Local News and Store Notices From Town
Cut gi at Nievel s Barnard sells fine silverware Born to Mr and Mrs Conrad Stelzner of Bismarck Street a girl this morning Open every night next week until 11 o clock See us for furniture heating stoves etc Harry Glat stein & Sons no band concerts but value received pay highest prices for hides See us before you sell Harry Glatstein & Sons 427 west 2nd St SPECIAL LOW PRICES on heaters cooking stoves laundry heaters Closing out stock Prices down on tables dressers chairs new beds mattresses Phone 203 M Harry Glatstein & Sons 423 to 429 Hast 2nd Bt
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Nievel
S. Barnard
Conrad Stelzner
Bismarck Street
Harry Glatstein & Sons
Wast 2Nd St
Penn College Plans Major Endowment and Dormitory
Oskaloosa IA Dec 18 Trustees of Penn College vote to increase the endowment by 100000 dollars and authorize a 40000 dollar dormitory to be built next spring along with improvements to the main building. Miss Ellen King arrives from Lake Forest to visit her father Dr E H King on West Fourth Street. Barnards introduces chafing dishes and Nievels offers hand painted china and new pills.
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Barnard’s
Nievel
Ellen King
Lake Forest
E. H. King
West Fourth Street
Penn College
Oskaloosa
Man Dies in Council Bluffs at 71
John Bennett a longtime Council Bluffs resident and cashier of the state savings bank died suddenly at noon of heart failure. In Indianapolis Strang set a new five mile world record for motor speed trials recording 5 17 70, surpassing the previous 4 11 30.
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Council Bluf
Council Bluffs
John Bennett
The
State Savings Bank
Indianapolis Speedway
Ind
Strang
Christmas Shoppers Flood Muscatine Stores
Muscatine swarmed with holiday shoppers on the day before Christmas. Visitors and residents mixed in crowded stores as farmers drove in for purchases amid ideal weather and crowded trains. Feed yards were full and traffic lined the streets as merchants offered unusual bargains and satisfied customers packed bundles for home.
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Muscatine
Bigamy charge against Burlington Jewel Tea manager
Joseph B Bergen of Burlington Iowa, manager for Jewel Tea, is arrested on a governor-signed warrant for bigamy in Plainfield Illinois. Wife No 2, Miss Olive Lord, claims he married her years ago while separated from his first wife and allegedly kept two households while supporting both. Bergen contends he believed his first wife had a divorce.
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Joseph Bergen
Burlington
Joseph B. Bergen
Jewel Tea Company
Governor Carroll
Iowa
Plainfield, IL
Murphy
Joliet
Plainfield
Olive Lord
Bergen
No. 2
Marriage Announced for Miss Irma Berger Edsall
Alderman and Mrs Charles Hahn announce the marriage of their farmer's niece Miss Irma Berger of Pittsburg to Ernest James Edsall of New York. The ceremony took place at the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension with Rev Dr Grange officiating and the couple sailing for England on the Majestic for the holidays.
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NBCH
Charles Hahn
West Sixth Street
Irma Berger
Pittsburg
Ernest James Jidsall
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Robert Waddington Grange
Edsall
England
Mrs. Edsall
Rose Edsall
Charles A. Edsall
Mr. Edsall
Hampton Street
Kensington Club Meets On January Seventh
The Kensington club held its next meeting at Mrs. Theodore Kuechmen's Oak Street home on January 7. A previous afternoon gathering at Mrs. Amelia Hadley's 1012 Orange Street home was well attended with pleasant refreshments organized by Mrs. Emmet Huffman.
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Kensington Club
WT B&b
Theodore Kuechmen
Oak Street
Amelia Hadley
Orange Street
Ladies of the Maccabees 12 social and business session
The Ladies of the Maccabees No 12 plan a Monday evening meeting that blends social time with business. A class of over twenty will receive full initiation during the session, followed by refreshments. The prior Pocahontas Degree held a short business session and a dancing party with Vanatta's orchestra.
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Ladies of the Maccabees
Vanatta
Philathea Class Entertained at Grace Lutheran
The Philathea class of Grace Lutheran church was entertained Friday evening at Miss Estha Vetter’s home. A short business meeting preceded social time. The Mothers' club will not meet on January 80.
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Grace Lutheran Church
Estha Vetter
West Eighth Street
Mothers' Club
Mothers’ Club
Woman to Host Event on Divorce Problems Topic
Until January 3rd Mrs J T Downer will host at her home 807 Hast Fourth Street. The afternoon paper will be presented by Attorney H D Horst on the subject of divorce problems.
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J. T. Downer
Hast
Fourth Street
H. D. Horst
Letts News Briefs and Local Plans for Christmas
Mrs Melvin Brown of St Paul Minn visits Letts parents Mr and Mrs N R Letts. Merchants agree to close Christmas day. Nicholas Stanmm returns from Carlisle Ia. Letts button factory employs about 50 men. Pool hall work delayed by cold. building 25x80 brick. Letts high school to host Christmas tree event with small admission for library fund. C C Snyder visits Muscatine on business. Fred F Flatt returns from Starbuck as Times editor. to study in Indianapolis. Frank McClure Chaffee lecture Dec 21 at Griffin's opera house. Pearl Button Co moves to new steam heated factory. H W Gipple visits from Bentonville Ark. Ernest Mickey home from Topeka Kan. Edward Harrison family to move from Gilman Ill. Housing shortage noted. new homes expected next spring. Mrs Win Lieberknecht back from Colorado Springs. Handbags at Barnard's and Nierel diamonds best.
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Letts, Ta
Melvin Brown
St. Paul
Minn
N. R. Letts
Letts
Nicholas Stanmm
Carlisle
Adam
Bentonville
Ark
Ernest
Mickey
Topeka
Kan
Edward Harrison
Gilman, Ill
Win
Lieberknecht
Gblorado Springs
Busy Day for Local Church Groups and Social News
Thursday brought a busy church scene with Methodist Ladies Aid collecting ten cents for the D P Martin home and hosting a luncheon. eight teachers and clerks attended a six o'clock tea. treasury gained $6.70. Presbyterian Kensington drew a large crowd for gifts, while Christian Dorcas held an all day meeting with a ten cent dinner at noon. J M Chesney traveled to Gordon Wisconsin to visit daughter Mrs Charles Root and may winter with her. John Hamilton and Dave Teuscher returned from a business trip to Corpus Christi Texas. L A Marr and son T D called on Muscatine. Nora Bennett visits Prairie City for holidays with brother A E Adams. Logan Schreckengast started route 3 on Dec 16. Terbert Patterson began as school janitor. Mrs Longnecker moved to Emerson Neb with daughter Mrs Reisman after visiting Defiance. Mr and Mrs Walker with their little son plan a Nebraska visit, staying with Iowa relatives in Richland.
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Keota
D. P. Martin
Presbyterian Kensington
J. M. Chesney
Gordon
Wis
Charles Root
John Hamilton
Dave Teuscher
Corpus Christi
Texas
L. A. Marr
T. D
Muscatine
Nora Bennett
A. E. Adaims
Prairie City
Logan Schreckengast
Tierbert Batterson
Schreckengast
Nievels for Watches Hire Destroys Moline Garage
Davenport Iowa December 18. A fire this morning destroyed the elaborate garage of Frank H Allen in Moline. Barnard's for cutlery.
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Moline
Davenport
Twire
Frank H. Allen
Local Village Notes and Moves in December
Atalissa Iowa reports Henry Jornst of Stanwood working in the blacksmith shop for Ma Schwab. Mr and Mrs H Heberling hosted a party Saturday night. John McAninch of Tonkawa Oklahoma has lingered a week for business, trading his farm for Oklahoma land with Mr Pettit of Marshalltown. Wizard Watters rents Hart Turkle’s farm for next year, and Turkle plans to move to the village after purchasing the general store from Mr Speers Born to Mr and Mrs Glen Sloan of Redfield a son on December 14.
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Atalissa
Henry Jornst
Stanwood
Ma. Schwab
Heberling
Tohn McAnineh
Tonkawa
Oklahoma
Pettit
Marshalltown
Wizard Watters
Hart Turkle
Mr. Turkle
Speers
Glen Sloan
Redfield
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Irlessarl Magazine
É Ohay
America
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Albert Shaw
Fust
Review of Review
Nievel’s
Igwan
Cack
Musser & Go
State Bank
P. M. Musser
W. B. Bliven
S. B. Cook
Fd. C. Cook
W. C. Stocker
Magr
Barnard’ S
Nierel
Buscatine Dental
East
Barnard's
Kwota
Christian Dorcas Society
the Gift Center For Furniture
Wittich Brothers
Witttich Bros
East Second Street
Cosmopolitan Magazine
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