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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1910
Page
4
The New Panitor ium thanks customers and friends for liberal patronage in the past year and extends best wishes for a happy and successful new year. The note expresses appreciation and looks forward to continued trade.
Local notes from Muscatine cover a hat sale at The Paris on Iowa Avenue with low prices and limited stock. Several residents travel for errands and events including a funeral, a theatre outing at the Grand Opera House, and visiting relatives in Chicago and Montpelier. A newborn weighs nine and a half pounds for Edgar A. Francis of Marshalltown, with ties to the P W Francis family.
Strenuous days mark the Knights of Golumbug events in Moline and Harper with large gatherings. A Davenport to Harper special train aids travel as hundreds contribute to Striegel halls expansion for the Harper banquet. Local speakers include Father Grothe, Dennis Stapleton, Judge Wade, and Sharon, as plans unfold for the council initiation and related ceremonies.
Mrs Margaret Hodeson long resident here died on board ship two days out of New York while en route to England for her future home. She was buried at sea. Her husband was killed years ago when struck by a Chicago Great Western train.
Four well known local youths, Fred Christiensen and Miss Katie Westerman, and Charles Keller and Miss Grace Crossenn, were united in a pair of weddings at the M.E. Church parsonage in Allison, Iowa, today as the Iowa Evening Press reports from Allison.
The Salvation Army held a Christmas party at the Barracks in the German American Building basement, distributing 400 toys and numerous treats to 135 children who previously rarely attended such events. A lit tree, program, and candy, apples, oranges, and fruit filled the evening with joy, funded by Muscatine residents and Captain Warfield of the local Army branch.
Mrs Ephriam Storms, a longtime South Muscatine resident born in New York in 1835, died late this morning at her home on Barl avenue after a prolonged illness. She was 74.
The J D club of the I B L church held its annual meeting at Verg Dickersons home on East Seventh Street with officers elected for the coming year Vera Dickerson president Sean Armstrong vice president Helen Mikesait secretary Hazel Anderson assistant secretary Clara Herwig treasurer and A Keath general superintendent A social followed and a farewell party for Miss Hazel Keath and Miss Gladys Wiegand was planned for Monday at Mrs T C H Light s home on East Sixth Street in preparation for their extended visit to Marshall Texas.
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