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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
16
Friday all day and evening, a Christmas store for young and old offers varied assortments to simplify gift decisions. Departments are busy as the store fills with the best in Christmas merchandise, urging early shopping for the best selections. All children's coats and ladies' colored coats are half price, promising practical gifts at small sums.
Christmas observance at First Baptist Church features morning and evening services with special music. A cantata titled The Adoration by Geo Nevin is presented in the evening along with solos and choruses from the choir and congregants.
A local program presents Soprano Solo The Angel of the Lord by Miss Jessie Stirlen, chorus Good Tidings, Ladies chorus Glory To God In the Highest, Men's Chorus Hark What Mean Those Holy Voices, Alto Solo Hush at Length the Gracious Song by Miss Bessie Rees, Closing Chorus Lord We Bless Thee by the choir, sermon Unwelcomed at Bethlehem by the pastor, and a March postlude by Stark.
Mrs Mabel Hilbish, prominent Home Missionary Society figure and ex Deaconess Training School superintendent, will address the YWCA vesper service next Sunday afternoon. An elaborate musical program will accompany what organizers call a Christmas service, inviting all Muscatine women to attend.
Edison Amberol and Standard lists for January showcase vocal and instrumental variety with twenty numbers in each list. Highlights include Sousa marches, Ada Jones performances, Elizabeth Wheeler and Harry Anthony duets, Victor Herbert pieces, and Italian Hebrew vocal selections, among others. The selections feature notable artists such as Jean Schwiller and the Metropolitan Quartette, reflecting broad appeal for Muscatine music lovers.
A Christian church in Vinton Iowa burned to the ground last night with a $7009 loss, partly insured. The blaze started in the furnace room as children practiced for a Christmas program. everyone escaped unharmed.
Iowa Wesleyan University at Mt. Pleasant will receive a Christmas gift of 5000 in first mortgage bonds from Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Musser. The bonds, presented through Co. R. Musser, support the endowment fund being built under President E. A. Schell. The gift arrives as the school is free of debt and seeks endowment growth to sustain its future.
Mr and Mrs Hofman of 609 East Fourth street will quietly celebrate their fifty second anniversary with a Christmas Eve dinner and social at home. They were married December 24 1857 in Muscatine by Rev Harris. Mr Hofman born in Germany will be 77 in April and Mrs Hofman a Indiana native will be 70 in January. Both remain in good health and actively engaged in work.
Captain A A King stationed at Fort Robinson and Lieutenant Joseph King from Fort Ethan Allen Vermont will join Dr E H King and father in Muscatine for Christmas. The Davenport Times notes a gradual shift from cities to countryside easing urban congestion, with statistics to show the trend.
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