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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1901
Page
4
Plymouth resident G Schnudt receives notice from a New York bank that a $150 check awaits his order. the money originated forty years earlier when he deposited funds before the bank failed. The report moves through Sheboygan to note the long dormant claim resurfaced by Christmas day notification.
Two carloads of African American workers departed Montgomery Alabama last night heading to Hawaii via San Francisco to take employment on sugar plantations in a distant vocation corridor with wartime migration patterns noted.
A large display of fine fowls and Belgian hares fills K Hall for Muscatine poultry and pet stock show. Judge F. H. Shellabarger of West Liberty presides. 21 pens host entries from Muscatine and surrounding towns with extensive premiums for Plymouth Rocks Wyandottes Asiatic and other classes plus Belgian hares. Premiums include cash awards and merchants gifts. specimens cared for over Sunday and returned Monday.
The Nation’s great health resort Hot Springs Arkansas is endorsed by the United States Government for cures of rheumatism neuralgia and many illnesses. It offers a beautiful winter climate and 200 hotels. Ask ticket agent for reduced rates or contact John G. Farmer A. G. P. A. Cedar Rapids IA for information and illustrated books.
The statement notes that vice and genius can produce similar effects, suggesting perception may be biased by moral judgments. It discusses how brilliance or wrongdoing may manifest similarly in outcomes, challenging simplistic judgments of character.
Local markets show a decided stand with tiny hog and onion gains. Pine wood and nay loads fill the city lot for weeks while eggs receipts stay small as supply meets demand amid favorable weather.
Special dispatch from Chicago markets with H J Toher Co brokers listing prices for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Ribs and live stock receipts for Hogs Cattle and Sheep. Includes Kansas City Omaha Northwest receipts and Liverpool Wheat and corn directions for early January 1901.
Market report lists grain and produce prices including corn 28 30c, oats 20c, rye 40c, wheat 55 60c, hay 8.50 to 9.50, meal 80c per 106 lbs, flour spring 1.15 to 1.25 per sack, winter 1.10, buckwheat 60c per bushel, live stock and poultry prices for hogs 4.00 to 4.75, cattle 2.75 to 3.25, calves 4.00, sheep 3.00 to 3.50, lamb 14 to 14c per lb, spring chicken 50c per lb, produce like potatoes 40c per bushel, apples and citrus prices, cranberries 10c quart, honey 15c, sugar 6.40 per 100 lbs, coal and wood prices, butter 17 to 25c, eggs 25c, cheese 11 to 17c, Pocahontas coal 6.
A remark notes that such events are rare and noteworthy in everyday life. It emphasizes the unusual nature of a circumstance that seldom occurs.
Real estate transfers for the week ending January 4 1901 show numerous property trades in Muscatine and West Liberty areas. Notable entries include Catharine Stellrecht to Jacob Hess part of Lot 79 and J J Legler with C H Will receiving large acreages in sections 1 6 and 2. Summary includes many parcels and purchasers such as J Chenoweth Wm Pietsch and Regina Rieckhoff. The piece ends with a biographical note on former U S President and bank head Alexander Hamilton, quoting Youth's Companion.
Fifteen unnamed busts in the Boston Athenaeum prompt reflection on memory and fame. Three identified figures include Prince Koutouz, Lewis Cass, and Nicholas Biddle, with Cass noted for service under Jackson and Buchanan and his 1848 presidential bid.
The Burlington Route offers tourist sleeping cars three times weekly from Omaha to Los Angeles with one car via Kansas City and the other two via Denver and Salt Lake City. Return on the alternate route costs nothing extra and doubles sight seeing. A 72 page illustrated book California can be mailed for six cents. J Francis, General Passenger Agent, Omaha Neb.
Discovery of Chauncey C. Ackley and Jennie Hanvin marriage certificate in a sewing bee valise may resolve disputes over the $340,000 estate left to a widow and an illegitimate son. Jennie had claimed a 1883 Elmira marriage but could not prove it. the new document prompts a new hearing.
Virginia Harris of Rensselaer Indiana sues banker Benjamin H. Durham of Onarga Illinois for breach of promise to marry asking fifty thousand dollars in damages. Durham is a senior partner in Durham Bros and active in Republican politics.
Advertises a comfortable trip for travelers heading to New York Philadelphia or Seashore points. Emphasizes delightful scenery and ease of travel on the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
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