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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
15
The display features fur overcoats priced from 15 to 65 dollars and fur lined overcoats 20 to 75 dollars. House coats and smoking jackets offer gifts at 3 50 to 12 dollars, with care in selection noted. Also advertised are men’s neckwear 50 cents, silk sets 1 50, reefer mufflers 50 cents to 1 dollar, and related accessories in boxed presentations.
Complete assortment of fitted bags suit cases and tourists toilet cases priced from 8d5c to 20.
Manager Brockman gears up for a holiday star production starting tomorrow night promising an expensive high quality bill. Current show already strong with The Shooting Clarks led by Mr. Clark and a patriotic flag display. Dutch Weston and Duprez and Deyoe provide humor while Fr Hourin performs aerial stunts.
New York reporters describe a sleeper trunk smuggling scheme involving twenty seven modistes indicted for defrauding the government of duties. A broad round up began with nine women and four men jailed for trial. In Chicago Mary Weber and Kathryn Schwarz linked to the $2,000,000 conspiracy to smuggle gowns and dress goods.
W J Cantillion, longtime Dubuque lawyer, dies in Washington DC where he served as assistant doorkeeper of the Senate for eight years. He was 73, born in Dubuque.
Louie Pickering ten years old, son of Mr and Mrs Martin Pickering, may be fatally injured after pouring coal oil into the stove to start a fire in Leon Iowa on December 22. Neighbors saved the house from destruction.
Miss Ethel Pritchette formerly of Wapello wed Paul Rogers of Milwaukee at the La Salle hotel in Chicago. The couple left that evening for a winter in southern California and will reside in Chicago upon return. Christmas programs are planned by area churches and local residents are noted with several visits and local changes.
In a special election held yesterday in Nevada Iowa the plan to erect a $30000 building at the county farm was defeated.
S G Bronner opens a modern painting shop at 123 125 West Front Street Muscatine leasing the building and employing his brother Leonard Bronner The business sides with fifteen years of experience including work for J H Mundt Carriage Works and Citizens Railway and Light Company The firm will use top materials and up to date methods and guarantees all work The shop opened this week under favorable auspices.
Wilton residents and visitors traveled to Muscatine and Davenport on Tuesday for business and social calls. A farewell reception for Prof. and Mrs. W A Poe was held at the North Wilton home of Mr and Mrs W C Griffith, with Supt. Pye thanked by teachers and guests.
Local residents tale of travel visits and business includes John Brugman’s Belmond trip and John Osmers return from Durant. Wilton Lodge No 167 installs officers for the year and N N C members host a Christmas gathering at Mrs Nicolaus home with gifts. Maude Marshall returns home for holidays and presents a program with piano solos readings and a piano duet followed by treats and student performances.
Frank J. Bechely, longtime superintendent of the Dubuque division of the Illinois Central, has been granted indefinite leave of absence due to ill health. He will travel to Arizona for health reasons and mining interests. His successor will be named next week.
Winterset Iowa December 22 Sam Rogers 65 an old trapper lies near death after a fall on icy terrain six miles from town He dragged himself a mile through deep snow to reach the nearest house before his condition worsened.
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