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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
3
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The piece argues holiday shopping should favor local stores to bolster home business. It links home purchases to immediate goods and long term community benefits, urging readers to consider the aftereffects of expenditures on local prosperity and employment.
Washington reports from a cross-party Progressive gathering where Norris Clapp Owen and others urged federal action on wealth reform roads and direct democracy. They aimed to form regional committees for nationwide unity and push constitutional reforms while warning against corporate power.
Clippings recount “Fifty Years Ago” featuring Jaryla’s nine year tenure as Muscatine Island president and cattle stock moves to Wright County. Twenty Years Ago items note arrivals from Chicago including Earnhardt Stein Fox and others, plus visitors Reuben Warren of Montana and Mangentine contacts, reflecting local memory.
Thirty years ago Sam Strohm, a brakeman aboard the Muscatine Western freight, fell from a moving train near Wellman while on duty. The train, traveling about fifteen miles per hour, was returned to recover Strohm after the incident.
Ten years ago Constance B Berry a high school teacher left yesterday on the Wilton train to spend Christmas with her family in Grinnell. Mr and Mrs F Stevenson of Chicago were expected to arrive tonight to stay with Mrs Stevenson's parents Mr and Mrs Philly Stel.
In a snowbound farmhouse, John Armstrong and his wife confront eviction as mortgage sales loom. A granddaughter arrives with a blue envelope containing Helen Courtney Armstrong’s note and the mortgage cancellation, restoring hope and bringing a long awaited Christmas mercy.
In a quiet room two figures enter as sunrise floods the doorway. A father seeks forgiveness from his son John Armstrong, who forgives him and resolves to start anew. Christmas bells from the village below echo a promise of redemption and white snow.
Wilton and Muscatine residents made company trips and holiday calls as dozens of locals returned home or traveled to Davenport, Des Moines, Belmont, Clinton, and other nearby towns. Visitors included Ada Carson, Mrs. Geo McCullen, Christ Angerer, L B Mason, D Bradley, Maurice Danskin, B J Hall, Maude Cummings, M B Kirkpatrick, WF Warner, Clara Brammeier, Ida Amen, Phoghe Miller, Lela Kelley, A Latchaw, Harry Hickey, Mrs. Charles Port, Theo Port, Mrs M Doyle, and R C Croker among numerous others visiting relatives and friends in Wilton and surrounding areas.
A flurry of midweek travel shows many residents leaving Muscatine for Davenport Independence Ames and Battle Creek while others return. Mies Lacrete Goldsberry, Charles Jaspereon, David Smith and Nicolaus Wirtz all spent hours or days visiting friends and relatives in nearby towns. Mrs. Helen Morey and Miss Josephine Bragman arrived or departed, with several families planning Christmas gatherings at homes in town.
Notice of incorporation filed in Iowa forming MERRYFIELD FISH COMPANY with principal place in Muscatine Iowa. The charter outlines broad business of grain and farm machinery, real and personal property, patents, securities, and operations across states, with a $25000 capital stock, five to seven directors, and officers including president and treasurer. проч
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