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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
14
Robert Barry, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Barry of Mulberry avenue, leaves Sunday evening to resume studies at Stout Technical school in Menominee Wisconsin. He expects to complete his manual training course in three weeks after spending Christmas with his parents.
Miss Maud Sawyer visits with Miss Lucile Narvis on West Fourth street during the holidays then sails tonight for Greencastle Indiana to visit sister Mrs Andrew Durham before resuming studies at Oberlin College Ohio Mrs Durham is formerly Miss Aura May Sawyer
Postoffice notice states the office will be closed at 10:00 a m and mail will be received and dispatched as usual. Rural carriers will not deliver their routes while the first delivery will start in the business district with carriers’ windows open from 9:00 to 10:00 a m R S McNutt P M
Union meetings in Muscatine announce membership over 1,000 as 6 percent pay cuts loom at Pioneer plant. Ledgers show shells price declines pressuring blank costs. leaders plan quiet actions while awaiting manufacturers’ move.
An old testimonial ad promotes Cascaret tablets as a nightly aid for over eating. It claims Cascarets work while you sleep and help the stomach and bowels. The ad touts a 10 cent box and notes Cascarets as the world’s biggest seller with a million boxes a month.
Herman Baker sues J. C. Meacham Land Co for 740 dollars claiming 1 740 contract price for two dwellings in South Park addition with 1 000 dollars received. H. R. Childs petitions for guardian for I B Childs of West Liberty due to alleged unsound mind valued at 2 500 dollars. John J. Havercamp sues C A W Kent for 132 80. In district court a demurrer to answer in the estate of Jacob and Eliza Martin is overruled and a motion to strike from answer in First National Bank of Denver v C E Fox is sustained. New trial motion in Warman v Arkansas Valley Land Co argued with no entry yet.
W. S. Jarboe, a veteran Muscatine printer now at the Union Printers Home in Colorado Springs, expresses appreciation to the local printers union for Christmas remembrance. He quotes a sentiment about aging, virtue, and a hopeful afterlife with clean proof sheets.
Chicago dispatch reports Packey McFarland will fight Johnny McFarland of San Francisco on January 9 in Kansas City at 135 pounds. Packey plans to leave Chicago around January 5 to train, after cancelling a planned January 4 bout with Harry Trendall in Pittsburg due to Trendall’s appendicitis.
Girls and young women will attend a juvenile party at the YWCA rooms next Monday evening. Guests dress in children's costumes bring toys play games and enjoy refreshments with supervision for safety. Earlier the Bible Marking class social gathered at YWCA restrooms with games a short program and refreshments.
The Muscatine Lumber and Box company will raise a 40 by 40 foot shell shed on the north side of the Button factory. The structure will be 12 feet high to store shells and three workers are handling the construction as framing is expected to finish today.
Miss Alta Rinehart and Frank Isett were married Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the U B parsonage at Columbus City with Rev. Olive Stark officiating. After a luncheon at the bride’s home, the couple planned to reside in Columbus Junction and begin their life together with many friends’ congratulations.
The Johnson county superintendent of schools will leave Saturday morning for Iowa City to serve as best man at the wedding of C. M. Miller to Miss Ruth Haney. Miss Alice Haney, instructor at Oelwein high school, is bridesmaid. The ceremony is scheduled for 2 30 in the afternoon, many Muscatine residents familiar with Mr. Miller are pleased by the announcement.
M. F. Cronin of Muscatine County will serve as best man at a prominent local wedding, joining a ceremony with notable figures and social significance. The event highlights Cronin's standing in the community and the prominent connections attending.
Local fanciers report George Reeder awarded blue ribbon for first pen at Cedar Rapids poultry show. He entered Barred Rocks that also won earlier in the week, securing multiple firsts along with seconds and thirds.
The Laurent council of Knights of Columbus will hold a regular session tonight at o’clock sharp. A full attendance is requested and an election of officers will be conducted. Per A. G. Bestenlehner, 8.
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