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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
8
A British iron firm builds a Russian bridge but upped bribe pressure leads to inspector declaring it unsafe. The bridge is disassembled and shipped to England, then tendered again and reshipped to Russia with the same bridge passing inspection after the official takes a cut. Pearson’s Weekly notes the audacious cycle of corruption among officials and contractors.
The Want Column notes prices and arrivals in Muscatine. Scheetz advertises Mason rubber goods with a 4c per dozen price for rubbers. Several readers travel on the Firefly and Young to Davenport and Chicago for visits and business.
The passage recalls Bob Garrett’s venture after becoming B and O president. Cyrus Field cautions him that fighting Pennsylvania Railroad Western Union Adams Express and Pullman’s Palace Car risks ruin, warning the four-corporation opposition is too strong for one man.
A German tested safety lamp for mines uses a spring inside glass that lets the lamp light without opening. Screwing the upper piece compresses the spring to shift the wick and enable burning. Reversing the spring turns the cap to quench the flame instantly when it contacts air.
A slim young man in a high collar and straw mackintosh enters a Bowery eatery and orders apple pie and coffee with insistence. The waiter resists hurried service, then the man’s curt demand is echoed in the kitchen via a cryptic line about Eve’s gift and a chol ly freight.
Senators whose terms expire March 4 1897 include Pugh Alabama Jones Arkansas Perkins California Teller Colorado Platt Connecticut Call Florida Gordon Georgia Dubois Idaho Palmer Illinois Voorhees Indiana Allison Iowa Peffer Kansas Blackburn Kentucky Blanchard Louisiana Gibson Maryland West Missouri Jones Nevada Hill New York Hansbrough North Dakota Brice Ohio Mitchell Oregon Cameron Pennsylvania Irby South Carolina Kyle South Dakota Merrill Vermont Squire Washington Gallinger New Hampshire Pritchard North Carolina Vilas Wisconsin.
Readable ad lists fresh groceries for Sunday dinner at H M Borman's Grocery 128 West 2nd Street including chickens eggy plant melons cucumbers corn tomatoes new potatoes eating and cooking apples Colfax water carbonated and plain fresh country butter and eggs cabbage and more with telephone 34 promising good things to eat.
London Answers describes a dra pery emporium scene where a polite shopwalker commands ladies to step like a march, and the customers humor him by mimicking the grand gesture though they protest they have not learned the style. They all try, and the shopkeeper wishes he had never been born.
The article recounts a popular legend claiming German deaths were dyed red by blood of unbelievers during Charlemagne’s brutal campaigns to convert the nation. It notes the mythic framing of violence in early medieval religious expansion and its persistence in cultural memory.
The report notes over 400 patents issued in England for paper manufacture and more than 500 patents granted in the United States, highlighting a boom in patent activity for the industry.
Mrs Ed Anson of South Muscatine narrowly escaped serious injury when a bullet lodged in woodwork near her couch. Residents say youths roam the city at night firing at will and terrorizing the residential district. They urge police attention to stop the promiscuous shooting.
A theft occurred at Henry Geiss's drug store on West Second Street last night. Thieves entered the front door, stole money from the cash drawer totaling $12, and attempted to breach the safe. The safe was later opened by Muscatine expert Will Dillaway, leaving contents untouched as the lock rew locked after the attempt. The proprietor suspects an insider who knew the shop layout and weak fastening, and anticipates developments.
A launch party led by Edgar Francis will cruise the river Saturday evening with a landing miles upstream and a picnic supper for the party. The South Muscatine Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church will hold a picnic at Joe Vannatta’s on Burlington Road. Mr and Mrs Frank Grady hosted a large gathering Wednesday honoring Mrs Robert McCoy and children from Sioux City visiting relatives. Mrs McCoy is Mrs Grady’s sister.
The itemized notes include fresh fruit and vegetables at Hartman & Bitman, watermelons at Geo W Lindle, book promos for H W Lewis, social updates on families and travelers like Rev Zimmerman and the Harris clan, launches to Mackey's landing, and a weekend picture sale at Scheetz's.
A called meeting of the Royal Neighbors will be held Saturday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, per order. Mrs. E. Hoefflin serves as recorder. The notice notes a delightful camping party is being planned.
Carnival City Packet Co. runs a morning Muscatine to Davenport voyage at 6 30 each day with return by 7 30 p m Fare for the round trip is one dollar One packet departs Muscatine to Burlington every weekday at 6 30 p m For details contact W G Block agent Muscatine Iowa
Bargains in chinaware and a variety of novel ties were highlighted at Henry Butz’s Fair presenting affordable wares and fashion accessories for visitors seeking decorative items and quirky neckwear.
A group of city and country residents plan a week of camping along the Cedar River at Camp Rest. The initial party includes Mr and Mrs W Harris and children Edna and Ralph, Mr and Mrs Carl Barnard, Mr and Mrs J C Stuart, Miss Lottie Cole, Mr and Mrs J C Stuart, and Misses Margaret and Nona Stuart, with additions anticipated throughout the week for recreation away from work.
Mutual dissolution of Baker and Neidig printers. C. W. Baker retires. A. J. Neidig continues the business at 323 East Second Street. Creditors or claimants urged to call at the job office. August 1, 1901.
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