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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1913
Page
8
Nichola Paplis of Minx Appel to Appear at Nichols Mi J Chiaroch Mriday. More than twenty piano pupils of Miss Ida E. Appel, pianist, will perform in an attractively arranged program at the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Nichols Friday evening.
Residents of Nichols and nearby districts are expected to attend a postponed holiday recital featuring Maria Hummel Leon a Kirchner Ruth Stanton Letha Stanton Mildred Hummel and other local performers. The program includes piano duets violins songs and choral pieces with titles such as Dream Waltz Mikado Waltz Daisies and Lilac Ensemble along with a piano trio Le Secret and additional readings and solos by area students.
The program lists Miss Leona Powall performing a piano duet with Sleigh Ride, joined by piano solos from Miss Mildred Hummel and Miss Ida Appe. The selection also includes Selected and other pieces by Misses Appel and Webar.
Washington House votes to restore the old name Sixteenth Street after a move by residents to give the boulevard a distinctive identity. Representative Slason of Mississippi says the rechristening aligned with the district plan for Washington.
Rev Elias D Whitlock 70 a Toledo clergyman and father of Toledo Mayor Brand Whitlock died at St Luke's hospital after a Saturday illness. He was stricken while shopping with his son William G acknowledging the end as a minister to Belgium, a post noted in his life.
Hopewell School will observe New Year’s Day with two days vacation for teachers and pupils. The plan avoids extending Christmas vacation to prevent delaying the spring term. Attendance was small on Thanksgiving and expected to shrink on New Year’s Day. Mrs Beatty has long pushed for legal recognition of Christmas New Year’s and Thanksgiving observances in schools.
With no school and few activities, boys in South Mascatina head to the snow filled fields and river area armed with clubs and shotguns. Rabbits and dogs are seen as dozens take advantage of the first real snowfall, while skating plans are spoiled and hunting becomes the main pastime.
The young people of the Mulford Congregational church plan a New Year’s Eve watch party with a short program and music to welcome the New Year. Marguerite Askin and Mabel Appel chair the social and program committees, respectively, as plans form for an enjoyable evening. Lindley Hoopes has returned home from the South End locus.
Beautiful hair is touted as the key to beauty and charm. The ad promotes Harmony Hair Beautifier and Harmony Shampoo, promising silky, glossy hair, easy brushing, and quick cleansing, with a satisfaction guarantee at Rexall stores.
Residents travel for holidays and visits abound in Ames and surrounding towns. Mrs F Hammond of Columbus Junction returns home after a visit with the Carpenter family in Ames. Socials include church watch services, a Kalzer Howe Company dance at the Armory, and multiple shopping outings in Muscatine and Washington.
New York testimony in Schmidt murder trial featured Dr Bly Jelliffe stating Schmidt cannot feign insanity. He characterized Schmidt as mentally deficient with paranoiac or paraphrenic dementia and presented a family chart showing numerous relatives with mental illness.
Local notes list various residents visiting relatives and traveling to towns like Iowa City Davenport Chicago and Washington. Names include Chas Gloeckler, G Ry Stearns, Dr A F Laird, C D Stephens and son Richard, SR Wallace J E Clegs, FP G Sands, Dr A J Laird, Dr W L Alcorn, T D Woodburn and Hazel, Ethel Stone, Jon Utterlack.
New York December 23 Dr Anna Howard Shaw president of the national woman suffrage association returned home after visiting friends in New York City and said she would not pay the income tax. She declared taxation without representation is tyranny and cited her fight for suffrage. The article notes Mrs Foster Bayfield and the association’s request to pay the tax.
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