Salvation Army Christmas Tree Event Crowding
The Salvation Army Christmas tree event at K P Hall led by Captain Omann drew crowds from 7 p.m. with a hundred homes targeted for shoes clothing and other gifts. The night raised almost a hundred dollars for the poor and plans include personal home visits.
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Salvation Army
K. P. Hall
Omann
Brig
Toft
Omano
Trebble Cliff
Jennie Batterson
Ed. Anson
Happy Joe
Brig Toft
Salvation Army Christmas Work Expands in City
Four women prepared dolls and gifts for needy children while Captain Langebrake plans weekly home visits to aid inmates. About 75 dollars funded the entertainment and over 200 families benefited. Miss Woods and others tighten volunteer restrictions as Salvation Army leaders tour city to address meetings and boost youth outreach.
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Ellen Knoll
Ed. Anson
Salvation Army
Miss Woods
Louise Langebrake
Grand Rapids Rescue Home
Oil Heaters Receiving Another Shipment
The store notes a fresh shipment of oil heaters arrives, offering reliable warmth for customers seeking efficient home heating. Multiple models, affordable prices, and stock available for quick pickup.
Stoves Offer Superior Heating And Odor Free Burn
The advertisement claims these stoves provide greater heating capacity than any other make and guarantee no smoke or offensive odor. Suitable for cold bedrooms or bathrooms, it invites readers to try one.
Train jolt frees man and injures Fitzpatrick
A train moved ahead and released a man. The injured member was treated by Dr. H. M. Dean. The doctor said no fingers would be lost and Fitzpatrick would not report for duty for several days.
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H. M. Dean
Fortune teller Madame Pierce flees Davenport with large sums
Davenport residents reveal Madame Pierce a palmist and life reader who arrived at 525 Brady Street and, in three weeks, swindled many including wealthy and poor, taking over $1,000 with one claim for $500, then departed on an early train.
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Madame Pierce
Davenport
Mrs. Cummings
Brady Street
Palmist
Life Reader
Quotable Lines on Women and Patriotism from New York Press
A New York Press piece bundles sharp witticisms on gender roles and patriotism. It quips that women instinctively seek heartstrings with telegrams and that patriotism must become a fad. The jokes touch on marriage, romance, and the idea of love as a remedy for domestic misperceptions.
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New York Press
Boggs and Hintz Tie Wedding at Nichols Home
At high noon on Christmas Day 1900 in Nichols the marriage of Emma C. Hintz to John B. Boggs Jr of Conesville was performed by Rev. H. C. Millice at the bride’s parents home, Mr and Mrs Lewis Hintz.
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Lewis Hintz
Nichols
John B. Boggs, Jr
Conesville
Emma C. Hintz
H. C. Millice
Excursion Rates to Cedar Rapids Exhibition
Western Poultry Fanciers association holds its annual exhibition in Cedar Rapids January 14 to 19. Excursion tickets at favorable rates are sold via the B C R N Ry. Full information available from Cedar Rapids Route agents within 100 miles of Cedar Rapids.
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Western Poultry Fanciers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Burlington brakeman injured in Muscatine Western accident
J. C. Fitzpatrick of Burlington, an employee of the B C R & N Ry acting as brakeman on the Muscatine Western, badly mashed the thumb and two fingers of his left hand while attempting to couple a car load of scenery for Blue Jeans. The backing train caught his hand as the show car was being moved into position in Rock Island yards.
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J. C. Fitzpatrick
Burlington
Muscatine
Schmidt
Blue Jeans
Iowa City
Rock Island
Counser
Armory Hosts Co. C New Year Ball Dance Night
On December 31 1900 attendees bid farewell to the old year and welcomed the new with music and dancing at the Armory ball for Company C marked by festive revelry and military organization attendance.
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Armory. Co. C
Water Trustees Fund Created After City Council Meeting
The council settled with water works trustees and created the Water Trustees Fund from private consumer rentals. A $35.68 warrant was drawn from the contingent fund and added to the water trustees fund. The council discussed extending mains to the A and B button factory and noted a $50 revenue stamp on the water works mortgage was not required.
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Water Works Trustees
Ald. Arnold
Water Trustees’ Fund
Ald. Gremmel
Old
Muscatine Water Works Co
Ald. Halstead
W. J. Hayes & Sons
Water Works
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Holiday Rail Fares Cut For Christmas Travel
The Buffalo Evening News reports reduced holiday fares for Christmas and New Year. Round trip tickets valid within 200 miles are priced at one and one third the regular fare. Tickets on sale December 24 23 25 with return by January 2 1901. Agent C M Gould announces details.
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C. M. Gould
Market Changes Highlight Holiday Prices and Coal Rise
Local markets show many shifts last week with hard coal rising from 8.25 to 8.50 and soft coal easing. Hog prices edge up, fruit costs advance for apples potatoes and oranges, while wood prices stay steady. A grocer voices cautious optimism about early closing after holidays and reflects on a long career in the trade.
Muscatine Markets Grain and Produce Prices Range
Grain and produce prices show corn 28 to 30 cents, oats 20 to 22 cents paid by shippers and feeders, rye 40 cents, wheat 55 to 60 cents, hay Timothy 8.50 to 29.50, and other livestock values. Fruits and vegetables list potatoes 40 cents per bushel, apples 30 to 60 cents per peck, bananas 1.00 to 2.50 per bunch, and oranges 20 to 60 cents per dozen. Market is unsteady with coal and lime prices noted.
Wood and dairy prices show grocer margins
The notice lists prices for wood and dairy items including pine wood at 2.25 and 2.25, four by four at 4.56 and 4.56, butter prime yellow grocers at 17 percent 25, eggs at 25 cents per dozen, cheese selling at 17 percent and grocers paying 8 cents and selling at 10 cents.
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch
Chicago markets report from December 28 1900 shows H J Tcher Co brokers with H E B McKay manager Muscatine office. Kansas City hogs 9009 cattle 3000. Omaha hogs 7000 cattle 800. Northwest wheat receipts with Minneapolis today 213 last week 256 last year 304 etc. Liverpool wheat and corn unchanged.
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Chicago
H. J. Tcher , Co
H. EB. McKay
Muscatine
Kansas City
Omaha
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Liverpool
Excursion Rates Promote Land Travel to Midwest and West
Advertises two day excursion tickets on the Burlington line to lands in northwestern Iowa southwestern Minnesota and South Dakota at one fare plus 2.00. Details available from Illen & Brooks Cedar Rapids agents and Cedar Rapids Route agents for numerous western and southern destinations.
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Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Abbott, Shell Rock and
Waverly
Messrs. Illen & Brooks
Cedar Rapids
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
British Columbia
Canadian Northwest
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indian Territory
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Manitoba
Michigan
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
New Mexico
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virgina
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
John G. Farmer
T. A
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Kersey
Anson Clothing Co
Dillaways
Nayeau
Nad
John J. Havercamp
Draggist
B.& Stoves
1. C. Fitzpatrick
ATCOS
the Oriental
Buffalo Evening News
James O'Miles
Muscatine Markets
Graham
Chas. Moore
F St
South Muscatine
Scissors
Rovers Ground
W. H. Whisler
Mulberry St
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