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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
5
Roosevelt Addresses Y M C A Rally on True Manhood and Charity
Vice President-elect Roosevelt spoke to the Y M C A gathering urging practical charity, courage, and personal duty. He warned against hollow sentiment, urged adherence to Christian precepts, and urged men to strive boldly while helping others without eroding self-respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Open House New Year Opens With Roosevelt Address Read
The article describes a New Year’s Open House event with a Roosevelt inspired address read by Z. W. Hutchison. It notes strong praise for manhood and public service, plus a program of indoor baseball and athletic contests the next day for men only. Star course tickets go on sale January 11 with box seats for eight priced at eighteen dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Z. W. Hutchison
Elmer Batterson
5. T. Sinnett
Stafford
Berg
Othmer
van Nostrand Saddlery Company
Peerless Button Company
Chicago
Muscatine readers spot miscaptioned bridge wreck photo
The Muscatine Journal notes readers’ surprise at seeing a January Munsey magazine photo titled A Typical Bridge Wreck. It shows a Canadian railway central span giving way while a passenger train passage is claimed. The piece questions the accuracy of the Canadian accident depiction and praises the Jan issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munsey’s
George Hebard Paine
Pan Hellenic Banquet At Hotel Grand
Social event set for Wednesday night as Pan Hellenic banquet draws most Greek letter fraternity men and ladies from the city and county. S. G. Stein Wm. Hoffman and Thos. Brown added to published list with others possibly eligible. Judge Carskadden to toast. plan to form a permanent club during the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Grand
Greek Letter College Fraternity
S. G. Stein
Wm. Hoffman
Thos. Brown
Carskaddan
Fifty Six Years of Wedded Life in Muscatine
William A. Drury and Armilda M. Comstock celebrated their fifty sixth wedding anniversary on Saturday December 29 1900. Married residents of Muscatine since 1839 they are among the town’s oldest citizens with roots tracing to Illinois across the Mississippi and to Geneva Iowa near Bloomington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Drury
Armilda M. Comstock
Mr. Drury
Muscatine
Illinois
Bloomington
Drury
Excursion Rates to Cedar Rapids for Poultry Exhibition
The Western Poultry Fanciers association announces low excursion tickets for the Cedar Rapids exhibition January 14 to 19. Tickets are sold via the B C R N Ry with full information from Cedar Rapids Route agents within 100 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Western Poultry Fanciers’ Association
Holland Baptist Church Dissolved After Long Service
The Holland Baptist Church in Muscatine is dissolved due to shrinking membership. Rev. C Schoemaker preached the farewell sermon after fifty two years in ministry. Proceeds from selling the building will fund missionary work with half to the Missionary Union of the Baptist church of the United States and the rest to the Union of Baptist churches of the Netherlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland Baptist Church
Schoemaker
C. Schoemaker
St. Louis
First
Muscatine
Buffalo
Missouri
West Fifth Street
Missionary Union of the Baptist Church of the
United States
Union of Baptist Churches of the
Netherlands
Presen German Baptist Church
Schmidt
Markets Steady Despite Big Drop in Cattle and Sheep
The Muscatine market shows little activity with only notable changes a large drop in cattle and sheep. Hogs show a strong year over year rise while overall markets remain unchanged and steady from the prior period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Muscatine Markets Grain and Livestock Prices Listed
Grain and produce prices show corn at 28 to 30 cents, oats for shippers 26 cents, feed ers 20 to 22, and wheat at 55 to 60 cents. Hay ranges, oats meal 20 cents, corn meal 15 cents per sack, flour prices up to 1.25, buckwheat, live stock includes hogs 4.25 to 4.50, cattle 2.75 to 3.25, calves 4.00, sheep 3.00 to 3.50, lambs 3 to 4 cents per pound, chickens five cents. Fruits and vegetables list potatoes 40 cents per bushel, apples 20 to 60 cents per peck or dozen for citrus, melons to lemons per dozen prices, cranberries 10 cents quart, pumpkins 10 cents, onions 25 cents per peck. Bananas 1 to 2.50 per bunch, oranges 20 to 60 cents per dozen, lemons 25 to 40 per dozen, Messina boxes 65 dollars, honey 15 cents, sugar 6.40 per 100 pounds. Market unsteady. Coal and building materials priced: hard coal 8.25 to 8.50, soft coal 3.25 to 4.00.
Wood and dairy prices listed for grocers
The notice lists prices for wood including pine wood at 2.00 to 2.25 and wood at 4.00 to 4.50 as well as dairy produce prices such as butter at 25¢ per pound, eggs at 25¢ per dozen, and cheese at 15 to 17¢ per pound with grocers paying 5¢ to 10¢ for ard items.
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch 1900 Wheat and Livestock
Chicago markets report closes and day’s highs for wheat corn and oats with December January May prices. Live stock shows hog receipts 22,000 and cattle 12,500 with firm to higher closes. Cars expected tomorrow list wheat corn oats hogs and weekly visible supply shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
H. J. Toher & Co
McKay
Muscatine
Travel deals offer extended excursion rates via B C R N Ry
The notice urges taking advantage of favorable excursion rates with stop overs and long limits on the B C R N Ry system. It directs to confer with the agent or address, Sno G Farmer, for details and arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sno. G. Farmer
Trusts Target Everyday Things and Rain Flood Streets
A compact observation notes how many assets fall under trusts in modern times and how even a gentle rain can form pools in streets, illustrating broad control and urban impact.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dillaway
the Oriental
PAN Hellenic Banquet
Kersey
Anson Clothing Co
Holland
Baptist Church
the Holland Baptist Church
Logal News
Salvation Army
Louise Langebrake
Sweet Singer
Michigan
R. J. Shekelton
Harold
Alice
P. H. Brimm
Iowa Lodge
No. 2
A. F
A. M
M. W
A. Kennedy
Davenport
W. L. Kennedy
M. N. Bond
Joseph Hanson
Joseph Frankenreiter
H. A. Potter
Dr. Hackett
E. L. Potter
Rock Island
Will Schoenig
Frank Kile
Ellen King
Wilton
Roger Gruber
Tillie Steen
Pauline Randolph
Claudine Hodges
Peter Weaver
Muscatine Markets
Graham
California
MOORF
F St
South Muscatine
Jacob Fisch & Sons
East
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