Local business listings and travel notices
Thompson's Book Store features pianos. Battey the jeweler is a graduate optician. McCorm Dry Goods Co. clears capes jackets and collarettes for a few days. Pilger Grocery Co. seeks men with road selling grocery experience in Burlington Iowa. Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway runs solid palace sleeping and dining cars from Chicago to Copper Country with direct connections to Marquette and Ishpeming.
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Thompson’s Book Store
Battey
McCorm Dry Goods Co
Pilger Grocery Co
Burlington, Iowa
Michigan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Chicago
Calumet
Houghton
Hancock
Copper Country
Marquette
Negaunee
Ishpeming
Woodbury County Dairying Shines In 1899 Output
The Sioux City Tribune reports from the state dairy commissioner that Woodbury county, now among Iowa's large butter shippers, ranks eleventh in production and has more than doubled its output in 1899 versus 1898. The county, not previously a creamery center, shows a notable rise in dairy activity.
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Woodbury County
Sioux City
Iowa
Woodbury
Iowa Paving Law Declared Unconstitutional by Judge Eichelberger
Ottumwa judge rules front foot pavement assessments unconstitutional under state and federal due process. The decision voids city ordinances in Hackworth vs The City of Ottumwa, citing Warren v Heuxley and Norwood v Baker and holding that no exemption or right to compensation exists when taxation exceeds benefits. The ruling blocks injunction relief and sets a statewide precedent on front-foot paving assessments.
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Eichelberger
Ottumwa
Iowa
Hackworth
City of
Second Street
United States
Supreme Court
Warren
Justice Beck
Justice Miller
Dewey
Des Moines
Allen
Davenport
Deemer
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Norwood
Baker
Legislative Department
Burlington
Frank W. Eichelberger
Free Code of Iowa Offered to Journal Subscribers
The Journal Printing Company offers a abridged Code of Iowa free to advance paying subscribers for 1900. Any fully paid Daily or Weekly Muscatine Journal subscriber will receive a copy, handed at the business office or mailed on demand. Supplies are limited and claims are first come, first served.
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The
Journal Printing Company
Iowa
Muscatine Journal
Ice Wrapped Newspapers Prevent Rapid Melt
A short report notes that wrapping ice with newspapers slows melting, offering a simple method to preserve ice longer in warm conditions. The technique could aid outdoor events and grocery storage by reducing meltwater and waste.
Farming guidance for tomatoes pickles and cabbage
J C Stuart outlines planting schedules for tomatoes pickles and cabbage with soil and spacing guidance. He recommends sowing tomatoes mid April in open ground with successive plantings and setting by May 20. Pickles should be planted June 10 with row widths eight feet on rich soil. Emphasizes thorough soil preparation and early spring plowing to ease cultivation.
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J. C. Stuart
Midnight Catesque Verse Echoes Riley Gloom
The poem hints at quiet reassurance amid sorrow with lines about tempering fear and seeking calm through faith. James Whitcomb Riley’s reflective voice contrasts with a closing joke about a midnight entertainer cat. The piece blends nostalgic sentiment and a humorous aside.
There is an end to all things except desire for new things
A concise reflection on human motivation suggesting that while many things exhaust or end, the drive to acquire or experience novelty persists beyond endings. It frames desire as a constant amid transience.
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West &Th Street
W. S. Hill
Burnside
Smalley Ave
East Hill
Linn
Beepple Button Co
East Second Street
J. Freeman
Co. H. Armstrong
East Third Street
Mackey’s
Model Clothing House
Muscatine Tailors
California
Oak
Tae Dseline
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
Pacific Coast
Kansas City
Ft. Worth
el Paso
Los Angeles
San Francisco
John Sebastian
Chicago, Ill
George
Torreno
Wapello
Gal
Journal
Farmers’ Institute
James Whitcomb Riley
the Star Clothing Co
East Second Stree
P. S
Eges — Oe
Dillaway’s Crockery Store
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