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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
4
The pickle plant doubles kraut capacity and eyes 500 cars of product yearly with output rising from eighty to 150 180 tons daily depending on crop. Improvements include a new sixty foot stack and heightened cleanliness cited by inspectors. Workers number hundreds in summer and fall, with onions a major crop. factory operates year round with limited winter staff.
The article outlines seasonalEs and equipment rules for fishing in the state. It bans salmon and trout catches from November to March and bans bass pike crappies and other game fish from November to May. It forbids fishing in stocked streams within a year of stocking and restricts traps nets and barriers. It permits limited trot lines May to December and prohibits devices that obstruct fish movement. It also bans explosives electricity or heat for catching fish and prohibits shelters on ice. The possession of spears or seines on public waters or ice is addressed.
The tenth annual Baptist Young People's Union convention opens at Music Hall in Cincinnati with 15 000 to 20 000 delegates and visitors. Notable figures include Rev. Wm. Ashmore and Rev. E. E. Gauge. The four day program features two daily sessions and afternoons free for delegates.
Fort Dodge Iowa July 12 Frank Solomon alias Missouri Bill a notorious Iowa bootlegger was arrested at Fonda and found guilty on bootlegging charges. He allegedly supplied liquor in glasses bottles cases or keys without a license. County attorney prosecuted. he was fined 59 dollars plus costs and jailed indefinitely for nonpayment.
The Algona district Epworth League holds its tenth annual convention in Britt over two days with about 200 delegates. Rev E L Eaton of Des Moines delivered a lecture titled Ghosts Goblins and Witches to a crowded audience. Sunrise prayer and sacramental service marked today's session as the convention proceeds successfully.
Sioux City saloon keepers face possible injunctions as the Anti-Saloon League urges removal of screens and wine rooms. League leaders, including city ministers, demand compliance after prior notice.
The fragment suggests a final marital dissolution followed by an implied happy ending. It hints at a plotted resolution where separation leads to personal contentment beyond the union.
A Sunday gathering near Remsen Iowa left fifteen people violently ill with symptoms resembling strychnine poisoning. Medical exams found arsenic in the bread. motives unclear. Authorities assess whether accidental or deliberate contamination caused the outbreak with no expected fatalities at report time.
Frederick Maryland July 12 after seventy years the famous St John’s novitiate will be relocated to a property on the Hudson above West Point. Founded by Father John McElroy SJ and with ordination by Archbishop Neale in 1816 the Frederick graves will remain undisturbed. Edward Purbrick is current provincial of the Jesuits in this province dating to 1631.
A morning steamer trip on the Young to Rock Island leads to electric car rides to Black Hawk Tower now open with more comforts. The Young will offer free tickets for tower parties of ten or more from Rock Island and return. Basket dinner accommodations are good. Departure is 6:30 a.m. on Sunday Monday Wednesday and Friday, returning to Muscatine by 7:45 p.m. Contact agent Wm. G. Block for details.
Porters and related terms appear globally with scattered references to Boston and tree health topics. The fragmentary text mentions prevention of facial blemishes and possibly lumors though details are unclear. No coherent events, dates, or clear entities beyond Boston and general terms are present.
In Ottumwa Iowa on July 12 Willie Freeman age thirteen of Albia was accidentally killed by a gunshot while handling a shotgun with other boys. He discharged a barrel while picking up the gun, the shot striking his abdomen and causing instant death.
Special dispatch from Chicago notes H J Toher & Co brokers with H E McKay manager reporting July 12 1900 market action. Prices range across wheat corn oats pork lard and hogs with receipts listed and forecasts for tomorrow. also notes liquor dairy fruit and hardware items and rolling stock prices in a dense market summary.
Market list with prices for wood lime cement coal flour and mill products. Lumber and feed items include pine wood hard coal soft coal oats cornmeal oats and rye with varying prices. live stock section lists hogs sheep calves cattle and lambs with per hundredweight or per pound rates.
A signed agreement guarantees refund of money on a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure cough or cold. It also promises a 25 cent bottle refund if not satisfactory. Signatories include G. A. Reinicke, W. B. Barkalow, Nesper & Co., Jno. J. Havercamp, and J. Theo. Keuchmann.
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