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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1909
Page
16
Plans are finished for a Christmas observance at Lincoln School on Thursday afternoon. Upper grades the seventh and eighth join in. first and second grades enjoy Christmas trees with gifts from donors William Oeter and Andrew Bauer. Programs include recitations songs and a Santa Claus cantata in fourth grade.
The Park Avenue M E Sunday school will hold a Christmas Eve program announced by superintendent Mrs. Ross Hurlbut. The committee includes Mrs. Will Martin Mrs. S Kendig Miss Grace Shepard and others. The program lists numerous recitations choruses and songs from the school classes and named participants.
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Wapello Iowa December 22 Special Following is the list of petit jurors drawn for the January 1910 term of Louisa county district court to appear January 12 at 2 pm J M Storks Eliot August Leidke Wapello Co M Peters Columbus City Wm Owens Columbus City L K Pulver Eliot Mel McElhinney Morning Sun D R Jones Morning Sun Hugh L Davis Columbus City A M Garrett Grandview C C Murphy Wapello J W Cummings Marshall J W Huffman Morning Sun J L Dunham Grandview J O Solomon Union Bert Coder Grandview George Humphreys Morning Sun E Stephens Wapello Levi Metzgar Elm Grove J R Schaffer Grandview W V Runyon Grandview M E Williams Elm Grove F N Wilcox Columbus City David Parsons Grandview Robert Dawson Concord L C Williams Eliot C H Wilson Port Louisa William Westfall Eliot Frank Pemble Wapello J D Hicklin Wapello O B Meyers Port Louisa Following is the list of grand jurors drawn to serve for the year 1919 in Louisa county and to appear on the first day of each term of the district court of Louisa county Ia at 7 o clock p m H A Davis Columbus A G Lischer Wapello S N Walker Morning John Haight Eliot C S Hamiston Marshall D H Westbrook Grandvy R P Utter Concord Henry Boyd Union G S Potter Jefferson Dave Stephens Port Le J O Hall Elm Grove L A Billick Oakland i
The Cherry Illinois inquest adjourns to January 4 as jurors debate pursuing more evidence. Despite the pause, 208 bodies remain inside the mine, underscoring the tragedy's scale and the need for further facts.
Reuben Orr performs a recitation titled Christmas Everywhere. Ralph Rittenhouse presents a recitation. Mrs. Martin's class delivers a song Star of the Morning. An exercise segment includes The Reindeer Pie.
Brussels crowds gather for the funeral of Leopold and the accession of Albert with Prince Albert meeting the Duke of Connaught and other royalty. Rumors swirl about a stock company tied to the king, but officials deny dissolution and say suits by Princesses Louise and Stephanie will be contested.
The Muscatine post office started Christmas package wagon delivery this morning to relieve foot carriers and spare the public a trip to the office for large parcels. Back stamping on letters will be discontinued until January 3 to ease post office workload. The wagon will even deliver at Christmas morning, avoiding crowds at the office. Also notes several local visitors and movements, including Mrs. Owens arriving from Rochester and other hometown holiday visits.
In Columbus Junction Iowa the Safeguard contest closed with Miss Mabel Rippey winning first prize a 300 Rudolf piano and Miss Dorothy Gardner taking second prize a 65 Free sewing machine. Rippey received 36545 votes Gardner 34869 with other contenders Land Powers 7300 and Grace Crossley 6000. Editor W E Whetstine hosted a banquet at J W Pence’s Restaurant for contestants and counting staff.
Mr and Mrs Joachim Speth longtime Davenport residents celebrated their sixty second wedding anniversary yesterday Mr Speth reached age 86 on the same day the couple have endured through many events in the city’s history as recorded by the Iowa Evening Press with their long life together shown in this anniversary note
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