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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1900
Page
4
A prominent clairvoyant, Madam Annetta, advertises personal readings in Muscatine saying she reveals past, present, and future. Readers are promised honest testimonials, private parlors, and hourly availability from 9 am to 9 pm daily, with a 50 cent fee. This will be her last week.
The Journal announces branch offices at Harry Wilson's Store on Park Avenue East Hill Frank Chayka's Store at Cypress and Ninth H J H Sharrar's Store Lucas Street West Hill W W C A Busch's Drug Store South Muscatine and W B Stewart's Store Musser ville near the street car line.
The notice lists telephone service lines for the Iowa City journal area with routing details. It names the Mississippi Valley New Line business office and a two ring for editorial rooms, indicating call handling points and switchboard designations.
At the old stand 306 Iowa Ave James O'Toole offers horse shoeing and repair services. He guarantees satisfaction and invites customers to try the shop for all kinds of job work.
Rev H D Herr delivers the baccalaureate sermon to the class of 1900 at the Congregational church on Third and Chestnut. He urges victory through faith, watchfulness, steadfastness, and the union of power and love, and condemns saloon lawlessness in Muscatine.
The speaker pledges community support for a student’s path through life. The school board ministers and parents unite to bless and ordain with best wishes, hoping the student fights life’s battles in service and truth and rises to triumph.
Mr. Fowler preached at First Baptist Church on yesterday morning with a sermon titled The Touch of Jesus. He based the discourse on Mark 1 41 and discussed touch as a fundamental sense and a symbol of Christ's healing power.
A Cedar Rapids travel notice invites readers to obtain a descriptive booklet on Okoboji and Spirit Lakes. It promises a fine outing with cottages and hotels along the shores and lists hotel rates, urging readers to apply before availability runs out. The message is signed by Jno G Farmer and associates of rail and travel offices.
In Chicago on Saturday the intercollegiate meet saw Michigan 31 to 14 over Chicago with California 29, Wisconsin 21, Notre Dame 17, Northwestern 6, Knox 4, Minnesota 3, Nebraska 2. Dvorak of Michigan cleared 11 feet inches in pole vault to set a West record. California's Plan set a hammer mark at 156 feet 3 inches, over 30 feet beyond the old record.
On the first and third Tuesday in May and June homeseekers can buy tickets at a fare plus $2 for round trips to various parts of the country. For rates limits and territory consult the nearest agent or Jno. G. Farmer A. G. P. & T. A.
The Nickel Plate Railroad offers three daily express trains between Chicago and New York with twenty seven hour service. All meals and dining cars are provided, with service praised as excellent and priced accessibly. Information available from J. Y. Cahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
Letters from Muscatine officials and clergy praise Miss Mary Markman as a competent German teacher and admit she excels in speaking and teaching the language. Endorsers include J. I. Grieser Rector May 24 1900 H Ross May 25 1906 and F C Klein pastor confirming examination and ability to teach.
In Muscatine Iowa on May 23 1900 G Meier a German Lutheran pastor certifies Miss Mary Markman can speak read and write German and recommends her for a German language teacher position.
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