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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1911
Page
2
A Japanese troupe showcases swift acrobatics and tumbling acts in a lively performance. The eldest member is over fifteen, presenting bold agile routines amid the troupe's disciplined moves. Audiences enjoy intense entertainment away from ordinary home life.
The act trio led by Theirs features Maggie Casey Clare Le Cale and John West with a performing wolf Wallo. The manager W F Landgraf frames a brilliant program, praised by first-nighters, promising strong attendance and variety beyond the usual acts. Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound is recommended for coughs and colds by A W Morgan druggist.
A prominent 40 member band will give two matinee and evening performances at the Grant Theatre in Muscatine. The program includes Verdi and Liszt works, classics by Grieg and Rossini, with solo acts by Gornet and Margadonna, and selections from Il Trovatore and William Tell. Proceeds support local music lovers and city gardens amusement.
Prominent diplomat and author John Bigelow dies at his Gramercy Park home in New York at ninety five. He had served as U S consul in Paris and minister to France and held roles in state and literary circles. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
A. W. Harquist, assistant secretary of the Waterloo Y M C A, who pursued the temporary post during General Secretary J. B. McNiel’s leave, has declined the secretaryship. David Bogard, head of the panel to find a successor during McNiel’s illness, communicated with Harquist by telephonic message overnight with no final decision reported.
Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store at 202 East Second Street promotes D D D Prescription for Eczema as a thorough skin remedy. The ad vows instant relief from itching and burning, clears impurities, and promises a clear, smooth complexion with a trial bottle available and a money back claim if not satisfied.
An advertisement extols Hoods Sarsaparilla for blood enrichment and system rebuilding, offered in liquid or Saramtabs form. The text also discusses potential changes at the Sioux City YMCA leadership and a medical claim for PAZO OINTMENT promising pile relief in 6 to 14 days with money-back guarantee.
The Sunday school plans a mixed Christmas program on December 24 led by Rev. Richard Stave. Recitations, dialogues, duets, songs, and readings will be performed by children and choirs with prayers, hymns, and responsive readings, ending with gifts for every child and a collection for an organ fund in Houston.
Bloomington Friends Church hosts a Saturday evening Christmas program by the Sunday school chorus of about twenty voices. The event features a dialogue Passing from the Light and numerous songs, recitations, and instrumental numbers with participants including Helen Moser Vera Negus Ruth Shellabarger and Gladys Shellabarger, under Rev. Harvey Jones. Admission is invited for 7:45 PM.
Gladwin Michigan December events record Mrs Hines visiting her daughter Mrs Garard on Tuesday afternoon. Protracted meetings began December 12 led by a Jacy evangelist from Ded Moines. James Cherwinker and wife and Mrs Hancher visited Muscatine on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Robert Edwards are reported parents of a snr since December 12. Thorns Garard shipped hogs Thursday. Mrs John Moorman and daughter are mentioned in the local notes.
Mrs. Marie Brimm, nurse, living at 611 East Ninth Street, fell near her home around six thirty last evening and broke her left forearm in two places. Dr. E B Fulham treated her and it is feared the injuries will incapacitate her from nursing for some time.
At the Muscatine Commercial Club meeting the members resolved to appoint a five person committee to prepare and publish in the press the true history of the button strike. The aim is to counteract what they call injurious reports by certain newspapers and protect the city’s good name.
In Washington on Friday Mra Loyd and tor visited Mrs Moorman two days. Wes Reynolds is very ill after a trip to Ainsworth. An alarm at night unsettles the household with loud hoarse sounds of croup. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound praised by H W Casselman Canton and A W Morgan as a trusted remedy for children’s coughs and hoarseness.
In Pine Mills and Renry Pant areas a December gathering at the Henry Pant home included many local families such as the Bennetts, Grims, Els, Lundys, Bohnsacks, Pauls, Hartmans, and Kretschmers. An oyster supper at the Andersen home featured Florence Brossert and others. A Rock Island wreck scare near Pine Creek involved horses at Fairport crossing a bridge. Fred Bare alerted, the horses diverted safely. Elle Lundy is in Chicago with carloads of sheep.
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