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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
3
Readable text shows names Maiting and Wienforth with an office call. ages and exact events unclear. no clear date or place available. fragment suggests a brief notice or report but lacks coherent details.
In Muscatine, an earnest drive for Christmas happiness continues with over two hundred children still needing assistance. The Journal urges readers beyond the wealthy to share cheer, either by purchasing gifts or contributing funds, to ensure no stockings go empty on Christmas Day.
The piece urges personal happiness from selfless acts. It highlights the good fellow movement and Muscatine’s Partners of Santa Claus sweeping the country in Christmas giving. It asks readers to express true Christmas spirit through deeds beyond family, aligning with earth goodwill toward men.
A collage of editorials and comments from Clinton Advertiser Waterloo Courier Clinton Herald Keokuk Gate Marion Register Sioux City Journal Cedar Rapids Republican Cedar Falls Record condemn political ploys bedbugs and Jewish home ideals and critique economic trends under Wilson era inflation noting factionalism at city boards and the cost of being a “good fellow.”
Recognized advantages over meat medicines for coughs and colds. It does not suppress a cough but loosens and relieves it. Aids expectoration and opens the accretions aiding the system to throw off the cold. Contains no opium or narcotic and may be given to a child as confidently as to an adult. For sale by all dealers.
Reminiscences recount past events from fifty years ago with notes on a liquor incident near Towa avenue and a successful Samaritan aiding a friend home. Also mentions Suel Poster’s return from a college event, faculty vacancies, and President Welch’s endorsement.
Clippings recall the ninth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Linn in Lake township with about twenty friends in attendance. Also notes Nelia Hayes's six months' stay with Mrs. Tillie in Little Rock, the WCTU’s rising outreach this winter, a fire loss on Hoopes addition destroying a structure with $200 loss insured, and Mrs. Benjamin Neidle traveling to Fruitland to visit relatives.
A disheveled Thanksgiving unfolds in a farm family memory now in a small city apartment. Janet and Herman, battered by debt and change, improvise a meal using a chafing dish and a rented stove, rediscovering hope as they recreate home with thrift, family relics, and makeshift care. The scene contrasts past abundance with present scarcity and the couple’s stubborn resolve.
The text portrays Herman Blake courting Janet through a delicatessen shop purchase, a plan to secure a cheerful home, and a proposal of a modest flat with a maid. Janet hesitates yet understands Herman, who believes real worth lies in simple pleasures over ostentation as Scollard & Co. enters the scene.
Nation's Capital reports a broad push to allocate at least 1.9 million dollars for hog cholera study and prevention. Senators Kenyon Pomerene Reed lead the Senate effort. O'Rourke and Cullop spearhead House action. Officials urge department of agriculture to oversee serums and prevent fake cures, with penalties for interstate shipments of false medicines. Continued calls for regulation tied to reducing disease cost of living and protecting livestock.
A Muscatine household faces severe hardship with unemployment, rent arrears, and grocery debt. Eight children aged 2 to 17 require basic shoes and clothing, while neighbors and Santa Clara volunteers aim to bring joy by December 24. A piano may be donated for the Presbyterian church, with community support requested at a Saturday meeting.
A wary report details a levee funding shortfall and a decision to deny use of a 1 million dollar fund for flood protection. It notes Rep Pepper and ex Rep McKinney securing the Mississippi appropriation and local claims to a share, plus a political contest over patron support amid a post office service matter affecting Bussey Iowa.
Twenty three young people spent a pleasant evening at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Staley with music and refreshments. Mrs. John Ireland shopped in Muscatine. Cy Lundy of Jamaica, Jamaica is visiting his mother Mrs. Lundy. Mrs. Inc. Vantron visited Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Hattie Riddle helped care for Mrs. McCarty near Muscatine. Wilma Croxen spent time with Myrtle Shetler, while Detla Kephart of Riceville visited her sister Mrs. Roy Barkalow. Ellis Elleworth nearly severed his toe while handling a knife. Several Sunday visitors included Dr. and Mrs. Butler, Mr. and Mrs. Brie Turkee, and Miss Viola Wormal. Margaret Nicola of Nichols and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Black. Ke. Melntest visited son Arthur Ofciptogh in Muscatine and attended the Endeavor society meeting.
Delayed Pleasant Prairie notes list Mrs Peas Henke visiting her mother Mrs W J McElroy and a crowd of about 100k at a bazaar for Blue Grass attendance. Other items mention Dix and Mrs Albert Stechgra are proud parents of a daughter born Friday December 12 and various visits between Muscatine Davenport Durant Hazel Dell and Muscatine residents.
Almost everyone knows Sage and Sulphur mixed restore natural color and luster to faded gray hair. Long ago made at home, now available at drugstores as Wyathe Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. A large bottle costs about ten cents.
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