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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1913
Page
5
Local notices and social items fill a Saturday scene with visits across towns. Residents and travelers from Nichols Letts and Katona move through the area, catching trains to Barfield Merabure and Wrustland. Socials, meetings, and upcoming events weave through Mundt storm coverage with community notices and ad copy.
Land offering describes one mile south of Oliver with 50 acres improved and available for farming. Well drained tract with burned buildings and stock farm potential. About 20 acres pasture and 7 acres in tomatoes, rented for years at 0. Sign posted for bidders may attract buyers seeking a quality farm.
The Young Women’s Christian Association held a Sunday afternoon 4 o’clock service featuring a sermon by Rev. Melga of the First Rape ilet church. An article by a Mississippi school representative highlighted education of 14 thousand Negro children, only 6 thousand receiving schooling, with Netila Rice delivering a vocal solo.
The Rev. J. N. Daniels, presiding settler of the Keokuk district, will deliver an address at the local Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow evening. The Rev. R. L. Allen, pastor, will preside the session, with the visiting preacher expected to be a notable speaker.
Reverend R V Meigs of First Baptist preached the first in a laborers series titled Working Man and His Pipe. He discussed smoking habits among men, condemning excess and youth misuse, while allowing temporary use if not harming the worker or his status with employer and peers. The class plans a banquet for new members and a crowd of two to three hundred is expected.
Preparations are complete for a joint installation to be held by the Fraternal Bank at a reserve society this week. R. A. Moses of Cedar Rapids and A. T H. Corey of Des Moines will preside and participate with an orchestra, followed by dancing, refreshments, and a social session.
The Rev. Dr. George Wright of Lincoln preached his first sermon at the First Methodist church on Sunday, morning and evening services drawing a large congregation. Topics were The Mission of Jesus and The Parable of the Lost Sheep. Wright will conduct all services during January.
Testimony begins Tuesday before Special Examiner Roy E. Fuller in Chicago. Officials of Chicago mail order houses will testify while defendants include Northwestern Retail Lumber Dealers Association and Willard G Hollig. Government argues no retail dealers conspired to restrain trade. mail order firms face charges amid a broader inquiry into the lumber industry.
The St. Louis motor boat show at the Coliseum opens with displays from portable to 200 horsepower engines and cruisers. Exhibits surround the main floor with engines and accessories, featuring boats from 50 pounds portable motors to racing machines. The show runs through next Sunday as motor clubs from St. Louis and nearby cities attend.
A fragmentary report mentions a session of the association committee and a general convention the next day. Delegates from about forty clubs in the Migatsson Valley will be present, representing twenty seven Brates. The Chicago club plans a special train leaving January for St Louis, with travel on January 13th.
The First Baptist church Sunday school elected Carl G. Schmidt as superintendent at the annual business session. The vote was unanimous and he had served in related roles previously. The officers to be ratified at tonight's church meeting include Schmidt as Superintendent and W Stirlen as Senior Department Supervisor among others.
A cold north wind and fresh snowfall blanketed the city causing some train delays. Trains Davenport and Meritage stayed on schedule, with minimal disruption to streetcars and traction services while temperatures plunged to near zero. Residents noted ice and snow on tracks and windows decorated with Jack Prost’s winter design.
New study from the Russell Sage Foundation highlights U S public school spending doubling over a decade. It notes wide gaps in per child costs across states, low teacher pay in much of the South, and alarming rates of school property loss by fire.
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