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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
16
A string of short items lists residents traveling to Davenport Wilton Columbus City and Des Moines for visits sales notices and a wedding. Names include Rev F J Leonard Mrs A Gabel Miss Clara Steen M W Stirlen A Murer and many others with addresses in Iowa cities.
Town notes list a social dance hosted by the Mystic Workers at Yeoman Hall for tomorrow evening. Several residents are leaving or returning from Christmas visits to Chicago Wilton Moscow Arden Davenport Andalusia Cedar Rapids River Road and River City in a round of holiday travel.
Joe Little aged 24 a mine worker from Olivet near Oskaloosa Iowa killed himself with a shotgun Friday afternoon after leaving town to go hunting Despondency over a relationship is blamed He left a letter to his father saying he could not face friends who had disgraced him and warned others to remember him when they were enjoying themselves
L G Burnett received word of J D Mendenhall's death in Massillon Ohio on Sunday. A former Muscatine resident and husband of Marcia St John, he worked in railroading in the west until nervous prostration forced a move to St Paul and later Massillon for health. Body to be brought to Muscatine for burial.
Christmas night featured varied programs at First Congregational United Brethren First Baptist German Methodist German Congregational and German M E churches, plus Grace Lutheran. Cantatas, dramas and songs drew families with recitations and treats for children. The U B church cantata featured nearly 100 children as Uncle Sam Columbia and Santa Claus.
The Muscatine Fairport road project advances as the board of supervisors orders a committee to secure deeds for the right of way. Work will start in spring once weather allows. Rock Island Railway’s W P Brady confirms F A McDonald survey approved, eliminating railroad crossings and placing the road on the north side from Muscatine to Fairport. Options for road ground were secured earlier.
Rev. J. E. Snowden of Cedar Falls failed to arrive for both Sunday services at the First Congregational church due to heavy snow and uncertain rail traffic. Rev. B. C. Preston, recently ill, preached at both services.
Miss Mabel Hilish of Des Moines was slated to speak at the First Methodist church and attend Y W C A services but did not arrive. Rev I M Woolverton led the morning sermon on The Vision of the Soul and the evening service featured The Shepherds Vision cantata.
Miss Hoopes and Miss Hoover led the vesper service at the Y W C A with strong musical numbers. Next Sunday Dr J N Elliott will speak on Mastering Our Moods. A Christmas party with tree games and refreshments is planned Wednesday in the gymnasium inviting all members and friends.
Le Roy St. Clare will skate down a fifty foot incline at one hundred mph, leap over a human body, and crash into a safety net in a death defying vaudeville act. The bill also features Charley Bray ventriloquism Willard B Price musical comedy and Carter and Claire in a sketch.
Rev B C Preston, recently resigning from the First Congregational church, plans to depart for El Paso Texas early next week to lead a new church as commissioned by the National Congregational Home Missionary Society. His health has improved after a bout with typhoid fever and a stay in a high altitude semiarid area is hoped to complete his recovery.
The Ladies Aid society of the High Prairie chapel announces a public supper on Wednesday evening December 29 at the home of Mr and Mrs Chester Will from 6 to 9 o'clock.
H. J. Richardson of Illinois will speak at the union mission this evening. The public is invited to attend. The services are of an undenominational nature. Richardson has spoken here before and his talks have always proven of interest.
Attorney and Mrs. Henry Jayne of 1402 Mulberry avenue have returned from an extended western tour. They visited son Arthur in Roundup Montana and Howard in Raymond Washington during the journey.
Winterset Iowa December 27 J H Winterode president of the Citizens National Bank killed himself Christmas afternoon. The janitor and bookkeeper found him at his desk with a bullet wound to the temple. He is survived by a wife and three children.
Dubuque fans plan a big baseball fair to raise funds for the coming season opening January 27. Manager Buelow announces the purchase of Burling ton second baseman Rownan, the first player deal closed, with several more pending.
The notice invites members to a 7:30 pm Tuesday meeting of Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M. Work on the 3rd degree will be conducted and attendance is encouraged. W M.
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