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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1909
Page
6
The advertisement touts New York Prices on one quarter of the publishers’ list for De Luxe Editions of Standard Authors. Limited to the next two weeks, inviting readers to review the list and make selections for the holidays.
City reports freezing readings from six to 14 below zero with uptown water works station at 6 below. The piece notes varied temperatures across neighborhoods and queries Mrs Elizabeth Cleaver’s 1836 birth to 1909 death in Toolesboro Iowa, plus biographical sketches of John Wesley Crutchfield and family moves across Indiana and Iowa.
An advertisement describes belching and offensive breath caused by gastric gas. It promotes Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges as a remedy, claiming charcoal absorbs gases and purifies breath, with a free trial offer and 25 cent price.
The obituary notes his death after months of illness. Survived by wife, sister Mrs Jane Daggett, brother Nathan of Wapello, and other siblings. he had joined the M E church in 1854 and later belonged to the Wapello Methodist church. Funeral at the Wapello Methodist church conducted by J B Newsom. Burial followed with A M Taylor Post veterans providing rites.
The text notes that luxuries would be unnecessary if not for their abundance and low cost of coal. It argues that coal, plentiful and inexpensive, would be a luxury otherwise.
Great preparations are under way for a December 24 Christmas treat at the United Brethren church from 2 to 4 30 PM for the children of Muscatine not in any Sunday school. The act is led by James Figg a church member hoping to draw city children to Sunday school and spread festive cheer to youngsters.
Local churches list Sunday schedules with classes, sermons by pastors including Rev Thomas Osborn and Rev G B Bryden, youth meetings, and Christmas programs. Includes First Methodist First Baptist First Presbyterian Derman Maulford Musserville Friends German Baptist with times ranging 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. and evening services, choir, and special music.
A long list of Sunday services across multiple churches in Musserville area. Details include Sunday school times, morning and evening sermons, topics such as A Happy People and The Evidences of Christ's Divinity, Epworth League meetings, baptisms, confirmations, choir rehearsals, and pastor names including F A Smith H Wennermark J C L Light Ora W Carrell and others.
A church notice promotes Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and midweek Wednesday meetings. It notes the reading room at Town Avenue open daily 2 to 4 p.m. and mentions Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough remedy for children with directions to ward off illnesses.
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