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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
8
J. Hackett, a health physician, advised the board to take specific measures to avert potential problems and maintain order. The recommendation underscored precautionary steps and official oversight.
At a W R C meeting last evening plans were finalized for a pillow sale on Saturday December 21 at the Jackson building. Over 125 pillows will be offered with each woman of the corps pledging to make one. Some are on display at the Citizens Railway Light company. A noon lunch will be served.
Bud Ditto proprietor of the One Horse Saloon was shot through a side window at 7 45 last evening and lies in precarious condition at his home. No clue or suspect has been found and the attacker remains unknown.
The message states that the only life worth living is the Christian life and the main duty for anyone is to persuade others to adopt it. Cordially yours, E. W. Hoch.
Grace English Lutheran church at Iowa Avenue and Sixth Street was reopened after extensive improvements. Gas lines and a basement gas range were installed to help serve meals in the parlors. The auditorium was beautified with a new ceiling and repainted side walls while exterior woodwork was varnished. Rev H F Martin opened a series on The Duties of a Christian noting practical daily service and drawing a large crowd including new converts.
Hoodgo follows a local man on an ow trip through the city, tracing his steps and noting the journey. The report outlines a travel sequence with emphasis on movements through streets and neighborhoods.
Wilton reports a well attended Methodist church gathering with strong zeal from new converts. Dr. W. Cooling plans Texas holidays with Mrs. Cooling. several locals took short trips and visitors shopped in Muscatine as others returned from trips.
A dispatch from Vladivostok reports Jews must depart within four days while Jewish property holders were allowed eighteen days to liquidate assets. The note situates in St. Petersburg on December 18.
Edison records offered at 35 cents each and Columbia records at 25 cents each, highlighting price points for popular music media.
W H Tedford and son Joe held a public sale at the R H Mc Curley farm. Residents and travelers noted include Rev and Mrs R D Pool delayed returning to Fairfield, H M Letts taking a Burlington train, and Verna Hoover returning home from Washington. Other local moves include visits to Muscatine Iowa City and Monmouth Ill while students prepare for Christmas vacation.
Directors of the Pennsylvania Company raise the dividend on west of Pittsburgh lines from 6 to 7 percent and declare a semi annual four percent. Panhandle line also posts regular semi annual dividends of 244 percent on preferred and 2 percent on common stock. New York Central declares a quarterly dividend of 11 and a half percent. The item also notes anti trust concerns and calls for reform while urging readers to read the Journal.
A French writer’s critique of crowd influence warns that free expression and suffrage empower public opinion at the polls. The passage notes slick demagogues and a sensational muckraking press can inflame minds, inflaming class tensions and risking violent, inequitable outcomes.
Local ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a healing wonder for serious lacerations and wounds with no danger of blood poisoning. Sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 25 cents.
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