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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1900
Page
14
Iowa lodge and chapter notices schedule meetings by full moon and weekday rules. Entries include Muscatine Lodge No 5 and Muscatine Camp No 106 of Modern Woodmen, Prairie Encampment, Bend City Lodge, and Washington Chapter No 4 R A M with officers named.
Knights of Pythias Eagle Lodge No 10 meets Thursdays at A O U W hall Second Street Brethren in good standing invited Dr G D Lezotte M W H S Howe Recorder E H Doolsen Financier Muscatine Tent No 9 meets Tuesdays in Maccabee hall over Fischs hardware Dr C H Stermeman Sirst Commander J W Harn Record Keeper Day See
Titus and Jackson, RE agents for United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company of Baltimore, advertise official bonds, court bonds and employees bonds furnished quickly at favorable rates.
Washington scene at the White House as over 3,300 guests pass through the line in a bright New Year reception. Mrs. McKinley attends despite frail health while Gen Miles leads the army contingent and Admiral Dewey heads the navy. Diplomatic corps, including Lord Pauncefote, highlight the display of uniforms and ceremony.
Vorwarts prints a Russian source peace manifesto from the czar calling rulers to seek and sustain peace. It laments naval arms and war preparations, urges continued peace conferences, and hopes the new decade marks the triumph of peace over sin and weakness.
Lancaster Jan 24 The absence of County Treasurer FE Hershey and rumors about his accounts lead to a formal declaration that he is a defaulter and a sec o nd er. His books show a defalcation of 65000 dollars with 1840 in banks and 126840 in books. He is believed to have fled to Canada.
Special dispatch from Wantage Berks reports Richard Croker slipped mounting a horse as it swerved and broke his leg. Dr Emerson attends and has reduced the fracture as Croker rests easily after the Monday morning accident.
York Pa Jan 2 George W Marvel founder of the Improved Order of Heptasophs died suddenly at his Stewartstown home Monday morning aged 75 He celebrated his golden wedding on December 183 He was born in Baltimore and had lived in the county for 25 years
In St Louis on January 2 the Mississippi river has frozen after a prolonged cold snap. A solid ice sheet blocks river navigation, stopping arrivals and departures and forcing ferries to shut down for the day.
The Staten Island rapid transit freight shed at St. George S L burned on Monday destroying six freight cars loaded with merchandise. The shed measured about 150 feet by 50 feet by 40 feet and the loss was about 15000 dollars.
In St Joseph Missouri on January 2 a grate caused a fire at J C Blackburns home 1411 Olive street injuring his wife and another child while fatally burning the infant. The mother and the other child were severely burned while extinguishing the flames.
In Vienna on January 2 a keeper entered a lion cage in bravado. Six lions leaped the man, tearing him to pieces as attendants fought to drive the beasts away with torches and water.
An underground sewer gas explosion at Knoxville near Pittsburgh around midnight Sunday wrecked 12 houses and stables and tore up streets for hundreds of feet. No injuries were reported, but damages run into thousands of dollars.
Wyatt Sharp who escaped in May from the Arkansas penitentiary where he served a 12 year murder sentence surrendered to Denver police. Sharp killed B A Whetstone in a Huntington Arkansas fight in 1896.
Concord New Hampshire January 2 The grand jury reported to Judge Aldrich Monday. No indictment was found against Senator Gallinger charged with violating the civil service laws by soliciting subscriptions for campaign purposes from federal officeholders.
Frankfort Kentucky January 2 Senator Goebel was nominated by the senate caucus for president pro tem Claude Desha for chief clerk and William Cromwell for assistant clerk The entire slate of the Goebel organization for places was carried through by the senate.
Kid McCoy defeated Peter Maher in five rounds at Coney Island Athletic Club in a brisk bout. McCoy dominated with clever ring generalship and precise lefts while Maher struggled with footwork and failed to land effective blows. The decisive punch dropped Maher and knockout was declared. fight described as one of the cleanest ever seen.
Ellen Labash was shot dead in Passaic New Jersey at New Year by Michael Schwartz who fired four shots then killed himself by firing a final shot inside the home. Schwartz was arrested as a homicide investigation begins. Washington reports Cuba military reorganization may cut six commands to two departments with a major restructuring planned this month.
W R Moody eldest son of the late evangelist Dwight Moody presents a petition in Springfield probate court to be appointed administrator of his father's estate. The petition is to be acted on today and a grant is expected. No will is on file.
The undersigned promise to refund the money on a 60 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure your cough or cold. They also guarantee a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or money refunded. Signatories include G. A. Reinicke V. B. Barkalow Nesper & Co. Jno J Havercamp J Theo Kuechmann.
The Philadelphia Record notes that steady practice keeps a musician skilled and compares it to persistent advertising in business. It argues that continuing ads prevents losing ground, while stopping advertising represents a backward step for merchants.
The Hooligan critique of Kipling by Robert Buchanan appears in The Living Age reprint from The Contemporary Review. Antwerp’s Van Dyke Exhibition is reviewed in a paper by Claude Phillips. Bellefort’s Cities of the Far East is highlighted with a sharp translation. Selma Lagerlöf’s new short story Our Lord and Saint Peter is promised for January 13.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad advertises its facilities for handling tourists and travelers to Florida, the West Indies, and Central America. It runs double daily sleeping car lines from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St Louis to Jacksonville and interior Florida points, with routes to Miami Tampa and New Orleans as embarkation ports for Cuba Porto Rico Central America and Nassau. For folders write Geo. B. Horner DPA St Louis Mo.
An advertisement proclaims Mull's Lightning Cough Cure relieves dangerous coughs chest and lung pains within a few days claiming safety for children. Sold for 25c by all druggists.
William J. Bryan accepts Judge A. D. Walker's offer of a handsome Austin residence for the winter while he rests. The arrangement is described as a rolling joke that easily distances all competitors.
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