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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
2
Proposals and Debates at Iowa Teachers Meeting
Des Moines reports two heated sessions at the Iowa State Teachers Association convention. Sam D. Whiting defends county superintendents against claims of certifying incompetents, while Prof. W A Rich attacks Prof. Speer’s mathematics methods, favoring memorization. Enrollment reaches 1300 as A W Stewart leads in presidential bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Department of County
Sam D. Whiting
Johnson County
W. O. Riddell
Whiting
General Association
W. A. Rich
Department
State Normal School
Speer
W. W. Speer
Chicago
Association
A. W. Stewart
Ottumwa
Stewart Stock
W. N. Clifford
Iowa County Contest Ends In McClelland Victory
Iowa City December 28. A multi petition contest faces the county amid political tension. The board of supervisors declares McClelland the district court clerk on the Republican ticket by three votes. Spurrier, the former clerk, has filed a contest to be settled January 7. Townships show mistakes that could affect the malci law tally and county ticket. Ledges and Renpah support McClelland while Beem and Stapleton back Spurrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa County
Board of Supervisors
McClelland
Spurrier
Ledges
Renpah
Conner and Lally Form New Law Firm in Denison
Congressman J. P. Conner and P. E. C. Lally associate to form Conner and Lally a new Denison law firm to handle litigated business collections and estate settlements. Both have long legal experience in Crawford county and are well known in western Iowa. Conner previously served on the bench and is now in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conner
Lally
Denison
Conner & Lally
J. P. Conner
P. E. C. Lally
Crawford County
Iowa
Congress
John Pierce Goes West to Seattle After Sioux City Sale
John Pierce, builder of the grand Sioux City residence recently sold in a raffle, has departed to the west and expects to settle with his family in Seattle. The late owner indicated his plans before leaving, signaling a move to start anew in the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Seattle
John Pierce
West
Notable West Figure Highlighted in Career Run
A prominent local figure from the western region is described as one of the best known men, with a career noted for its checkered yet interesting path and enduring public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Science Academy Elects Officers and Forms Food Regulation Committees
Des Moines reports the Academy of Science appointing a committee to memorialize the next legislature and draft a food regulation bill. A bureau of weights and measures will be memorialized to Congress. New officers were elected: President A A Veblen Iowa City. vice presidents H E Summers and J S Tilton. secretary S W Beyer. treasurer J B Weems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Academy of Science
Academy
Congress
Bureau of Weights and Measures
New Academy
State House
A. A. Veblen
Iowa City
H. E. Summers
J. S. Tilton
S. W. Beyer
J. B. Weems
M. F. Arey
H. M. Kelley
C. O. Bates
L. H. Pammel
M. F. Trey
H. W. Norris
S. W. Bey
Families to sue Glucose Company for disaster damages
Davenport December 28. It is probable that the families of the deceased victims of the Glucose catastrophe on Thanksgiving night will file heavy suits in district court against the Glucose company. Likely damages range from 15000 to 20000 dollars, though exact amounts are not yet fixed by the attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
James Coleman
W. E. Cook
Carl Giebelstein
John Peters
Mrs Hossack At Home After Securing Bail
Mrs Margaret Hossack charged with murdering her husband was admitted to bail of 10000 dollars. The bond was approved and she spent Christmas with her family at the scene of the tragedy in Indianola on December 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianola
Margaret Hossack
Complete Gas Plant Adds Night Illumination
Morning Sun reports the city gas plant work finished with twenty five lamps installed on streets and more to be added later. Several residences will be piped this winter and further extensions planned for spring. A W Dawson & Co of Mason City Iowa completed the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
Messrs. A. W. Dawson & Co
Mason City
Iowa
Abrams Persists In Crusade Against Des Moines Druggists
Des Moines December 28 H H Abrams president of the Anti Saloon League filed several new injunction suits against Des Moines druggists as part of the ongoing campaign against local pharmacists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
H. H. Abrams
Anti-Saloon League
The Comfortable Way to Los Angeles by Iowa Central
A travel note promoting Iowa Central Railway weekly excursions to California. It highlights Wednesday departures, Sunday morning arrivals in Los Angeles, modern tourist cars, sleeping car comfort, and about one third the cost. It directs readers to ticket agents or Geo S Batty at Marshalltown Iowa for full information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Iowa Central Railway
Iowa Central
Geo
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim one day cure for cold
An old advertisement promotes Cod. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a cold cure in one day with no cure no pay. It adds a jocular note about bravery in marrying someone who takes a cold bath every morning and sets price at 25 cents.
Wood Editor Wood Sentenced For Perjury In Des Moines Case
A. L. Wood editor of the Saturday Advertiser and former Madison county state senator was arrested in Fort Dodge and sentenced to two and a half years in the penitentiary. He had been previously tried for prostitution in 1895, with perjury a later conviction, and the recent supreme court ruling upheld the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
A. L. Wood
Saturday Advertiser
Madison County
Roy
Des Moines
Wood
Supreme Court
Winterset
Hammond Louisiana Winter Resort Folder Promotes Health
The Illinois Central Railroad issues a new illustrated folder highlighting Hammond Louisiana as a winter health resort. It touts unsurpassed climate artesian water and superior hotel accommodations for northern guests at moderate rates with free mailing on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Hammond
Louisiana
Tourist Sleepers to California via Burlington Route
Tourism note promotes three weekly Burlington Route tourist sleeping cars from Omaha to Los Angeles with one car via Kansas City and two via Denver and Salt Lake City. Travelers are urged to see California using both routes for added sight-seeing, with no extra cost. A 72 page illustrated book titled California can be mailed for six cents. J Francis, General Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Burlington
Omaha
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Denver
Salt Lake City
J. Francis
Neb
Michigan Free Text Book Plan Cited In State Report
Lansing December 28. Superintendent Hammond urges a small amendment to the free text book law to allow taxpaying voters to raise the issue at annual meetings. He notes 38 percent of pupils receive free books under 1880 law, with 671 districts and 66 770 pupils enrolled, 134 616 in sixteen free text book cities, urban children first to benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Hammond
Michigan
Muskegon
Telephone War Raging in Racine Over Street Poles
Bitter dispute between Wisconsin street property owners and the Citizens' Telephone Co. over pole placement escalates as wires go underground south of Fort Street and the company partners with Milwaukee Electric Railway to use larger poles. Five temporary injunctions curb pole erection amid threats and buried dynamite cartridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
Wisconsin Street
Citizens’ Telephone Company
Fenth Street
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
Swindlers Abscond With Horses After Bogus Note Sale
F J Scharf of near Spencer Indiana loses fourteen horses to two crooks who sold a bogus $1300 note. The horses were sold and scattered. four have been recovered as Sheriff Meager seeks to round up the swindlers. In Racine Wisconsin a wave of dog poisonings alarms owners including a $1000 collie from the Morgan kennel and several other prized dogs. Chief Edward Schumacher resigns as mayoral race for police chief looms with eight candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
F. J. Scharf
Spencer
Scharf
Racine, Wis
Arthur Guilbert
Pierpont Morgan
New York
Edward Baker
Frank K. Bull
Racine
Wis
Edward Schumacher
Higgins
Chillicothe City Attorney Endorses Mob Law in Court
In a courtroom speech the city attorney of Chillicothe Missouri openly endorsed mob law. Other items note diverse early 20th century topics including a New Jersey school receiving a $100000 bequest and a tragic family loss in Brookville Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
New Jersey
Nicholas Beloga
Pittsburg
Antonio Abbiticha
Hay
United States
Old Town Bank
Baltimore
Pope
William George Armstrong
Haringer
Brookville
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Muscatine, Iowa
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