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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
6
An old ad touts Musterole as a modern mustard plaster substitute, claiming fast relief for sore throat bronchitis croup stiff neck headache and more. It markets 26c 50c and 2.50 hospital sizes with the Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio urging readers to buy genuine products.
Wilton Indiana December 24 Mrs Elizabeth Wills an elderly resident died at her home three miles southwest of Wilton after a long illness. Born in Germany she was 77 and came to America as a girl living near Wilton twelve years. Her husband died five years ago. Surviving: two sons John and Christ of Paton Iowa. two daughters Mrs Kate Smith of Glen Lake Wisconsin and Mrs Georga Hillman of Carsons Kansas. two sisters Mrs S Heabner and Mrs Geo Hunt of this vicinity.
American writer Alfred Henry Lewis is reported seriously ill at his New York home. He reportedly has intestinal trouble and had been in poor health for a month, with condition turning serious last Wednesday.
The Museerville M E church Sunday school presents an elaborate Christmas program directed by Miss Ary Hoopes. The schedule lists multiple recitations, songs, and exercises by numerous children including Virginia King Kenneth Schreurs Fern Roberts Calista Carpenter and others, finishing with an anthem by the choir.
Sleighing parties draw South Muscatine and Musserville youth. A Burlington road party at the Harris home was held last night despite cars freezing. Attendees included Ida Hessler Bernice Kelly Esther Will Gale Will Hona Harvie Virgil Ketchum John Downey Ralph Harris Eugene Healey Edward Healey. Heartbreakers Club plans two sleigh rides this week amid youth group eventouts.
A Cary and Asp team from South Muscatine nearly drowned when ice over a gravel pit gave way while clearing snow. The horses fell about seven feet into water. a second team needed over 15 minutes to pull them free. In cold weather, plans call for scraping snow from the ice to thicken it for shipment to inland towns. Funeral services for William McCormick will be held at 2 PM Wednesday from the Demarcat Avenue home and burial in Greenwood Cemetery.
In Muscatine Island area more than ten draft horses owned by different farmers have died in the past ten days. Suspected causes vary from poisoning due to improperly cured fodder to other explanations, but all sick animals shared similar symptoms. Two horses died this morning, one owned by Elmer Corwin and the other by Fred Shepard, with additional losses reported by R. J. Parmwlee and another Island farmer named Purcell. Farmers fear further losses and expect investigations in the coming days.
Street car service on the South Muccating line was delayed for over half an hour twice last night due to trolley wire breaks. One break occurred near Main Street and Hershey Avenue, the other on West Front Street. Cold weather and heavy snow blamed for the failures. Between four and five trips were missed when the wire broke.
We suggest giving a Savings Bank Book with a deposit of one dollar or more as a fitting Christmas gift. It expresses goodwill and future prosperity for the recipient. We can place the Bank Book in a holiday envelope and mail it to a specified address so it arrives by Christmas.
Detective Arthur L. Huggins, linked with anticlerical interests and formerly with the Business Men’s Protective and Detective Association of Rock Island, was arrested on embezzlement charges in Judge Coster’s court. The case centers on missing settlements from a $4.00 account turned over to lawyers for collection, with payment not reported to headquarters. Bond set at $250. continuance granted to December 29.
Associated Press reports that William Travers Jerome said extradition proceedings for Harry K Thaw from New Hampshire to New York were not yet set in motion. He suggested Thaw’s lawyers would pursue habeas corpus in New Hampshire and warned it could delay Thaw’s arrival at the Tambs prison before trial on the charge.
Wireless reports say an unidentified steamer is ashore on the Cedron Islands about 00 miles south of here. The Arizonen of the American-Hawaiian line reports she is standing by and awaiting instructions.
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