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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1914
Page
2
The notice touts First Mortgage Warm Loan with 37 years of experience and a 6% interest rate. It claims satisfaction among hundreds of customers and invites investment from $100.00 upward, urging investigation of its record and details about rates and terms.
Charles H. Ley of Muscatine is named deputy sheriff by Sheriff-elect John Wiley of West Liberty. Ley, a longtime Muscatine figure, served as secretary of the Republican County Central Committee and worked with Carskaddan Burk Pepper. Wiley announced the appointment after the election, ending speculation about his assistant. The liberal household policy ad from J. B. Mark & Son appears at the end.
Paris dispatch reports the Swiss government has ordered a partial demobilization. About 250 900 men will be gradually released from service, with steps to reload units as conditions change. The Berne correspondent to Petit Parisien cites the move as a strategic drawdown.
A Chicago revival drive led by evangelist Sun day demands at least 250000 to fund a citywide evangelistic campaign protesting war. Churches must unanim ously invite the evangelist and support the effort, with Third Presbyterian Church named as essential. A stock company of 45000 to 250000 is planned to finance the campaign, centering on a 20000-seat tabernacle and eight city sectors.
Stay off damp ground and drink a spoonful of salts each morning to eliminate uric acid, which causes rheumatism. The remedy, Jad Salts, is made from grape and lemon acids and is said to stimulate kidneys for better elimination, offering a pleasant effervescent water drink.
Readers are advised that resinol clears pimples and blackheads quickly. Instructions describe face washing with Resinol Soup, applying Resinol Ointment, rinsing with Resinol Soap and cold water. The ad claims antiseptic relief, soothing pores and healing, with a free trial offer from Resin, Baltimore MD.
Rev Sunday and Chicago clergy exhorted ministers to preach hell openly, denounce Gehenna and Hades as false, and condemn modern sins. The rally critiqued secular culture, cold storage sermons, and a rented pew system, calling for revival through stark preaching and moral reform.
Paris reports say a radical party committee will suppress the party president position held by Jope Caillaux former finance minister. The secretary will assume duties. Caillaux sailed November 13 from Bordeaux to Brazil to source raw materials and food for France. He previously served as treasurer and general paymaster of the French army with colonel rank.
A period from 7 p m yesterday through today and tonight prompts heightened fire risk in the United States aside from the Fourth of July due to Christmas tree candles. News notes that candle use dwindling with lights may reduce fires this year, but cautions remain to avoid candle hazards on trees. Miss Ruby McElroy of 309 Gycamore street left by afternoon train for a short visit with relatives at Nichols.
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