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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
5
At Mulford Congregational church this afternoon the Franklin school Christmas exercises were held in a well filled auditorium. The program featured nearly every pupil, provided a highly engaging entertainment with holly decorations and Yuletide touches pleasing parents and friends.
The sixteenth annual Muscatine County Partners Institute meeting closed with premiums awarded across categories at West Liberty Iowa on December 23. Top honors went to C F Steen and Walter Fogg for yellow corn, with multiple entries by Fogg, Fawcett & Son, and others in white corn, ears, bread, fruit cake, and cake spreads. The year’s institute plans will be settled in September in Wilton.
A Missouri fireman with liver and kidney pain, weight loss, and weakness recovered after two months of Dr Walsh treatment costing only a few dollars. A Wilton Junction resident reports relief from stomach and nervous trouble after using the same therapy. Dr Walsh's Davenport Iowa office is listed.
Kid Herman of this city and the Rubber Kid of Minneapolis have signed for a wrestling match in Moscow on Wednesday evening December 29. Promoters plan a special train from this city if interest grows. The bout is expected to be exciting as both men are well matched and Herman has local repute while Rubber Kid has won bouts in Washington Ia and other places.
In Ottumwa Iowa on December 23, Zbyszko toppled George Turner of Kellogg causing a shoulder injury and ending the match after Turner failed to continue. Zbyszko won the first fall in 20 minutes 22 seconds with a body and barlock hold as the agreed schedule had three throws in an hour.
Iowa Telephone company to issue a new Muscatine directory likely by January 1 adding about 20 pages. Manager R P Hampton urges subscriber cooperation and outlines rules to improve service, including speaking clearly, using the mouthpiece properly, answering promptly, and calling 2000 for numbers. He stresses reporting troubles with details to reach root causes.
The fragment discusses using Chamberlain's Pouch Remedy at the first sign of illness or danger. It claims it can avert harm and mentions Eve Dp and a supposed certainty of cure, but the passage is unclear and full of garbled terms.
Preparations press for construction at the Puritan Ice Company plant in South Muscatine. Piling for the foundation is being hauled to the site and contractor Harry Kincaid is set to begin timber placement early next week. Blueprints have been altered and the erection contract will be let when returned. ice delivery orders begin after January 1.
Garfield school pupils gathered food and clothing for the Salvation Army and are distributing the items in South Muscatine. The drive, organized by students and led by teachers, provided substantial aid for the poor as Christmas holidays begin.
Mrs. Samuel Dodd is ill, drawing relatives to the Island. Daniel Snowden left for Quincy after a short visit. Arthur Hancher of Columbus City and George and Harry Farnum of Wapello visited and shopped in the city. Esther Meese returned to her home near Cranst on after attending school here.
Notice outlines amendment to articles of incorporation changing name to Collings Lumber Company and reducing board of directors from five to three. City Lumber Yard, By E. Collins, President.
A miners union committee in Butte Montana drove the switchmen who had resumed work from their posts. They warned that if the switchmen returned, two thousand miners would resume stopping work today while their brother switchmen were on strike. Last night all switching was halted and mining operations were tied up.
A wartime era notice notes grip symptoms easing yesterday with smelters ready to close today. It praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for relief and care of coughs, claiming many cases cured after other remedies failed.
Washington December 23 Alarmed by a drop from 1 000 000 to 26 363 in mineral oil exports to France in a month oil exporters urge Congress to renew the reciprocity treaty with Spain which will expire next August Exports to Canada under the new tariff are not yet compiled but likely show a similar decline November totals for imports and exports exceed last year figures.
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