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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1917
Page
3
The poem by James Austin Murravy presents a Christmas vision of a guiding star signaling the Saviour's birth and a call for peace. It contrasts war and tyranny with light that enlightens all lands, urging allied strength and reconciliation as the world revives on this holy morning.
A wartime editorial honors a Christmas spirit amid global conflict. It cites America’s push to safeguard democracy, the President’s peace stance, and youths ready to sacrifice for brotherly love, urging national rededication to liberty and humanity.
An appeal states that failing to receive it would be out of harmony with the Christmas spirit of 1917, emphasizing the season's generosity and communal duty during wartime. The note urges participation as a moral duty aligned with holiday values and national morale.
Citizens are urged to attend a Wednesday mass meeting at the Commercial club rooms to outline plans for a second Red Cross campaign in Muscatine. The aim is 3000 members to rival Davenport and nearby towns, with women especially urged to attend and support the effort.
Chicago Herald argues that Bolshevik leaders Nick Lenin and Trotzky manipulated peasants and workers educated yet misled by Berlin funded revolutionaries. It portrays the peace with Germany as illusory and the mass suffering of the Russian masses as a tragic consequence of German intrigue and idealistic but misplaced hopes.
The article traces a banquet evolution from the roasted swan at Chaucerian Christmas to the peacock and its gilded display, then to the turkey brought home by Captain John Smith. It notes paganish fire, noble bearers for the bird, and chivalric oaths tied to the peacock during tournaments, ending with a nostalgic view of old England’s revelries.
Readers are told catarrh is curable in all stages by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The ad claims the remedy works through the blood to mucous surfaces, strengthens constitution, and offers $100 for any case it cannot cure. Testimonials available on request from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists.
A vivid line notes carols sung by a small Cockney lad and the hearty joy of pantomimes in a grand theatre. It mentions celebratory home feasts of turkey, mince pies, and a blazing pudding, capturing festive spirits.
Sir Ernest Shackleton voices a call to Australians amid war, recalling polar hardship and Gallipoli, urging men to answer sacrifice as a supreme test of manhood and urging women to demand victory or death with steadfast resolve.
A December dawn streetcar scene un folds with motorman Lacroix arguing time, a beauty Blanche Carter disembarking at a brick building, and two hurried passengers racing toward their separate fates amid a city edge of danger and modern speed.
A wild city street collision between a love mad motorman and a reckless driver ends with Paul Lacroix badly wounded and nurse Miss Carter tending him. He survives and falls for her as he recovers, culminating in a Christmas moment when he asks for a final gift of companionship.
A 60 year old reminiscence recalls a late night alarm at German Methodist church on Cedar Street. The door opening unleashed cool air and steam over the roof, prompting an inquiry into a possible fire. No flames were found after entry via garret ladders.
Ira S Wise discusses patient protection rules from Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium and general health guidance. The piece urges adherence to hygiene measures, masks, bathing, and behavior to prevent infection, and reflects on learning from patients and illness. It includes historical notes and calls for practical personal hygiene.
Julian Eltinge, famed feminine impersonator, will perform at the Muse U theatre on Thursday and Friday. At Paramount studios he amuses actors by surprising visitors with his dressing room antics including a wax head wig pistols powder puffs and cigars.
A humorous Abe Martin quip notes the country postmaster on a switty August afternoon slow as a railroad car and warns of danger in overeating a thing of the past.
Des Moines December 26 message from Governor William J. Harding via The Associated Press urges Iowans to carry the Christmas spirit into the next year. He praises selfless giving, service, and sacrifice as proof of the season’s spirit and calls for continued communal effort for humanity’s causes.
Raisins improve many dishes reducing sugar needs says Iowa State College guidance. Soak and plump raisins for cereals add to rice desserts and puddings, or use chopped raisins in cakes and puddings. Dredge raisins with flour to prevent settling. simmer chopped raisins with water and corn syrup for a sauce.
Anna Christina Swanson born in Sweden on November 11 1855 died December 11 1917 at her home in Mediapolis Iowa She married John Lofgren in Sweden they had three children the youngest died at age two They moved to Mediapolis in 1889 John Lofgren died in 1891 She later married Peter Abrahamson who died in 1994 She leaves two sons and two daughters from Abrahamson plus two daughters from Lofgren 18 grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services were held at her residence on Friday November 24 conducted by five town ministers Interment in Kossuth cemetery.
This ad promotes Sarsaparilla and Peptiron taken before meals and after to improve blood, nerves, and digestion. It claims help for scrofula rheumatic, anemic, and pale impure blood, noting Hood's Pills as a laxative that harmonizes with the tonics.
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