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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
15
Numerous residents and visitors are listed in a community round up, noting Christmas visits and moves between Muscatine, Davenport, Columbus Junction, Hawkeye towns, and other local addresses. The item promotes local businesses and services including Snyder's sleighs and Braunworth's Sunny South Shoes.
The Columbus Junction city council elected Frank Lewis as street commissioner to replace resigned Geo. Turner. Local residents and visitors from nearby towns are noted in Christmas and holiday visits, family gatherings, and travel, with multiple relatives listed across Letts Muscatine and Burlington.
A Christmas Eve snowstorm left deep drifts in the countryside with four to five foot piles along rural roads. Wind from Friday evening worsened drifts, but city sleighing remains excellent. With continued cold, rural travel by sleigh or cutter should be common for some time.
The Baraca Bible class Rustlers led by Oscar Brandt beat the Boosters led by Matthew West 946 to 902 in a near record membership drive. Over sixty new members joined, boosting total class membership to about 1608. attendance reached 102, the largest to date. A banquet for the winners is planned and the annual meeting and officer elections follow at the church.
The First Presbyterian Church Sunday school plans an impromptu Christmas party Wednesday evening with no formal program. Officials intend a party atmosphere with recitations and musical numbers from scholars. The yearly treat will be included in the event.
This evening at the Grand the city sees the first local presentation of Sam S and Lee Shuberts The Wolf. The Chicago success is noted for bright dialogue humor sentiment and elaborate stage settings. Officials expect a record breaking engagement.
In Cincinnati on December 27 Mrs. Jeanette Stewart-Ford faces trial for receiving stolen money. Charles L. Warriner, ex treasurer of the Bis Four Railroad, is set to testify as the star witness amid a $643,000 shortage in his accounts.
Grandparents Mr and Mrs C Arm and relatives including Miss Alice Remley and Wm Rutherauff from Iowa City join Mr and Mrs H M Letts for Christmas Day. others visit from Oquawka Ill Minneapolis and Des Moines as families gather in Columbus City and nearby towns for the holiday.
Delayed. Miss Martha Longshore daughter of Mr and Mrs J D Longshore near Bard died last Saturday in the Iowa City hospital after weeks of peritonitis She was about twelve. Funeral services were held Monday from the home Rev Sternberg is improving. Several residents travel to Burlington Des Moines and Rock Island for holidays and business. The O E S meets December 28 for officer elections. Local schools close for holiday vacation and reopen January 4.
A reflection on why stories move readers and evoke emotion. The piece notes how sentiment lifts the world and recalls past articles that brought tears or smiles, prompting a hint of blush and furtive glances as readers connected with the human element.
A. J. Hendricks of Muscatine county received a pen of Black Langshans from F. M. Ziegler & Son for the best 10 car sample in Class S at the state corn show in Des Moines. The award followed a spirited contest that took some time to decide.
The Christmas observance at Sweetland M E church Saturday evening drew a large crowd. A varied program followed with songs, recitations, duets, dialogues, and a Christmas guest exercise. The event featured the choir, primary classes, and many local youths with remarks by Supt. David Hajifleigh.
A mob of about 100 in Hurley Virginia drags Henry Pennington from jail and hangs him to a steam pipe after he killed Samuel Baker on Christmas Eve and wounded his wife and two children. The incident followed a failed escape attempt and a violent confrontation at the scene.
Thomas Sloss an electrician with Cedar Rapids electric light plant will move to Ames to serve as electrical expert at the state college. His former employers presented him with a $500 Christmas gift.
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