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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1900
Page
7
Irregular or tardy delivery of The Daily Journal should be reported to the business office. Every copy should be delivered before 6 30 p m. Complaints for late delivery required. Subscribers should provide a box or designated secure location to shelter from weather or molestation.
The Journal offers same day ad changes if copy arrives in the office by 9 am. It is available daily at R. A. Holmes E. E. Davidson and C. W. Hodges news stands for customers needing copies.
Battey the jeweler and optician relocates to 120 West Second Street opposite Tribune office. Rev Joseph Bleeden was an early morning passenger to Wilton. L Branson was a business passenger to Letts this morning. Beach's World soap advertised as pure and good for clothes. Metz sold four Wheeler and Wilson sewing machines for Christmas gifts. Miss Mayme Ditman and Miss Mable Hoffman visitors noted. Faulkner party from Bayfield returning home with father James Faulkner. Money To Loan ads offer loans from $10 on furniture pianos horses carriages and more with open hours Wednesday and Saturday evenings 7 to 9.
J. J. Havercamp advertises a pile remedy promising cure for piles with a pile pipe free in each package. The offer includes a positive written guarantee and a no cure, no pay policy, with 50 cents price and free samples.
Robert Edgerton and many others head in and out of Iowa City with visits, travels, and errands to Tama county Letts Columbus Junction and Washington. Advertisements promote Hood's Sarsaparilla and Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil alongside notices of travelers and missions mentioned in the day’s city pages.
Are you going to Florida Old Mexico or California Better arrange to take advantage of very favorable excursion rates with stop over privileges and long limits in effect via L C R N Ry Please confer with agent or address John G Farme
Henry Clews reports December 1900 optimism as stock prices jump after the November election. Prices reach post‑two‑year highs, profits tempt realizations, and bull sentiment stays strong. Bank reserves show a $12.27 million surplus. Congress opens calmly. industrial securities ease, signaling broad national prosperity.
The document lists names under Third Year Enrollment with 31 students and Second Year Enrollment with 44 students, followed by First Year Enrollment with 77 students. Named individuals include Francis Brown Grace Fry Carrie Dean Lillian Gerischer Henry Hoffman Walter Klaffenbach Elizabeth LeQuatte Eva Lezotte Ina Stirlin Bessie Althaus Andrew Asthalter Mabel Breckon Vera Barnhart Frank Butler Robert Crawford Dora Dreier Carrie Dermody George Eaton Edna Francis Gertrude Fry Helen Gross klaus John Huff Wilma Holcomb Gladys Harber Ruth Higley Sadie Kuebler Miriam King Clarence Klaffenbach Anna McCoy Margaret Niver Clarence Oppelt Ralph Reuling Florence Steen Anna Shepard Karl Schenck Anna Wilson Roseta Wagner.
The Sagamore edition of the Works of Governor Roosevelt has been produced to meet demand for an affordable edition. It collects writings that hold a firm place in the country’s permanent literature and illuminate the character and opinions of the author, noted for his energy and public spirit.
The 1901 Atlantic Monthly will feature scholarly, nonpartisan studies of the Reconstruction Period. Authors include both Southern and Northern voices, with varied political views, some participants in the era and others noted for historical analysis, all writing with candor and temper.
Seventy four pupils at the high school earned perfect attendance for the term. The fourth year class lists enrollment of 26 including Edward Asthalter Mabel Bitzer Nellie Downer Edna Elicker Ethel Elicker Elizabeth Knopp Gertrude Legler Grace Miller Helen Molis Sadie Smalley Grace Schwertfeger Florence Schwertfeger Carrie Stine and others.
William N. Pethick, Li Hung Chang confidant, describes a perilous Peking siege incident. Herbert Seniers, US Legation first secretary, showed skill saving legation staff. he became Major Claude Macdonald’s staff chief. Wanamaker enters magazine publishing with the December issue.
An ad offers "Week's Break-Up-A-Cold Tab" pills to cure a cold while you sleep. Payment refunds purchase price if the product fails. Priced at 25 cents and attributed to J. J. Havercamp.
An announcement outlines a bold shift by Wanamaker stores toward publishing to reach readers directly. It claims Wanamaker is the nation’s largest book retailer and argues a popular magazine fits the firm, promising a highly attractive Christmas number.
A pair of rimless gold eye glasses were found on the bluff road about two miles south of the city. Finder should return them to this office to receive a $1.00 reward.
November marriage list includes 3 Louis Freyermuth and Martha Nachbauer through 28 Henry Hiller and Lillie Sanders with many couples such as 12 Christopher Ludi and Catherine Lange and 21 Joseph C. Hawk and Bertha Wil. Dates cover several days in November with multiple entries and partner pairings.
City death register reports multiple November deaths including Solomon Knouse 57 lipticaemia George Schneider Sr 71 paralysis Geo Heiland 16 typhoid fever Fred Becker 30 phthisis pulmonalis Mrs Johanna Plate 55 nephritis Christie Butler 28 phthisis Henry O Connor 89 general debility Wilbur Earl Lord 3 months maismus Infant Mark age 25 Clark Barnard 6614 cerebral hemorrhage Mrs Seiler age unknown. Deaths also noted at Canon City Colorado and Logan Township S H Logan township and other locations.
Students may obtain tickets via Nickel Plate Road to all Central Passenger Association points at a fare and a third for the round trip. Tickets sold on closing day and the day before. return valid until school reconvenes but not after January 8 1901. Inquiries to John Y. Calahan general agent 111 Adams St Chicago Elevated Loop Van Buren St and Pacific Ave.
A Chicago Daily News remark notes that many people born without wealth or intelligence still manage to persevere from beginning to end. The quote compares infancy to a cradle and bedrock, implying resilience.
Cres ton December 8 The city of Cres ton is defendant in a 3000 damage suit filed by Mrs Mary Carlyle who says injuries from a defective sidewalk were caused by city negligence The city will resist the claim for payment
The Rev R J L Matthews former US Consul to Italy speaks at the Presbyterian Church on Naples and environs describing Neapolitan life bay Sorrento Vesuvius Pompeii Herculaneum churches and art from personal experience The talk is Friday December 7 with 25 cent admission.
Skin irritation ailments such as eczema scald head and hives claim instant relief and permanent cure from Dean's ointment available at any drug store.
Real estate and land transfers listed by Titus and Jackson for the week ending Nov 30 1900 include Millie J Barron to Anna C Mikesell lots in blocks 103 and SOR, Catherine Judisch to Mary Judisch part of lot 9 block 125, J H Wilmering to Murray Wheeler shares of lots in blocks 31, and others. LANDS transfers include Joshua W Hoopes to Viorta EHacsne and others, August Martz to Bertha Martz portions of sections 77 and 36 with fractional acres totaling 7000 00 dollars in value.
A 10 cent weekly notice promotes Lue famous Rheumatic Cure with listings of druggists John J. Havercamp Theo Kuechman McBride Cope J J Coady Nesper Co. claiming it cures rheumatism in all stages.
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