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Gunther's fine candies offered in Christmas packages at Nesper's. Mrs. W. H. Payne of near this city leaves at noon for a brief visit with friends in Bloomington.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
12
Gunther's fine candies offered in Christmas packages at Nesper's. Mrs. W. H. Payne of near this city leaves at noon for a brief visit with friends in Bloomington.
Local ads tout one of a kind offerings for Christmas shoppers. Sleighs, buggies, roadwagons, Sunny South Shoes, piano scarfs, and manicure sets fill store windows. Dated notices mention mortgage loans, gifts, and a Grinnell Glee Club performance, plus a list of unclaimed letters at Muscatine post office for the week ending December 21, 1909.
Police in Muscatine investigate a rising ring of attempted swindles involving deliveries made in the name of aid to poor families. Businesses report calls to deliver goods to the Connell home at 802 East Ninth Street. A suspect was detained but released. detectives continue probing a larger scheme behind the alleged charity ruse.
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