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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1900
Page
5
Local notices and short items list names and addresses of professionals, social visits, travel, social events, and illness updates. Include Dr Bray at 10th and Iowa, dentist Goble on Ninth/Main, tradesmen like Leornz tailors, and social notices about dances and visits in Waterloo Perry Dubuque area.
Auctioneer Hedley sells Mrs. Anna Phelan property at Main and Second for 3000 dollars. Invest with I R HeIch Welhe Co offers first mortgage farm loans. Wanted sewing machine operators for steady work. Buy imported cigars for six cents at Otto Lange Co Reading Room.
Local column lists December travel to Chicago via Illinois Central with several Dec 22 to Jan 1 dates, a daily turkey show on Main street, Mrs Osborne reopening a boarding house, and social visits. Also notes real estate sale on Nevada street, Dr Staples European trip, and the death of Gerhard Tegeler of Dyersville. includes herbal tonic ads and a funeral procession from Locust Street to the Cathedral.
Reports from Delhi street and nearby towns describe Herbert Ruh recovering from typhoid at Finley hospital and soon returning home. An assortment of ads promotes Moffat's Life Pills, Page's Climax Salve, and Hood's Sarsaparilla while noting new openings at Giesel's Springs and plant displays at Harkett's. Local society covers engagements, church events, and a sheriff’s visit to Chicago in search of stolen silk, plus notes on individuals, insurance appointments, and a New Year's zither concert at Saengervund auditorium.
Dubuque bowling leagues show activity with Invincibles Nylics and others rising. Schreiner Stoltz offer $115 total prizes through April 1 led by a $50 first prize. Hopkins posted high 139. standings list clubs and high averages across Mohicans and Mohawks led Marquette standings.
Omaha reports E A Cudahy, the millionaire packer, received a second letter from the kidnapping gang. The missive warns he must drop the $25,000 reward for arresting the three bandits or risk kidnapping another of his children. The note, written on yellow paper, was found by a servant and delivered to Cudahy after a phone call. He has not withdrawn the reward and informed police chief Donahue.
Iowa Telephone Company stockholders authorize raising capital from 1 million to 4 million with new stock to be issued January 1. Directors approve a major improvement plan including underground cable conduits in Davenport worth about 150 thousand and upgrades to toll lines statewide with added metallic circuits and line rebuilds.
Cable dispatches from South Africa show little new information but indicate British forces regaining lost ground. A Nanulport report dated 28 notes Col. DeLisle defeating Hertzog and capturing key positions eighty miles west of De Aar.
Reports from the field describe detachments of Boers near Natal and Ventersdorp clashing with British forces. Reprisals leave dozens wounded, while Gen French wins relief without opposition. Voicing loyalty, local farmers pledge quiet support as martial law spreads. Louis Botha warns Kruger’s burghers to lay down arms.
Mercy Hospital association hosts an annual New Year’s Day entertainment exclusively for patients. Participating performers include Mrs Annsa Powers Slattery, Miss Ida Grant, Mrs J W Huestis, Miss Grace Carney, Mr and Mrs Jos Brown, Prof Alfred Manger, Marion B Green and Jos Michel.
St Paul reports health commissioner Dr Justus O Hage issued strict quarantine orders against Winona amid five hundred smallpox cases. State health officer Dr Bracken warned that without removing current officers and enforcing tougher rules every Minnesota city could quarantine Winona. Councilmen reportedly enacted the suggested changes.
The vested choir of St Luke's will sing The Coming of the King a Christmas cantata by Dudley Buck this evening under Choirmaster Mr Pontius. The service features multiple solos and choruses with Miss Grant Miss Genevieve Wheat Mr Green and others, an organ prelude and postlude, and a new Cantate Domino in D Major for the occasion.
Milwaukee Wis Dec 29 The forty eighth annual convention of the Wisconsin Teachers association adjourned after a final session focused on a revision of the constitution and by laws led by D D Mayne of Janesville The committee report was debated at length and postponed for another year with contention centered on the officer election clause unchanged from the old constitution
James B. Edmonds, a retired lawyer, died tonight at age 69. He was once a partner of Gen. B. F. Tracy in Elmira and practiced law for about twenty years in Tow City after moving east.
Mrs. Joe Brown resigns as cathedral choir and music director. Prof. F G Rohner of Chicago will assume the post after year end. he brings 15 years directing music in Chicago churches. Gregorian music to be sung exclusively. Archbishop Keane supports devout services.
At St Patrick's New Year’s Eve a concert features the regular choir with Miss Telen Williams, Mr James Carr, Mr Louie Jaeger violinist, performing Gilinn's Grand Military Mass with soloists and chorus. It lists many choir members, performers, and the organist in a formal program notes style.
Lieut-Gen. Nelson A Miles arrived in Charlotte from a Trent river hunting trip and said he had not read Alger’s attack in full. He noted the press had condemned the beef issue and hinted he may respond regarding the rottenness of the affair.
Ainslee's Magazine reports planned Boston water works expected to create the world’s largest potable reservoir within 32 miles of Boston. The project would serve Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Newton, Somerville and surrounding towns, sustaining growth to 1950 with a modern aqueduct and distribution network. The ambitious plan underscores Boston’s health and welfare leadership and future-focused governance.
The flood threat near Boston would submerge valleys thirty miles from the city and submerge towns while a new Wachusett reservoir increases regional water capacity to more than four times all prior Boston reservoirs. The change in the railway right of way reflects the broader impact on the region as water supply expands.
In Chicago probate court, Miss Martha Hill was named sole beneficiary of Charles W. Fullerton's estate. The public administrator Patrick H. Domnell and Merchants Loan and Trust Company filed for administration, noting Miss Hill is his step sister and valued heir. Deeds from four heirs transfer their interests to Miss Hill, with the estate reportedly valued at about 1.25 million dollars.
Gen Cross of the ¢ sommpander flour mills killed in machinery accident in West Superior. Gustave Pecaut, aged 74, a French voyager linked to Sioux City’s early history, dies. Saloons close in Chicago amid blue laws under Mayor Harrison. Mine thefts reported at Bald Butte with ore carried in pockets. Third East Asiatic regiment dispatches claim 500 imperial troops shattered near Man Tsin. Louisville and St Louis Airline under Southern railway coverage. Gen S C Smith named GM. Henry Howgate released after six years for forgery. Grane opera house Norristown destroyed by fire. origin unknown. Modern Woodmen of America convention may move from St Paul to Minneapolis due to schedule clash. Imported Cigars advertised by Otto F Lange Co.
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