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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1900
Page
8
Local notes report a baseball game between Muscatine and Wilton at St. John. Scheetz's Bargain Store offers 10 quart pail for 10 cents. Various residents travel or visit relatives, and a political rally with Job Harriman is scheduled at Court House square. An excursion to Burlington is planned with library debate delaying date to August 8.
The Bee Hive will distribute 125 hats at 9 o clock Friday to clear space for new fall styles. Be on time.
The notice promotes the last Burlington excursion of the nineteenth century with river boat travel options, tickets at 75 cents and meals, plus a moralizing contrast to railroad travel. Community events include Sunday School outings, passenger movements, and local notices about arrivals, travel plans, and upcoming speeches by Job Harriman.
We offer choice bargains in farms in this and neighboring counties. For details, call or write Titus & Jackson.
Judge Brannan selects three men to serve as water works trustees and travels to Davenport for approval from fellow district judges. The chosen men are prominent business figures regarded as trustworthy, and the process aims for careful scrutiny before formal appointments.
Job Harriman the Social Democratic party nominee for vice president will speak in Court Square tonight. He is a knowledgeable advocate of the movement and this first campaign address is expected to draw a large crowd eager to hear his views.
Excavation for the basement nearly finished. Foreman Mr Johnston, expected soon, will oversee remaining work to complete the project with minimal delay.
Celebration in Battle Creek Michigan features a national tourney for colored clubs and athletes. Cuban Giants of New York Columbian Giants of Chicago and Chicago Unions compete for a $500 cash prize as players from across the United States join the field day festival.
Elmira August 1 Superintendent Brockway of the State Reformatory is expected to resign today to the board of managers. If accepted the move follows charges of cruelty to convicts brought at various times over ten years. He is one of the oldest and most noted prison administrators in the United States.
The summer assembly of Minnesota Baptists opened at Lake Minnetonka Minn with the largest attendance in history. Services will be held three times daily in the pavilion auditorium until final adjournment on the 15th. The assembly meets on new grounds purchased last year by the society.
Management orders reductions along the entire production line to clean up excess stock. The initiative aims to lower inventories, improve turnover, and align output with current demand signals.
The Grand Rapids Bicycle Company plant in Grand Rapids Michigan, recently placed in trust, was abandoned today. The facility employed about 250 workers, most of whom were dismissed in June.
The National Plumbers and Gasfitters Association open its annual convention in Newark New Jersey with long discussions anticipated on matters affecting trader welfare and labor.
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