Santa Visits South Muscatine Schools Christmas Programs
South Muscatine celebrates at three schools with programs of songs and dialogues. Santa distributed candy and small gifts as pupils performed pieces such as A Christmas Story and The Pastor's Christmas. Children across Franklin Harrison and Garfield schools enjoyed music, recitations, and classroom gifts.
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Franklin School
Santa Claus
Harrison School
Garfield
Santa
Lips
Roy Miller
Lillie Wells
Nettie Brown
Bertha Maeglin
Blanche Preston
Leonard James
Tena Sylvester
vViolin
Ray Knapp
Louis Concannon
Ethel Abbott
George Lockwood
Josephine Kerbal
Pa—lirvin Willhite
Vera Willhite
Embellishing Machine Injury At Sash and Door Plant
A 12 year old boy, John Swope, son of Michael Swope of Lucas street, was badly injured when his coat sleeve caught in a rapid moving embellishing machine at the Roach and Mussel Sash and Door Company plant yesterday afternoon. The machine tore flesh from his arm and hand. doctors initially feared possible amputation but later optimism arose about avoiding it.
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John Swope
Swope
Michael
Sash and Door
E. B. Fulham
Holiday shopping notes fill local ads in brief
Opera glasses at Barnard's and Sterling silver items from I Nierel and Son headline a string of Christmas commerce. Local residents L W Seright and families travel by train or Firefly to visit relatives in Clinton Davenport and Rock Island for Christmas while Wilson's Shoe Store promotes slipper sales and cut glass offerings.
Couple Wed In Own Home Surprise Fireside Ceremony
Alex Gauld and Carrie Blunt married at their Oak Street home with Rev. J P Clyde officiating. Families and close friends attended a private ceremony followed by a sumptuous supper, as the couple began life together in their own residence.
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Ale Gauld
Carrie Blunt
Oak Street
Woodlawn
Gould
Miss Blunt
J. P. Clyde
First Congregational Church
Officers Selected for Iowa Legion of Honor Term
At the last Legion of Honor meeting in Iowa, officers were elected to the upcoming term. President W. W. Millett, Vice President T. J. LaGrille, Recording Secretary A. C. Hopkinson, Financial Secretary Otto J. F. Kindler, Treasurer Thomas Watson, Chaplain Mrs. Catharine Biles, Guide W. J. Lohr, Junior Guide David Herwig, Sentinel Joseph Biles, Trustee George O'Brien, Medical Examiners Dr. Cal W. Smith and Dr. A. J. Oliver, with two membership applications filed.
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Iowa Legion of Honor
W. W. Millett
T. J. LaGrille
A. C. Hopkinson
Otto J. F. Kindler
Thomas Watson
Catharine Biles
W. J. Lohr
David Herwig
Joseph Biles
Christmas Day Mail Service Window Hours
On Christmas day carriers will not deliver but will be at their windows from 9 a m to 10 a m. General delivery and money order windows will be open until 10 a.m. Mails received and dispatched as usual. W D Burk P M.
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W. D. Burk
P. M
Letts Couple Married in Justice Eversmeyer Ceremony
William Henry Fry wed Miss Urah Bell Moffitt in Letts ville with Justice F W Eversmeyer officiating. The couple, both from Letts ville, are active in the community. groom a prosperous farmer and bride noted for culture. Attendants were F F Brown and Blanch Moffitt.
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Justice Eversmeyer
William Henry Fry
Urah Bell Moffitt
F. W. Eversmeyer
Lettsville
Muscatine
F. F. Brown
Blanch Moffitt
Funeral of David Demorest Held at Local Church
This afternoon at 2 o clock the funeral for David Lewis Demorest took place at his parents home on Newell avenue. Dr. C L Stafford of the First Methodist church officiated. Wy oming lodge No 76 Knights of Pythias conducted the service.
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David Lewis Demorest
A. F. Demorest
Newell Avenue
C. L. Stafford
First Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mr. Demorest and interment at Greenwood
A large funeral service for Mr. Demorest, a member of the I. A. O. U. W. and Eagle Lodge No. 10, reflected strong esteem from both lodges with pallbearers from each group. Floral tributes were abundant and the body was laid to rest at Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. J. McDougall departed from 875 Newell Avenue on the Firefly to Chicago for holiday visits with relatives.
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Ias
Eagle Lodge No. 10
Demorest
Greenwood Cemetery
J. McDougall
Newell Avenue
Chicago
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South
Garfield School
Vera Fkierman
Lilah Walker
Sylvia Briles
Kris Kingle
Warren Walker
Evern
Strong
Edward Bald
Quincy Cocker
Russel Lindsey
Willie Umphress
Bessie
Edith Stohr
John Heuer
Helen Minturn
Joe Phillips
Fred Havemann
Fred Silber
Horn
A Schimer
Lizzie Martin
Grandma
Ella Womachel
St. Nicholas
Josephine Butler
Omer Krabell
Morocco
John
Chapman
Nellie Flyan
Michael Swope
Roach
Mussel Sash and Door Company
Ternoon
Prinnie Carpenter
the Lord
C. Pfeiffer
Fred King
Stella Holliday
Lucile Crow
John Farrell
Sadie Eshleman
Lloyd Cracker
Jesse Phil
Florence Fisher
Ida Spillman
King Winter
Father Christmas
Fred
King
Good Will
Page
Jesse Phillips
Song
Hamilton School
School
Henry Lange
Lizzie Smelter
Addie Hain
Schumacher
Sarah Fairfax
Albert
Alfred
Fairfax
Walter Sultz
Faye Fowler
Georgie Gengel
Bertha Lange
Rosie
Weeman
Christ
Rosie Weimann
Lizzie Smelzer
Nora Schumacher
Walter Sheetz
My Dolly
Merry Christmas
Henry Weimann
Wind Mill
Glen
Ray Nicholaus
Elizabeth May
Alma
Stuart Conkling
Edith Zeug
Johnnie Chesbro
Hattie Fairfax
Ewart Fowler
Kitty and
Dolly and
Esther Weimann
Sara Fairfax
Alogue
Alma Maeghen
Sadie Nicholaus
Samuel Sprott
Rock Island
Charles Knapp
Stewart Road
Edward Anson
Evans Street
la Grippe
G. Beadle
Letts
Mildred Hague
John Lemkau
I. Nierel & Son
Wilson's Shoe Store
Barnard’s
Redmen
L. W. Seright
Fruitland
Sterling Silver
Hirt & Fesler’s
Bond Hardware Co
Miss Maud Ousley
Little Alfonso Trusty
Diamonds
R. A. Holmes
Cole
West Third Street
Clinton
I. Nievel & Son
Alice Rupp
Washington
Fred E. Schmidt
West Fourth Street
Nierel & Son
Emma Jordan
Emma and
Beatrice
Burlington
Will
Mary Othmer
Cedar Street
Mrs. B. Griffith
Plymouth
Cut Glass
D. G. Clancy
Hillsdale
Mich
L. B. Osborne
Davenport
Constance Berry
Des Moines
Robi. Swan
Moline
Sterling Silver Novelties
Chas. Zelner
East Fifth Street
Will McQuesten
Pine Street
S. B. Lafferty
Metropolitan Magazine
Journal
Muscatine Business College
Alex Gauld
Tion
Cere
Toben, Malone & Co
Legion of Honor
David Demorest
Wyoming Lodge, No. 76
Knights of Pyth
Wood Choppers
W. B. Thompson & Sons
Muscatine, Iowa
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