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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
4
A discussion condemns strict copyright consent rules as harming newspapers and publishers. It cites Leslie's Weekly and legal proposals to abolish penalties, while a Sill poem review laments revision habits. The piece also quotes science and Iowa coal remarks about cradle and smoke topics from various periodicals.
Muscatine city council meets July 24 1900 with Mayor Schmidt presiding. The board appoints library trustees and Police Clyde Wallace. county rebuffs city health bill prompting a potential lawsuit. Cherry street paving, culverts and sidewalk work discussed. fire department request to place telephone instruments considered. adjournment ordered.
Nickel Plate Road offers connections at Buffalo with eastern lines and at Brocton for Chautauqua lake points on trains Nos. 4 and 6. Travel reaches Chautauqua lake the following day with early morning and early evening arrivals. Up-to-date drawing rooms and sleeping cars on all trains. Dining car club menu priced from 35 cents to one dollar with no excess fare. Contact Mr. J. Y. Calahan, general agent, 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
The United States training ship Enterprise reached Southampton on July 25 after departing Boston on June 3. After taking on coal she will continue toward Manila on her voyage.
Fred Squires, managing editor of the Liberator, spoke to a large YMCA crowd about the temperance cause. He denounced saloon crime and non enforcement of anti liquor laws, urged church involvement, and noted 100,900 young people marching against legalized saloons while criticizing police indifference.
The St Marys ladies host a lawn sociable and band concert on the church grounds on July 26. A first class supper starts at 5 pm in the school room, with ice cream cake lemonade candy and other items for sale. Proceeds fund new roofs for the school building and parsonage. Mechanics' Band provides music.
Advertises Weeks' Break-Up-A-Cold tablets with promise of curing cold during sleep but states no cure and no pay. Price listed as 25 cents with J. J. Havercamp named as sole agent.
Muscatine notes large variations in prices for flour, grain, produce, dairy, live stock and hardware. Wheat, oats, corn and meal show fluctuating rates. fruits and vegetables list per box, peck, or basket. butter, eggs and cheese set at modest levels. lumber, coal and nails also posted with frequent shifts. Market remains unsteady.
The United States training ship Hartford reached Southampton this morning and will stay until August 16 before continuing on a six months cruise. The vessel arrived in good condition.
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