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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
4
Local news notes shoppers and residents: Sleepy Eye flour advertised by grocers and oysters at The Best on West Second. Dozens of residents depart for Christmas visits to Davenport, Arden, Cone, Lone Tree, Letts, Bayfield, Waterloo, Wapello, Nichols, and other towns, with multiple arrivals from St. Louis, Wilton, and Chicago for the holidays.
Shelby Norman Post G A R members set a meeting at headquarters at two o'clock Thursday afternoon to attend the funeral of Comrade Carlos W. Hine per order of commander Gus Schmidt adjutant.
Members of the Roach and Mig hose company are requested to meet at the hose house on Thursday at noon for the funeral of William Lantz, per the foreman.
A picture caries a Yuletide message from Arabia to Syrian and all Christian people. The Arabic greeting expresses wishes for a good past year and happier, prosperous years ahead with blessings and removal of evil from your path.
Crowded Muscatine post office lobby during the Christmas rush as records fall. Workers toiled overtime for four days handling mail. outgoing mail cleared last evening and today staff processed incoming letters and packages. Every clerk and substitute used. windows crowded and people awaited parcels.
Randolph Wormsley, longtime resident of this city, died early this morning at age. An old Civil War veteran, he served in Company A of the Second Iowa Cavalry and moved to Muscatine many years ago. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. at Greenwood chapel with soldiers asked to take the 9:40 car from the corner of Iowa Avenue and Second Street.
Religious services filled churches across the city as Christmas was widely observed. Trinity Episcopal held communion services at 7:30 and 10:30 with special music, while German Lutheran and Grace English Lutheran churches also conducted morning rites. Families gathered for reunions as trains ran crowded with holiday visitors at the Rock Island depot.
Ottie Hoffman Frank Rininsland and Anthony Bersch returned home after attending a Montpelier shooting contest held all day. They displayed several dozen birds won at the event and praised their day of sport.
Muscatine fans remember the Tourists who carry the city’s name on east basketball floors. Businesses sent small remembrances, including G B Samuels five pound boxes of candy for each player as the team heads to Charlottesville. The Commercial Club also sent Christmas greetings to the squad.
Miss Edith Blanche Hoover and Arthur Clayton Ryan quietly married Christmas Eve at 6 in the Hoover residence. Rev. Bryant and Preston officiated before close relatives. Attendants were Hoover nephews Henry Browne Hoover and John Redfield Hoover. They plan to reside at 117 North Main Oberlin after January 15.
Miss Lucy Bauer daughter of Mr and Mrs Xavier Bauer of South Muscatine will wed Walter Streitler of Dubuque but formerly of the city at 3 this afternoon. The ceremony occurs at the German Lutheran church and after the vows the couple will travel to Dubuque to establish their home.
The Banner lodge meeting scheduled for last evening was postponed to Monday evening December 30 due to Christmas Eve. Organizers hope a large attendance at the rescheduled session.
About thirty destitute families received baskets of food from the Salvation Army yesterday. Each basket fed the entire family and included small gifts for the children. This evening the children will be entertained at the barracks with a decorated Christmas tree and more presents.
The church schedules a Wednesday evening prayer meeting at the church with several family baptisms after the service. It invites anyone wishing to accept Jesus Christ and obey His commands to join.
George Chown and his sister Anna of Wilton left the city this morning for Cranston after spending the night in town.
J J Russell hosted relatives for a Christmas dinner at his Second Street home with guests including F N Wilcox and daughters Burlington families, Gee of Cedar Rapids, and many others visiting from nearby towns. Several residents traveled to spend the holiday with kin, while others visitors return home.
In Illinois City Illinois on Monday a group traveled to Muscatine including Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson, Mrs. Wm Morrow, Mrs. Fred Dunker, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas and Stella, Mrs. J Cannem and son William, and others. Several visitors joined family groups over days, with Mrs. Dunker visiting from Moline and relatives in Marble Rock and local households hosting relatives over the weekend.
The postmaster of Milwaukee, David C. Owen, is chosen as chief sergeant-at-arms for the next Republican convention. Noted for sativity and Chesterfieldian grace, Owen has served as assistant sergeant-at-arms at the 1896 St. Louis, 1900 Philadelphia, and 1904 Chicago conventions, earning the official appointment in March 1900.
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