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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
6
New patterns in every popular kimono style with crepe plisse and bathrobe flannel offered at low prices. Crepe crepe 18 cents yard, crepe plisse 25 cents yard, bathrobe flannel 50 cents yard. Describes quality, color options, and suitability for dressing gowns and robes.
A Christmas week feature offers New York made Ingerlo blouses in white at 1.50 each. From a major manufacturer, the value undercuts the usual price and suits holiday shoppers seeking quality attire.
Mike Gibbons announced in Minneapolis that instead of facing McGoorty in Hudson January 18, he will fight Timmy Clabby in Milwaukee on January 18 19 or 20. Promoter Tom Andrews of the leading club arranged the match.
There is a satisfaction in giving Wayne Knit Hose because the recipient knows you are a judge of perfection in hosiery. There is also satisfaction in selecting gifts from our Wayne Knit Section where every style and quality of hose is shown for every family member.
Wayne Kait Hose offers boxed hose sets as Christmas gifts. Boxes come in three, four, or six pairs for men women and children. Special box assortments available starting at 81 dollars.
Ward Alderman Daniel F. Sullivan faced defeat again as he urged selling the park deer to ease city finances. He had supported prior spending and argued taxpayers bore the burden of sustaining the idle animal, seeking its disposal to relieve the tax load.
The Muscatine city council debates selling a deer for the park after Mayor Kern’s illness ends his term. Alderman Bowen and several others oppose the move while only the first ward alderman supports the sale. The councilors argue about whether to use public funds to acquire animals for the park.
Associated Press dispatch from Amsterdam reports General Yoo Bissing, the German governor of Belgium, failed to force Brussels and Antwerp leading newspapers to resume publication. Editors said they would not publish while Belgium's king is absent and censorship persists.
Prominent Muscatine Island farmers including Thomas Seright William Corbin R F Parmalee and F X Schaefer have installed irrigation systems to boost future crop yields on Muscatine Island The article notes irrigation has been used before but its real need was demonstrated last season with non irrigated potatoes cracking from rapid growth while irrigated potatoes stayed smooth matured faster and fetched earlier better prices
The Musserville Midgets will add a busy slate to their regular Sunday school league schedule. A request for a game next Wednesday was declined, and the first game is set with New Era at New Era on New Year's Eve. Thereafter about one outside game per week with the South End Locals is planned.
The Orpheum opens its new season under A. A. Hout with a varied bill. Acts include Danita the mimic, the duo Du Mais and Floyd, the La Mary Sisters in travel outfits, and Bernise drawing laughs with charm. George Dixon is expected to appear after trunk tangle issues clear. Amateur night adds six new acts. overall, a fine opening despite some wardrobe woes. Sigourney departs for Ottumwa. Hout previously ran several local theaters. Bargain ad notes $1 outfits for a limited morning sale.
The Y M C A first aid class for Injured care, led by Physical Director J. E. Farwell, is postponed to early January. Older boys and men will train younger participants with a doctor as chief instructor and Farwell supervising. The fall course taught drowning rescue. the new class will expand topics and enroll more students.
In Paris on December 22 the French Parliament will sit with many empty seats. Killed officials Emile Reymond Pierre Gon gon Sdonard Nortor and Paul Proust will have crepe on their desks. Some senators and deputies from German-occupied territories remain inaccessible as France seeks contact via the Spanish embassy in Berlin.
Representatives in parliament and a remalo ad at their posts will be absent. Deputy Pasqual, a territorial lieutenant in the active French army, was taken prisoner at Mauibenge. Deputy Basly, the mayor of Lens, is believed shot by the Germans.
The piece argues a thoughtful gift need not be costly but should convey sentiment and quality. It praises standard, affordable items branded by trusted names that symbolize integrity and good taste, noting manufacturers advertise to keep their products in the public eye as welcome gifts.
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