Men Only Tonight at YMCA Opening Programs
Tonight the YMCA hosts a men only assembly at 8 pm with speakers B C Wade Rev Elliott and C H Mark. Gymnastic exercises follow as the building opens to men for the first time as plans unveil junior and intermediate departments in coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Wade
Ottumwa
Rev. Elliott
C. H. Mark
Muscatine
Assembly Hall
Rev. Clyde
W. W. McQuesten
R. B. Sinclair
Cedar Rapids
Tailor's Collector in Toils in Iowa Embezzlement Case
Cedar Rapids reporter says F. G. Herkner, hired as a collector by a local tailor, is under arrest charged with embezzling $2,000 from his employer. The case highlights alleged misappropriation and pending legal action in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
F. G. Herkner
Homeseekers Excursions One Way and Round Trip Rates
One way rate with two dollars extra for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of every month with return limit twenty one days from sale. See ticket agents of Iowa Central for rates or address A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hmit
Iowa Central
A. B. Cutts
G. P
T. A
Minneapolis
Minn
Donovan Blames Newspapers For Guilty Verdict Four Years
Dan Donovan told Judge D. W. Jackson that press reporting and bad company led to his housebreaking conviction and a four year penitentiary term. He admitted guilt, blamed no one but himself apart from newspapers, and lamented not having counsel at the preliminary hearing before being remanded to Fort Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Donovan
D. W. Jackson
Donovan
Walsh and
Flynmore
Stuart
Fort Madison
South Muscatine
James Walsh
Harry Flynmore
William Moore
Muscatine
Thomas Winnemore
State Penitentiary
A. J. House
Supreme Court
Moore
Jackson
Mrs Wiley Critically Ill At West Second Street Home
Mrs Marshall Wiley lies critically ill at the home of her son former sheriff H E Wiley on West Second street. Her condition grew grave today and the end was momentarily expected. Sons John and William Wiley, from West Liberty, were summoned as she suffered a serious heart ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Wiley
H. E Wiley
West Second Street
John
William Wiley
West Liberty
Wiley
Colored leaders plan permanent Iowa state organization
Rev L J Phillips of Muscatine leads a committee of more than thirty prominent Black men to form a statewide association. A meeting in Oskaloosa January 1-2 will lay plans to enroll Negro participation and advance white and Black race progress with a permanent organization and revival of the state lecture bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Phillips
Muscatine
Phillips
State Lecture Bureau
Oskaloosa
No Iowa lynching in Council Bluffs incident
There was no lynching in Council Bluffs last night. Two Black inmates charged with assaulting two white women were moved from the jail to the Fort Madison penitentiary because mobs threatened violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Ila
Ft. Madison
Dale Given Judgment In Builders Lien Case
Judge D W Jackson awarded P F Dale 32.96 and established a mechanics lien on Martha Whistler property in the case Dale v Whistler. Dale sought 123.80 claiming non payment for building work. Attorneys were Horan Devitt for plaintiff and Jayne Hoffman for defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Jackson
P. F. Dale
Martha Whistler
Plaintff
Horan and
Devitt
Jayne and Hoffman
Signs Arrive for Two-Per-Intersection Street Markers
City to install new two signs at each street corner as frost thaws. Eight hundred short enamel signs received by City Engineer J J Ryan, with initial placements likely in South Muscatine where need is greatest. Signs measure about eighteen by six inches and feature clear lettering. Post erection may wait until ground partially unfrozen after council ordered street names to be listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Ryan
Muscatine
Masons From Muscatine Headed to Lettsville Banquet
A large group from Iowa lodge No. 2 A F and A M plans to travel to Lettsville this afternoon aboard the Firefly for a banquet hosted by the Lettsville Masons tonight. They will also exemplify the third degree for Letts candidates. The Muscatine visitors are expected to be lavishly entertained and to return at 9 59 this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Lodge No. 2
A. F
A. M
Royal Neighbors Sunshine Club Meets at Mrs Dunker Home
The Royal Neighbors Sunshine club gathered yesterday afternoon at Mrs. Henry Dunker’s residence, 968 West Second Street. Guests enjoyed a social session with music, singing, and flinch, followed by a hearty spread of oysters and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Dunker
Royal Neighbors
Royal Neighbors Sunshine Club
West Second Street
Kirksville Osteopathy Move Discussed in Des Moines
A Kirksville Missouri delegation travels to Des Moines to confer on relocating the American College of Osteopathy from Kirksville to Des Moines and to consolidate the two institutions. The proposal draws notable interest in Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kirksville
American College of Osteopathy
Kirksville College
Muscatine
Shelby Norman Post Invites W R C Meeting
Shelby Norman Post members are invited to a meeting with the Women’s Relief Corps on Saturday evening January 2 at the G A R hall. Sarah Fox, President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby Norman Post
G. A. R. Hall
Sarah Fox
Holiday Excursion Rates From Iowa Central Railway
On December 24 25 31 and January 1 the Iowa Central railway will sell reduced rate excursion tickets at one and one third fare. Final limit for return leaving destination January 4. For particulars and folders call on agents.
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Iowa Central Railway
Postnuptial Reflections In Brooklyn Life
A brief Brooklyn Life note examines a wife's act of reading her husband's old love letters and questions the value of preserving past intimacies. The exchange hints at memory, marriage, and the tension between sentiment and disclosure within a domestic setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Rumored New Bridge and Rail Line Entering Muscatine
A Milwaukee survey team arrived in South Muscatine to finish measurements for a proposed rail line from Rock Island crossing the Mississippi at the towhead to the Iowa shore by the Musser Lumber mill on Oregon street. The plan would connect with Milwaukee tracks at Sudbury station, possibly opening a large Illinois territory to Muscatine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Milwaukee Road
Milwaukee
Rock Island
Iowa, Illinois and Missouri Railway
St. Louis
Dubuque
Aledo
Tlinois
Special Land Buyers Excursions To Southwest Lands
Special trips to Greer County Oklahoma and other Southwest lands in November and December via the Frisco System offer rich farming opportunities at one fourth to one tenth the cost of other lands. The ads urge buyers to apply for full details and rail rates to R. S. Lem on, Secretary Frisco System Immigration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greer County
Oklahoma
Great Southwest
Frisco
R. S. Lemon
New Year Ball Promises Grand Night At Hare’s Hall
Community notices list police officer Carl Thurman ill at home and various residents traveling for business or visiting relatives. A big New Year’s ball by the Champion Hose company is announced at Hare’s hall with Ostrander’s twelve piece orchestra and cider. The remains of Mrs. George Gordon are shipped to Auburndale, Indiana for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion Hose, Hook and Ladder Company
Hare’s Hall
Ostrander
Hook and Ladder Company
Hare's Hall
George Gordon
Muscatine
Auburg
Indiana
F. Gordon
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B.C. Wade
Ior and
Evening Institute
Father Leonard
Bolton
Iowa City
Magee
Walter M. Parsons
Sycamore
Chickering Pianos
Jacob Scheffel
J.J. Griffith
Him
Pen
Pany
Arning Guardian
Lieved
Henry Arning
District Court
Muscatine County
George B. Mark
R. V. Freers
D. V. Jackson
Horan and Devitt
John R. Hanley
Louise Eversmeyer
Slaughter
OF Appeal
Winnemore
East Second Street
P. Ingham
William Hoffman
E. M. Warner
Horan
H. E. Wiley
Promi
Iowa
Dale
Letts
Muscatine Masons
Entertains Club
American College of
Osteopathy
Toben, Malone & Co
Mississippi
Mus
Catine
Illinois Shore
Socorcoguna
Carl Thurman
O. R. Ray
Davenport
E. P. Spaulding
John Terry
Orange Street
Moline
J. B. Boos
East Eighth Street
Tri-Cities
Chas. Grade
E. L. Sinclair
T. S. Getell
Marion
Bertha Huston
Front Street
Henry Wasserman
West Fifth Street
Chicago
H. Bermuth
May Robb
C. M. B. Boss
Flora Miller
Albrandt
Mabel Leverich
Mulberry Street
Otto Quandt
Waverly
Bricklayers’ Union No. 7
D. A. McGugin
City
M. N. Bond
Mary Powers
Tessie Meyers
St. Katharine’s Hall
Bert St. Clair
J. B. St. Clair
East Third Street
Butz’s Fair
Jersey
Abe Seigel
Bob
Panitorium
Hinkle & Flannery
AE Uegeatin
Chamserlin
Second Street
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