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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1900
Page
3
A discussion of Iowa’s November vote on shifting from annual to biennial state elections. The Hampton Recorder opposes the change, arguing it distances officials from voters, increases professional politics, and weakens popular control, while noting potential savings and reduced agitation. It warns about appointment power gains and future regret.
The Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions authorizes missionaries in China to return home if needed. The stance argues against martyrdom for its own sake, saying Christianity is established enough to rely on earnest workers rather than sacrifice. The article praises the board’s prudent decision and urges hopeful future openings in China.
Senator Geo G West of Missouri who has served in the Senate since 1879 says he will not run again. His term ends March 3 1903. Numerous candidates for the seat include ex Representative Dockery ex Governor Stone Representative DeArmond Cochran Benton and Champ Clark with Clark first to declare his candidacy.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil argues imperialism requires a large army while a large army does not imply imperialism invoking the Civil War era as precedent.
Coroner reports a child dead in a second floor room of a brick barn at 73 Abbott street. The mother, Mrs. Lerneault, sits crying as the father Sam Lemeault left months earlier. Neighbors note the mother’s illness and poverty with a cigar factory wage sustaining two other children. The child died in spasms while the mother watched.
In Racine on August 1 Francis R. Johnson and party rode a carnival coach still decked with paper flowers. Floral flames spread quickly endangering passengers including Mrs. George W. Peck Jr and Miss Linda Lee. Johnson moved the horses to safety, then the coach burned completely.
Sam Jones, not aligned with any party, predicts McKinley will be reelected. He says the Democratic party will announce after the vote that there are no remains.
While City of Louisville passed Home City Price's show boat Olympia was torn by a snag and sank quickly. The sinking caused panic among the troupe with several actresses fainting as the band played Home Sweet Home. The company had a similar mishap at Delhi three years earlier.
Representative Dolliver of Iowa and Jerry Simpson of Kansas will debate at Lithia Springs on August. In Pana Illinois county, every township has formed a woman's McKinley club with 150 members. They are organizing a drum corps to participate actively in the campaign.
Ludington Michigan August Modine reports his son Alfred 21 died of fever aboard a United States transport while returning from the Philippines to San Francisco. Remains forwarded to Ludington expected this week. Alfred Modine enlisted for Philippine service a year ago at Manistee.
A mob in Chicago attacked William Metheal accused of theft and only police intervention saved him. Separately, a brush of global notes reports the Grand Duke of Hesse in Paris incognito, Canada’s cabinet offered to resign, and rapid growth of street railways in Pennsylvania.
An early 20th century ad promises a cure for constipation with Candy Cathartic called C and C or similar. It states a 25 cent price and a druggist refund if CCC fails, urging buyers to try the product with confidence. The copy targets general consumers seeking quick relief.
The remodeled Grand Central Railroad station is open with a special tea room for traveling women offering complimentary tea coffee and cakes. The new feature aims to provide free refreshments to women in transit.
New York August 1 Governor Charles Allen of Porto Rico sailed from port aboard the Mayflower for Ponce. He has spent weeks in Washington and at Canton D with President McKinley reviewing reforms to be enforced in the island.
New York Aug 1 George Dixon once nearly unbeatable failed against Tommy Sullivan of Brooklyn at Coney Island last night. The fight halted in the seventh round when Dixon’s manager O Rourke claimed his left arm was disabled and Dixon could not continue. Referee declared Sullivan the victor as Dixon suffered a double fracture in the arm revealed after the sixth round.
Judge W Holt departed Frankfort Kentucky with his family to assume duties as district judge of Porto Rico. He was appointed to the post on June fifth last.
Mull’s Lightning Cough Cure promises quick relief from coughing with a compact treatment claim priced at 265 cents. The ad emphasizes fast action and portable use for period shoppers.
The article describes how tight military gear and marching strain injure internal organs and digestive health. It advocates Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia constipation indigestion flatulence nervousness and insomnia, claiming it strengthens the stomach and keeps bowels regular.
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