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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
14
An advertisement from a firm touts First Mortgage Farm Loans with 37 years of experience and a 6 percent rate. It invites inquiry and notes investment starting at 100 dollars with complete customer satisfaction claimed.
Extremely cold weather drove a large number of hoboes to the police station for shelter while Christmas proved sane. no drunks were taken in, and many vagrants head for warmer quarters in the south or seek temporary work.
Aledo Alabama reports that the Mercer Township Free Public Library committee has asked architects for tentative plans for a new library to be built next year on a site provided at the Strother’s property northeast corner. Bids will be invited after plans are selected.
Attraction at the Grand invites repeat success Monday night in Muscatine. Rowland and Clifford present a bright musical farce with forty cast plus a lively chorus. Leo Greenwood leads a playful cast as dance numbers and tangos charm audiences after a Chicago La Salle Opera House run.
Congressman Vollmer vows to persist in pushing the railroad bridge project over the Mississippi. He meets Muscatine supporters from the Interstate Bridge and Terminal Co asking for renewed efforts. Madden of Illinois blocked a vote but Vollmer calls it temporary and aims to bring the measure to a vote before March adjournment.
The Mercer township committee has completed title perfection for the College Avenue and Eighth Street site. They will clear the lot, sell the two story building and outbuildings to the highest bidder for cash, and the buyer must clear the lot. Building plans will be submitted to James Bertram of the Carnegie Foundation, sponsor of a $10,000 donation for the new library.
Muscatine merchants report strong Christmas week sales aided by charitable efforts. Despite a weak autumn, cold weather spurred receipts with several stores noting higher totals than last year. Increased charity work drew more shoppers, especially families buying apparel for children, though profits on such items were kept minimal.
Hunters and trappers along the river bottoms report sharply lower fur prices due to the European war. Furs are selling for less than half of prewar values and far below last year’s levels, forcing local fur men to cope with reduced earnings.
An advertisement touts flushing kidneys by stopping meat and using rad Salts made from grape and lemon acid with lithia. It claims meat causes uric acid buildup, overworks kidneys, and many ailments arise from sluggish kidneys. It advises four ounces of rad Salts daily in water before breakfast to restore kidney function.
A muskrat skin once 25 to 32 cents now brings about 10 cents at local buyers. Shank hides once 1.75 to 2.25 dollars now pay around 7 cents for the best, with broader fur categories suffering similar reductions.
Doctor J. T. RR Neal of Greenville South Carolina with 30 years of experience proclaims Foley Widney Pills best for kidneys. He warns back and hip pain signals kidney trouble and asserts the pills build up weakened kidneys and purify blood. Available in 65 and 100 cent sizes, sold by local dealers.
The M C A building was a popular place yesterday afternoon as boys and men gathered after noon. It opened after morning closure for a holiday event with Christmas decorations creating a cheerful lobby. No open house was held this year despite the large crowd.
Columbus Junction Iowa residents report Christmas plans with relatives. Mr and Mrs Dan Gallagher visit Wapello for the holiday. Miss Katherine Moyer travels to Burlington for the week. Miss Jennie Robertson arrives from Vanpelto to spend Christmas with kin. Miss Eunice Murdock visits from Sedar. Mr and Mrs B L Swerly go to Morning Sun for Christmas.
Miss Meda Tedford and brother Paul spent Christmas with relatives in Awceworth. Bessie Moore visited Mell McElhinney in the morning sun area. Mr and Mrs R H Cavin of Morning Sun spent the day at the Cavin home. Erma Warner and Sumner Darrow are home from Cornell Mt Vernon. Nellie Hoover visiting sister Mrs L H Merrick at Charles City. Elsie Colton and Helen Johnston home from Des Moines visiting Columbus City relatives. 4H Turkington family Christmas reunion at Letts near Mrs Turkington’s parents John Sheilabarger. eight of nine children present. Illness kept Mrs John Elder of Nichols away. Mrs Ralph Cress and Columbus City children visited Iowa City to see Mr Cress in hospital. Rev F E Brooks Edward and Dorothy with M D Cver of Muscatine went to West Liberty to visit Robert Hanks. Ernest Johnston visited West Branch. Verne Babbitt and Muscatine visitors. Sam Dwinell visiting friends in Bricelyn Minnesota. H O Weaver and family plus E Briggs and Charles of Wapello attended Christmas dinner at G A Salmon’s. Wapello couples and Rex Shaw spent Friday at C Link home. Christmas programs at Presbyterian Reformed and Methodist churches. services well attended and churches decorated. George Oakes, Grinnell student, spending holidays at home.
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