Dance the Old Year Out and the New Year In Ball
Co. C hosts a New Year’s Eve ball on Monday December 31 1900 to welcome 1901 with music dancing and refreshments for members and guests.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
8
Annual remnant sale and New Years events draw crowds
The Bee Hive remnant sale continues with many bargains found today and more left for tomorrow. Stein's hosts popular songs on New Year's night and Aunt Malinda presents South Before and North After the War at Stein's on January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stein’s
Drill Night Notice for Co. C Capt. Smeenk
Co. C is ordered to attend drill Friday night December 28 with full attendance requested. Command issued by Captain J. L. Smeenk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C
J. L. Smeenk
Stage shows and sales fill Stein's and Thompson's listings
Local notices advertise Little piccaninies singing at Stein's on January 1 and a performance of The Fatal Rose of Red by Kimmel at the Grand on December 28. Stein's also hosts South Before and North After the War on January 1 with Miss Gertrude Lee as Aunt Ma lvina. Frank the Jeweller's offers reservation seats for Lenore on January 8 at 85c. Thompson's Book Store lists blank books diaries and office supplies for 1901. Mrs. John Milhouse and relatives arrive from Des Moines and plan a short visit. A Davenport officer and Memorial University leaders visit Mason City to muster a Sons of Veterans camp, with charter members urged to meet at the G A R hall at 7:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Dilley
Davenport
Sons of Veterans Lodge
A. L. Sorter, Jr
Board of Regents
Memorial University
Mason City
Sons of Veterans Camp
G. A. R. Hall
Flora DeVoss Company To Open Week At Opera House
The Grand Opera house will host a weeklong run by the Flora DeVoss company at popular prices. Destiny a five act melodrama with new special ties will headline with 30 20 and 10 cent seats. Ticket sales begin Friday morning and several parties have already purchased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Flora DeVoss
Frightful Accident In Sweetland Leaves Man Arm Amputated
Word reached the city of Ellsworth Sherfey of Sweetland Township who had his arm torn off by a corn shredder as he fed fodder before noon today. Doctors Morgridge and Norton left for his home as he bled heavily and faced potential death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Sherfey
Morgridge
Norton
Sherfey
Sweetland Township
New Year Eve Dance At Armory Co s Ball
Dec 31 1900 crowds gather as music fills the Armory for Co C ball ushering out the old year and welcoming 1901 with festive dance and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory Co. C
Co. C
Armory
Worst Irish storm blocks mail roads. property ruined
A severe storm swept southwest Ireland on December 28, causing road closures in all directions and extensive property damage. Cork reports the fiercest in 25 years with heavy winds and rising danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cork
Ireland
British Gale Claims Twenty Lives At Sea
A severe gale along the British coast causes multiple wrecks and reports twenty deaths. The bark Pegasus from San Francisco foundered near Cardiff with only one of 34 crew members surviving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pegasus
San Francisco
Cardiff
American Troops Rout Insurgent Bands in Northern Island
Advices from Manila report active campaigning by American forces in the north. The towns of Jiminez and Langarin were captured along with several insurgent strongholds, and multiple insurgent bands were routed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Minanao
Jiminez
Langarin
Knight Templar initiation held for Sir Knight Commander
The notice announces a regular KOTM review at 7:30 this evening. It references initiation proceedings and the Sir Knight Commander role.
Knights of Pythias Meeting Tonight at Castle Hall
Wyoming Lodge No 76 calls all members to attend this evening session at Castle Hall led by J. Coster C C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Wyoming Lodge No
J. &. Coster
C. C
Grand opening night at new opera house exceeds, but play falls short
A large Muscatine audience filled the new Grand opera house for a second night, selling out most seats. The New England comedy Blue Jeans disappointed most patrons, while praise poured in for the building and builder Mr. Johnston as future plays are promised to be first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Grand Opera House
Muscatine
Mr. Johnston
Faust
Johnston
Townsend Opens Kodak Dept at Armory New Year Event
Co. C at the Armory hosts New Year's Eve events as Townsend the photographer announces readiness to do kodak developing and finishing at popular prices.
China Faces Punishment Debate Amid Boxer Unrest
Shanghai dispatch reports Chinese peace commissioners resisting punishment of royal blood and fears of foreign legations hindering the emperor's return. In Peking the British add 100 troops and three guns at Yang-tsut while tensions rise as Boxers allegedly murder British soldiers. A US cavalry detachment sails to probe reported Christian burnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Riginge
Peking
Yang-tsut
Temple of Heaven
Sixth United States Cavalry
Ninth Infantry
Fifth Artillery
Kelly
River drowning rumor spreads from Fos ter Iowa
A telegraph report from Washington Iowa claims forty nine children skating on the Fos ter river near Whatcheer were drowned. The claim could not be confirmed after messages to multiple points failed to verify the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Washington
Foster
Whatcheer
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Missing 9-year-old son sparks kidnapping claim
In Judd Iowa the father Louis Tonhose seeks $900 for his missing son and $1000 for the kidnappers after the boy vanished Tuesday. In Green Bay Bishop Mesmer backs Bishop Els by ordering English use in diocesan churches some of the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judd, Ia
Louis Tonhose
Green Bay
Wis
Mesmer
Els
Marquette
Death notice of J W Scholton former Muscatine shoe dealer
Word arrived from Chicago of the death of J W Scholton a longtime Muscatine resident who ran a shoe shop on Walnut street. He moved to Chicago two years ago to live with his son Ben Scholton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J. W. Scholton
Muscatine
Walnut Street
Ben Scholton
Bryan to Launch Weekly Paper the Commoner in Lincoln
W. J. Bryan said in an interview he will start a weekly Lincoln paper named the Commoner. He will serve as editor and proprietor with a scope covering social, economic, and political topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Lincoln
Nebraska
Commoner
Bryan
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Cora Phoenix
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Hazel Winder
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John Apel
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J. A. Gardner
Clara Rock
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Ida Wise
Charles McColin
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Minnie Meier
C. H. Mitchell
Len White
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B. F. Neidig
Miss Chamberlin
James Selden
Carbon Cliff, Ill
Emma McGaughey
Mabel Warner
West Liberty
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Madison Square Garden
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Johnson
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Bob LaGrille
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Washington Journal
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Geo. Luckhardt
U. B
Laura Porter
Lulu Palmer
Flossie Swisher
Pearl Bitzer
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Viola Weiert
Ethel Barnett
Ethel Jones
Mabel Bitzer
Edith Althouse
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Ralph Smith
Addie A. Grey
Benjamin Eis
Rock Island
Judge Rowan
Old Line
Muscatine Maennerchor
Singer's Hall
Santa Claus
North Pole
Petersen
Sheetz
Thompson's Book Store
Kimmel
the Grand
Gertrude Lee
Malvina
Lenore
Frank
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Des Moines
Mrs. Stover
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Berlin
Alexander Grossheim
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Tom O’shanters
E. Salisbury
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