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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1914

Page

18

Christmas Eve Program at Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran Church hosts a Christmas Eve program led by Pastor Haefner with a long lineup of songs prayers and dialogues performed by mixed and primary choirs Sunday school and confirmation classes culminating in the distribution of gifts to children. The event features recitations dialogues and tableaux with named participants including Theodor Pankratz Charlotte Rueckert Anna Rueckert Ernst Sylvester Gretchen Schuett and many others. Gifts will be distributed to the children after the program.

Lutheran Zion Church Pas Theodor Pankratz Charlotte Anna Rueckert Hilda Henning Lena Miaschinski Emilie Schmidt Elizabeth Lohrengel Ernst Sylvester Elmer Boldt Edward Wetzel East Gretchen Schuett Herbert Schwartz Hilda Weisz Ralph Radlof August Hamann Walter Mahraun Albert Tripmacher William Lee Velma Brandt Marie Haefner Lydia Loge Ettie Hamman Marie Lohreneel Gertrude Weimann Jennie Loge Marie Sylvester Marie Koever Adele Friedrich Christ Edgar Haefner Anna Havemann Raymond Elfers Emilie Lee C. L. Radloff Eduard Busch Gustav Anna Pagel Emma Brade Carleton Meyer Alvin Lewig Emma_ Brill Edna Mabraun Marie Hammann Star of Bethlehem Fred Busch Natalie Brill Florence Andresen Anita Haetner Clara Reinsch Helen Hamman Henry Lee God Louis ‘Kautz Arthur Mahler Albert Prow Weldon Coon Eduard Soll Anchor Machow Edna Mahraun Haefner

Women Escape Injury After Runaway Buggy Accident

Mrs. Herman Keller and Mrs. Harry Meyers rode a buggy hitched to a horse when a street car approached Bleeker Street Grandview avenue. The frightened horse dashed along and threw both women to the pavement but they suffered no injuries. The buggy was badly damaged and stopped by workers near Roach and Musser factory after two blocks.

Grandview Avenue Herman Keller Harry Meyers Mia Bleeker Street Roach and Musser

Relief Company Plans New Year Watch Party and Events

Relief Hose company members plan a New Year Eve watch party for members and families with games and dancing and refreshments. A committee will be appointed next Tuesday to organize the affair. Heartbreakers club rooms also plan a holiday watch party limited to club members for Christmas. South End Locals note Musserville church choir will lead the evening service tomorrow with a cantata and Clyde Ryan leading the morning service. Mrs. Barling of Morrison, PA, visiting relatives in South Muscatine. Mrs. Christie of Hanover street visiting relatives in Moline. Rev L A Crull of Sweetland to officiate at Mulford Congregational church services tomorrow.

Relief Hose Company Heartbreakers Club South End Musserville M. EH Clyde Ryan Charles Barling Morrison South Muscatine H. H. Christie Hanover Street Moline L. A. Crull Sweetland Mulford Congregational

Wonderful Show at the Orpheum in Muscatine

The Orpheum Theatre in Muscatine presents what management calls the biggest vaudeville show yet. Eddie and May Ernie head the act The Monopede and the Little Dutch Girl with high salaries, plus Schubert the contortionist Nice and Nice Theodore Tenny and ventriloquism Doc Allen and Pony Stephenson in a Black Diamond Express Nigger Act.

Muscatine Orpheum Eddie May Ernie Tom Sigourney Schubert Nice &Nice Theodore Tenny New York Doc Allen Pony Stephenson

Dundee Milk Label An Advertising Trick To Save For Gifts

An old advertisement urges collecting Dundee Milk labels from the big label featuring two Dundee Cows. It warns not to detach the can cap and suggests saving every label as gifts can be earned by exchanging them. It promises valuable rewards by presenting the labels through grocers.

Dundee

Local Household Moves and Social Visits Reported

Nichols Iowa notes show William Oostendorp moving his household into a new home and Frank Grege moving into the former residence. B L Metcalf made a business call in Muscatine, Albert Lindee and wife visited Muscatine, and Mrs E J Brown returned home from Muscatine. Tina Dean visited Lone Tree, Robert Nolan and Leo Healey visited Muscatine, and R A Norris and children spent time in Lone Tree. Mrs Fred Hummell and son Glen also mentioned.

Tina Dean Lone Tree Robert ‘Nolan Leo Healey Muscatine R.A. ‘Norris Fred Hummell Glen

Muscatine Socials and New Grocery Opening

Spent Saturday in Muscatine with Mrs Beshears shopping. On Thursday many residents visited Muscatine including Mr and Mrs Lou Kile and others. George Nicola and Miss Mary Doran visited Muscatine by car. C E Duncan opened a new cash grocery with drug store and will host a coffee demonstration next Monday and Tuesday. Everybody welcome.

Muscatine Miss Beshears Lou Kile C. Hamilton Lou Meisky

Hastings Return Home After Shopping Trip

Mr and Mrs John Hastings returned to their Nichols home yesterday afternoon after spending the day shopping in the city.

John Hastings Nichols

Christmas and Advent Church Services Summary

A collection of local church notices lists services and schedules for several congregations. Trinity Church led by Rev Webster Hakes and Saint's Chapel announce Eucharist, prayers, and sermons around Advent. First Church of Christ Scientist addresses atomic theory in a Sunday service. Muscatine City Friends Church under Fred Lewis Ryan supplies morning and evening worship with Sunday school and Christmas events. Bloomington and South Muscatine Friends Churches share Sunday school, worship times, and upcoming events.

Trinity Church Webster Hakes All Sants' Chapel All Saint's Chapel Mey First Church of Christ Walnut Sixth Streets Muscatine City Bloomington South Muscatine

Plum puddings for English soldiers for Christmas

London dispatch reports the Christmas pudding fund has raised over 40,000 dollars for Royal and merchant navy personnel, ensuring every man in British uniform will have plum pudding for his Christmas dinner. The effort aims to provide over a half million puddings for service members at home and abroad.

Associated Press London

Christmas Deliveries Reach Fleet and Distant Posts

The report notes ships and needed supplies dispatched to the fleet in the North Sea and to distant hubs including Gibraltar Malta and Cyprus along the battle line. It mentions interned men in Holland who avoided annihilation after the Antwerp attack will have their pudding on Christmas Day. Also, Mr and Mrs Will Barnes of Fulham Avenue left by train for a visit with relatives in Keokuk.

North Sea Gibraltar Malta Cyprus Holland Antwerp Will Barnes Fulham Avenue Keokuk

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