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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
9
West Liberty Iowa designates Red Cross Day with a full city drive to boost chapter membership from its current nine hundred. Volunteers canvass homes and businesses, appoint district solicitors, and organize Junior Red Cross in grade schools and a Surgical Dressing class in the high school.
Letts Iowa December 20 fire at Tom Fry farm four miles north of Letts destroyed the poultry house and about 100 chickens. A bucket brigade saved a corn crib with 15,000 bushels of corn. Fire started from ashes dumped by Ivy's son near the coop.
Wilton Iowa December meeting of the Woman's club held at Mrs L N Ayers home with Mrs D G Agnew and Mrs F J Shannon in charge of an engaging program. Participants spoke on Madonna subjects pre and post Renaissance and offered piano and vocal solos. Several members were noted traveling to Muscatine for visits and holiday happenings while others returned from Chicago Sioux City and Davenport trips.
National ad claim from Dunn North Carolina features J C Bugley letter praising Vinol a constitutional cod liver and iron remedy said to cure chronic colds and coughs quickly. Advertisement notes money back if no help and lists Travercamp Drug Store Muscatine and other towns as outlets.
Columbus Junction reports funeral services for the late Mrs James Allicks held at the family home at 1 30 pm. Born in Newark Illinois in 1873 she is survived by her husband and two sons Harland Glen. The family lived in the Radonia area for 12 years and the remains will be taken to Mellington Illinois for burial at 2 pm Saturday.
West Liberty Iowa items list library hours cut due to coal shortage. Local residents Sue Buckman and daughter Tava visit Ithaca New York. Mrs H Inghram and Willa Davis depart for Washington DC with Davis joining government work. Mrs Stucker of Atalissa visits Roy Chase family. Mrs Mosher's condition critical. C Secrest assists. N B Hodge and family visit Muscatine. Oscar Fox welcomes baby girl. Guthrie and Brook travel to Deming New Mexico for holidays with sons in artillery. De Webster visiting sister L Swaine in Down City. L A Wiese ill at home. Sveret May and Oakley Miltonon visit Davenport. Burglary at Wm Anderson residence yields cash and watch loss. Miss Mildred Burnett teaches Union school. Patriotism events and Vesper Service noted.
Cone Church in Cone’sville, Ta will present a Christmas program at the Reform church with scripture readings, recitations, songs, and piano solos led by Alex McCullough and a long list of local participants. An additional program is scheduled at the M. I. church the same evening.
Miss Mildred Cavin and Edith Overholt returned from Grinnell for Christmas. Mrs J M Utterbach of Ainsworth visited her mother Mrs Wilza Gentzler. Edward Brooks passed exams and joined the U S war service medical dept at St Logan near Denver. Mrs George Gable of Ainsworth visited Mrs T J Simons. Several residents travelled to Muscatine and Davenport for errands and visits, including Mrs M A Shellabarger of Letts and Mrs E H Diamond in Brighton.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to try Hood's Sarsaparilla Pepticon and Hood's Pills to cure tiredness pallor anemia waning strength backache kidney trouble constipation and rheumatism. It claims many need the trio or at least one to achieve better health and energy.
Columbus Junction Iowa December 20 churches join for a Christmas Eve program at the Presbyterian church featuring seven color Pathe motion pictures The Life of Our Saviour Rev P P A Gageby of Washington will display the films No admission but an offering collected Present Service A beautiful service at Central Presbyterian Sunday morning included presenting a silk service flag to honor boys in the service The flag was gifted by the Big Brother class of the Sunday school J Fred Moore presented it on behalf of the class and J A Hanitt and M S Patton accepted for the congregation The choir sang God Keep and Guide Our Men and a short sermon followed on Service. Storm biggles storm fronts hob sleds and cutter gears J H Mundt AdY
A Columbus Junction resident, Mrs. Wi Wilkerson of Monterey, Minnesota, severely burned when a gasoline stove exploded several weeks ago. She spent a month in a hospital there and has now returned home.
An advertisement extols Adler-i-ka as the most thorough bowel cleanser, claiming it dissolves foul matter and prevents auto intoxication. It cites physician testimonials from Utah to Minnesota and notes exclusive sale by leading druggists, with a Muscatine outlet listed.
Fay R. Letts a prominent Letts resident aged forty six is killed in a railroad accident at Camden Missouri while moving household goods to Dahlhart Texas. His sixteen year old son Lloyd is seriously wounded. Survived by wife six children and extended family in Clarindon Texas and Montana with Port Louisa area relatives.
Conesville Iowa December 20 reports Burl Trautman and Mrs Effie Trautman moving to Pueblo Colorado with their household goods. Ray Trautman bank employee and Miss Tern store worker in Pueblo. Verne Trautman to school. Austin Nelson sought medical care in Town City. Kelly McKee home from Des Moines on leave. Alex McCullough attended nephew Russell McCulloughs funeral near West Liberty. Arthur Burdette Jennings funeral in Columbus Junction. Mrs G J Pennell visited West Liberty. Red Cross to provide helmets sweaters socks and wash cloths to each Orone township boy called to service. strong knitting effort noted.
Dd dk Gay of Washington DC has returned to his home after spending several days here attending to business matters.
The Muscatine State Bank offers farm sale clerking services with a sales pitch that promises satisfaction guaranteed. The brief notice highlights bank involvement in agricultural auctions or listings.
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