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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1900
Page
5
In Muscatine today sugar climbed to 6 and 6.25 as markets stayed unsteady with possible further gains. Gooseberries sold for 8 1 3 to 10 cents a box while hog prices fell from 4.60–4.75 to 4.50–4.60. Our grocer shares his woes with increasing shoplifting by well dressed patrons tasting items without purchasing.
A detailed Muscatine market listing shows prices for wood lime cement coal and grain flour mill stuffs and produce. Live stock dairy products eggs cheese honey and sugar rates appear with notes on market steadiness and item-specific wholesale and retail prices.
Hardware items include cut nails three dollars and wire nails three twenty five. Barb wire three seventy five. Lumber prices cover finishing and box boards twenty three thirty seven, flooring seventeen forty, siding fourteen twenty seven, beaded ceilings twenty forty, shiplap sixteen twenty four, select joist twenty six forty, common boards ten twenty five, No one dimension rough sixteen fifty twenty, fencing fourteen twenty two, battens three six fifty per thousand feet, mixed grade fifteen seventeen, shingles one twenty five to four, lath four fifty five, pickets one and twenty two, posts ten thirty eight cents.
Toher & Co brokers with H. E. McKay as manager operate a Chicago office above the post office with telephone 81. The dispatch is dated June 4 1900.
An agitated horse belonging to Jacob Rebert bolted on East Washington street after a wagon was loaded for Joe Anderson. It leaped a wire fence and damaged gardens as children narrowly escaped harm. A second dairy wagon team damaged and bent harness on West Hill with limited losses.
Marquette Mich on Lake Superior is described as a charming summer retreat accessible via the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. The feature highlights healthful location scenery fine hotels and immunity to hay fever, promoting a restful comfortable outing with a copy of The Lake Superior Country available for four cents postage to Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago II.
The notice touts Mull's Pioneer Cures with chocolate tabs for rapid relief from Kidney and Bladder issues, Impure Blood, Liver, Stomach, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism, and Female Complaints. It promises a dollar-back draft if the medicine fails and urges purchase from druggists at 25 cents or one dollar.
Mr and Mrs George Nyenhuis of Sweetland township mourn the death of their only son Freddie aged 14 months and 2 days who died of spinal trouble Saturday at 1 30 pm at the home of J B Hyink 123 West Front street The funeral was held Sunday at 1 pm from the Hyink residence Interment was in Harker cemetery
The Iowa Central Railway announces sales on the first and third Tuesdays in May June July and August for Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo territory. Fares are one fare plus two dollars round trip. Inquiries should be made through coupon ticket agents or at Geo. S. Batty Marshalltown Iowa. Card promises refunds for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if coughs or colds persist and offers a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money back.
The High School faculty hosted the graduating class at the Misses Underwood and Whicher home with fortune tellers Miss Neally and Miss Ryan guiding futures. A class picnic was planned for Tuesday at the Grotto. The Emerson-Thoreau club held a second symposium at Eyrie hosted by Mrs. Cora Weed with musical and literary selections led by Geo Titus, Stella Cohn, and Julius Schmidt. Congressman Peters is noted as a former Kansas teacher and colorful example of school methods in Plattsburg Missouri.
Miss Ella Hildebrand is home on vacation from teaching near Stockton. Mr and Mrs Geo Wooley entertain cousins from Ohio. W J Scott and wife visit mother Mrs A E Scott in West Liberty. Mrs J Y Scott and Agnes Scott visit friends in town. I O O F held an ice cream festival despite cold weather. High School boys beat Springdale 32 to 29 at the fair grounds. Mr and Mrs W H Shipman hosted Prof L L Hill and family for tea. A sneak thief stole clothes a watch and other items worth 150 dollars from Frank Spaight’s home two miles north. no clue yet.
Charles Clifford of this city remains in recovery after a wind storm toppled his photographic wagon in Seventy Six township. He is cared for at Robert Lee's home and cannot yet be moved home. A fracture above the ankle and severe bruising on the back are healing, with his narrow escape from death noted in a near fatal fall into a roadside gully.
On Wednesday a fresh invoice of cut glass items will be available from Swan the Jeweler. The notice invites customers to view the selection and place orders.
A wry saying notes that a house appears to need paint only after the work begins, revealing how perception changes with action and the true extent of neglect becomes visible.
The Iowa Central Railway sets round trip fares for the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia June 19 20 one fare. Prohibition events in Chicago June 27 28 and state convention June 26 one and a third fare. Democratic National Convention in Kansas City July 4 one and a third fare. Tickets on sale dates vary. passengers may return by specified deadlines and should contact coupon ticket agents for folders and details.
The store emphasizes readiness for the season with dress and housekeeping details to ease outdoor life and indoor upkeep. It asserts customer loyalty, constant attention to interests, a commitment to high quality and the lowest prices, and reliability as a trusted retailer.
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