Local Workers Praised for Surgical Dressings Efforts
Red Cross workers in Muscatine and Wilton completed about 1156 surgical dressings for the Halifax emergency. Central division in Chicago thanked Mrs Glass for the work and urged continued production, planning monthly quotas of about 300 pads. Local meetings paused for the holiday week, with next sessions to resume the following week.
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Red Cross
Halifax
Central Division of the Red Cross
Chicago
Glass
W. E. Downer
Muscatine and
Wilton
Fleet prisoner escapes sheriff and beats bullet
Leonard Allen broke from Sheriff Wiley after a Saturday disturbance at Fourth and Sycamore streets. He fled Walnut street, dodged a pursuing bullet, and was recaptured the next morning at his boarding house. Allen, 25 but claiming under 21, had been released earlier after a slacker arrest.
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Leonard Allen
Wiley
Walnut Street
Allen
Carl Smuck
St By
Fourth
Sycamore
Allen Smuck
Louisiana
Farm Sales Promoted by Muscatine State Bank
The Muscatine State Bank offers to clerk farm sales as advertised with a promise of satisfaction guaranteed. The short notice emphasizes banking assistance for local farm transactions.
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Muscatine State Bank
Local Boy Sees World Aboard U S Man of War
Cecil Storms, now aboard the US Cruiser St Louis, describes world voyage experiences from New York harbor to Devonport England. He lists ports including Mare Island Vallejo Cirrus Islands La Paz Panama Jamaica Cuba Guantanamo Nippa Port of Price Santiago de Cuba St Nezaine France New Bedford St Mary's Vineyard Halifax Plymouth and more. He notes earning first class seaman rating and first class gun pointer qualification and recalls convoy duties to France and a warning message from a German officer at Plymouth England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
J. H. Storms
Cecil Storms
United States
St. Louis
New York Harbor
Young Storms
France
Colonel House
Senator Lodge
Treasury
Roosevelt
Devonport
England
Mare Island
Vallejo
Cirrus Islands
la Paz
Mex
Panama
Jamiaca
Cuba
Guantanamo
Nippa
Port of Price
Santiago de Cuba
St. Nezaine
New Bedford
St. Mary’s Vineyard
Halifax
Plymouth
Antilles
Finland
Bng
Sale of Seals Des Today in Muscatine
Muscatine completes the Red Cross Christmas seal sale for tuberculosis prevention today. Totals by Saturday evening reach $793.59 with Saturday sales extra $62.76. Esther Steinmetz led Saturday efforts with numerous helpers at Post Office, German American Bank, Hershey State Bank, First National Bank, Muscatine State Bank, and Interurban Station, various shifts driving afternoon and evening sales.
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Muscatine
Alice Ingham
Tirances Beveridge
Dora Caldwell
Ruth Johnson
Fidith Barnard
Hershey State Bank
Aternoon
Hazel Smith
Esther Kettlekamp
First National Bank
Inez Shamnit
Juanita Wiley
Muscatine State Bank
Jean Shinnabarger
Mildred MacKenzie
Frances Berveridge
Tara Caldwell
German American Bank
Hvening
Edna Tupoek
Aerial Kern
Fire on Latham Street Damages Home of Mrs. Blake
A small morning fire started in the partition between two rooms in Mrs. Maude Blake's Latham Street home. Hose companies No 1 and No 3 responded, extinguishing the blaze with minimal damage. Loss described as a few dollars to cover.
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Maude Blake
Latham Street
Shoppers Pack Local Stores in Wartime Holiday Rush
Shoppers crowded the Christmas district in wartime spirit with merchants reporting sales higher than last year. Streets were jammed with strangers and stores selling toys and candies saw heavy crowds late Saturday night.
A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 1917
The message thanks customers for the year 1917, expresses gratitude, goodwill, and cheer. It wishes health, prosperity, and increasing joy in the coming years, and conveys courage, confidence, and hope for readers worldwide.
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Ioman
College Men in Navy Needed Now
College men are urgently sought for the quartermaster aviation department of the U S Navy. Applicants must show proper credentials proving their schooling. no prior military experience is required. Davenport naval recruiting station reports widespread need.
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NAVY
Quartermaster Aviation Department
United States Navy
Naval
Davenport
Mass Red Cross drive floods Davenport
Davenport Iowa reports a massive Red Cross membership drive finishing with 15 700 new memberships worn Sunday. The city accounts for 43 200 memberships and Scots county country precincts add 2 500, signaling nearly every home in Davenport joining.
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Davenport
American Red Cross
Scots County
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U. S
SALS
Vargis
Merry Christmas
Sterneman
J. S. Sterneman
Geo. J. Nietzel
J. A. Davidson
W. D. Diercks
Ray Mark
Robert A. Nietzel
Geo. Detthof
Francis Bauerbach Wrank Hecht
Wusentine
Mark
Joreme
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