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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1910
Page
3
A brief notice notes affiliations with the Lee Newspaper Syndicate and the Associated Press and membership in the Iowa Evening Press Association.
The nation honors Chief Fire Marshal Horan and 23 firefighters who perished in the Chicago catastrophe last Thursday. Their bravery, unflinching duty, and sacrifice saved others and set a timeless example of selfless service for all.
Fifty years ago a drunken man fell from Pappoose bridge on Second Street landing in a snow drift and escaping serious injury. Tremont hall hosted a Con gregational society fair with tableaux and music by a brass band. A wagon from Huttig Manufacturing, driven by John Nichols, frightened horses and ran over a boy, with both wagon wheels passing over him.
Mr. Joy notes several packages sent from New York for counterfeit money orders sit at the express office awaiting the would be millionaires who ordered them. A new wagon road across the river begins at Walnut street and runs straight across.
A 9 year old Benny Mark, son of Henry Mark, was struck by a parade on Second Street in front of McColm's store. He suffered a broken left thigh and a badly crushed foot as the Arlington band led the procession nearby.
Dr James Weed says the region needs stone roads at least 25 miles from every river town and city to link with the Hennepin canal. He argues better roads will keep farmers independent of railroads and connect rural areas with markets.
Ten years ago L. M. Mann, elected president of the Des Moines Methodist hospital, was a Muscatine county resident who ran stores at Sweetland Center and Creston. The narrative shifts to a scene with Bersonin studying a Yokohama harbor chart, calculating ship positions as part of a project, and ending with a teaser note: To Be Continued.
An intense garden scene unfolds as Daunt rescues Barbara from a predatory hound. A mysterious elfin note drifts through the air and the ambassador calls for guards and a police warning while Doctor Bersonin trembles and bursts into unsettling laughter.
Bersonin walks home from a tense street scene to his laboratory filled with expert equipment and dangerous scientific paraphernalia. He orders coffee, smokes cigars, and sits in a silent room pondering, his features marked by deep lines and a malignant, chilling resolve.
Grace Musser will host a Sunday Christmas family gathering at her West Third Street home. Relatives from Iowa City Nebraska City and Flagstaff will attend, including Mr. and Mrs. William Musser and daughter Dorothy, and Miss Dorothy Musser who recently traveled with Mrs. Huttig and Grace and Linda Musser to the orient. A prettily appointed evening Christmas dinner will be the feature.
The clerks of Butz's Fair are invited to a dinner hosted by Henry Butz at the YWCA rooms on West Second Street. Red and white YWCA colors, bells and candles decorate the table. Menu includes Roast Turkey with Dressing, Escalloped Oysters, vegetables, coffee. Seating times at 5 and 6 o'clock.
The Maennerchor society invites members and families to a Christmas party Monday evening at Turner hall. A children’s program will headline the event with a Christmas tree and treats distributed by Santa Claus. Charles Spieth chairs the planning committee.
Captain A. A. King of the U S Army along with Miss Ellen King Miss Ruth Snow of Lake Forest Minnesota Mrs Miriam Ried and daughter and Miss Mabel Ried of Red Wing Minnesota will be guests of Dr and Mrs E H King at 417 West Fourth street over Christmas Relatives and friends from Muscatine are among those visiting for Yuletide The grab bag social of the Modern Brotherhood of America planned for next Monday evening has been postponed.
George W. Buchanan of 996 Fulham avenue fractured his hip at 7 pm while walking from his house to the barn to fetch coal. He is 74 and is in serious danger because of his age and infirmity.
The East Hill Huttig factory will close for a week beginning Monday for annual invoicing and machinery cleaning with a full overhaul planned. Automatic and Vienna factory workers will observe December 26 and January 2 as legal holidays. Local notices list residents departing for visits over Christmas and the holidays.
Mrs. Bertha Rapp of 196 West Fifth street mourns sister Mrs. Joseph Sweitzer of Beloit Wisconsin who died yesterday at 9 am. Funeral planned in Cedar Rapids Iowa with Muscatine relatives awaiting details. Local relatives include Mrs. W. H. Hoffman Sam Block Mrs. Charles Schner of Mulberry avenue and Mrs. D. H. Block and family of East Second street.
The poultry show in the German American Bank building will run again tomorrow as birds cannot be moved by Monday. Public viewing is extended. Score cards will be delivered tonight.
Chicago reports around 800 horses arriving in the first five days of the week, up from 663 in the same period last year. Demand Narrows and activity is quiet with prices steady. Drafters above 215 fetch extra choice, usual kinds around 175, light delivery and express types 140 to 165, drivers about 150.
A safe medicine proclaimed for all system conditions. It contains no alcohol and no injurious habit forming drugs and claims to create no craving for stimulants.
There is nothing new about the idea of using sage for restoring the color of the hair. Sage tea was used by ancestors to darken and gloss hair, now provided in ready made form. Wyeth Sage and Sulphur, with sage and Sulphur, sold by druggists at 50c to $1.00 or via Wyeth Chemical Co at 74 Cortlandt St New York. A. W Morgan's Pharmacy offers sale as recommended.
Mules were common and lightweight selling at 140 dollars or less. Smaller Southern chunks brought 75 to 100 dollars, with most sales concentrating in the lower end of the scale.
J W Greer of Greenwood Louisiana suffered severe back pain requiring injections. He found relief after using Foley's Kidney Remedy and no longer suffers from lumbago. A W Morgan, a druggist, endorses the product.
Charlies Giesenhaus funeral conducted this afternoon at 2 from the family residence on East Second Street. Rev. J. Jans led services with interment at Greenwood Cemetery.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh and constitutional disease. Promises to destroy disease foundation via internal use and build up the body. Offers 100 dollar reward for any failing case and cites testimonials. Sold by Druggists for 75 cents.
Mr and Mrs F W Phillips of Clinton and their nephew Glen Hungerford of De Witt Illinois spend the holidays with Mrs Phillips sister Mrs Vaughan at 1004 East Tenth Street.
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