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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1914
Page
20
Notices advertise discounted diamonds at Swan's and fur sets on sale to January 1st. An Adv promotes laxatives and bowel remedies, another Adv notes Dr Husted relocation to third floor G A Bank Building and eyeglass fittings. Mantle clocks priced at 3.50 with Swan's branding appears amid assorted ads.
Patrons of Muscatine can redeem one Dundee Oak pattern spoon with three ten cent labels or six five cent Dundee Milk labels to receive a high grade silverware item. The promotion emphasizes saving labels and requesting Dundee Brand.
The Des Moines Sunday campaign led by Billy Sunday closed with 400 men confessing faith at the farewell sermon. About 9,000 supporters backed a resolution urging the city council to refuse saloon licenses until the consent peti tion issue is resolved by the courts, signaling a possible death blow to Des Moines saloons. attendance reached around 550,000 across meetings, with 40,000 yesterday and 12,500 estimated offerings noted.
Edward Bitzer, an employee of the Y M C A, swallowed an Oyster shell fragment about the size of a quarter while eating raw oysters. The shell lodged nine inches from his mouth causing acute agony until Dr. H L Husted arrived to perform emergency surgical care. A delay could have proved fatal.
Christmas services across First Presbyterian Methodist Congregational and Catholic Episcopal parishes featured elaborate music. Haydn Silent Night and anthem While Shepherds Were Watching highlighted First Presbyterian, while congregational and Methodist choirs offered How Lovely Are the Messengers and O Holy Night. Trinity Catholic observances include midnight mass and multiple Nativity feasts. Free gifts promoted via Dundee Milk labels.
A train loaded with stock will depart Muscatine this week via Squires yards for Boston. Agents report 40 to 50 double deck stock cars will be filled. Iowa counties excluding Cedar Clinton Iowa Johnson Jones and Jackson are in play. Illinois shipments remain restricted. Local buying resumes with 2590 ahead of livestock purchased by 7 am. The Rock Island line provides 30 double deck cars now, with more later. Market expectations foresee a flood of activity in the next week or ten days. Farmers suffer from quarantine and lower prices, increasing feeding costs, yet resumed buying offers relief to farmers needing cash.
Cleveland Dec 21 Judge Stevens refused an injunction sought by the General Investment Co of Maine to halt a merger between Lake Shore railway and New York Central. The petition claimed criminal Sherman anti trust violations and asked receivers appointed for Nickel Plate Big Four Lake Erie Ohio Central and Indiana Southern controlled by Lake Shore.
An old advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a remedy for head cold and catarrh. A small bottle applied inside the nostrils soothes swollen mucous membranes, clears air passages, and provides instant relief. The copy promises quick relief from stuffed-up noses, dryness, and headaches.
Saturday matinee and evening showings of George McManus cartoon Bringing Up Father delighted large audiences. Thomas Shearer as Jiggs Mahoney and Florence Guise as Mrs Mahoney impressed, with Tony Murphy as Jerry Sullivan and Elaine Gray as Pegg adding strong performances. Al Hinston and others contributed lively dance numbers in a well staged production full of tuneful hits.
Muscatine High School will start at 8:30 a.m. and run through noon on Wednesday for a literary program. Dismissal is around 12:45 p.m., allowing faculty to return home for Christmas.
First Mortgage Farm Loans from our firm promise safety and satisfaction with 37 years of experience. The firm invites investigation of its record and offers farm mortgages at a 6 percent interest rate with investments from 100 dollars and upward.
The North Prairie M E church announces a Christmas Eve program featuring congregational song Joy To The World, prayers, and a series of recitations by Harold Stutsman Maynard Echardt Leona Lutz and many others. The North Prairie Boys Band performs multiple solos and group numbers including Silent Night Holy Night Twilight Serenade and Home Sweet Home. The program culminates with the arrival of Santa Claus and a Good Night song by the Sunday school.
William W. Cleary, town clerk of Hawerstraw and Democratic leader in Rockland County, was acquitted by a jury in the Supreme Court at New City. The case, charged as murder, ended with the jury’s verdict in his favor on December 21.
The jury acquitted Cleary of murder in the first degree after a trial for the killing of Eugene M. Newman, his son in law. Cleary's supporters reacted with a demonstration as the final ballot tipped the verdict.
Chicago reports 34,145 marriage licenses issued in 1914, down from 35,061 the previous year, marking the first drop since 1908. Analysts cite economic and social shifts as contributing factors to fewer marriages in the year.
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