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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1900
Page
4
Advertises the Standard Gas Lamp as six times brighter than kerosene for one sixth the cost. Claims 41 brass styles with $4 retail prices and safety. Offers testimonials and exclusive territory, listing The Standard Lamp Co. at 112 Michigan St., Chicago, Ill.
A teacher asks juveniles what Milton’s great affliction was. A boy replies, yes ma’am, he was a poet. The remark reflects a playful take on the famous poet Milton and his blindness.
Iowa weather and crop service director John Sage releases final 1900 crop report showing corn yield 40.3 bushels per acre across 63 counties, total corn 445,055,040 bushels, and staple farm products near 270 million dollars. Prices for cows and horses are up, with milk and grain values also rising.
Township trustees spent 273.44 in reliefs in November. Sixty four destitutes were aided with cash goods or fuel. Cash aid totaled 107.25, goods 125.50, fuel 36.00, tramp 4.69. Compared with November 1899 total 248.91, down 4.53. Largest grant 15 for three months rent. per capita 4.27. Salvation Army Captain Omann assists city poor with Christmas relief fund.
Bert C Benham and Y M C A members discuss municipal ownership at the short term educational club session. Evening features athletics and basketball in the gym while William Miller sings before Dr Staffords sermon on Isaiah 6. Next Sunday hosts Dr Stafford and Star Course tickets go on sale at the office. Opening Whitney Mockridge Concert Company program announced at Grand Opera House.
Mrs Amelia Sullivan of Clark County Missouri saturated her clothing with kerosene and set herself on fire in a Farmington area garden yesterday at 7 PM. Her clothing and shoes burned away and she suffered fatal injuries though her husband Daniel Sullivan was away in the barn yard. Authorities note she may have been deranged and feared losing her mind.
An Ohio inventor unveils an automatic scale for fishing rods to weigh large catches that get away. The device promises easier recording of big fish weights for anglers and officials.
S. A. Eaton & Co offers entire clothing line at below manufacturer cost. Men youths and boys outfits including suits overcoats and shoes priced to move fast. Highlights: boys knee pants 75c value 43c. men's suits 9.00 to 15.00 discounted to 5.50 8.50. outerwear and shoes at deep savings. All items marketed as AI goods from first class tailors.
The First Baptist Church reported strong turnout yesterday with Mr. Fowler delivering a morning address on Paul’s definition of life “For to me, to live is Christ.” In the evening a large youth service featured Fowler’s talk to young men on “Moral Derelicts” from Heb 2:1, discussing drift, its causes and prevention. The choir provided impressive music and many men filled the audience.
A brief note suggests that those who offer better compensation secure superior service or outcomes, implying a correlation between pay and quality in transactions or labor. The line emphasizes economic principle over other factors.
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