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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1901
Page
5
Col C C Horton governor of the Marshalltown Iowa State Soldiers Home says the canteen should be removed. He argues bars and penalties fail and honor-based conduct yields better discipline with fewer disturbances and deaths. He cites long-term sobriety and morale improvements at the home.
Eighteen hole bogey handicap at Muscatine golf links producing many record drops led by Lyle Day’s win. Chas Jackson shaved seven strokes from his own record. several players beat previous marks. Ladies event postponed but soon to be played. President’s medal and Evening Journal cup trophies announced with eligibility rules and qualification lists. trophies displayed at Robt. L. Thompson’s show window.
The article notes a law tied to double drunkenness by Home members diverting pension funds to families and barring access. Dr Duffield cites remarkably good health at the Home, attributing it to the absence of alcohol. He says many inmates are disabled but sickness is low, with only 71 of 718 men and 6 of 80 women hospitalized.
Felda Schenbower of Iowa City drew a prize in the Reno district while G B Reilly and P T Snyder of Davenport each won in the Lawton district. Muscatine agents await returns as boys wonder how many double headed sawbucks will be returned.
Special proposition to locate a button factory at White River with cheap shells and favorable railway rates for raw and manufactured goods. Paris interested address Bank of De Vall's Bluff Ark.
Advertisements list various patent medicines and tonics for summer health. Notable items include Miles Restorative Nervine and Blood Purifier, Miles New Cure for the heart, Restorative Tonic, Little Liver Pills, and Chamberlain's cholera croup and diarrhoea cure.
The Iowa Camp Meeting is in session at Clear Lake and runs until July 28 when the Northwest Epworth League Assembly begins July 29 and continues through August 8. A strong speaker program and entertainment is planned with low round trip rates via M. N. and S and the Iowa Central Route for individuals or groups. For details write Geo. S. Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa 724-87.
The Quincy and St. Paul passenger steamers depart Muscatine for St Louis and St Paul with northbound departures at 7 am on Aug 2 7 11 16 25 29 and southbound at 11 30 am on Aug 2 6 11 15 20 24 29. W G Block agent Muscatine Iowa provides further information.
The Travelers Book circle will convene at Eyrie on Saturday evening August 3 for one hour at 7 30. All who wish to renew association are asked to attend. Cc Weed.
The piece notes hogs at five forty a hundred and cattle steady while pineapples and radishes vanish from markets. Groceries soar and restaurateurs report slim profits prompting potential price hikes. Labor seeks higher wages as crop yields shrink yet farmers may still break even on smaller crops.
Grain and produce prices listed for Muscatine markets include corn 55c, oats 3c, oatmeal 33c, rye 40c, barley 49c, wheat 55 60c, hay dallies around $11–$13, potatoes $1.00, butter 14–20c, eggs 12c, lard 12c, and various poultry values. Multiple rail rates and upcoming conventions noted for August through September across Iowa and beyond, with travel and home-seeker ticket details and contact points for the railroad system.
The Grand Trunk Railway System promotes a scenic Pan American journey to Buffalo via Muskoka Kawarthas St. Lawrence river rapids White Mountains and Atlantic resorts. Beginning June 24 daily 3 02 p m departures from Chicago offer Pullman vestibule drawing room sleeping cars to Portland and Boston through Port Huron Toronto and Montreal. For tourist publications contact city passenger and ticket agent 249 Clark Street Chicago.
The railroad line from Chicago to New York and Philadelphia along the Lehigh Valley corridor passes through rugged mountains with a stopover at Buffalo. Through tickets to New York and Philadelphia via this line permit a Buffalo layover.
Dominion Line Steamship Company offers a direct summer service to and from Liverpool via Portland. Ships sail from and arrive at the Grand Trunk Wharf beside the Grand Trunk depot, avoiding transfers. Through fares via Portland equal those via Montreal and the St Lawrence River. more details in the Journal Want Column.
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