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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
13
The notice claims customers receive free baths with every two cents worth of laundry and praises the service for restoring exquisite color and quality to garments. It contrasts the rival work outdoors with the superior condition and cleanliness of items returned by the New Process Laundry.
George J. Gruber arrives from Chicago on the midnight train. J. C. Fryermuth buys Joe Millet farm in Moscow Township. Mrs. A. E. Rowe returns from Wilton. Mrs. R. B. S. Hine visits Burlington for a few days. S. M. Batterson to Kansas for two weeks. Barbara Detwiler travels to West Liberty to visit her aged father. Attorney Charles Clarke of Montezuma attends court. Frank W. Buffum travels to Louisiana Mo. after visiting here. W. S. McKee and James Breen return to Iowa City for college. Jennie Batterson arrives from Wilton after teaching elocution. William Johnson, 50, dies of heart trouble near Edgington. Southwest 80 of the farm for sale at Muscatine address 1171 Hershey Ave. Sam Wigim and H. N. P. Small visit from Letts. Mrs. Rufus Hinkhouse and daughter visit East Hill. City street cleaning halted by rain. Tim Fahey returns on early train. Ray Beeson covers Frank Parham at Postal Telegraph during petit jury. Rev. J. D. Richards visits from South English. Wilton hens lay plentiful eggs at 15 cents a dozen. Walter Kaufman ill with pneumonia but improving. Frank and Mrs. Bacon depart for California for a protracted Los Angeles visit.
A brief item notes a false alarm and a missed breakfast at 205 West Second Street with a recommendation to buy a Real ing clock to prevent recurrence.
Davenport visitor T Rager travels to town and Sue Zimmerman arrives from Chicago. Local arrivals include Block Warren Killian from Wilton and Miss Bessie Ray heading to Chicago. Marshals, seed ads, sales notices and funeral rites mix with letters inviting reader participation in a new weekly column.
Special gospel meetings are held each evening at Island Methodist Episcopal Church. Five members have united with the church. The schedule for Jan 18 through Jan 26 includes topics such as prevailing prayer unprevailing prayer This life and then The line drawn Unpardonable Sin The Living Complaint Baptising Tried by Fire Test of discipleship Have me excused All are invited. C. H. Montgomery, pastor.
The Muscatine circuit M E church holds a second quarterly meeting at High Prairie M E Church on January 27 and 28, 1900. Services include Dr. Coxe preaching, a quarterly conference, love feast, Lord's supper, and evening sermons with a cordial invitation to all.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh through internal use affecting blood and mucous surfaces. It offers one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure and directs readers to send for testimonials. Sold by druggists with a note on Hall Family Pills.
A brief note reflects on tavern wisdom and the select nature of the great gathering, suggesting that broad insight is not meant for everyone and that true assembly is limited to a few.
A memoir style vignette recounts Hiram Tuensberg an alderman from the first ward and Johan Giesenbaumersteiner as dominant figures in Bend City council life. The narrator describes council meeting chaos, dubious ethics, and Hiram’s waxen plans while noting their influence and prospects amid urban politics.
A writer argues that popular books and plays gain prominence not by moral merit but by public demand. The piece blames audience taste for degrading the stage, noting many popular works are not the best morally. The author contends managers respond to demand, not declining quality.
A reader asks why the world has not produced a truly great writer in the last ten years. The writer argues that no contemporary figure matches the poets of the Elizabethan era and seeks opinions for the Here and There column.
A reader reports a conversation where a gentleman argues gambling is running wild and requires action in the city. The exchange emphasizes public concern over wagering and the need for measures to curb it.
A reader asks if law permitting gambling is being violated in the city. He notes a belief that gambling is not common and seeks guidance on whether authorities are enforcing existing statutes, asking if other residents share the uncertainty.
A city subscriber praises the Muscatine Journal for offering a Wednesday department to publish original writings, poetry and short stories from local readers. The writer pledges to contribute articles and believes the paper will showcase Muscatine’s literary talent to a broader audience.
Verse explores comic romance and longing as a young woman contemplates love and the idea of a man. The speaker muses on happiness, social norms, and the allure of distant ideals through a playful lyric about romance and marriage.
Hon A C Fulton recalls Antoine Le Claire born 1797 at St Joseph Michigan who became a leading mediator and official on Rock Island Davenport frontier. He helped shaping Davenport Rock Island area serving as postmaster and justice of the peace while ties with Native nations defined his work and life frontier period.
Grinnell Iowa January 16 Iowa College weighs Rev W D P Bliss of Los Angeles as successor to Dr Herron in applied Christianity Glad to advance cautious approach with a spring trustees meeting planned Bliss a leader in social reform a single tax advocate and author of The Encyclopedia of Social Reform He has ties to Rev E M Vittum and traveled Europe with him President Gates to speak at Woodbury County Teachers Association in Sioux City February 2
A historical notice recalls Davenport leaders who aided Native Americans. It profiles a white benefactor who funded St Anthony and St Marguerite churches, built Potowat ome Tepee, and planned civic works. The piece laments the removal of graves and calls for returning the tombs to the Indians.
Des Moines Iowa January 16 the Iowa Nebraska Wholesale Grocers association held a special meeting called by Secretary John Melhep Dubuque Fifty members attended resolutions condemned the national bankruptcy law as theft and urged repeal. The group urged radical changes to Iowa chattel mortgage law to close loopholes that let debtors foreclose before other creditors. A legislative lobby will push the changes with John Blaut and Walter Burt of Burlington present.
Mrs Olhaver visits Miss Hinkly while William Witte of Nebraska visits friends here. Anna Hesser helps Mrs James Reynolds with housework. Adam Shiermann of Nichols visits the Zollners. James and Mrs Kennedy mourn their infant son born last Wednesday. The Lambert telephone line nears completion and many will install phones this week. Many attend the funeral of Mrs Pollie Underwood in Letts at the Baptist church. The French school started a Sabbath school two weeks ago and now has an organ. Lydia Kruger loses a purse containing about $12 near Rev Kettelkamps in Wrayville. W a Kruegers hosted friends Thursday night including Chas Kuriger, John Zollner, and Ed Feldman. they returned Friday morning.
The Iowa Millers Association held its twenty sixth annual meeting in Des Moines appointing 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 They urged Congress to back interstate commerce amendments and discussed the old Iowa fishway law with no action taken A mid summer meeting was set for Boone and Des Moines was chosen for the next annual gathering in January 1901 N R Derby of Irlington attended the session.
The Home Monthly notes a fashion shift from flower-centered table decor to fruit displays. Fresh fruit on branches decorates the lighting, creating a graceful, appetizing table setting with hanging cherry and plum arrangements.
Remaining letters include both men and women such as Wm Hapworth Jay Mapes Robert J Stewart D Sylvester W C Thomas Frank Walcott Mrs May Bliss Mrs Mary Boruff Mrs H C Chesebrough Della Epworth Miss Lena Fox Mrs Ellen Johnson Mrs Susan Miller Miss Minnie Rhodes Mrs M C Straw Miss Ada Wrenn Parties asked to call for these letters should say advertised W L Roach P M
A short quip from the Ohio State Journal shows an irate woman arguing with a photographer about his equipment. She insists on getting a photographer who can do the job, highlighting the comic exchange over a perceived flaw.
Job ad seeks an honest man or woman to travel for a large house with salary of 65 dollars monthly plus expenses and future increases. Permanent position. Send self addressed stamped envelope to 330 Caxon Building Chicago to apply.
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