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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1900
Page
3
The council debated whether to fund a separate city census in June arguing government enumerators are unreliable. The Business Men's League offered to contribute funds, but committee favored no action citing waste and potential conflicting authority with government figures.
T L Martin of Dixie Kentucky testifies he suffered nightly coughs until he found relief with Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and lung troubles. He praises its efficacy and recommends it to family and friends as a remedy for consumption. Trial bottles are offered free at Ruete's drug store.
Flat Congregational on Corner Toast and Gocust streets lists Sunday services at 7 pm and 7 30 pm with Rev. Theodore Criften of Chicago delivering Sunday school at 9 45 am Christen Endeavor at 6 30 pm St John’s Episcopal at Fourteenth and Main says services for Easter with Holy Communion morning prayer at 11 am and 6 pm Ser vies at Second Presbyterian on Locust and Thoeath streets with Rev. Wen Trivies preaching at 11 am and 7 45 pm Sunday school at 9 46 am Yonge Street Baptist at 645 pm with Wednesday evening meeting The Cathoic Raphael’s Cathedral on Wood and Aluft streets Masses 6 and 8 am Vespers 8 30 pm Perrick’s Church on TM Teenth and lawn streets mass 6 am etc.
Local churches list mass times and vesper schedules. St Marys Sacred Heart Holy Ghost St Anthonys St Columbkille detail mass times and vesper hours with pastors named.
WII often receive painful cuts, sprains or bruises from accidents. Bucklen's Amica Salve will kill the pain and heal the Injury. It's the cyclist's friend. Cures Chafing, Chapped Hands, Sore Lips, Burns, Ulcers and Piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25e. Try it. Sold by T. W. Ruete, druggist.
Woodman’s Forester Leam WilCom will travel to Strawberry Point Thursday to contest for a $100 prize at a Woodmen event. Teams from Des Moines Cedar Rapids Rock Island Davenport Oelwein and other cities will attend the big Woodmen picnic and contest. The Ironwood team, regarded as one of the nation’s best drilled forester squads, won Iowa honors at the Kansas City convention last summer and is led by Captain BK Miller with a full roster of specialists.
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Co as the best simple remedy for nature’s needs and urges prompt use only when necessary.
The supreme court affirmed an $1,800 verdict for Henry Wilberding in a long Dubuque county case over injuries from a defective sidewalk. Begun in 1896 for $5,000, a new trial was granted after juror misconduct, and the city plans a rehearing with oral argument, delaying final resolution another year.
An illustrated 17-cut booklet titled Womanhood promises treatment for female diseases. It claims to reveal womb displacements and related issues. Availability is restricted to individuals inuldex? readers, mailed in plain sealed envelopes from Dr. B. J. Kay of Saratoga, New York.
A wry piece contrasts farmers and merchants waiting for crops or customers. It uses a rustic vignette of a farmer on a fence and a merchant with stored goods hoping for buyers, highlighting reliance on chance rather than effort.
In the Dubuque O Malley will case, the court adjourned to Monday morning as only one defense witness, James E Knight, is set to testify. Dr W P Slattery described O Malleys illness in 1896 97 and noted a partial leg paralysis after hospital discharge in 1898 while asserts he remained of sound mind.
The Southern general assembly session in Atlanta opened with devotions as overtures were read on hymn book questions and a 20th century push to raise 31 million for permanent church work. Treasurer W A Alexandria reported 1900 funds balance of 1265. A recess followed.
The piece notes the looming choice for vice president as a key issue for party interests. It also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a fifty year proven remedy for digestive issues and general health, praised by physicians and available from druggists.
The Washington sub committee of the St Louis exposition bill met in May and perfected the measure. It will be printed and submitted Tuesday for final action by the full committee. The bill proposes $5 million in proceeds to back the project, tying government support to local bondholders and residents of St Louis.
Ham Jones discovers a human skeleton protruding from a river bank on the island opposite the big spring. A large buried box above the skeleton hints the body may have been interred in the box, its bottom rotted, bones now by the water edge. Clothing remains. Jones seeks physicians to confirm identity. Noted as part of long history of riverbank crime along the Mississippi.
In Fort Dodge on May 19, building and loan firms in northwest Iowa face profit uncertainty due to a state law setting a fixed interest rate and restricting expense deductions. Several associations plan to cease operations when the law takes effect on June 15, with Algona Deposit and Loan weighing conversion options.
Mason City Iowa May 19 the Bolton house near the Iowa Central depot has been quarantined after one sick stranger arrived from Milwaukee. About twenty people in the hostelry are kept inside to prevent exposure. An Italian family across the street is also quarantined as guards seal the building.
Mrs. W C McNamara, recently divorced from the man involved in sensational Dakota City court proceedings, is living quietly with Mr and Mrs Peter Brady of Sioux City. The Perry Creek farm has passed to Cornelius McNamara, W C McNamara’s brother and a wealthy stockman near Helena Montana.
At Detroit Michigan May 23 29. Tickets on May 20 and 31 at one fare plus 2.00 for round trip return limit May 30. Call city office 611 Main Street or at passenger depot foot of Second Street.
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