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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1900
Page
15
In Paris fashion centers, colored lace trims the latest gowns, with boleros and scalloped edges matching dresses. Corsetry shapes silhouettes, slim figures rule, and pale pinks blues and creams lead spring looks described by Sadie Merritt.
The diary of Charles Creamer records a June 1828 clash at the Congregational meeting house in Waldoboro between Congregationalists and Universalists. A night watch with clubs preceded a Sunday showdown with loud music and two sides occupying the church until the Universalists won advantages, then the Congregationalists bought them out and the trouble ended.
Consul John C. Covert reports at Lyons that Siberia could rival cereal producers with 8 million population and 2 to 10 million tons of cereals yearly, noting vast undeveloped gold and coal resources and a future Trans Siberian link to Port Arthur. France seeks greater reciprocal trade with Russia while Russia buys mainly from the U S England and Germany.
Six members of Yale’s class of 1901 acted as pallbearers at Commodore Richard Peck’s funeral after undertakers hired local students. They received one dollar per funeral and provided their own attire while the firm supplied gloves and ties. The sextet later repented of the unusual work.
A local service advertises safe horses or teams with competent drivers for hire. The provider claims healthful, invigorating rides and convenient service with reasonable charges. Call 310 to arrange delivery at office or home.
J Haydenshield announces Key City Livery at Coller Avenue and 18th Streets offering carriages for funerals opera balls and parties. Call for service.
A white man and a black man were hunted by three fierce dogs imported from Georgia swamps as an experiment. They fled two hours ahead of officers and pursued hounds reached edge of town, forcing them to climb trees to escape. The hunt ended with a narrow escape as the first dog closed in within ten feet.
The notice lists Republican Philadelphia conventions in June, Prohibition Chicago events, and Democratic Kansas City gathering with ticket sale dates. It promotes the Chicago Great Western railway Maple Leaf Route as the best way to attend, promising vestibuled trains, free chair cars, dining service, and sleeping car accommodations on a single round trip fare. F B Ross of 695 Main Street, Dubuque, Iowa, is the contact.
New York and Newport society learns Miss Elizabeth Wetmore Hunter will debut on stage at the Newport Casino. She is connected to prominent families, including the late Thomas Wetmore Hunter and Capt. Charles Hunter, and is cousin to Senator George Peabody Wetmore and Mrs. Walter Kane. Her first appearance will be with the Earl of Yarmouth and company.
The Chicago Times-Herald reports that entry costs 15 dollars for the Paris Exposition. The price excludes reserved seats, mementoes, and backstage peeps behind the scenes in side shows.
The article cites the last census giving New Mexico a population of 163,000, including 20,000 Indians and 50,000 Mexicens. It notes a significant native and Mexican demographic presence within the territory.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad announces daily and Sunday train times from Dubuque to Savanna North McGregor and Chicago with through sleepers to St Louis Sioux City and Pacific coast routes. Special through sleeper connections and best Dubuque to Chicago train are highlighted with agent contact at No 697 Main Street Dubuque Iowa.
Illinois Central Railroad Co publishes a June 10 1900 time table for westbound and east and south routes. It lists multiple daily and Sunday exceptions for departures and arrivals between Dubuque Chicago and Omaha Sioux City, noting parlor cars on the 1:15 pm Chicago train and sleepers on night services.
Patriotic holiday travel offered with cheap round trip fares by the Chicago Great Western railway. One fare and a third for round trips, children at half rates. Tickets on sale July 3 and 4, valid to return July 56. Inquiries directed to F B Ross city ticket agent 695 Main street Dubuque evening Herald subscription urged.
The Cedar Rapids line shows arrival and departure times for main east and south routes with the Chicago and St Louis through services. It lists Pullman sleepers, free chair cars, and coaches to Chicago Minneapolis and St Paul along with northbound passenger and freight movements and notes on service days. John G. Farmer and J. A. Lomaz sign as general agents in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Farmers, stockmen, grain dealers and others are urged to note that the Herald's markets reports are the only reliable EMS market report and the only correct source for market information.
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