamazoo heiress, while Des Moines papers chime in about aMissed train and a wandering day, highlighting the actor’s notoriety.
The text notes progress of a show and how it will operate without Mr. Lorimer, highlighting his successful efforts to let his light shine.
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