Mid-Year Vacation Closes Schools Early After Illness
Public schools closed for the mid year vacation and will not reopen until Monday January fourth. At the high school a short musical program was offered but the play A Dressing Gown was cancelled due to illness of a cast member. The program included piano and violin solos and vocal performances. Principal Dr L H Frantz spoke briefly about tonight's basketball game. Parochial schools had dismissed yesterday for holiday vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Zeigler
Lyle Hockes
Caroline Richard
Elizabeth Beveridge
Beulah Reynolds
Beveridge
L. H. ‘Frantz
Reduced Taxes For Coming Year In Muscatine County
Tax figures show overall county and city totals for 1914. County and city levies are itemized, with a reported grand total of 518,876.03 and a net reduction of 17,309.72 compared to the present year, though city taxes rise while Muscatine County shows lower overall outlay.
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Muscatine County
County Auditory Shoemaker
R.E. Johnson
Muscatine Corporation
R. E. Johnson
Wee
Saye SF
University
Agricultural College
Normal School
Court House
Rae
Flames threaten Ohio town burning six buildings
Portsmouth Ohio Dec 23 Fire began in the opera house at Vanceburg Ky and soon destroyed about six buildings and spread fear across a large town area. The town lacks organized fire protection. A bucket brigade formed too late. The mayor telephoned Portsmouth and Maysville for help to fight the blaze.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Ohio
Vaneburg
Vanceburg
Maysville
College Students Reception Planned at Y W C A Muscatine
Muscatine invites home from college students for holiday vacation to a reception at the Y M C A building Wednesday evening December 30. The event, hosted by Y M C A and Y W C A, runs 7:30 to 10:30 with a 9 to 10:30 general sociability period, a Victrola concert, and a basketball game between Ames students and an all college team.
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Lyoung
Muscatines
J. B. McNiel
Muscatine
Albert Bauerbach
Iowa State College
Ames
President Wilson to Play Santa for Grand Niece
President Wilson will act as Santa Claus on Christmas Day for his young grand niece Anne Cothran at the White House. She will spend the holidays with her mother and grandmother Anna Howe, the president's sister, as a large Christmas tree arrives at the White House.
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Wilson
Santa
Washington, D. C
Santa Claus
Anne Cothran
White House
Anna Howe
Married in 1846 they remarry after forty-seven years apart
Kansas City dispatch reports Abraham J. Randall 81 and his wife, now 84, reunited in marriage after a divorce in 1867. The couple wed again December 23, after a ceremony that followed decades of separation and a long shared life apart in Missouri.
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Kansas City
Abraham
J. Randal
Ranee
Christmas Plans Prompt Rockys Resident to Return
Dall, a lone Rockies collector of rare geological specimens, reconnects with a daughter named Randall and plans a Christmas reunion. His former wife has remarried, and her other husband W. Scott has died. Harry Martin of East Third Street leaves for Denver to start a new life.
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Harry Martin
East Third Street
Denver, Col
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Sweetland Ind
Sweetland
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Y.W. and
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Luellen & Nevens
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