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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1900
Page
2
A Muscatine Journal page recounts residents visiting Davenport and Chicago, returns from trips, and local business moves. It also previews a 1861 lookback article with Civil War era news, secession tensions in Clinton County, a fire, and political ticket details.
John Sherman of Des Moines proposes a full reform to street paving payments based on property valuation. He outlines appointing a valuation board, a 7 percent cap, and a special paying fund to cover costs, with equal percentage assessments for abutting parcels and court review for objections.
Curtis remains able to run his store while Wm Bodman is reported ill with typhoid pneumonia. John Stephens traveled to Muscatine last week. The band will hold a grand ball at the opera house on St Patrick’s Day. Mr and Mrs T C Reynolds of West Liberty visited R’s parents Monday. Mrs Nicola is improving and out again. J A Jelly visited the town Tuesday to cover the Journal. Streets remain muddy hindering freight. Will Stephens returned from Marsh Iowa where he worked at an elevator since November. Carpenters finished the new building and painting will ready two rooms for occupancy. Johns and George Nicola rented the opera house for the coming year.
Martin Smith passed through town Tuesday while horse buyers visited Monday. Henry Grotelucheon visited H Meyers Sunday. Bill Meyers helps D H Smith saw wood this week. Mrs John Meyers improving. Frank Smith helped brother Will butcher last Friday. Miss Lucy Mapes visited Muscatine relatives. George Mills and sister Cora returned from Nebraska Tuesday. Numerous locals were seen visiting, traveling, or assisting on farms and at Adams school events.
Wanted: honest person to travel for a large house with a salary of 65 dollars monthly plus expenses and future increases. Permanent position. Send self addressed stamped envelope to manager at 330 Caxon Building Chicago.
In Murphysboro NL the city reduced work hours for staff from ten to eight per day and increased daily wages from 1.25 to 1.40 dollars.
The lesson discusses Jesus as the beloved Son, his baptism by John, and the forty days in the wilderness where Satan tempts him. It notes Jesus answers with Scripture, cites Deuteronomy, and reflects on the purpose and outcome of these trials. It includes notes on baptism, the Spirit, and the setting of temptation with references and commentary.
A London Times report recalls Dr. Camara Pestana who died after contracting plague while researching it. He dissected a plague victim, then treated himself in isolation and documented his symptoms to aid humanity. He refused family visits to prevent spread and left a letter to the Queen of Portugal urging support for colleagues at Lisbon Bacteriological Institute.
Miss Jennie Amlong, valued teacher and daughter of Mrs. Catherine Amlong, resigns from New Boston public school to take a better paid position in Peoria. Her brothers A J and Samuel Amlong are noted educators and Joseph Amlong serves as a Peoria police captain. Friends regret her departure but wish success in Peoria.
Local citizens endorse Morrow’s Kid-ne-oids as the best remedy for backache kidney and urinary disorders sleeplessness and nervousness. Reported cures come from L D Guthrie who says relief is permanent and from many druggists noting rising use. Tablets cost fifty cents a box and are sold in Springfield Ohio by John Morrow & Co.
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