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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1900
Page
3
Promoters and merchants back a Dubuque racing meet with strong funds and widespread support. Investors from Detroit and Cleveland fuel the venture while local merchants expect a regional boost. Religious notices and church schedules fill remaining space.
A partial church directory lists services at several congregations. It notes dates and times for Holy Communion, morning services, evening prayers, Sunday schools, and youth meetings, along with names of pastors and guest speakers.
National Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey completes a merger of the National Mollenhauer and Discher concerns. The new firm holds 20 million in common and preferred stock with several million dollars in cash, uniting all plants and starting full operations. James E. Post leads the company with F D Mollenhauer as treasurer and Herbert D. Cory as secretary.
Transfers recorded by Geo Snlot abstractor include O Neill to W Clitringle Lot 8 8400 00. Linehan to Plekenbrodk et al for 229 city see 8000 00. Menke to Greiner 34 acres see 21 Liberty 1400 00. Maritz to Zehnoer Lot 125 Burden and Lawther. Callagan to Aung Sister's add La Multen dx to OC lots 3 and GL. Sullivan et al to Cann 2265-100 acres sec 23. Dube ches renecunees. Allman lots 2 T and part of Lot t Buettell Langeworthy add 8000 00. Burke to O Connor Lots 9 10 11 Lin Hela Sud. Conn sheriff to Boscom et al city Lot 333 OLWOr. Ryder Guardian to T McClann 2265-100 acres sec 28. Dubuque Water Company to City of Dubuque Water Plant sewers 145000 00. Total 508,413 95.
Grocery store for sale located in a top Dubuque neighborhood enjoying steady trade. Good reasons for selling noted. Address A, 3B, care Herald.
The Pearl City clam digging colony at the mouth of Catfish Creek near Dubuque houses over 200 workers from Rock Island Muscatine and nearby towns. Men dig scallop shells while women sort shells for pearls. wages reach about $10 a ton for shells and individuals earn up to $150 from pearls. The camp features tents rowed boats and rough dress with little civil order as it expands along the riverbank.
Reports indicate an explosion shook a shed with loud concussion but caused only slight damage. Officers found no clues to the perpetrators as President Whitaker announced 300 more non union men would arrive. A Shaw building on Washington Avenue was used as barracks for the posse with 631 deputies sworn in and organized into companies for drilling.
Eminent physicians and surgeons from the British Medical Institute establish a permanent branch in the Bank and Insurance Building, offering three months of free medical services to all invalids, excluding medicine, including consultations, examinations, minor surgeries, and advice. Dr. B. F. French leads the service from 9 am to 6 pm daily, with a promise of candid assessments and cures where possible.
Samuel F. Hickok, miller at Cascade Roller Mills, was caught on a main shaft during repairs in the basement. Champ Strong halted the machine and freed him after a frantic release. Hickok suffered bruises but no broken bones and walked to his boarding house.
The Burlington Route offers excursions on June 20 July 9 17 and Aug 1 to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden Spearfish Deadwood Sheridan with one fare plus two dollars round trip. Tickets valid to Oct 31 with thirty day stay after first Colorado point and stopovers allowed. Details at 611 Main Street or depot foot of Second Street. Boils carbuncles eruptive diseases heal with Page's Climax Salve kept in every home.
A noon argument between neighbors Mrs. George Gruber and Mrs. Emma Bauman escalated into an assault charge. Gruber claims Bauman alienated her husband. Bauman seeks justice and a possible divorce action. The case is set for 9 am tomorrow with Gruber contesting the allegations.
W G C Keeley has taken over the Julien Dubuque hotel bringing experience from the Leland and Victorian hotels in Chicago. He plans no radical changes, will repair as needed, and aims to maintain high standards with strong financial backing from owners F D Stout G B Burch and stockholder W J Browne of Home Electric.
A concise line notes a man praised for service to the people of the city, highlighting his impact and public regard.
An explanatory piece urges abandoning ship like explorers seeking the pole and promoting Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as the sole path to recovery from stomach disorders. It claims the Bitters cure indigestion constipation dyspepsia liver and kidney troubles, urging readers to try it if other remedies failed.
Manila reports Lt Col Emerson H Liscum of the Twenty fourth Infantry in Luzon confirms 31 of 33 Krag Jorgensen rifles stolen Dec 9 have been recovered. A captain and 30 men surrendered at Guyapo. Nueva in Cundaba burned leaving many homeless. fire blamed on accident.
The committee on streets and public grounds will meet Monday morning to investigate the abduction of the late Dr Cogewell whose likeness topped the drinking fountain in Washington park. Several local young men may be called to testify. John Powers is named executor of his father Lawrence Powers estate and administrator of Mary Powers estate.
A Chicago carriage firm sent a representative to Dubuque to locate a sought landau in a livery barn. The landau was mortgaged and sold to a dealer who then let it go to another buyer before it vanished. A local liveryman, an innocent purchaser, may bear the loss as the landau changed hands several times prompting anticipated court action.
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