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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1900
Page
7
The schedule lists street car runs for South Muscatine Park Place Fair Grounds Cemetery and the company office with first departures at 5 50 a m and 6 00 a m and services every 20 minutes to late evening.Sunday timetable starts 8 a m with trips every half hour to 10 a m then every two minutes to 9 p m.
Muscatine and surrounding areas celebrate thriving home gardens. Noted yards on Oregon Street, including Frank Stohr and Ernst Immprecht, display tiger lilies, climbing roses, and diverse beds. Fireman's Relief Hose Company property features shaded, inviting grounds. Local residents, including Will Apple and neighbors, contribute to a citywide floral spirit with tasteful plantings and artistic designs.
A 25 cent bottle of Carboleum in one gallon of water will destroy ants and all her insects. Sold at McBride & Cope's.
Peoria Illinois resident R. O. Childs endorses Beggs' German Salve as the best general household remedy. It is claimed to cure cuts burns scalds old sores skin diseases and is the only pile cure that never fails to cure permanently at J J Havercamp's.
The past week saw temperatures 1 2 degrees below normal with widely scattered showers on the 23rd and 24th causing grain damage in some areas. Most of the state had no excess moisture and harvest conditions were favorable. Threshing continues with variable yields, corn remains strong, pastures improve, late potatoes show adequate moisture with localized injury, and the northern apple crop looks better than the south though overall below average.
The coming State Fair is expected to be the best in history with strong participation from state stockmen and abundant poultry. Demand for the catalogue is high as more people want fair advertising material circulated, and the Exposition features are greatly expanded with a full Midway and numerous free acts and other special attractions.
Real estate notices offer a 260 acre stock and grain farm near Wellman with a large 10 room house, bank barn, water and furnace, plus other neighborhood bargains. Also 203 acre Illinois farm, 184 Cedar county acreage, town hotels for exchange, and assorted homes for trade. Call for properties to sale exchange or purchase.
The fair promises a dazzling fireworks display and more free features than ever before. Night attractions will have greatly reduced gate fees, pleasing visitors, while morning entrants can stay until night attractions end at no extra cost. The secretary will send folders and advertising materials to those who request them or will circulate for the fair’s benefit.
Postmaster General Emory Smith announces rural free delivery changes effective August 1. First class letters within rural routes rise to 2 cents per ounce. second class rates unchanged. Rural carriers must cancel stamps on collected mail with pencils until rubber cancel stamps arrive. A new money order system, adopted in April, proves convenient and may serve as a postal savings proxy with deposits in local offices.
Vice presidential candidate Job Harriman of the Social Democratic Party will address a mass meeting in Muscatine at Court House Square tomorrow evening. The speech will launch the 1900 campaign in the city and offer residents a chance to judge his doctrines firsthand.
A consumer letter from LeRoy New York praises Grain-O, claiming it improves health and is superior to other cereals described as solid grain. The writer urges others to use Grain-O for family welfare and health. The message is signed by C. F. Myers.
London report states Parliament has been dissolved under a prearranged program. The ministry will be reconstructed with Salisbury remaining premier and Joseph Chamberlain named minister of foreign affairs.
Muscatine county delegates head for Des Moines to attend the state convention amid a large field of candidates. Pal mer and Merriam look set for renomination, Hobart is favored for secretary, and McClain leads the Supreme Judge race with Blanchard and Clark contending. Delegates wear badges reading Republican State convention 1900 Des Moines August 1 Muscatine county delegation.
R M Booth of Elgin Michigan says Beggs German Salve cured his piles after other methods failed. He writes he was heading for an operation as a last resort and would not be without the salve even if it cost ten dollars a box at J J Havercamp's.
A poem from Kyoto expresses comfort in divine care for lost or wandering lambs. It contrasts storms and dangers with being sheltered at the Shepherd’s breast and the faith of households mourning a child. The refrain reassures that the wee white lambs lie safe in the Fold and gratitude follows for protection.
Advertises French Tansy Wafers as a trusted remedy from a renowned French physician for painful or irregular menstrual periods. Claims decade-long sales and thousands of users with reliable relief. Warns to buy only genuine red wrapped units at J. J. Havercamp's Drug Store in Muscatine Iowa.
Ira C. Hubbell, a leading western railroad figure, resigns as purchasing agent for the Kansas City Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad and ends his long career as a railroader begun in youth. He leaves the company to retire from business.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Fare a powder for the feet It cools the feet and makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Smarting Hot Callous sweating feet Allen's Foot-Ease relieves all pain and gives rest and comfort Free sample available by mail from Allen S Olmstead LeRoy NY
The Pen Mar Maryland Presbyterian reunion opens with high interest and large turnout. Prominent church figures will discuss church and societal topics, and attendees expect constructive results from the proceedings.
A public notice informs Muscatine residents that Osteopathy, taught by the A S O at Kirksville Missouri, treats diseases in both men and women without drugs. It promises free consultation and examination for thirty days and urges trying Osteopathy after other methods fail. Office hours run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Sunday.
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