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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
2
Survey party pushing progress for the proposed interurban between this city and Davenport. They have covered over half the territory, faced rough ground near Pleasant Prairie and Pine Creek, and expect completion in the first week of January after Christmas layoff.
The body of a one armed French man, believed to be Gaspard Daney of What Cheer, was found mangled on the Western tracks near What Cheer. Authorities suspect freight No 176 backing in the yards caused death, though no eye witness exists. The body was found Saturday morning by two boys. identity remains uncertain.
The Methodist Sunday school plans a Christmas program titled Santa's Surprise Party on Tuesday evening. It features a cantata with drills and exercises led by teachers and many children, including named roles such as Brownies, Fairies, Waitresses, and Mrs Santa Claus with Drummer boys and more.
Laurel Hill school pupils staged a well prepared Christmas program at the schoolhouse on Friday evening under Miss Mary Ryan. The varied program featured recitations, dialogues, tableaux and pantomime with many named students performing and the event praised by parents and friends.
Advertises PAZO Ointment promising cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. States price 50 cents and guarantees results.
An advertisement promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a non patent remedy aiding digestion. It targets stressed brains and high livers, claims the product digests food where the stomach cannot and offers a free trial by sending name and address to F. A. Stuart Company in Marshall Michigan.
The Teetzel directory arrives in Muscatine West Lorne offering 228 pages of residents listed alphabetically and by street plus nine rural routes in duplex form. It includes business and lodge directories, notes a 15 642 population, mentions vacant houses rising and anticipates recovery within a year, with M D Teetzel as publisher.
Jane E. Williams a longtime Muscatine Island resident died yesterday afternoon after a prolonged illness due to old age and other minor ailments. She lived south of town, moved to the city after her husband Washington Williams died, and funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at her daughter's home, Mrs. John Snyder. She is survived by one daughter and three grandchildren.
Christmas observances are planned in South Muscatine with programs at both Muscatine M E and Friends' churches. The Friends' program features a long list of recitations songs and vocal numbers led by local youth including Nellie Brown Leona Powell and Martha Owens among others. Local residents report travel and family gatherings for the holiday.
The Sunday school and Epworth League of the M. E. church plan Christmas baskets for the church poor. Carrie DeForest Leona Howe Emma Cone Fannie Penbeck Nellie Downer serve on the distribution committee. Donations of food and clothing are sought and may be left at the church Monday morning or early afternoon.
Barry Manufacturing presents a special Christmas gift to its employees. Workers were surprised at payday as the firm distributed a special allowance, eliciting elation and appreciation among the staff.
On Christmas, December 25th, the post office closes at 10 a.m. Rural carriers run normal routes. City carriers will not deliver but will be at windows 9 to 10 a.m. Mail handling proceeds as usual. W. D. Burk, P. M.
The Wabash Railway offers homeseekers excursion tickets from Chicago to major Texas points at 25 dollars for the round trip. Prospective travelers are asked to state their objective point and will receive printed materials with itinerary, times, and details. F. H. Tristram G. P. A. 97 Adams Street Chicago.
A brief exhortation urging shopkeepers to use ample illumination to attract customers and reflect financial success. It stresses bright lighting as a sign of thriving business and invites merchants to consider their store’s visibility.
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