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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1913
Page
7
Local Yeoman lodge members voted Thursday to overhaul their financial records. The old ledger method will be replaced by a system that prints an exact receipt for every secretary issued, simplifying audits and improving transparency. A membership drive may follow, with a state deputy possibly overseeing collections.
Oakville residents report visitors from Wapello and Burlington including Mrs George Shaffer and Mrs Reddick kinship ties. Families noted illness typhoid fever in a Paxton child. Public schools closed for two weeks as community keeps social rounds and travel.
Lumber for the Muscatine North and South roundhouse was let yesterday afternoon to the Muscatine Lumber and Box Company after several bids. Doors windows and walls contracts are pending to be let in a few days. Locomotive repairs from the recent fire are under progress with one engine expected to be serviceable soon and the other likely to wait until spring.
A rural community bulletin notes teachers to spend Christmas at homes around Wapello Peoria and Toolesboro. Several locals travel for vacations and a Christmas program with a gift distribution uplifted spirits. Miss Shurrie, once with Geo Hebold, dies after illness. funeral planned in Peoria with regional attendance.
The city awaits large crowds at Sunday services featuring two attractive musical programs. Rev A G Grave will sermonize on The Grandest Hope of the Human Heart with solos by Eda Crug and Mrs J B St John, while the evening includes chords by the choir and a trio with violin. Other churches set festive cantatas and solos, led by named local singers, with Emanuel and Bethle hem themes and special organ and violin obbligati. In anticipation, churches announce varied Christmas musical services and sermons by local pastors.
A fragment reports persistent lateness of Rock Island trains through the city, notably the Californian numbered service 2 passing through, with delays stretching for several days and affecting the Golden State main route.
Fragmentary text notes militant suffragette activity in Bath England with references to fires and a “son's squad” or similar group. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR but indicate ongoing activist actions and destruction attributed to the movement.
A fragmented church page lists Christmas musical programs and services across multiple churches. First Baptist, Fourth Advent, and others announce morning and evening worship, Sunday school times, cantatas, readings, and special programs led by pastors and choirs, inviting worshippers and visitors to attend.
Local congregations list Advent sermons, Christmas programs, and special music across multiple churches. Notable items include Abie Dennihar and Cora Baker solos, Buck organ works, and a two reel Christmas pageant. Events span morning Bible classes, evening services, junior catechism, and festival movie presentations with pipe organ accompaniment.
A damaged ad listing handwoven Panama hats, durable grace mats, and patterns. It promotes Manila cigars, cigarettes, and a gift trinket box, with prices and a single registered mail offer from SHORT. & CO in Lucena Tas, P. L.
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