Meerdink Ends Own Life With Seven Wounds
Albert Meerdink, age 46, fatally stabbed himself seven times with a pocket knife on East Eighth Street after a period of illness. He lingered about twenty four hours before dying at home. Wife Mary and two sons survive. funeral planned privately at the family residence with Woodmen members in attendance.
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East Eighth Street
Albert Meerdink
Mrs. Meerdink
Mary
Mr. Meerdink
Evening Journal
Smallpox in Albia Linked to Rev Searcy Case Alarm
Dread smallpox has reached Albia in Rev Searcy of the A M E church. Eight cases with one death reported near Coalfield nine miles away. Quarantine and armed guards control movement as county officials fund the effort, costs exceeding $4,000.
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Muscatine
Albia
Searcy
A. M. E. Church
West Liberty Notes on Weather and Local Affairs
G W Griffith returns from a business trip. Mrs Ella G Cline visits from Muscatine. Unsettled weather brings glowering skies. Some housewives’ husbands scrub front steps as a new leaf. Local churches unite for a week of prayer. Rev Bradley to preach Sunday night at the Methodist church.
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G. W. Griffith
Ella G. Cline
Muscatine
West Liberty
Rev. Bradley
M. E
Week of Prayer Services at Congregational Church
The Congregational church will observe a week of prayer with daily services in the lecture room each night this week starting at 7 30 PM.
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The
Congregational Church
Titus and Gear Trade Blows in Iowa Senate Fight
Des Moines dispatch from January 1900 details a frenzied political scene at the Savery House during Iowa’s legislative caucuses. Senator Titus from Muscatine gains influence as Cummins and Gear vie for Congress with Bowen and Eaton in play, while House leadership struggles unfold and multiple candidates seek votes amid a bustling headquarters and crowded corridors.
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Titus
Muscatine
United States Senate
Cummins
Gear
Matthias
Eaton
Bowen
Legislature Set to Open Long Session Monday
Tomorrow and the matters settled bring relief to candidates and residents as the State readies for a lengthy session starting Monday at 10 oclock. The previous days left streets dirty from showfall and coal smoke, with washing efforts improving the city as Trebor notes.
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Pittsburg
Trebor
O Pressler Interred in City Funeral of Revered Officer
The body of O Pressler was laid to rest after a major public funeral in Muscatine. Mechanics' Band led the procession from West Seventh to the German Methodist church and then to the city cemetery. Officers from the Muscatine force walked beside the hearse as friends and citizens paid respects.
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O. Pressler
Mechanics’ Band
West Seventh
Linn Street
Seventh
Mechanics’ Aid Society
Legion of Honor
Ross
Third Street
Third
Muscatine
Marshall Baluff
Martin Flannery
I. Neipert
J. Blume
Chas. Freeman
George McCleary
J. J. Engel
Miller
Wingender
Mechanic’s Aid Society
Chas. Richards
Henry Hild
Wm. Zeidler
Boer Loss Report Signals Big Battle Soon
Chicago dispatch reports a London cable stating Boer forces were repulsed with heavy losses, far greater than those of White’s own troops. The item accompanies notes of a man found dead in Ottumwa and other general news including the Bubonic Plague and a railroad conductor killed.
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Chicago
London
White
Phillips Dietz Found Dead in Room Over Saloon
Ottumwa reports Phillip Dietz found dead with three bullets in his heart in his room above Wagner's saloon. The body was frozen and he had been missing for a week. Death by own action is assigned as the cause.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Phillip Dietz
Mr. D
Plague Cases Reported Rise in Honolulu
New York Jan 8 report notes seven new bubonic plague cases in Honolulu bringing total to thirteen. Special dispatch details ongoing outbreak and health response measures.
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New York
Honolulu
Railroad Conductor Killed in Minn. Train Collision
Dubuque Iowa Jan 8 Special Conductor W J O'Brien of the Milwaukee road was killed this morning in a Reno Minnesota railroad smashup.
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Dubuque
Iowa
W. J. O’brien
The
Milwaukee Road
Reno, Minn
Death of Prominent Colfax Man
Colfax Iowa January 6 George A Goodrich prominent businessman died at his home at 3 o clock this afternoon from epilepsy caused by clogged blood on the brain. He was first stricken last March forcing him to resign as superintendent and manager of the Jasper County Coal Company. A final stroke occurred a week ago and he lingered until today. He was 54 and had been connected with the Jasper County Coal Company for twenty years and was well known in Jasper county.
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van Nostrand Saddlery Company
Mr. Meerdink
Lezotte
Colfax
Iowa
George A. Goodrich
Jasper County Coal Company
Goodrich
Jasper County
Iowa Implement and Vehicle Dealers Conclude Convention
The Iowa Implement and Vehicle Dealers Association finished its three day meeting in Des Moines. Officers elected include President J. L. Farrington of Iowa Falls and secretary treasurer D. M. Crowe of Nevada, with directors John Greer Decorah J J Gaston Winterset and J D Walker Eagle Grove.
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Iowa Implement and Vehicle Dealers
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Implement and Vehicle Dealers’ Association
J. L. Farrington
Iowa Falls
D. M. Crowe
Nevada
John Greer
Decorah
J. J. Gaston
Winterset
J. D. Walker
Eagle Grove
Manchester man named clerk in Washington document room
Major J. H. Morrisey of Manchester is appointed clerk in the Washington document room at $1,600 per year Col. Dick Root of Keokuk is promoted to an $1,800 post in the Senate sergeant at arms office
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Washington
J. H. Morrisey
Manchester
Dick Root
Keokuk
Senate
Smallpox Report From Earlham Iowa
Dr. Kennedy of the State board of health investigated several cases of sickness in Earlham Iowa yesterday and pronounces them smallpox. Quarantine is in place for affected homes and the academy and public schools have closed along with halted meetings.
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Earlham
Iowa
Kennedy
State Board of Health
Boers Build Fifteen Mile Railroad Around Ladysmith
The Courier notes the Boers have constructed a fifteen mile railroad around Ladysmith. They cannot capture the town by flanking it without risking injury, and until they act beyond static defense it is premature to judge them as soldiers.
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Louisville
Muscatine Labor Assembly Elects New Officers
The Muscatine Trades and Labor Assembly met in Assembly Hall with new delegates taking oaths and signing the roll. Attorney Coldren outlined a revised convict labor bill to be sent to Des Moines. The session adjourned sine die and new officers were elected: President J J O Brien, Vice President Fred Walton, Secretary T J Grant, Treasurer J J Engel, Sergeant at Arms Mason Peck, Trustees J J Engel, P Crish, and Chas L Breckor.
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Des Moines
J. J. O Brien
Ffred Walton
T. J. Grant
J. J. Engel
Mason Peck
P. Crish
Chas. L. Breckor
Death of Mrs Marie Katherine Beckey in Muscatine
Yesterday afternoon died Mrs Marie Katherine Beckey at her home in South Muscatine from old age. Born in Bavaria Germany on September 1 1817 she came to America in 1844 lived in St Louis Centerville and Muscatine arriving in 1854. Funeral services set for nine tomorrow morning at St Marys church.
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M. K. Beckey
Marie Katherine Beckey
South Muscatine
Bavaria
Germany
America
St. Louis
Centerville
Ill
Muscatine
St. Mary’s Church
A Girl with a Beau Must Tread Carefully
The remark warns that a girl with a beau attracts teasing from other girls who may read her words as prompting ridicule. The note emphasizes social caution in interactions involving romantic attention and peer reactions.
Weather Outlook for Iowa Showers Tonight
Indications for Iowa call for increasing cloudiness with probable showers in the southwest tonight and in the eastern portion Tuesday. Mild temperatures expected.
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Chicago
Iowa
Riverside Notes and Community Happenings
Riverside reports a restless Friday night by Joe Bennett and a trip for Grant Hawthorne to Washington and Kansas. The creamery finished 125 loads of ice, three nights of prayer meetings at U B church, and a series started last Sunday with help from a Keota minister. Lewis Creitz sold his drug stock to S F Creitz and joined a one third stake in the roller flour mill while S F Creitz moved goods into his corner drug store leaving Riverside with one drug store. Miss Hattie Stransby sues Lewis Smith for 5000 over alleged statements harming her character and a trial is anticipated. Henry Gatton moved upstairs over his store. Mrs Gatton plans a Wellman millinery shop and G keeps bachelor’s hall, as Wellman neighbors note her business savvy.
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Joe Bennett
Grant Hawthorne
Washington
Kansas
Creamery Company
U. B
Keota
Shifflet
Lewis Creitz
S. F. Creitz
Riverside
Hattie Stransby
Lewis Smith
Henry Gatton
Miss Richman to Wed Willis C Swift in Salt Lake City
Society news reports the engagement and wedding plans of Miss May Richman and Mr. Willis C. Swift of Chicago. The ceremony is to be held at noon in Salt Lake Congregational church with a European honeymoon ahead.
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May Richman
Abram Richman
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miss Richman
Willis C. Swift
Chicago
Henry E. Pridmore
Congregational Church
Salt Lake
Duluth
Minn
New York
Liverpool
London
Berlin
Death of Barby Fink in Sweetland Township
Barby Fink died Monday morning at 9 o clock in Sweetland township aged 69 years. Born in Pennsylvania in 1831 she died of old age. Funeral at No 4 schoolhouse Tuesday afternoon with interment in Crell cemetery. Survived by two sons and eight daughters. her husband died fourteen years ago on the day of her death.
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Baby Fink
Sweetland Township
Pennsylvania
No. 4
Crell Cemetery
Growth as slow as a calf in U S expansion
The United States is expanding its territory but lacks parallel growth in transportation and communication, a trend described as slow progress in a Seattle Times piece comparing the country to a calf growing unevenly.
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Seattle Times
United States
Honest Work and Better Jobs Quote Reflected
The saying suggests that all honest labor holds value while pursuing higher quality employment is seen as more honorable. It frames work ethic and ambition as complementary, encouraging advancement without compromising integrity.
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Mary Heard
George
Clarence
John Meerdink
Benjamin
Sweetland
Henry
William Meerdink
Rev. Searcy
O. K
Wilton
Savery House
Judge
Senator Titus
Capitol
Gert
Musecatine
Margaret Kulp
Clover Leaf Club
Cleonian Dancing Club
Dancing Academy
Iowa Avenue
Apollo Senior Club
Chestnut Street
Comas Club
K. of P. Hall
Barby Fink
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