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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1917
Page
3
Poem praising the American flag with stanzas on the red white and blue. It honors blood shed for the nation and the virtues of courage purity and honesty embodied by the stars stripes and the flag’s colors.
Muscatine retailers praise solid Christmas business despite higher living costs. Shoppers paid as they went with practical gifts and widespread thrift saving. Merchants credit thrift stamps and liberty bonds for patriotic saving and urge started saving now for Christmas 1918.
The piece explains the term Boche as slang for German soldiers used by English speakers after the rape of Belgium. It traces possible origins from words like bocher and bocher y and cites a Des Moines Capital discussion. It also quotes a harsh U S recruiting advertisement denouncing Germany and urging American enlistment.
The Chicago Herald reprints the Kaiser’s claim that God supports Germany and credits divine aid for the war’s major actions. It condemns the Kaiser as an eternal felon and envenomed violator, arguing Providence condemns his plot to provoke war and harm neutral nations.
In 1917 through the eyes of Clarice Daw, new society editor for News World, a sly back-door approach to journalism unfolds. She charms an estate bar keeper for a hospital fundraising scoop, secures Colonel Drew’s consent, and leverages social intrigue to advance her career amid era gossip and politics.
The piece argues food waste stems from production through home storage, transport, prices, and packaging. It highlights pests, spoilage, insanitary canneries, cold storage, faulty marketing, and consumer choices as major waste sources, urging individuals to act for national health.
A Muscatine business luncheon featured Supervisor J J Buser urging farm organization to balance supply and demand across states. He warned against discouragement on farms, praised the discipline of boys and girls learning work, and proclaimed the motto that the best crops are the farm’s youth. Also notes births and a local visit.
SIXTY YEARS AGO Christmas passed without noteworthy events. Fireworks and loud celebrations drew crowds while religious services were well attended in the morning. Unger’s brass band rode the street in the Mason hotel bus playing a symphony of sounds. FIFTY YEARS AGO a Christmas wedding occurred at the bride’s father’s home at Fifth and Mulberry streets with H W Brown and Ella R Lewis tying the knot. The couple then left for Battle Creek in a car. Clarice is described as distinct from the typical girl, with a remark about headquarters.
Stated events recount a 26th inst. liberty marriage by Judge Benson that binds Michel Miller and Nancy J. Reed of Reel Island County. Arbitration between Peter Mintel and H. Hollister at Durant last week settled for eighty five dollars between the parties. Thirty years ago friends hoped for recovery of Mr S. M. McKibben after a severe pint? stroke.
Twenty years ago December 26 Sunday marked Christmas observances in local churches with many schools holding events while tabernacle revival meetings limited programs. Mr and Mrs Ray Allen left for Letts after a brief city stay.
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