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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1900
Page
1
Local merchants embrace the idea of an ice plant with cold storage to counter a scarce winter harvest. The system uses a brine tank and ammonia cooling to produce pure ice from distilled water in about three days, promising year round supply and potential 15 percent returns.
Talks of forming a company to back a city ice plant unfold as merchants look for a capable capitalist investor. Local ice dealers may oppose, but merchants and numerous ice users are expected to back the plan due to its vast advantages.
Claus Koll of Muscatine has sold a half interest in his painting and paper-hanging firm to his partner William Berg. Berg is well known in Muscatine from his sixteen years ago stint with Koll as the "boy paper-hanger" before moving to Chicago. Koll expects Berg to join the business this month or for spring work.
At one o clock this afternoon a special train carried Knights Templars and friends of the late Dr A A Cooling to Wilton for his funeral. Sir Knights listed include Lawrence Vogel Molis Jackson Holmes Eells Gobble Fox Kincaid McBride Bernthiesel Nesper Will Reinicke Titus Stein Crockett along with Mrs Ashcraft Dr Morgridge Dr Rowe Frank Kincaid and A Lawrence and others. Gus Schmidt represented the Soldiers Relief Commission. three commission members were in Muscatine county Chas Gibson Schmidt and the late Dr Cooling. Major Henry O Connor also traveled to attend.
Alexander Nelson aged about seventy living at 613 East Third street was brought before the insane commissioners and adjudged insane. He has not worked in nine years due to illness and has recently shown peculiar behavior. He is to be removed to Mt Pleasant.
Dr. Diamond Dick, long seated in Muscatine, was injured last evening at the Hotel Grand. He pushed a swinging door and his extended left hand struck a back swing, shattering glass and inflicting several cuts. The hand will be useless for some time.
Death occurs at age 29 after a month long illness from diabetes at his home in Seventy-Six township. He is survived by his wife and three children. Son of J. W. Sywassink of the city. Funeral arrangements set for this afternoon at the home and at the Dutch Reformed church in Muscatine.
Local barbers claim that money earned from shaving deceased patrons brings luck for bets and gambling ventures. They cite superstition and ritual practices as reasons for pursuing fortunes through such earnings. The belief reflects a fringe tradition linked to fortune and risk taking.
Plans confirm Muscatine, Tipton and Northern railway to span about 100 miles through Muscatine Moscow Tipton Olin Newport Anamosa Prairieburg Cogan to Independence. Construction funds raised and surveys by T B Downer underway connecting with Anamosa and Northwestern tracks. Towns along route vow rapid development as stone quarries near Anamosa fuel freight growth.
A visiting party led by Division Supt Slifer of Boone and other railroad officials toured the area. The visit may relate to the survey of a line between this place and Muscatine, with participants including P. Hallenbeck, Eberhart, H. P. Jones, and A. L. Mead of Clinton.
A Burlington grand jury indicts Etta Paine and Anna Platt for larceny from a building in the daytime, involving a $12 hat from Williams millinery, three medalions from J W Ritchey & Co, and two pairs of shoes valued at $7 from Hertzler Bros. Mrs. Platt faces three counts while Paine and Platt’s daughter stand trial on separate charges. Paine is out on bond, Mrs. Platt jailed.
Four tramps and one intoxicated man slept at the police station. The Swede woodsawyer who was arrested shed tears and promised to reform. He was allowed an hour to eat and cross to Illinois. A Minneapolis thief with a smooth face and three button cutaway was sought after after reviewing the detainees.
A Des Moines correspondent describes a Capitol recess with empty halls and locked doors, comparing the old log cabin Capitol to modern offices, noting crowded basements, many clerks, and the need for better display of Iowa battle flags. He recalls an incident with a 35th Iowa flag spearhead and mentions soldier day at the State Fair amidst rival editor lawsuits.
The mortal remains of Jacob Liebrand were laid to rest this afternoon after a home service for his son John at Fourth and Chestnut. Rev. Ross spoke at the German M E church on the life of a generous neighbor as floral tributes filled the church and many followed the casket to the city cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs Lucy Hunter were conducted at 10 o clock this morning at the home of her daughter Mrs Bessie Pantel on Fourth street East Hill. She was 68 years 10 months and 27 days old and a member of the M E church. Interment followed in Wrayville cemetery Illinois.
Rev John Thurner longtime pastor of St John s German Lutheran church resigns after 24 years and will move to Lone Tree Iowa March 1 to lead a like post at the local St John s Lutheran church while remaining in that pulpit.
Readable notes discuss the unexpected value of a bald man's head despite lacking hair or a lock. The item is framed as a curious or humorous claim rather than a serious market source.
A Cape Town special received in London reports Gen. Warren has crossed the Tugela River and is now occupying a strong position, indicating a notable military advance.
Ten days after redirecting Chicago river into the drainage canal at a small sluiceway the river water is purified. Chemists deem a Wells street sample fit for drinking after boiling and better than many city intake water from Lake Michigan.
The U R E of P urges all members to attend the election of officers tomorrow evening per order of the Captain.
The exchange presents a father dismissing a student's essay idea about time as vague. The Washington Star highlights the irony of claiming to value time while insisting on a concrete, provable topic.
A Centerville boy, passing a saloon, noticed a drunk man in the gutter before the door and told the keeper, Mister, your sign's fell down. The saloon-keeper chased him around the square in response.
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