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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1900
Page
7
A collection of brief items: travel plans of Fred Shirk and Harry Caple, classified notices about found coat and lost pocket-book, visits between Chicago and Muscatine residents, promotions for medicines, a tailor’s arrival from New York, a ruined ball game plan due to a wreck near West Liberty, and a Rock Island rail rate ad for the Burlington Saengerfest with dates in August.
The Muscatine North and South railroad will offer round trip tickets to Clear Lake with two days board and lodging at Whitaker’s Lake Shore hotel for 11 dollars 19 cents. Tickets go on sale during July and August.
A snapshot of local life in Muscatine highlights births, social events, and political notes. Correspondents chronicle joyous occasions, thoughtful observations, and everyday interactions among neighbors and community figures.
Al Ford's Cedar Rapids trip and sister from Wyoming lead a page of family visits. William Ford plans to auction western horses from Tucker farm northwest of town. A B Ford injured teeth and lip after a fall while watering a steam engine. John Newton sold butter tub business to Barnett brothers. four men now operate and produce 100 tubs daily with new material received. Dan Fesler bought the old elevator to store grain. A Fesler sold two southeast farms to Iowa City buyers. M Bloom of Riverside reportedly leaving town. Brown from Iowa City selling organs for Greer. Father Carr in poor health. Rev Emerson back from Pennsylvania to visit ill brother. New oats at 18 cents. weather hot and dry with hope for rain. F Davidson shipped one ear of hogs last Friday.
West Liberty notes report a Wednesday plowing contest at Gatton field east of town with the Triumph Gang defeating Walking Plow. Reports mention camps at Wilton grounds, deaths in Mt. Pleasant, visitors from Iowa City, and multiple local social travel updates.
Local note reports three men seen around a neighbor’s premises Friday after 10 and 11 PM and a warning of an unwelcome reception. The Willing Workers Sewing Society met at Mrs S M Hoskins home with little sewing due to heat. A social at Mr and Mrs George Otto’s home Wednesday drew a good crowd.
Stock and grain farm near Wellman 260 acres with large house bank barn and outbuildings. Also 203 acre Illinois stock farm and 184 Cedar County acres for exchange. Hotels for sale or exchange with farms offers. Contact for property exchanges or sales in area.
The item lists social movements including Miss Lulu Gremmel of Kansas City visiting the Freyermuths and Watsons in Foster Illinois, Mrs Geo Plitt and family in Wilton Joliet, Lena Gremmel from Kansas City visiting Henry Freyermuth, Jesse Brainworth from Muscatine at Geo Otto's sociable, and Al Reed with Richard Boland heading to Colorado.
Passing from our place to Muscatine today the scene shows demolished water melons and moldy cabbages along the road. Yellow flowers, millers over fields, shells on the road, and odor of cabbage mark the journey. Levi Huff of Cass county stops home from Chicago and visits Grand View township relatives. He recalls subscribing to the Muscatine Journal at a Dodder camp ground in the 1850s. Wm. Shellabarger reports a 14 inch mud turtle with a grass growth on its back. Miss Amy Paine is surprised with a writing desk from the U B society for her organist work. Mrs Chas Baxter of Taylor county visits. Rev McAffee leads quarterly conference at M E church. F FE Longstreth adds a cellar on South Nebraska street. Threshing keeps farmers indoors.
Musserville residents discuss future improvements including Hershey's pasture for fairgrounds a streetcar line to the schoolhouse a feed yard a band stand and band concerts. Local rail switch engine accident prompts possible locomotive replacement while Miss Mattie Guild of Illinois Y P C T U is set to speak at the M E church.
Mrs Rose Drury and daughter, of Muscatine, visited Millersburg and Aledo with Mrs Mason and relatives. Keithsburg firm Smith Co introduces a $2.50 cream separator for farmers. James Hartman and wife from Muscatine stayed with Mason, Nelson and Schrader families. Jesse Keck, toy contractor, called Thursday. A Mason left Monday for Paris and Switzerland.
The Iowa Central Railway announces discounted round trip tickets to several Iowa events. Aug 9 to 12 Burlington Biennial Saengerfest. Aug 11 to 23 Humbolt Grand Lodge I O G T meetings. July 25 to Aug 26 Mississippi Valley Spiritualist Association Camp Meeting. July 24 to Aug 7 Iowa Falls Baptist Assembly. July 17 to Aug 10 Clear Lake State Camp Meeting. One and one third fare certificates apply for most events.
West Point Iowa Aug 6 Mamie Derhake two years three months daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Derhake drowned in an open cistern on Bearney Vonderhaar farm three miles north after playing in the yard Friday afternoon. A search found the body at the bottom, the death ruled accidental.
Eugene V. Debs, Socialist Party presidential nominee, sends his acceptance from Terre Haute to national secretary William Butscher. He pledges loyalty to socialist principles, urges working class support, condemns capitalism, and calls for united action to hasten a cooperative wealth system.
Lab note lists a dubious remedy by Dr Hobbs for kidney ills and a free Sam ale offer. The fragment mentions Chicago and North locations and a sterile number. The text lacks verifiable details and appears promotional.
Sheriff Hill and Deputy Duval raided Carl Voss’s Walnut Street restaurant with a search warrant. They took twelve bottles of beer a half keg of whisky and two jugs partly filled with wine. Liquor is held for examination before the justice court.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure as a remedy to stop coughing. It promotes a 25 cent price and claims quick relief.
Lincoln Neb Aug 6 William J Bryan the Democratic nominee for president will today answer the Kansas Democratic State Central Committee on whether he will tour the state this fall to campaign. His friends believe it would aid the ticket and he will probably undertake the trip.
Special train departs Muscatine at 7:00 a.m. via B C R N Ry. to Cedar Rapids for a Firemen's Tournament outing. Round trip fare set at $1.50 with August 8th return.
Patent pain reliever advertised by Maol promises fast relief from aches and pains. The product is priced at 25 cents and available at all druggists.
A sixteen months old child of Mr and Mrs Walrod from Callender was severely mangled after wandering into long grass Saturday. A field mower driver failed to see the child in time and the arm was cut off along with severed toes. The body and face suffered major cuts. the child may live.
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