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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
7
Miss Kate Meyers and many others return to their homes after shopping in Muscatine. Advertisements include piano bargains from Hirt & Fesler, loans from Titus, buggy deals at Snyder's Livery, and flowers from Geo. Kranz & Son. Also notices for insurance and medical services with Dr. Halstead and Dr. Husted.
Mrs F Faulkner called on Bay friends. Mrs H J Girard visits Mr and Mrs Fred Martin. Mrs Donaway of Milan, formerly Miss Mayme Maucker, may visit Bay before Christmas. Wm Secrist moved to the Bay home vacated by the Dolan family. Mr and Mrs H Kranz visited Pine Bluff. Mrs Margret Anson and Mrs Cynthia McGreer helped at Secrist home. Faulkner shipped poultry to Chicago. Twenty men from Passmore Bros helped raise a new barn.
Blue Grass news notes reveal Mrs. Scharff’s illness prompts Mr and Mrs William Saltan to Pleasant Valley. William Bohnsack and several children on the sick list. Hazel Dell teacher Miss Longbotham prepares a Christmas program. Eichelberger returns from Arden. Lundy family visits J C Watts. plans for Christmas shopping in Davenport.
Judge Henry E Burgess in Mercer county Illinois compiled a ten year table of William A Sunday revival converts and collections. The Muscatine record shows Sunday’s efforts yielding large figures across many towns including Muscatine Marshall Rockford Canton Jefferson Centerville Audubon and Bloomington among others. The article notes a historic Muscatine record and lists numerous locations with conversions and money totals for 1900 through 1910 and beyond.
Local brief items report Stella Kephart returning from Mason City to visit family. several residents travel to Chicago, Ogden Utah, and Newton Iowa. Willard Watters sells his home to Hugh Beggs. Jacob Wanble seeks medical care in Hot Springs. Creese family moves to Oklahoma. Presbyterian S A S reports a successful bazaar. Christmas exercises planned.
Holiday advice urges parents to limit kids eating and use Cascaret nightly to prevent illness. Recommends Cascarrets week long treatment and keeping a box on hand during Xmas week for rest and wellbeing.
A vintage advertisement touts TIZ as instant relief for sore tender and swollen feet used by policemen worldwide. It claims TIZ clears pores defeats soreness and keeps feet in perfect condition with testimonials from a Houston officer and delivery details for purchase.
Unseasonal express and heavy passenger travel near Christmas slows trains at Muscatine. Shoppers fill stores and depot crowds grow as through trains run late while local service mostly stays on time. Homecomings and holiday visitors swell the Union Station crowds.
The First Congregational church will host a portion of George Noyes Rockwell’s sacred oratorio The Redemption next Sunday during the Christmas service. The work, three parts plus a finale, lasts about 1 hour 40 minutes and features organ, orchestra, and quartet with Adeste Fideles motif in the Nativity section. The Nativity portion lasts around 30 minutes and includes the Cantique de Noel performed by Julia Einhaus en route to a special offertory recital by Lee E. Greenway, with a full chorus presenting a Sanctus to close. The public is invited to attend at 10:45 a.m.
George Rick arrived back at his Wilton residence on Thursday after handling matters in town.
Two neighbors Jones and Smith argue on the street. Jones challenges Smiths boastful tales of farm management and urges him to upgrade his wifes stove to a modern South Bend Malleable to reduce wasted fuel and improve domestic harmony. The range is sold by Veith f Hardware Go.
The Sunday School plans a 7 30 p m Christmas program with vocal duets by Alfred Klaffenbach and Florence Klaffenbach a choir and audience songs recitations by Esther Dilbhert Minnie Benninger and others and remarks by the pastor including The Lord's Prayer in concert and benediction
Nichols Iowa residents report shopping in Muscatine and visits with relatives. Mr and Mrs Tom Carney traveled for purchases while Mrs Albert Hyink visited relatives in Muscatine. Mr and Mrs Fred Traverse with two children from near West Liberty spent time with Mrs Dave Denham. Mrs Ray Norris was also in the area.
Silas Ames of Muscatine spent Wednesday here on business. Mrs. J. J. Nolan shopped and visited friends in Muscatine on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Williams and son visited Mrs. Williams' parents, Charley and Myrtle Watkins. Myrtle Foster, formerly of this place, remains seriously ill with scarlet fever in Muscatine but is improving. Mrs. Joe Borgstadt visited relatives in Muscatine Tuesday. The revival at the Methodist church will close Sunday with all who went forward to be received. Willie Keath, from Iowa City, returns for Christmas. Charley Elder comes home from Cedar Falls for Christmas.
Mrs Anna Cunningham returns to her Columbus Junction home after visiting Mrs Ethel Anderson on East Ninth Street Thursday.
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