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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
5
Local items list Dr. E H King practicing in Muscatine and various residents visiting, shopping and traveling. Notices include for sale land and harness, Christmas coat and linen specials, holiday events at Kaiser Hose Co dance, and multiple mentions of trips through Minnesota and Illinois for family reasons.
We have forty years of experience in making and selling farm loans and have handled several millions without a loss. Our farm loans are excellent, safe, and come in amounts to suit investors. Farms are personally examined. buildings insured for loan benefit. No cost to look after and collect interest. Visit No 2099 Iowa Avenue Second floor Oldest loan office in the city J. E. Stevenson.
The Muscatine post office reports an unprecedented holiday rush with record receipts across all departments. Management plans for more staff and a larger office as the city grows, noting no mail delivery on Christmas Day and peak days to follow.
Jimmy Walsh of Boston and Abe Attell fought a 15 round draw in San Francisco with Walsh appearing to edge in rounds four and five while Attell gained late rounds of the bout. Referee King ruled a draw after a closely contested match.
William Daut of Iowa City returns home after visiting his daughter Mrs. Glen Ashton on East Second street. John Freese leaves Muscatine for Rochester Iowa. R E Lafevere of Kansas City Kansas heads to South English for a few days after time with Muscatine friends. Mr and Mrs Frank Nevens depart East Ninth street for Coppock Indiana for several weeks with relatives. Mrs John Curtis Lone Tree returns home after visiting her brother H M Leonard. John Berk Grandview Indiana returns home after Muscatine visit. Clarence Hume East Second street goes to Cedar Rapids for a Western Union operator job.
A Christmas celebration is planned at Grace Lutheran church with services at 10 30 Christmas morning led by Rev C O Lorimer from Augustana college Rock Island A congregational meeting follows morning services and urged attendance A Sunday school festival with an unusual program for children is scheduled for Christmas night
Seventy Six Township resident Ben Sywassink declares any hunting trapping or trespassing on his premises will be prosecuted. The notice warns against illegal entry and signals legal action by the property owner.
Miss Wilsons class in Old Testament Bible study meets at 7 45 this evening. Clerks at Butzs Fair receive a turkey dinner from Mr Butz at the Y W C A rooms on Christmas eve. Rooms open Christmas afternoon. no meals served all day. Dont forget the Christmas party December 24.
Five mail clerks escaped a crash in Chicago when a Baltimore & Ohio freight hit a westbound Alton passenger train. A gas tank exploded in the mail coach igniting Christmas mail and presents. One clerk, T. C. Pyle of Bloomington Illinois, was injured.
A Herald Square theater fire in New York on December 23 forced actors and chorus from the stage into the street in scant costumes as flames from an electric sign spread to the office opposite the second gallery. No injuries or panic occurred and the audience remained unaware until they reached the sidewalks.
Clifford Smith accused former Toledo Ohio policeman and Catherine McCabe were arrested in Chicago after plaster casts of fifty cent and one dollar coins were found in their residence. The arrests followed reports of counterfeiting involving their alleged coins.
St. Louis report states Thomas McGrath was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary after conviction for fraud as a judge at the recent general primary. He appealed the verdict.
Robbers dynamited the Hall's Summit State Bank in Lebo Kansas yesterday, blew the safe, and escaped with about $3,000. The explosion wrecked the safe and the town awaited details from authorities.
Forty two children narrowly escaped death when fire trapped them inside district school No. 5 Circleville Ohio. Teacher Luther Compton organized a grim exit forcing the students to pass through the blazing doorway the sole escape as the door and barred windows trapped them. The teacher was last to flee as the doorway ignited from an overheated register.
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