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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
3
Train times listed for Wilton and Muscatine with daily service and main line departures. Eastbound and westbound trains show times from 6:15 a.m. to 11:20 p.m. with noted exceptions and Ft. train references.
The Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern Railway announces through schedules effective June 10, 1900. It lists trains from Davenport Iowa to Clinton Sterling Dixon Chicago Omaha Denver and more with arrival and departure times and daily operation details from General Passenger Agent L F Berry.
The Muscatine North and South Railroad issues a June 17 1900 time table listing southbound trains No 3 and No 1 No 2 No 4 and northbound trains with stops at Muscatine Fruitland Grandview Wapello and Elrick Junction. All trains run daily except Sunday and relations with B C R N and Town Central connections are noted.
The notice outlines subscription rates to the Journal ne per year delivered by carrier and collected weekly. It specifies semi weekly Tuesdays and Saturdays delivery, with payments in advance. Remittances should be made by draft express or money order payable to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
The Boer War end was claimed by Lord Roberts who annexed the territories. Yet Boer resistance persists with about 10,000 fighting men harrying British outposts and severing lines of communication. Roberts seeks more troops rather than reductions to finish subjugation. The Boers echo Kruger’s vow to fight until all are defeated.
Illinois circuit court judges were asked about the growing divorce evil. They largely attributed it to the drink habit. Some judge resaid that half the divorce cases and more than half the criminal cases are caused by alcohol. Prohibition leaders collected the statements for a renewed war on saloons.
The Sioux City Journal favors Rockford Iowa’s Joe S Trigg for secretary of the State Agricultural Department. It jokes the office should be taken to him in a tank heater with a fitting resolution. Editors back his fitness and worthiness.
Charles H Patten recounts the 1853 Des Moines river sinking of the steamer Badger State near Des Moines city after striking a rock during rapids passage from Keosauqua to Ottumwa. Passengers evacuated by yawl. cargo unloaded. river rose delaying salvage. boat raised with underscored early method, then towed to St Louis and drydocked.
The passage recalls steamboats that plied the Des Moines river that season including Alice Col Morgan J B Gordon Skipper Globe Fire Canoe and Emma Harmon. Captain Washington Galland of Montrose was clerk on the Emma Harmon. The Badger State crew is mostly deceased except Hiram Finch who retired about twenty eight years ago and lives in the city with his son C H Finch.
Ohio State Journal notes Senator Teller touts free silver as winning strategy but declines to name a date for its implementation. The piece critiques the rhetoric as vague and evasive while implying political wit.
Indianapolis Journal notes Senator Wellington of Maryland as a man with no cause to be thankful, framing him as uniquely solitary and embattled in national politics.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes the state must quickly explain the Titus amendment to avoid delaying completion of an additional hospital project.
The Baltimore Herald reports that the United States asserts its power and prestige by stopping the imposition of unjust and barbaric penalties on China, signaling a significant diplomatic stance.
George Phillips of Chicago rises with corn price talk while Stephens Phillips gains fame in London for a successful play. The Phillips and Titus families draw attention as Titus of Vinton scales Pekin walls and Senator Titus of Muscatine faces a bungled constitutional amendment claim.
Davenport Iowa December 6 The directors of the Iowa Telephone company recently merged with Central Union met to propose raising capital stock from 1 000 000 to 4 000 000 Funds from the issue will be used to underground wires and improve service in several Iowa cities.
New York reports Tod Sloan and Phil Daly Jr. met at Interstate Park to settle who is the better wing-shot. The fifty thirds match at thirty yards boundary ended with Daly winning 43 kills to Sloan's 42.
Hon. E. G. Miner died Tuesday night at the age of 2. He was born in Brat ford Vermont and came to Illinois in 1832 settling in Scott county where he held many offices of trust.
William Cottrell was found guilty by a jury in Lafayette Indiana on a charge of bigamy and received a six month sentence in the county jail.
A Tennessee mother Mrs. Adam Schreiber of Chattanooga credits Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup with saving her baby from death by croup. The advertisement claims the remedy cures throat and lung troubles and saves hundreds of children each year, attributed to J. J. Haver camp.
Foreman John Gibbons led 1,000 feet underground workers in Dunmere to crawl through a collapsing roof after two acres of rock fell. He and crew cleared a passage to an airway then reached the surface after two hours of intense digging, prompting celebration amid anxious crowds.
In Platte Center Nebraska on December 6 a wealthy stockman W. J. Gentleman opened fire across the village after a cattle suit dispute. He shot four men including Henry Tanger and Pat Hayes, wounded Robert Wilson and S. Olson, then fled as Sheriff Byrnes and four deputies arrived from Columbus. The crowd was unsettled but lawmen recovered the suspect.
General Funston reports a two hour engagement in the woods near Manila as an American force of thirty native scouts under Lieutenant Jernigan attacks 300 rebels led by Sandico. The rebels retreat, leaving sixteen dead. Jernigan’s men suffer no wounds.
Joliet Dec 6 Geo S House a leading Illinois lawyer died last evening at 5 30 from gangrene after a toe abrasion His career spanned before the civil war making him one of the state’s best known attorneys and his death echoes the case of Senator Davis He was 65 years old and practiced law in Joliet for many decades
A family question answered with a ready dessert suggestion. Try Jell a delicious dessert prepared in two minutes with no baking. Just add hot water and set to cool. Flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers ten cents.
Davenport December 6 Tri City Labor Congress vows to use state law to force Moline Davenport and Rock Island merchants to close on Sundays. The group previously sought to stop a local clothing dealer from Sunday business in a suit that was dismissed by the plaintiffs.
An advertisement from Davenport Iowa touts Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup claiming a complete disappearance of cough and soreness. Endorsed by Ernest Whipple and J J Havercamp asserting guaranteed cure for threat and lung troubles.
Miss Alice Sinclair of Cincinnati found a thimble in the bride’s cake at a friend’s wedding she attended as bridesmaid. Believing the omen true, she agreed to marry her fiancé William Keeler and invited guests to witness a ceremony arranged within three hours. A minister conducted the surprise wedding.
The coronation ring symbolizes Faith Hope and Charity in diamonds rubies and emeralds and is too heavy to wear daily. Victoria never removes her engagement or wedding rings, the latter kept in place by a keeper. The engagement ring features a diamond heart with a central ruby Emblematic of love as viewed by the prince consort.
The bridal gown of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland for her January wedding to Pyinge Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin will be embroidered at the School of Art Needlework in Amsterdam, the same house that made the coronation gown. Three months of top pupils worked on the coronation dress with teams stitching and feeding the frame as the material was stretched.
In Chicago Illinois a prominent Catholic Forester leader Mr S P Bush of Holy Name Court Number 26 survives Brights Disease after using Dodd's Kidney Pills exclusively for two months. The druggist who advised the treatment notes the cure and urges others to try the remedy sold 50 cents a box.
Supposed advert claims Pia So Tasters turn over the liver, freshen the complexion, cure biliousness and banish sick headache. Marketed to druggists for sale.
The Muscatine paper cites Iowa City testimony from John Hands, jeweler, praising Doan's Kidney Pills for his wife's kidney disorder. Readers are invited to Havercamp's drug store for reports from customers. For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole US agents. Remember the name Doan's.
The Brecken Press Co at 216 Iowa Avenue promotes beginning the new century with artistic stationery printed in high class color schemes. It costs little more than plain printing and offers substantial effectiveness.
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