Debs Tribute Read At Stein's Music Hall
Dr. Raby Bell of Atlanta recalls Eugene V. Debs in a fan letter excerpt from The Looking Glass praising Debs as a brave advocate for the poor. The piece lauds labor movement courage and the hope for broader understanding of its methods.
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T Stein
Music Hall
Raby
Bell
Atlanta
Debs
Dr. Bell
South
Looking Glass
Confucius
Egypt
Eve
Shakespeare
Eugene V. Debs
Markets Report from H J Toher Brokers
Markets update from H J Toher & Co brokers with H E McKay as manager. Muscatine office contact details and Chicago headquarters noted. date listed as January 6 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Toher & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine
Chicago, Il
Quiet Clues and City Noise Hint at Social Scenes
A wry observation notes a contented girl in a buggy signaling status, while a theatre party’s boisterous behavior sparks commentary on social manners and public nuisance.
East Hill social notes mix visits and health updates
Mrs Scott Berges visited East Hill friends on Friday. Charley Blanchard and wife spent New Year at his mother's in Park Place. J B Downer travelled to Cedar County to see his son. Peter State and wife hosted twenty six for New Year dinner. Miss Spicker spent holidays at Illinois City and returned to school. Mr Foster’s oil family have chickenpox but improving. Scott Lowe on Grant street ill with cold. Mr Howe and family spent holidays with Chas Brisbane on Sherman Street. Morgan McGaughey moved from Hunt's feed mill to the gas house. Mrs Noe McElravy and Mrs Scott Lane dined with Mrs John Howell on East Hill.
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Scott Berges
East Hill
Charley Blanchard
Park Place
J. B. Downer
Cedar County
Peter State
Miss Spicker
Chas
Brisbane
Sherman Street
Morgan McGaughey
Hunt’s
Noe McElravy
South Muscatine
Scott Lane
Grant Street
John Howell
Grape-Nuts serving suggestion from Mr Leavitt recipe
A reader from Minneapolis shares a hot serving method for Grape-Nuts with milk or hot water, ten minute standing, then cream and sugar. F W Leavitt endorses the cereal as fully cooked at the factory and nourishing for brain and nerves, urging a ten day trial.
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F. W. Leavitt
Minneapolis
Minn
Leavitt
Housekeeper Magazine
Time Begins Its Flight Across a Century
Excerpted from the January Ladies' Home Journal notes thought experiments by John Ritchie Jr. on rapid transit along the 180th meridian. It imagines passing the midnight moment of January 1, 1901, the start of the 20th century, with time shifts seen at pole, Aleutians, and mid latitudes.
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North Pole
Equator
John Ritchie, Jr
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pole
Aleutian Islands
Special Christmas number of Book of Trains praised
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry special Christmas issue of Book of Trains is hailed by a prominent librarian as a beautiful valuable souvenir with many good things about Christmas. It includes poetry prose a Christmas eve story and is richly illustrated. Copies cost four cents in postage from A J Smith Cleveland O.
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Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Ry
A. J. Smith
Cleveland, O
Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tab Lets Prompt Sleep Cure
An ad touts Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold tablets with no cure, no pay. Price 25 cents through agent J. J. Havencamp. The copy drops a string of humorous observations about drunk men, wives, baby carriages repurposed, and girls studying music when school fails.
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J. J. Havencamp
Society notes recount dinner party and birthday wishes
The piece describes Mr. Peter Musser hosting a six o'clock dinner at East Front Street with 22 guests, assisted by his daughter Laura, and ornate floral decor. The report also notes Mrs. Shamnit’s birthday wishes from relatives, plus a society note about Imperial dances at the Armory and out-of-town guests.
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Peter Musser
East Front Street
Musser
Laura
S. G. Shamit
Mrs. Shafnit
My Father the Rover and a Life of Command
In a January Atlantic reminiscence W J Stillman recalls a stern father who roamed woods with him on Saturdays after long days at work in New York. The man’s rigid honesty masked kindness under stress, shaping a boy who learned to lie and endure punishment to avoid his flogging and to gain a sense of moral independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Stillman
Atlantic
New York
Joe Stillman
Bill Blue and the engine two flue mishap
A railroad engineer Bill Blue reports a blown flue on engine two delaying the western division. The division superintendent replies by ordering Blue to plug the flue and pull the train through in time to clear the main line for twenty two.
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Agin
Will Blue
Bill Blue
Louisville & Nashville Railroads Tour Service Advertised
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad promotes its facilities for tourists and travelers to Florida Cuba Porto Rico Central America and Nassau. It runs double daily sleeping car services from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St Louis through Jacksonville to interior Florida points and to Miami Tampa and New Orleans ports for embarkation to the listed destinations. For folders contact Geo B Horner D P A St Louis Mo.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Florida
Cuba
Porto Rico
Central America
Nassau
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chicago
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
New Orleans
Geo. B. Horner
Pioneer Cure Praise from Texas Patient
A Texas reader reports kidney and bladder trouble relieved by Mull's Pioneer Cure after five years of failed treatment. The testimonial claims rapid relief from a single sample and states the remedy is available at all druggists for 25 cents or one dollar.
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W. Cc. R. Williams
Spanish Fort
Texas
Among the Lodges Heard: Macca Bee Ladies Stage Murder Will Out
The Macca bee ladies held a jovial meeting with amateur theatricals led by Mrs. J. M. Peck and others. A drama Murder Will Out delighted the audience with dialect and humor. Refreshments followed as Muscatine Hive No. 13 L. O. T. M. prepared for annual officers.
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Maccabee
J. M. Peck
Carrie Freyermuth
Anna Jayne
Mary McDougal
Laura Stinson
Alice Walton
Minnie McCaw
Muscatine Hive No
Gertrude Hine
Loveine Giesler
Carrie Rankin
Real Estate Transfers Week Ending January Fifth 1900
The weekly list records numerous transfers of parcels in Atalissa Wilton Muscatine and surrounding townships including lots in block 12 and 15 Atalissa, parcels in North Wilton and Park Place additions, and several exchanges between individuals and associations. Notable entries include John A. Opitz to Henry Kadble Fuller’s addition to Muscatine and Wilton real estate between multiple trustees and heirs.
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Titus & Jackson
Atalissa
P. W. Francis
John A. Opitz
Henry Kadble
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Nile Anerene
Kansas City
Omaha
West Second Street
Hartman & Ellman's
Arnold & Weidlein
Armory
West Indies
Central
America
Hattie Nesper
Emma Sterneman
Sentinel
Clara Liebtrand
Emma O. Reppert
C. Tappe
Champion Hose, Hook and Ladder Company
John Neibert, Sr
Henry Wilmering
E. E. David
George Trumpp
Wm. van Gent
Joseph Maurath
Hose Co
John Powers
Rob Leu
Joseph Gibney
Hook and Ladder Company
Chas. Schroeder
Art Barnard
John Fahey
W. Dykes
Admr
Miller
Cances
A. C. Gedney
Harry Gedney
Cuaneas
John Rachow
Frank Stecher
Emma Rachow
John
George H. Brogan
George W. LeFever
W. A. Heinly
George Moots
Louise Rieckhoff
Melvin W. Baker
Joseph M. Batchelor
George W. Sinkler
N' of
RFAND
Tournal
N. K. Fairbank Company
Boston
Rcoats
Ulsters
Coats & Ulsters
Coats &Ulsters
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