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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
4
A fragmented local page notes perfume and dress shop peddling, Christmas novelties, and holiday sales at Morgan's and Graff's with ads for mugs, mirrors, stationery, and turkeys. It mentions travelers arriving for holidays, visitors in town, and orders for Christmas trees and toys, plus pharmacy specials and a syrup guarantee.
City teachers and pupils prepare elaborate Christmas programs for tomorrow afternoon across multiple schools. High school will host a public program with members from seven literary societies performing music and recitations. Jefferson, Jackson, McKinley, Lincoln and other schools announce varied room by room programs, decorations, trees, and treats to involve every pupil.
Muscatine merchants have signed a pact to close stores by 6 p.m. daily with varying monthly exceptions. Sundays stay closed and noon closings apply on Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, and the Fourth of July, with special hours the night before that holiday. Participating firms include Mackey, Sterneman, Ruthenberg, Berger, Flme Brothers, Star Clothing, Anson, Bogard, Colin Mercantile, Siegel, Siegel & Isaacson, Land of Nod. The production Land of Nod features 31 musical numbers with varied costumes, and the Grand shows run Saturday, Dec 23.
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