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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1900
Page
7
The Dubuque and Wisconsin Bridge promoters win full authority to proceed after Congress passed supplemental legislation. Subscriptions exceed stock needs with over 65 000 dollars raised, city adding 25 000 for approaches, and 400 plus signers ready to begin construction of a 155 000 dollar structure.
Mrs I G Hunt of Lime Ridge Wisconsin faced gall stones causing stomach trouble and jaundice. After doctors failed she used Electric Bitters and was wholly cured. The remedy targets stomach liver and kidney issues including dyspepsia and loss of appetite. 60 cents guaranteed by J W Ruete, druggist.
The supreme court handed down decisions including Lucus against Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railway company in Johnson district, affirmed. Aultman Miller & Co against Koemer Bros in Franklin district affirmed. Aultman Miller & Co against Wligon affirmed.
Grain and from a Dubuque price sheet cover oats corn wheat barley rye hay flour and feeds with figures for several items. Butter eggs cheese and lard are noted with prices, while live stock and coal, wool, and coffees and sugars appear in the broader market. Prices illustrate a broad market snapshot from grains to commodities and staples.
Market notes from New York and Minneapolis Minneapolis December 22 cover Butter Receipts 2443 steady Creamery 17 25c June creamery 17 23c Cheese Receipts 752 quiet fancy large fall 114 1144c Western packing 18 22c Sugar Raw steady refined 3 4c Molasses sugar 35c Coffee quiet No. Trip 67 4c Cattle receipts 200 steady Hogs 19000 left over 3543 steady Mixed and butchers 4.65 4.95 Heavy 4.75 4.95 Sheep receipts 500 steady Official receipts yesterday Cattle 5689 2125 Sheep 2208 2062 Wheat cash 125 140 May 125 Silvered text shows wider market activity across grains, lead, flour, butter, eggs and livestock with varied prices and steady supplies.
Illinois Central releases a new time card showing eastbound trains from Dubuque to Chicago at 6:00 am arriving 9:30 am, and a night service at 11:30 pm arriving 7:00 am. Westbound schedules list 5:00 am to Omaha 4:00 pm and Sioux City 5:00 pm, with No.1 at 10:32 pm to Omaha 8:00 am and Sioux City 8:00 am. Des Moines hosts Iowa dealers association meeting January 24 1901. excursion fare to Des Moines offered Dec 29 to Jan 4 by Chicago Great Western. details from City Ticket Agent I B Ross.
This summary recalls Charley Ross who vanished in Germantown Pennsylvania on July 1 187 and the ransom demand of 20000 dollars. It notes the police pursuit and the boy presumed drowned amid later burglaries and shootings. It also references Gerald Are met stolen in Chicago on Christmas Day 1898 and recovered March 21 1899. Additionally, Marion Clark the infant abducted in Central Park May 21 1899 was found ten days later on a farm near Sloatsburg New York.
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