Watch Night Services Ring In New Year Across Churches
Many local churches held watch night and morning services to usher in the new year. At First Baptist under Rev J Q A Henry the program began at 9 with "Ghosts of the Dying Year" and choral music led by Chester Parris. German churches also held programs with readings, hymns, and talks by Rev John Reingch and Rev John Hacner. Grace Lutheran plans were postponed.
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First Baptist Church
J. Q. A. Henry
Rec Chorus
Chester
Parris
German Methodist Episcopal Church
Mario Verwig
Otto Maeglin
Edna Junek
the Alien
Charles Toborg
John Reingch
John Hacner
William Martens
Jacob
Haven
Grace Lutheran Church
Medigos Meet at Davenport Iowa and Illinois Medical Association Meet
The Iowa and Illinois central district medical association holds a winter meeting in Davenport at Hotel Jack Hawk on Thursday January 10 at 8 o clock. Local physicians are expected to attend. The program includes lectures on Functional Conditions, Pruritus Ani, Hemorrhoidectomy, Perineal Laceration, unusual fractures, and lantern slides. Dr Solier from Vizille France speaks on life in trenches. Dr Gant discusses hemorrhoid treatment and instrumentation. CWL Hopkins of Chicago presents lantern slides. Light refreshments.
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Iowa and
Illinois Central Distanct Medical Association
Jack Hawk
Davenport
Iowa
Solier
Vizille
France
Gant
CWL Hopkins
Chicago
Two Farms Near Wilton Are Sold in Year End Deals
Two Wilton area farms changed hands via T P Russell on the last day of the year. An 80 acre Meswiggan estate farm sold to Chris Angerer for 16 Sa, with possession March 1, 1948. A 73 acre Chamberlain farm northwest of Wilton sold to Thomas Noble. Chamberlain takes in trade the Voml store in Wilton, possession March 1, 1948. Zelies, dam of Dan Patch, dies at 26 in Oxford Indiana.
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Journal
Wilton
Iowa
Dan
T. P. Russell
Robert Meswiggan
Chris Angerer
Sa. Mer. Angerer
A. W. Chamberlain
Thomas Nobte
Chamberlain
Voml
Mr. Noble
Churches Plan Annual Meeting in Muscatine
The First Congregational church will hold its annual business meeting Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at Rev. A. G. Graves’s home on Broadway, with a picnic supper beforehand. Mulford Congregational church plans its annual meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. reports will be read and 1918 officials chosen, open to members and all interested.
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Muscatine
First Congregational Church
A. G. Graves
Broadway Street
Mulford Congregational Church
New Cirth Law Takes Effect For Birth Registration
The new Iowa law assigns county clerks as birth registrars and requires a standard birth certificate filed within ten days of birth. If the child is unnamed, a supplementary blank is provided to collect a name later, avoiding extra reports once named.
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Staes
la General Assembly
United States Census Bureau
State of
Iowa
Fuel Campaign Set For Muscatine By Coal Experts
Experts led by Roy al Tl Holbrook arrive to launch a fuel saving drive in Muscatine. They will tour public buildings and homes, offer free furnace and boiler advice, and host janitors and engineers meetings. The campaign aims to curb coal waste and promote efficient firing as Iowa north of war needs.
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Tommorrow
Royal Tl
Holbrook
Nel
Muscaline
Iowa
National Association of Stationary Engineers
Ames College
Greater Muscatine Committee
Holbrook Nay
Marl
Browning
Iuscntine
Charles Webster
Melstrom
Muscaine
Thair
Socialism at Noon Luncheon in Muscatine
I J Richman will speak at the Hotel Muscatine tomorrow noon on The Relation of Socialism to War and the Country as part of a mid week meeting. He will discuss the broad subject and a lively post discussion is expected after the session. Meanwhile a separate item reports a fatal apartment fire in Toledo tracing to a fallen candle from a Christmas tree with three dead and three injured.
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Jotel Muscatine
I. J. Richman
Toledo
Ohio
Jan
Palix Schmidt
Wm, Meinen
Agnes Meinen
Right Auctioneer For Your Sale In Nichols Town
If you want the right auctioneer you should give yourself a square deal The right auctioneer to pry your sale means dollars to you The right man in the right place is W R Schmitt General Auctioneer Nichols Town Call write or phone for terms and dates Office phone 93 Residence 26
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W. R. Schmitt
Nichols
Iowa Days Seek Ratification of Prohibition Amendment
Des Moines reports organized anti saloon groups urge Iowa legislature to ratify the federal prohibition amendment during a possible special session. Letters from R N Holsaple emphasize war measure urgency and the liquor traffic as a Kaiser ally, urging swift action without lengthy debate.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Cravernord Harding
Town Anti-Saloon League
R. N. Holsaple
General Assembly
Jtolsaple
Wei
Prohibition Amendment Ratification in State House
A reported influence to secure ratification of the national prohibition amendment faces a chillier prospect as the governor’s earlier intimation of a special session has waned. Public attention remains focused at the state house amid uncertainty over legislative action.
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State House
Sierdines
Open Drive for Income Taxes Opens Jan 2 in Iowa
Dubuque Iowa Jan 1 a nationwide drive for individual income tax returns will start January 2 with forty six officers across the state at points to aid taxpayers. By March 1 they will visit all ninety nine counties. The guides will answer questions and help prepare returns at no charge though excess profits guidance remains with the collector.
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Dubuque
Internal Revenue
Louis Murphy
Excess Profits Board
Greek Immigrant Hurt By Rat Poison In Iowa City
George Pappas Greek proprietor of a College Street parlor near Iowa City ingested rat poison mistaken for salmon in a restaurant meal. He suffered burns and stomach pain, was treated with a stomach pump, and remained in danger as doctors reported little chance of recovery. The report notes financial figures for 1917.
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Jowa
City
George Pappas
College Street
Pappas
Parpas
Tie
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Hamous
Oxford
Ind
Zelies
Dan Patch
Pacer
Churches Plan Annual Meeting
Sugw Daw Alaies
Ciue
Barnard’s Jewelry Store
Coats
Urs
Ginners
Muscatina
BRIAS
Congress
Cial
Overeca
Ena Inca
Iowa City
GEO. Kranz & Son
Kear
Henry i Harris
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