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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
4
The Journal announces a new home talent column inviting readers to submit brief original pieces on science economics literature art and verse. Communications should be short bear the writer's name or a requested pen title and be addressed to Department C Journal. A reader asks if gambling laws are being violated in the city and seeks public input.
The memoirish tale describes aldermen Hiram Thensberg and Johan Giesenbaumersteiner as central figures in Bend City politics. It recounts a council meeting with joking portraits of other officials, a dusty debate on street cleaning, a casual cigar moment, and hints of Hiram’s ambition amid small town intrigue credited to Treeble Aich’s Bend City notes.
The writer argues popular books and plays rise due to public taste rather than managers’ judgment. He claims the stage degrades not from actors but from the audience that rewards questionable works, noting many poor plays thrive because of public choice.
A reader asks Ed. Journal why the world has not produced a truly great writer in ten years. The writer compares living authors unfavorably with Elizabethan poets and seeks readers’ opinions in the Here and There column.
A brief anecdote recalls a surprising exchange with a gentleman during a recent chat. The narrator notes the unexpected nature of the remark and reflects on the interaction's impression.
A City Subscriber writes to praise the Muscatine Journal offering a weekly department for original productions. The letter urges readers to contribute poetry short stories and opinions, expressing confidence in local talent and gratitude for the newspaper's generosity and public service.
A historical verse contemplates the idea of a life with a horseless carriage and the irony of romance and modernity. The speaker muses on whether a maiden could endure thoughts of a man less kiss while pursuing happiness.
An advertised cold remedy promises relief while you sleep with no cure, no pay. Sold for 25 cents through sole agent J. J. Havencamp.
The Iowa Millers Association met in Des Moines on January 16 and elected James Taggart of Knoxville as president Clarence L. Mott of Des Moines as vice president and J C Van Meter of De Soto as secretary and treasurer A resolution urged Congress to back Interstate Commerce Commission proposed amendments especially on freight rates The old Iowa fishway law was discussed with no action taken A mid summer meeting was planned for Boone and Des Moines was chosen for the 1991 annual meeting on the third Tuesday in January N R Derby of Burlington attended
Fare and one third via B. C. R. N. Ry for the annual Poultry Show at Cedar Rapids January 15 21 1900. Round trip tickets sold on these dates good to January 22 from points within 100 miles of Cedar Rapids. Call for tickets and information. Mull's Lightning Cough Cure 25c.
Hon A C Fulton recalls Antoine Le Claire a frontier leader in Davenport and Rock Island area. He details early river line plans along the Mississippi and a 1842 water power canal across farm fronts, notes rapids changes since 1837 and 1854 surveys, and laments future canal feasibility. He chronicles Le Claire birth 1797 death 1861 his public works churches and tombs and the later vandalized burial grounds.
Miss Dessie Hoffman hosted friends at 810 East Eighth Street while Mrs. Henry Jayne hosted a Sunday school class on North Mulberry Street. The D Y W Y K club entertained Dr and Mrs Towneley at Mrs Watson’s on Eighth Street. Miss Katherine Breen, Miss Anna Brecken, and others hosted parties with parlor games music and refreshments. The Typographical Union No 251 held its seventh annual ball at Trades Assembly Hall with prizes to Lilly Dale and Charles Kern. Weed Park event at K P Hall featured a cinch contest with John Kaiser and wife as winners and a park register penalty for fault-finders.
Notice seeks buyers for cottonwood, sycamore, elm and basswood. For prices inquire at the office of South Muscatine Lumber Co in Muscatine Iowa.
Iowa Nebraska Wholesale Grocers Association met in Dubuque with fifty members. They passed resolutions condemning the national bankruptcy law and urging repeal, and called for radical changes in Iowa chattel mortgage law to prevent foreclosures before creditors learn. John Blaut and Walter Burt of Burlington attended.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Pioneer Cure as a chocolate tablet for kidney and bladder diseases stomach trouble dyspepsia liver trouble impure blood and rheumatism. It promises a dollar draft if no help and lists prices of 25¢ and 1.00, with sales through druggists.
A pedestrian declares he never gives money to street beggars and a seedy man responds by offering his card to call at his office and leave a contribution with his bookkeeper. The remark appears in the Chicago Daily News.
A vintage analgesic ad promotes Mull s Lightning Pain Killer priced at 25 cents for purchase at all druggists.
Grinnell Iowa January 16 Iowa College considers Rev W D P Bliss of Los Angeles California as successor to Dr Herron in applied Christianity The board meets secretly with Bliss to learn his views on sociology and religion and will likely decide next spring Bliss is a radical single tax reformer author of The Encyclopedia of Social Reform and former Boston reform worker Also Rev E M Wittum of Grinnell supports Bliss and the two toured Europe together President Gates may speak in Sioux City February 2 before the Woodbury County Professional Teachers Association
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