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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1900
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal lists subscription terms and delivery options. Rates are shown for daily and weekly delivery, with payments in advance and remittances made payable to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
New York port records show 400 842 total immigrants last year with Southern Italians 82 329 Hebrews 44 520 Polish 36 835 and other groups. Illiteracy and poverty are higher among southern Italians and Portuguese while northern Italians average higher literacy and income.
A public address urges prompt effort to help more people attain true American citizenship. The speaker argues prompt work reduces danger from rising illiteracy and pauperism among the population.
Census data highlight a shift toward urban centers like Philadelphia and Allegheny County in Pennsylvania, with rural counties shrinking. Industrial hubs pull in workers as cities expand, creating social problems and reflecting a national trend toward centralization.
During the siege of Peking eighty male members of the diplomatic corps and missionaries in the British embassy are isolated. A stage kiss made Katharine Grey ill and prompted legal proceedings against Richard Mansfield. The note questions why stage kisses have not caused more trouble in similar cases.
Memorials for Alexander Dumas fils and his general grandfather will not be completed soon. The works will be placed near the Dumas monument on Place Malesherbes in Paris which will soon be renamed Place des.
A Coventry New York woman recalls a missing husband who disappeared in spring 1884 to fetch flour and later reappears with a sack on his shoulder announcing he had not forgotten the errand. He has since traveled west, accumulated money, and plans to take Mrs White to his western home.
Plans by transportation companies promise a Chicago to Dawson City route by next summer. The itinerary uses fast trains Chicago to St. Paul, Northern Pacific and Great Northern to Seattle, steamship to Skaguay, White Pass and Yukon extension to White Horse Rapids, then Yukon river steamers to Dawson City. Total distance about 3 704 miles with fares near last year’s levels.
An 1890s style warning claims the Brooklyn Bridge is weakened by electrolytic currents eroding anchorages at nine tons yearly. The piece urges immediate action to prevent collapse and links this to health messages praising Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal stomach remedy.
The Bangor News argues that advertisements are essential to a newspaper and should be studied as news. They claim ads inform readers of goods for sale and reflect business activity, saving money, earning revenue, and driving success for advertisers and the paper alike.
Mrs. H. J. Evans hosts Thanksgiving dinner with her mother Mrs. J. B. Davenport in Chapin. Miss Jessie Winslow returns from Missouri visiting her brother Merritt. Miss Gertrude Watson visits her brother in Maquoketa. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Waltz drive to Muscatine and back. Eliza Ady and Henry Anderson of Elk Plain to wed next Wednesday at the Ady home. Mrs. J. E. Newsome hosts Junior League meeting with business, refreshments, and games. Ladies Missionary Society of the M. E. church meets with Mrs. R. C. Wagner. about twenty five in attendance. B. A. Nichols is called to...
On Thanksgiving a serious illness claimed the life of May Stone berger, sister of Lone Tree resident. Word now arrives that Mrs. Nichols also lies ill, adding to a day of sorrow in the community.
Ida Fisher fills lots on Wisconsin street and houses on Demorest avenue gain updates. Miss Minnie Brown hosts temperance committee. J. Hoopes adds a button factory linking to a growing shipping hub. Funeral of Charles G. Fowler follows kidney trouble. born 1851 near Grandview, survived by wife and three children.
The schedule lists street car departures from the company's office at 6 50 a m and every 20 minutes to 11 00 p m. Other routes start at 6 05 a m from South Muscatine to 11 15 p m, and additional lines run from 6 00 a m to 11 00 p m with variations to Park Place Fair Grounds Cemetery and end-of-line times.
Short line service effective June 10 1900 departs Davenport Iowa for Clinton Sterling Dixon and Chicago timetable shows No 2 6 12 30 A M and No 4 12 6 P M routes to Omaha Denver Belvidere Rockford Janesville Madison and Es eeates with connections to Utah and Pacific Coast Points.
The Burlington Route Passenger Department releases a 72 page illustrated volume titled California featuring 62 scenes from Monterey Yosemite San Francisco and Southern California resorts plus climate notes travel routes and tips How to Get to California section provides route information Copies mailable for six cents to J Frances Omaha Neb The closing line adds a moon themed joke about a marriage certificate.
Bloomington Council 175 of the F A A will meet at Woodmen hall Friday December 7 at 7 30 pm for fraternal mysteries and first degree work. The degree team will wear new uniforms and the West Liberty Prize Drillers will perform fancy floor work. Officers for 1901 will be elected. Visitors bring a lead pencil. The prize drill team to rehearse at 7 pm. Quincy T. Howard President.
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