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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1900
Page
7
To make Ivory Soap paste, add one and a half ounces of shaved Ivory Soap to one pint of boiling water, boil five minutes after dissolution, then cool in suitable dishes not tin. It keeps well in an all tight glass jar.
Local notes report an exciting Davenport vs Muscatine basketball game set for January 15 at the Y. Other items note visits by Mrs. Henry Will and Dr. Wood's remedy ads, plus community events, construction progress, and new lines for the Mississippi Valley Telephone company.
An advertising blurb promotes Cascarets as a candy cathartic to cure constipation. It includes jumbled but suggestive phrases and a dubious refund offer. The tone resembles midcentury patent medicine promotion with bold claims and incomplete sentences.
A bustling feature celebrates the finest fashion and wit in town as locals tout a standout line that captures style and flair. The piece highlights shops, trends, and notable personalities shaping the urban scene this season.
Journal correspondents chronicle the social and political currents of the district. Commentary reflects broad themes from celebratory events to thoughtful observations of civic life.
Residents report ice delivery activities and visits from relatives while local tradesmen expand the creamery partnership. Church meeting interest grows despite a healer’s illness and several townsfolk plan spring travels to California. The Shifflet family, long in Iowa and now in California, recounts years there and ties to land and family.
Miss Anna Mohr diagnosed with lung fever at Yankee Hollow. A social gathering drew many local youths to Durant last night. John Connell is visiting with his family and friends.
Miss Christy Jepson visited friend Miss Anna Muellen for several days. Miss Lucy Dowdal returned from Rock Island after a pleasant stay. E F Kleinmeyer attended a meeting of the Iowa State Fair Association in Des Moines this week. Mrs Jim Doran sister noted in Victor.
Jacob Henze and Henry Kaiser, convicted of Edwin E. Browns murder in March 1893, and sentenced to life, were released in St Louis after pardons signed by Governor Stephens following days of talks with Harry B Hawes. They endured eight hangings and as many reprieves before final life terms. The real killers, three noted local criminals, have since died.
Two well defined small pox cases are in the Earlham area with several other suspicious cases. No deaths and all cases have been light. A strict quarantine is in effect with vaccination widespread and neighbors under surveillance. No alarm is felt nearby.
Two deaths occur in Sioux City at 6 PM. Dr Gustave Mahe once of Bellevue Hospital and later in San Francisco is found near death in his office with a bottle of laudanum nearby. investigators suspect self harm. S M Ayres, a delivery wagon driver, shoots himself after drinking, dying before his wife and child as dinner is prepared.
Nevada Iowa January 12 The city council arranged funding to supplement the Silliman estate gift for a new library building Plans call for about $6000 of which $3000 is from Silliman heirs The rest will be raised by ten 6 percent time orders of 250 dollars each payable over ten years The library board agrees to pay 250 per year for use of the building or until the orders are repaid The town boasts of a well patronized library unmatched by nearby cities.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers outstanding facilities for tourists and travelers to Florida, the West Indies, and Central America. Double daily sleeping car services run from Cincinnati Louisville Chicago and St Louis to Jacksonville and interior Florida points as well as Miami Tampa and New Orleans, ports for departures to Cuba Porto Rico Central America and Nassau. For folders contact Geo. B. Horner D P A St. Louis Mo.
Contains claims that Mull's Pioneer Cure treats kidney and bladder diseases stomach trouble dyspepsia liver trouble impure blood female trouble rheumatism and promises a cash refund if it fails to help. Boxed chocolate tablet sold by druggists in 25c and 1 dollar sizes with thousands reportedly cured.
Typhoid illness affects John Lape and George Herwig while W H Franklin raises a garden lot. Musserville church trustees post strict conduct rules to curb misbehavior among boys during services. Muscatine Sash and Door details new employee time register rules and pay by number system for 300 workers.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages as a constitutional treatment taken internally. The ad promises $100 to prove failure, cites testimonials, and directs readers to Toledo appeal and druggists selling the product. The Hall family pills are also endorsed.
William M. Dryer of Logan, Iowa, living in Omaha, waived examination before U S Commissioner Geo E Wright in Council Bluffs on charges of stealing a mail pouch and contents. Bail set at 1000 dollars, default leads to county jail. He allegedly turned over drafts and pension vouchers found near the Illinois Central depot.
Washington Iowa January 11 A community effort to secure a State normal school will hold a citizens meeting Saturday evening in Smouse s hall. Winfield Smouse, just back from Des Moines, is enthusiastic. Washington county taxes are high for its size and the area has moral strength and advantages for a school. Local interest is rising and residents vow to support the cause.
An investment pitch from Titus and Jackson touts choice first mortgage loans with years of experience and no losses, urging readers with money to invest to call or write for details.
The Muscatine Journal offers a free abridged Code of Iowa to all advance paying subscribers for 1900. Any fully paid Daily or Weekly subscriber will receive a copy, delivered at the business office or mailed on demand. Limited copies available. offer ends once exhausted.
A Colorado Springs banquet recounts a physician’s death and encounter with St Peter. The clerk asks for the doctor’s earthly work and billing, and the reply prompts admission with the jest that self-collected bills were punishment enough.
Jacob Glaser of Jackson county endured a knee wound from December 1862 in the trenches near Vicksburg. The bullet remained embedded in bone for 38 years, causing pain. Yesterday three surgeons removed the ball during a three hour operation, and a quarter. He is expected to recover and gain relief from lameness.
Three guided tours of Puerto Rico depart Chicago on January 11 February 15 and March 8. The program uses Pullman sleeping and dining cars to New York then steamships Ponce and San Juan. Travel by rail auto carriage and boat with all expenses paid under Walter Boyd Townsend and The American Tourist Association. Tickets via Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway agents.
The Bijou Theatre overflowed with eager patrons for Joe Flynn in Hogans Alley as a full farce night delivered pretty girls songs dances lively comedians and dazzling specialties. The Times notes the crowd pressed in hours after seats sold out and the show met audience expectations for a lavish comic performance.
A vintage ad promotes No To Tobacco as a wonder-worker to stop smoking and spitting. It claims the product makes weak men strong and offers a free booklet and sample by mail from Sterling Kennedy Co in Chicago or New York.
Report from South Bend Indiana describes a woman with liver disease and a digestive ailment claiming a Heaven sent vision. She predicts the world will explode in February as three ocean cracks release steam that will drive all to hell, including the devil.
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