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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1900
Page
6
The Muscatine Infirmary of Osteopathy at 212 Linn Street announces treatment for diseases of men and women by Osteopathy as taught at Kirksville Missouri. It explains health as natural and disease as due to obstructions to circulation and offers free consultation and examination for thirty days with office hours from 9 am to 5 pm except Sundays.
A quirky laundry list fragment from a 1900s page uses playful phrasing to catalog household items and fashion references, showcasing everyday domestic humor in a brief local column.
Joyous births and thoughtful musings fill the Daily Doings column as Muscatine neighbors share personal milestones and reflections. Readers glimpse family arrivals, community happenings, and local opinions through correspondence and society items.
Mrs. William J. Wylie plans to reside in Illinois City with her son Charles returning from the Dakotas and Canada. Accidents touch locals as Will Tyler injures his chest after a bogie incident. Rain prayers rise as haying proceeds while corn and potatoes look promising. Annie Pardee returns as a teacher. Ladies Aid to hold dinner at the M. E. parsonage.
Riverside, Newton and Green spread butter tub shipments to Wapello West Liberty What Cheer Webster Kalona and Hillsiding. A cooper from Iowa City joined after a Wednesday train. Mrs H Gatling returns to Wellman milinery with good trade. Fred Hinkley from River Junction heads home via Cedar Rapids with repairs for his steam thresher. United Brethren ministers plan August Riverside meeting. about 35 ministers expected. Corn looks good oats being cut. a nice rain fell Tuesday. oats selling for 20 cents.
The Krane Brothers will buy a complete new threshing outfit. William Jerot also acquires a threshing setup. Hogs sell for five dollars per hundred as spring wheat promises a better crop than expected. The Fats and Leans played a ball game here Wednesday afternoon. A. Karous cuts logs near the river bridge. Fine potatoes are on sale at area stores.
Miss Wykonl returns home to Waterloo after trimming at Luntz and Potters millinery. Ed and Mrs Priess hosted a party for Mr Priess’s Chicago-based brother. Rev Bishop, formerly at M E church, visits from Columbus City. Myrtle France marks her birthday with a party. Mr and Mrs Fred Grimm of Sibley stay with Mrs Hamilton. Rev Fouse preaches in Columbus Junction. Stonebarger family welcomes another son. Luntz led Reform church service in Tipton. Union services planned at the Christian church. Anne Ingram of Burlington visits Mrs Grant Steven. Belle Lee of Lisbon visits her uncle J M Lee. Nel Fairall from Fairfield visits for the 4th. Mrs Benter visits sister Mrs P L Smith. Mrs A N Kalb returns from Mason City.
President McKinley plans limited public activity in Canton Ohio during the 1900 campaign. He will speak to delegates and issue only a speech and acceptance letter while remaining largely focused on government duties. Delegations will be received when he is not otherwise engaged.
In Fruitland the Hummel neighborhood plans a fishing party at the cut-off with a general good time promised. Charie Concannon recently returned home from Mt Pleasant hospital but was persuaded to go back for treatment. Mrs A Hopson leaves for Chicago to visit her son Farnham before his move to Ohio. Mr and Mrs C B Cunningham visited with Mrs Fell's family. Thos Fitzsimmons and daughter Cora visit Springdale this week. Miss Allie Countriman of Belvidere NJ visits her parents. W P Camp spent a day with old friend Mr Hubbard of Sweetland. Mrs Ira Brenson visiting Mrs G H Corwin. Clint DeCamp attends Leverich normal school.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a stomach tonic that stimulates appetite. It claims even those not hungry can be induced to eat and enjoy food after a short course, with each dose doing good.
Catalogues are out for the 38th annual fair to be held September 11 12 13 and 14 with lengthy premium lists and some department superintendent changes. Mrs C E Pickering and two children depart for a month in Denver and Colorado. John Houck and daughter visit Mr and Mrs H P Dodge on North Columbus Street. Uncle John Gibson returns from Truro Iowa. L W Swenm Cedar Falls visits on the streets. Free rural mail delivery is being pursued around West Liberty. Martha Wright's new house foundation laid East Fifth. James Park lies ill at home East Sixth Street.
The Populist state convention in Lincoln opened with 1 206 delegates. W V Allen elected temporary chairman amid fusion debate with Democrats and Silver Republicans. Western counties push for district based conference committee. three conventions met and fusion stance differs from Democratic and Silver Republican camps.
Henory C. Payne of Wisconsin, likely to be named chairman of the national Republican executive committee, spent Monday in Chicago seeking headquarters for the committee then departed for Cleveland.
National Committeeman Norman E Mack favors notification in large midland or eastern cities with New York as a preferred center. Senator James K Jones of Arkansas, heading the Democratic National Committee, arrives in Chicago from Lincoln with other party leaders and checks into the Auditormim Annex.
A boiler head burned out at the Boston button factory in South Muscatine causing a temporary shutdown yesterday afternoon. Fourteen workers remain idle while repairs are completed, with an expected short delay.
A letter from Fansie Williams of Buchanan Michigan praises Genesee Pure Food Co Grain-O as a coffee substitute. She notes her mother, a heavy coffee drinker, has given up coffee and they use one package weekly.
An Advocate notice from Humeston Iowa promotes Beggs Hair Renewer claiming it cures scalp diseases and restores hair color and growth. The ad urges readers to try the product at J J Havercamp's with a guarantee.
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