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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
6
A card announces Osteopathy as taught by the S O at Kirksville Mo offering treatment for diseases of both sexes without drugs. It claims health is natural and disease is a mechanical obstruction to circulation. Free consultation and examination for thirty days with office hours 9 am to 5 pm except Sunday.
Barnard’s Model laundry lists appear in a column with items noting socks shirts and household fabrics. The brief itemized notes reference common washing needs and fabric care tips for readers.
A local grocer markets pure and fresh goods to attract trade. He promises stable prices to encourage patronage and repeat customers.
Dispatches from Brussels and Washington detail Li Hung Chang confirming retirement guarantees for foreigners near Peking toward Tien-Tsin. Conger, under siege at the British legation, warns of a possible massacre as relief attempts and foreign legations face continued bombardment and uncertain safety.
A Paris cable reports the Chinese emperor sent letters to France and other powers including Britain Germany and possibly Russia urging mediation. Washington views this as a way to shift from armed force to negotiations while ministers in Peking stay at their posts amid ongoing tensions.
The state department stated that the American minister will not be delivered up by Chinese troops or allied forces. If an escort is needed to leave Peking the government prefers it be composed of American soldiers rather than foreign troops or forces.
Georgetown Ky July 26 Yesterday featured little drama in the Powers trial with McKinzie Todd Governor Taylor's secretary as key witness. While touching Henry Youtsey the testimony favored Powers. Officials fear arrival of hundreds of mountaineers may spark trouble. The defense will prove Powers involved in organizing the 1200 mountaineers who came to Frankfort to petition the legislature in good faith and without intent to intimidate.
At the Henning and Speed building on Dearborn Street in Chicago chemical explosions in the Windsor collar factory caused a panic. Three women died after jumps from upper floors, ten were injured, and one missing. Damages were listed at $15,000.
The Buffalo Prairie region reports barley yields low while oats look promising though not fully cut. Threshing expands with multiple crews and delays from machinery. A rain boosts corn and potato prospects but halts threshing briefly. Visitors include Miss Kate Marquis and Mr. Bailey with travel to Missouri and California.
Portland Indiana July 26 John Franks a Noble township farmer was swindled out of 2500 by two men who visited claiming to buy his farm They registered as W H Harris of Indiana and W C Brown of Hamilton They demanded 2500 to prove his responsibility and swapped safes producing only a bundle of paper.
Metropolis Illinois July 26 Attorney C M Fouts reports receiving a Georgia lawyer's inquiry about Mrs Martha Sharp formerly of this county. Her brother Hiram Sharp was convicted of murder in his state and faces possible execution unless the Georgia state board of pardons rules on his case. The sister is sought as a witness and to provide other assistance.
East St. Louis on July 26 reports Flora Butler of Beardstown Ills trying to end her life after a failed marriage appointment. She swallowed Paris screen worth five cents and survived after St. Mary's hospital stomach pump treatment.
Two masked men robbed a rear tenner near Truckee A T stealing about 750 dollars after forcing five players to the floor with revolvers and warning them that movement would be fatal before fleeing.
In Bourbon Indiana on July 26 Clinton Irving cleaned a gun and unintentionally fired, wounding his 4 year old son in the abdomen. Medical authorities report the child cannot survive the injury. Mull's Lightning Cough Cure advertised in the notice.
Special homeseekers tickets to Colorado and Utah points go on sale August 1 7 and 21 at one fare plus 2.00 round trip with final return October 31 In August a Chicago to Denver train runs via Omaha leaving at 4 45 p m arriving 9 15 p m next day with day coaches Pullman sleepers and dining car This feature ends after August 1 and rates apply on regular trains afterward Local depot information and Colorado booklet available
Work continues to exhume about 500 American soldiers buried in an improvised cemetery near Saltillo. The remains will be moved to San Antonio, Texas, for burial in a designated section of that city's cemetery.
H R Nishimura of Tokio, who spent a month in the United States buying supplies and equipment for the Mikado's troops, sailed from San Francisco on the steamship Coptic. He praised American treatment and closed several large contracts before departure.
Free Baptist gathering begins in Old Orchard Maine with prominent leaders from across regions attending. Sessions run daily through September 1 with forenoon afternoon and evening services each day.
R O Childs of Peoria Illinois endorses Reggs German Salve as the best general household remedy curing cuts burns scalds old sores and skin diseases. It is claimed to be the only pile cure that permanently succeeds. Available at J J Havercamp's.
The Home Stake Mining Company paid the regular monthly dividend of twenty five cents per share at its offices this forenoon after declaring the amount. The announcement came from New York on July 26.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure as safe for children and effective against coughs, urging quick use to avoid lung trouble or consumption. It promotes doses of 25c and 50c and directs asking a druggist.
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