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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
12
The Muscatine Journal announces subscription rates for daily and tri weekly delivery. Details include annual carrier delivery with weekly collections and advance payment options via postal card or telephone. Remittances should be made payable to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
The late State Teachers meeting in Des Moines urged stronger moral education and pushed resolutions to curb demoralizing influences. They called for limiting temptations to vice near cities and schools, including a five mile ban on saloons near the State university, and urged communities to shield youth from corrupting stimuli.
County boards of supervisors in the 2nd Congressional district met in Town City and unanimously rejected the State board of control plan to transfer incurable insane patients to state institutions. They argued counties must retain inmates in local asylums, despite recognizing better care might be available at state hospitals.
The Hardwick franchise bill failed in the George House of Representatives by 137 to 3, surprising Northern papers that viewed negro disfranchisement extensions across the South as inevitable. The measure mirrored Mississippi and South Carolina laws.
The Marion Register portrays Senator Allison as having achieved his steady position through thirty years of hard work and patient adherence to his principles. It notes his preference for the lines of least resistance and praises his suavity paired with a will of iron behind it.
Ex President Harrison is described as one of the busiest men in the United States and possibly the highest earning lawyer in the West. Reports say he received 250000 dollars from the Venezuelan Government for arguing the boundary case, one of the largest fees ever paid.
The facility will stand 45 feet high and 250 feet square, preserve rations, and produce daily fifty tons of ice and 6000 gallons of distilled water for troops. It proclaims superior care for U S soldiers and their needs.
A simple quick application of absorbent cotton can stop milk or cream from staining fabric. The tip suggests dabbing the spill promptly with cotton to lift the liquid and prevent marks.
The article estimates England's national debt will rise by about 100 million dollars due to the Boer War, with the current debt near 3 billion. It notes that in 1816 the debt stood at 4.5 billion, and since 1883 reductions totaled 640 million. If Britain gains the gold mines, an indemnity may be provided.
The dead of the Maine are laid to rest on American soil as Cuba’s unsettled future and Cuban agitators’ drive to spark another revolution against Spain intensify.
Sam Edmonson visits Cotter for New Year. Ice harvest begins and winter cold slows work. Local events include a temperance meeting at M E church and school activity. Professors, ministers, and residents travel to Des Moines and Wisconsin. town debates century and bible studies while Santa Claus visits schools.
Mrs. Grant Hawthorn is on the sick list. Walter Shellady and his new wife visited town on New Year’s day. Fred Moss began filling his ice house and E Nicola began filling his creamery house as the ice reaches about one foot in thickness.
Clear ice at the mill pond west of town drew residents for a social day. George Hoffman traveled to Iowa City and reported a student’s death by suicide while there. Lewis Davenport and family joined Mrs. Bradley Law for New Year’s dinner from Lone Tree. Davenport played violin, sharing music and a pleasant start to 1900.
Local notes from Sandy Grove record illness and health updates, visits, and social events. A December 27 wedding unites Fanny Lupton and Harry Cochran at Luptons, with Eva Lee playing the wedding march and about forty guests. The couple reside in Columbus Junction.
Last night the Grand Army of the Republic officers were installed for the year. The W R C absent, the ladies staged a post installation snack, then performed music and recitations. Cards note Miss Childs aided a dying comrade, and a new Supreme Court of Honor district formed in Fairport Iowa with 22 charter members. Also updates on arrivals, visits, and local happenings including ice harvest and funeral notices.
Miss Hattie Backer of Pleasant Prairie visited friends over Sunday, sharing time and conversation during a local social excursion.
West Liberty notes include sale of a restaurant to Clarence Morris and a joint G A R and W R C installation. Residents travel for holidays and returns from Nebraska and Grinnell while Cornell students resume studies. A banquet follows the joint installation and retiring president Mrs Abbil Regnier receives a jardiniere.
Des Moines reports Treasurer of State Harriott expects $600,000 to $700,000 in the vaults when the legislature meets. Voters anticipate many schemes to use the money, though none of significant scale have emerged yet.
The State board of control recommended a $230,000 appropriation but otherwise there has been an ominous silence on funding, with no clear action or timetable from authorities.
A brief health notice advises LaGrippe sufferers to heed nutrition and regular small meals between and at bedtime. It argues that proper food supports nervous and digestive systems, improves appetite, sleep, and energy, and keeps the body’s “lamp of life” burning.
Classified ad promotes mail based civil service test preparation. Claims 5600 yearly appointments, part time study, short hours, lifetime positions, and higher salaries. Advertises catalog by mail with stamp and fee payments.
Notice of probate open for the will of Henry Herman a deceased resident of Muscatine County Iowa. Hearing and proof set for January 3 1900 at the District Court January term to determine admission to probate. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted. January 2 1906 J W Bels Clerk of the District Court.
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The Journal Printing Company offers a limited number of free abridged Code of Iowa copies to advance paying subscribers for 1900. Any fully paid Daily or Weekly Muscatine Journal subscriber will receive a copy, either at the business office or by mail on demand. First come, first served as stock runs out.
The Kansas City Times notes Dom Paul known as the boss joker misled observers by portraying harvesters and steam plows shipped to the Transvaal. His claim involved whiskers and forts filled with cannons boxed as agricultural machinery.
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