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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1900
Page
1
Local Y M C A fortunes are portrayed as precarious with running costs around 200 dollars monthly. Ministers, the State Secretary, and citizens discuss the institution and plan a vigorous campaign to broaden reach beyond church youth to the town, hoping to prevent suspension and restore support.
Preparations for The New World on February 15 and 16 progress with full practice and a large cast. The Columbus themed spectacle features Ralph Lillibridge and Mrs Richard Fox among leads, plus more than 100 specialty performers. Proceeds support Weed Park improvement fund.
A private musical was hosted at Dr Armentrout's Letts residence on Wednesday evening. Participants included Mesdames Barnett Kephart Thompson Linn and Misses Swan Furnas Wilson Fur nas Thompson Miller Knott Geiger Edna Thompson and Mr G B Furnas. A follow up concert is planned at Daniel Thompson's Main Street home.
Billie Miller, while inspecting in South Muscatine, was thrown from his wagon when a team bolted. He suffered a broken right elbow, was assisted to a street car, and taken to Dr Schmidt's office where the fracture was set before returning home.
Stockton Iowa letter writer defends Pleasant Prairie school as 42 pupils enroll with ages nine to fourteen. He blasts outsiders presuming to protect pupils and notes the teacher can handle her affairs, naming no one and challenging critics.
The Wilton area faces a smallpox scare as Dr. A R Leith quarantines a patient from Ayersville after a Dixon Illinois return. School children are vaccinated and revival meetings halted while Ayersville mail is handled with extra caution.
In Davenport Iowa on January 26 eras a student named Dad Ayers from Dixon Illinois with homes Ayersville Iowa is ill with smallpox. Fourteen people at a Bennett hotel near Davenport are quarantined. Protracted Ayersville meetings are halted and public school scholars are vaccinated.
Davenport Democracy notes grief in Durant on the Rock Island line after injunctions shut all saloons except one. The lone beer shop thrives as rivals, hit with $600 fines, mourn their closures while rumors swirl about the hidden owner and backers seeking refuge in the city.
From late disclosures in the Muscatine Journal readers infer that a game may be played in West Liberty where locals from all walks of life frequent such resorts. The piece notes the town’s democratic character with no aristocratic edge in these establishments.
A new medical partnership is formed by Dr. A. J. Weaver and Dr. Cal W. Smith. The offices will be at Dr. Weaver’s current building on the Avenue, with the change taking place tomorrow.
Articles signed and filed for the Muscatine, Tipton and Northern Railway Company to build and operate a line from Muscatine to near Independence Iowa. Authorized capital 150000 dollars, 1500 shares with 250 preferred and 1250 common. Initial officers named. board to expand after one year.
The funeral for Mrs. John Moxley was held at 2 PM at Pilgrim Congregational Church conducted by Rev G M D Slocum. Friends filled the church with floral tributes, music by Misses Sarah KE Bitkey Mara Eiltman and organizer Mara Wagner. Pallbearers listed. Survived by husband and two daughters.
Farmers urged to buy by Hine Bros as they liquidate extra duck coats gloves and mittens despite profits. Store advertises limited stock at bulk sale prices to clear seasonal inventory.
In the Tipton Conservative the Northwestern Railroad Company shows friendly interest in the Muscatine Tipton Northern line. The piece asserts the C and NW will control operations if trains run from Stanwood to Muscatine using the current route to Tipton. C and NW locomotives cars and crews would operate and manage the line.
The Fifty first Iowa soldiers boast a premier regimental band led by Geo W Landers from New York now in Centerville Iowa. Recruited quickly from fifty applicants, the group tours the state after its Philippines fame. Company C, 50th Regiment of Town National Guards plans a Jan 31 concert at the Armory, offering locals a musical and social treat plus Philippine curios.
Nichols Public School in Nichols Iowa reports for the month ending Jan 19 1900 the fourth month of the school year. Twenty teaching days with 28 pupils enrolled including 16 boys and 12 girls and an overall attendance totaling 479.5 days with averages 23.97 for all pupils.
Fairport brief items report Olva Feastal's Sunday at home and a warm spell turning into a blizzard. Local births include a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Munson. Illnesses involve Willie Brunson and Joe Hubbard's father. Mrs Jess Franklin visits Montpelier. Mrs Howard visits Reeves in Illinois City.
A reader is advised to visit C. H. Milnes in West Liberty to discuss the purchase of a new parlor set and arrange terms for installing it.
Des Moines report on a joint Board of Control session with Ways and Means committees from both houses. Gov. Larrabee outlined board history and current management, noting $100,000 in treasury credits, improved inmate care, state provisioning of supplies, and moves to reform salaries and staffing. The article previews a bill to fund marking Iowa regiments.
In Des Moines and Ottumwa reports the Iowa General Assembly debates a Shiloh monument plan costing up to 66 000 for the regiment and 15 000 for a state tribute all granite with commissions to cover only actual expenses not exceeding 3 500. Trebor notes weather clear and cool as Senator Titus plans a Sunday at home.
Des Moines Iowa January 26 Governor Shaw sent to the Senate the name of Colonel H H Rood of Mt Vernon to succeed Governor Larra bee on the Board of Control. The appointment was referred to a committee and the confirmation is very doubtful.
London war office dispatch dated Jan 25 reports General Warren abandoned Spion Kop during the night and evacuated the garrison by dawn. Chicago rumor service notes the retreat occurred under cover with Warren obliged to withdraw.
Dubuque Iowa January 25. In final settlement of the water works controversy the city offers the water company 545000 for their plant with a twenty four hour option to decide. The two year dispute may end with the company likely accepting the offer.
Albia Republican reports J B Connor filed information against W O Dille of Ottumwa for shooting a wild turkey after Dec 1. Dille arraigned before Justice Abbegglen and fined 10 dollars plus 7 dollars costs including 5 dollars to Connor. Dille's 20 dollar gun and the confiscated turkey to be auctioned in Abbegglen’s office Saturday.
Peterson Town January 25. Several highway robberies occurred this winter near town but the robbers fled. Yesterday a hold up prompted a messenger for help and two men were cornered in brush west of town. One man killed himself rather than surrender. The body was identified as Christ Nelson known as Crazy Christ at Aurelia Town where he had been recently located. It is possible he was the robber behind the depredations.
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