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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1900
Page
4
The druggists John J. Havercamp Theo Kuechman McBride and Cope J J Coady Nesper and Co advertise the famous T Rhaematic Cure as the most effective treatment for rhaematism in all stages.
The Reading Room of the First Church of Christ Scientist is open to the public every Wednesday and Saturday from 2:30 to 5 o clock p m Literature is free and all will be welcome at the corner of Sixth and Walnut streets
The Illinois Central sets June 20 July 9 17 and August 1 as sale dates for round trip tickets from Cairo Illinois and Paducah Kentucky north to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo and western Utah including Ogden and Salt Lake City with a single fare plus $2. Tickets allow limited stopovers in Colorado and Utah within 30 days on the going trip and 15 days on the return. Final return is October 31 1990. A H Hanson G P A Chicago notes full details via agents.
The Iowa Central Railway offers the most direct home seekers excursion line with tickets on first and third Tuesdays of each month to western northern western southern southeastern and southwestern points. Round trip fare is one dollar plus two dollars, covering Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Inquiries to coupon ticket agents or Geo. S. Batty Marshalltown IA. Another year of prosperity contrasts free silver advocates with scarce gas buffaloes in Kansas.
Muscatine's golf scene grows with new members and an informal association formed around scores. Dr Sterneman heads the group with a posted nine hole record of 58, pros offer 46 and a challenge to 40. Matches and rivalries fuel anticipation for upcoming play at the Muscatine links.
Workmen employed by the Spencer Boiler Company of Sioux City were repairing Storm Lake stand pipe when scaffolding inside the large cylinder collapsed. Fred Wanningham plunged eighty feet, escaping serious injury with a gash on the head. George Mack and Joe Hebert fell forty feet, badly bruised but unbroken. All three men from Sioux City, two with ten years in the firm.
In Ottumwa Iowa on Smoky Row an early morning dispute over a quarter led to a shooting. Jim Todd alias Jim Burton, a Black man, is under arrest after firing at William Riley a White stranger. Riley was wounded near the left chest and lung and remains in hospital as police hold the suspect awaiting results of the victim's condition.
Authorities still unable to locate the bullet and consider Riley’s claim that he spit it up plausible. Officials expect Riley to recover as the investigation proceeds.
St Louis July 3 An agreement between the St Louis Transit Company and its former employees was signed last night ending the street car strike. The pact follows prior proposals and allows filling vacancies from a preapproved list of former workers, excluding those involved in violence or lawlessness.
New York reports 67 bodies recovered from the Hoboken disaster as rescue teams work the river. Most victims aboard the steamship Saale, many foreigners, numerous missing near 300, with hundreds feared dead as surface remains climb.
The 13 month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Stoner of West Fort Dodge died Friday evening after falling into a lard can with water. Her head was submerged briefly causing strangulation despite urgent efforts. Funeral was held at the family home on Sunday.
Ellis R. Miller of Iowa Falls has been named second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps by Secretary of the Navy Long after ranking third of twenty on the Annapolis exam. He stands ready to report and is highly popular in his hometown.
Paris dispatch reports Emperor William ordering the first naval brigade to sail for China from Wilhelmshaven after noon. Berlin confirms high-scale German military plans to restore order in China, with thousands to travel and five new battleships readied despite constitutional limits. Consuls propose threatening measures over Peking hosts, while Britain hesitates to back the plan.
Washington reports from Admiral Kempf describe legations besieged in Peking with provisions exhausted and Chinese forces surrounding the city. The German minister is said murdered at tsung-li-yamen as three nations burn locations. 20,000 Chinese inside and 30,000 outside pursue Tien-Tsin, while communications to Tianjin falter.
Berlin reports Privy Councilor Hamann confirms an AP dispatch from Peking announcing the assassination of Aaron von Ketteler. The message, signed by Von Bergen and Sir Robert Hart, describes the attack on von Wetterler as he rode to the tsung-li yamen and notes Chinese assailants and injuries to an interpreter.
Commandant Philip Botha, captured by the British near Kroonstad on May 17, has been released on heavy bail in Cape Town. He will reside in Aliwal North until the completion of his preliminary examination.
Muscatine market page lists prices for wood lime cement coal flour and groceries with per sack and per bushel rates. It also covers live stock dairy produce and miscellaneous items and includes notes on market steadiness and multiple local sales terms. The piece ends with notices of railway discounted summer rates and a network of newspaper branch agencies around the city.
In Iowa on July 3 Oliver H. McKinney a farmer from seven miles north of Hedrick and J W Benson of Eldon were killed when struck by a Burlington and Western passenger train as they crossed Lake street returning home. Bert Thomas 18 died after attempting to board a C B Q train in Ottumwa Sunday evening suffering a scalp wound a broken thigh and multiple bruises. Thomas was nephew of the late Col P G Ballingall.
John T. Boylan editor of the Eldora Herald received a Washington telegram announcing his appointment as a special agent for rural free delivery. He is to report in Indianapolis for instructions, will earn 1500 dollars yearly, and receive 1000 dollars for expenses. He will depart Sunday afternoon and keep his Herald stake for now.
An advertisement for Weeks Break-Up A Cold Tabs claims relief with no cure and no pay offered by J J Havercamp as sole agent. The text also mentions Mark Twain's presidential candidacy with humorous asides, referencing Sioux Falls and Cincinnati in a promotional context.
On July 9 17 and August 1 1900 the Iowa Central Railway will sell round trip excursion tickets to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Ogden Utah and to certain points in South Dakota Wyoming and other regions at a low rate of one fare plus dollars valid to return by October 31 1900 Tickets obtainable through ticket agents and at Geo T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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