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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1900
Page
1
Muscatine merchants discuss adopting a thirty day plan to settle accounts monthly. Grocers and dry goods firms largely support it, noting it would curb trade accounts and speed cash flow. A reporter hears of cases where monthly settlements would have prevented delays and customer tension. The Journal invites reader communications on the proposal.
A May 25 1900 letter from Geo R Leffingwell describes fourteen travelers leaving St Paul by train to Seattle. He notes grand scenery on the Northern Pacific, rising immigration to Nome, ticket prices, Seattle’s population around 120000, and plans to sail on the Valencia May 31 reaching Nome about June 10. He mentions Don Becker and Marshall Chambers and reports good health among the party.
Parace H Herr received a small 1845 temperance song book from Mrs H E Parmalee. The 80 page volume, compiled by Gen T B Bonner of the N E Cataract, was used by New England societies opposing liquor traffic. Herr plans to circulate it among Y P C T U members.
Miss Guild of Chicago is hosted at the Y M C A rooms for an informal reception with temperance workers. The gathering aims to clarify points of the movement while Miss Guild travels to Dubuque for a lecture by Miss Shantz at the First Baptist church. high expectations surround Shantz's upcoming Muscatine address.
The Young Woman's Guild of the Presbyterian church runs a market at Battey music store with lunches confections and cakes and a fine display of potted plants and cut flowers boosting receipts. Tonight they offer ices and ice cream. proceeds fund lecture room improvements.
A joint session at city hall between Muscatine Water Works representatives and city council members discussed a possible city purchase of the water plant. The meeting was private and results await council reporting. The engineer has provided a cost estimate and a reasonable valuation, with price agreement still unsettled.
A meeting of the Y M C A Athletic Club is set for Monday night at the rooms. Full attendance is desired as important business will be brought before the club. Per order, President.
The La Crosse hammock with a back rest offers a comfortable sitting position, an improvement over the old style, and is available for sale at Hine Bros.
Swan's presents the latest patterns and cuttings in a new invoice display detailing current glassware styles. The catalog emphasizes intricate cut glass designs and decorative patterns for collectors and shop customers.
The Eastern Conference of the Iowa Synod of the Lutheran church will be hosted in this city June 12 to 14 with delegates from southeastern Iowa. Rev. J. L. Murphy of Grace English Lutheran leads preparations. the program covers welcome, sermons, lectures on duties of pastors and congregations, catechism benefits, church papers, Sunday school work, and youth societies, with multiple pastors named as speakers and alternates.
A New York special reports actress Della Fox has been committed to the asylum at Astoria Long Island once the most popular burlesque star in America and Europe. Muscatine theatergoers who saw her perform may be shocked by the decline of this brilliant performer.
The Dubuque is expected up tomorrow with considerable freight for the city. The Young came down last evening and will return this evening. The water stage today stands at four feet above low water mark, down three inches in the last day.
The Graphophone Grand is described as the largest and finest instrument yet brought to the city, showcased by Schmidt Bros. in their shop.
The Iowa Central Railway offers direct excursions for home seekers with tickets on the first and third Tuesdays each month to western northern western southern and southwestern points. Round trip fare is one fare plus two dollars, including Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Inquiries and coupon tickets available via Geo. S. Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
The four week general conference ended with major changes. Lay representation expanded in general conference and laymen seats opened in the Japanese conference. Bishops reassigned by station rather than seniority. Unordained ministers gain right to perform marriages. A new church constitution allows women delegates and election to the general conference. Pensions for superannuated bishops set at half salary. Epworth League secretary role merged with Epworth Herald. Paper consolidations moved to Kansas City and several Christian Advocate titles withdrawn. Four new bishops elected two general superintendents and two missionary bishops.
A dispatch from Atlantic City reports H. J. Heinz, Pittsburgh pickle magnate and longtime leader of the Kansas City University board, has donated 20000 to the university. Heinz is a principal benefactor and has served as president of its board since its founding.
The ISNS announces the commencement events from Friday June 8 through Friday June 13. The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered by the President on Sunday afternoon June 10. The exercises promise to be elaborate and mark a milestone in the school's history.
The Muscatine Rod and Gun club reports rising membership with many outsiders joining the next club shoot. Some members may attend the next State Meeting of Sportsmen in Marshalltown, and rumors say permanent grounds and a clubhouse may be built to elevate the organization as a top Iowa group.
Advertising copy from Hine Bros promotes handsome patterns and grand silk fronts as part of a soft shirt line, highlighting style and quality.
Question about why a commercial bake bread cannot imitate authentic homemade flavor. The user seeks reasons for missing home style taste and texture in store bought loaves.
Waterloo June 2 Special: F H Bloodgood of Vinton Iowa selected by the waterloo school board to succeed F J Fessions as superintendent. Fessions will travel as demonstrator for the Triple Liquid Air company of New York and is hailed as a top science student. Bloodgood is a Harvard graduate and former president of the State Teachers Association.
A Rock Island benefactor offers 10000 dollars toward a grand auditorium at Augustana College in Davenport. Two additional gifts of 5000 dollars each are expected, bringing total near 20000 dollars as the 40000 dollar project aims to seat 3500 and be usable by Rock Island or Moline for large gatherings.
The National Regatta takes place today under the Harlem Regatta Association instead of Decoration Day. The course is praised as one of the finest in the country and wide enough for a dozen eights. It is expected to set new records aided by the uniform water depth and wind shields from high cliffs.
A number of homing pigeons owned by the National Association of Homing Pigeon Flyers arrived by train at Lexington North Carolina and were released by the express messenger. The birds are old and face a roughly four hundred mile journey to their home.
Public schools from miles around gather for a mammoth basket picnic at Mager's Grove in Walaal ie North Dakota. The event is organized by a number of prominent college professors in charge of the affair.
The Toledo Driving Club presented its opening matinee in Toledo Ohio with a cavalcade of mounted horsemen and an entertainment by the Toledo High School team.
The Naval War College opened in Newport R. I. today with Assistant Secretary Hackett delivering the principal address. Members of the House naval committee attended.
A competitive examination for Cornell University scholarships is held today in New York. Many school youths participate, showing the strong appeal of a college scholarship.
The San Jose cleared for the gold fields with every berth filled. This departure mirrors the rush aboard other vessels bound for Cape Nome as ships continue to sail for the mining region.
Camp and Field Service Albany June 2 Twenty second and Sixty-ninth regiments from Albany enter duties at the camp of instruction in Peekskill today. Units move from Albany to active training with orders to establish camps, drills, and field service tasks for upcoming assignments.
The Button Workers announce a group excursion scheduled for June 14. Members plan a day trip with activities and transportation details coordinated by the union leadership.
Chicago Iowa reports indicate fair conditions tonight with unsettled weather possible in the western area by Sunday night. A warmer Sunday is forecast with changes in the pattern across the state.
In Grundy Center Iowa on June 1 painters arriving to work at the home of Mrs. Ann Greenwood found her body in a decomposed state in a bed chamber. Police and a post mortem are in progress to determine death cause with possible suicide or foul play unlikely.
Peter Foss, 80, petitions for divorce from Johanna Marie Foss claiming mistreatment since 1894. He says the Atlantic homestead of lot 7 block 15 is worth 800 dollars and seeks 500 dollars alimony plus 100 dollars attorney fees.
Seventy five magnetic healers from across Ohio will meet at the Ohio Magnetic Institute in Columbus to challenge the Love medical law as unconstitutional. The group Pyscopathy Non-Medical Association has about 1000 non medical healers in the state and Cincinnati Newark and other cities are represented. Attorneys are engaged to pursue a challenge arguing the law was class legislation.
Baltimore on June 2 Mr J J Phelps began a unique coaching journey intended to cover 2000 miles. He bought four sorrel trotters described as even gaited light but enduring and scheduled a three month itinerary through much territory.
Mr. Bipin Chan dra Pal, distinguished Indian lecturer, left for India after addressing the Comparative Literature Society of New York Barnard Club, People's Institute, and the Unitarian Association. He was a guest of Boston during the liberal congress and spoke in John D. Rockefeller's parlors.
Today marks the first donation day of the Working men's Hospitable Association in Anderson Indiana. The organization unites working men to decide the wages of one day annually and donate it to local hospitals.
The Hershey studio remains at 117 Iowa Avenue near the post office offering portraits for the lowest prices in town. It emphasizes affordable quality and continues to attract customers seeking value.
A good West Hill property can be bought at a great bargain if taken soon. Call at once. Titus and Jackson.
A reader suggests sprucing up an unwelcome link by painting it and advises buying paint at Halstead's to complete the DIY project.
A woman repurposes a battered tin can into a flower pot, showcasing thrift and creativity in household craft.
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