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Cut glass at Nievel's Barnard sells fine silverware Born to Mr and Mrs Conrad Stelzner a girl this morning Notice open every night next week till 11 See us for furniture heating stoves Harry Glatstein Sons No band concerts or entertainments but value received pay the highest prices for hides and furs See us before you sell Harry Glatstein Sons 427 Mast 2nd St Chafing dishes at Barnard s Nievel s Ideal Store for watches Miss Ellen King arrives from Lake Forest Ill to spend holidays with Dr E H King West Fourth Barnard s new store for new gifts Nie r l s for hand painted china
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Barnard
Conrad Stelzner
Bismarck Street
Harry Glatstein & Sons
Iowa
Mast 2Nd St
Barnard’s
Nierel
Ellen King
Lake Forest
Ill
E. H. King
West Fourth Street
Special low prices on heaters and furniture
Special low prices on all heaters cooking stoves laundry heaters closing out stock Prices way down on tables dressers chairs new beds mattresses etc Phone 903 M Harry Glastein Sons 423 to 429 East 2nd St
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Harry Glatstein & Sons
East 2Nd St
Penn College Plans Dormitory and Endowment Increase
The Penn College trustees in Oskaloosa Iowa voted to raise the endowment fund by 100000 dollars and to construct a 40000 dollar dormitory next spring while also improving the main college building.
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Penn College
Oskaloosa
Aged Council Bluffs Man Dies
John Bennett 77 longtime Council Bluffs resident and cashier of the state savings bank died suddenly at noon from heart failure. He lived in the city for 50 years. Virginia Ila. December 18.
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Council Bluffs
Ila
John Bennett
The
State Savings Bank
Strang Breaks World Record at Indianapolis Trial
Strang set a new world mark for five miles at the Indianapolis speed trial finishing in 5 minutes 17.70 seconds. The prior record stood at 4 minutes 11.30 seconds.
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Strang
Indianapolis Speedway
Ind
Stores Packed as Muscatine Feels Christmas Rush
Muscatine shoppers packed downtown on the pre Christmas Saturday with about half local residents and half out of town visitors. Farmers flocked to the city noting good sleighing and many trains arriving were crowded. Yards and streets brimmed as feed lots and merchants reported strong trade with broad bargains and satisfied buyers. Ideal Christmas weather capped a bustling shopping day.
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Muscatine
Iowan Held for Bigamy in Burlington Case
Joseph Bergen manager of Jewel Tea company in Burlington is arrested on a bigamy charge after two wives are alleged. Governor Carroll signs papers. Bergen was taken to Plainfield by Detective Murphy. Bergen says he believed he was divorced when he wed wife No 2. prosecutors say he maintained two households.
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Joseph Bergen
Burlington
Joseph B. Bergen
Jewel Tea Company
Governor Carroll
Iowa
Plainfield
Ill
Murphy
Joliet
Olive Lord
Bergen
No. 2
Marriage Announcement Irma Berger and Ernest Edsall
Alderman Charles Hahn and Mrs. Hahn announce the marriage of Miss Irma Berger of Pittsburg to Ernest James Edsall of New York. The ceremony occurred at 11 o clock in the chapel of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension. Afterward the couple left for England and will settle in New York after holidays.
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Charles Hahn
West Sixth Street
Irma Berger
Pittsburg
Ernest James Edsall
New York
Miss Berger
Muscatine
Ferdinand Berger
Oakland
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Robert Waddington Grange
Edsall
England
Mrs. Edsall
Rose Edsall
Charles A. Edsall
Mr. Edsall
Hampton Street
Letts merchants close Christmas day sale ban lifted
Letts stores plan Christmas day closing as Mrs. Melvin Brown visits from St. Paul. Local button factories employ about 50. Letts Pearl Button Co moves to a steam heated factory. A lecture by Frank McClure Chaffee is set for December 21 at Griffin’s opera house. House shortages persist with new homes expected next spring.
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Letts
Melvin Brown
St. Paul
Minn
N. R. Letts
Nicholas Stamm
Carlisle
Adam
the Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Frank McClure Chaffee
Griffin's
Opera House
Letts Pearl Button Co
Griffin
H. W. Gipple
Bentonville
Ark
Ernest Mickey
Topeka
Kan
Edward Harrison
Gilman
I1l
Wm. Lieberknecht
Colorado Springs
Kensington Club Holds January Meeting at Oak Street Home
The Kensington club met on January 7 at Mrs. Theodore Kuechman’s Oak street home. The previous afternoon at Mrs. Amelia Hadley’s 1012 Orange street home drew good attendance and pleasant refreshments were served with help from Mrs. Emmet Huffman.
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J. T. Downer
East Fourth Street
H. D. Horst
U. B. Kensington Club
Theodore Kuechman
Oak Street
Amelia Hadley
Orange Street
Ladies of the Maccabees No 18 Meet Monday
The Ladies of the Maccabees No 18 will hold a combined business and social session Monday evening. A class of over twenty will be initiated during the meeting, followed by refreshments. All members are urged to attend.
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Ladies of the Maccabees
Degree of Pocahontas Enjoy Pleasant Session
At the close of the short business session of the Degree of Pocahontas last evening a dancing party was enjoyed. Quite a number were in attendance and spent several delightful hours. Vanatta's orchestra furnished the music.
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Vanatta
Philathea Class Entertained at Grace Lutheran Home
The Philathea class of Grace Lutheran church was entertained Friday evening at Miss Estha Vetters home 403 West Eighth Street. A brief business meeting preceded a social period for the group.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Estha Vetter
West Eighth Street
Mothers' Club Meeting Canceled In January Notice
The Mothers' club will not meet in January as previously planned and a rescheduled date was not announced.
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Mothers’ Club
Local church ladies host social events in Keota
Keota Iowa residents report a busy Thursday with Methodist Ladies Aid luncheon at D P Martin home raising 6.70 for the treasury along with gatherings by Presbyterian Kensington and Christian Dorcas Society. Other notes cover travel to Gorton Wisconsin, Corpus Christi Texas and Emerson Nebraska, plus local visits and route 3 trip by Logan Schreckengast.
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Keota
Dee
D. P. Martin
Presbyterian Kensington
J. M. Chesney
Gorton
Wis
Charles Root
John Hamilton
Dave Teuscher
Corpus Christi
Texas
L. A. Marr
T. D
Muscatine
Nora Bennett
A. E. Adams
Prairie City
Logan Schreckengast
Herbert Batterson
Schreckengast
Longnecker
Frank Reisman
Emerson
Neb
Defiance
M. Walker
Richland
Mr. Walker
Nebraska
Fire Destroys Moline Garage in Davenport Dispatch
Fire this morning destroyed the elaborate garage of Frank H. Allen in Moline, as reported from Davenport Iowa dated December 18. The blaze caused substantial damage to the property. No injuries were reported.
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Moline Garage
Davenport
Frank H. Allen
Moline
Local News From Atalissa Iowa December Report
Atalissa reports Henry Ernst of Stanwood Iowa works for Mr Schwab in the blacksmith shop. Mr and Mrs H S Heberling entertained at five hundred Saturday night. John McAninch of Tonkawa Oklahoma has been here a week on business. He traded his farm for Oklahoma land to Mr Pettit of Marshalltown. Willard Watters rents Earl Turkle’s farm for next year and Turkle will move here after purchasing the Speers general store. Born to Glen and Mrs Sloan of Redfield Iowa a son on December 14.
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Atalissa
Henry Ernst
Stanwood
Schwab
H. S. Heberling
John McAninch
Tonkawa
Oklahoma
Pettit
Marshalltown
Willard Watters
Earl Turkle
Turkle
Speers
Glen Sloan
Redfield
Ila
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B. &. Lilly
Lilly
Robert Owen
Owen
Merchant
Citizens’ Railway and Light Co
Nievel’s
Journal
Barnard’s New Store
Nierel’s
Barna
Agape
America
Times
Albert Shaw
OUR
the Review of Reviews Company
Neibch
Nievel
Kensington Club
Ock
Musser & Go
State
Prp
M. Musser
W. E. Bliven
S. B. Cook
Ed. C. Cook
C. Stocker
Huscatine Dental
Lockers
Christian Doreas Society
Nettie Stattler
Santa Claus
Nievel's
Gift Center
Wittich Brothers
Wittich Bros
East Second Street
Barnard's
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Evry
Cosmopolitan
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