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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1901
Page
2
A list of fraternal organizations in Muscatine and Bloomington outlines meeting nights and locations. M B A Bend City Lodge No. 143 and AOUW Lodge No. 10 invite members in good standing to weekly gatherings. Bro. of American Yeomen and various others specify halls, supervisors, and contact officers for regular assemblies and events.
The Knights of Pythias Wyoming Lodge No. 76 holds weekly meetings each Friday at 7:30 in A. O. U. W. Hall, located over 319 and 32, Fast Second Street. Visiting brethren are invited to attend.
Grace Memorial church in Wabasha Minnesota, built by Thomas Irvine and his son Horace Hills Irvine, was dedicated May 22 turning over the church to the parish with no parish cost. The memorial honors Irvine and his wife, noted for Christian lives, and promises a lasting sanctuary of praise and prayer drawn from their faithful example.
A Muscatine sharpshooter writes from Cedar Rapids where Headquarters Co. C of the 50th National Guard Regiment trains at the state rifle range. Rain drenched day, practice under 14 targets, six per target, ten rounds at 200 to 600 yards. Hoodoo jokes aside, sergeants Norwood Capps and Hanley led a damp but hopeful start with promises of better shooting tomorrow.
The Moore brothers W H and J H emerge as owners of a majority of Rock Island stock and will guide its future, likely opposing Goulds. Once dominant in Wall Street, the Moores now control about 100 million dollars in capital after a sensational Diamond Match collapse. The Rock Island lines will expand toward El Paso, Texas, with 100000 shares issued at par to raise ten million dollars, and more debt-financed growth possible. Hostile Indians on the family's trail add tension as the deal shifts unfold. The Iowa Central Illinois Central pact grows with a perpetual lease to guarantee 5 percent returns, potentially routing Iowa Central traffic into a new St Paul route and expanding lines to Des Moines and Iowa Falls. Russell Sage, Iowa Central’s largest shareholder, awaits terms from Illinois Central.
Des Moines lawyer C W Johnston says Minister Edwin H. Conger will request a two month extension of his leave to attend the state convention and bolster his campaign. Johnston adds Conger plans a Washington visit to discuss China before returning, with a July 5 leave expiry and a favorable administration stance likely. The authority of Johnston’s statements is unclear.
Des Moines June 11 Palo Alto county with eleven votes in the state convention elected a delegation opposed to A B Cummins for governor. The delegates are understood to be for Senator Trewin of Allamakee. The county had been claimed by Cummins managers and had seemed conceded until Trewin’s effort.
Grinnell Iowa trustees at commencement elected H W Matlack formerly of Oberlin to lead the Conservatory of Music succeeding R G Cole. Matlack is an Oberlin Conservatory graduate who has taught there for two years. Acting President Main remains in place. a new president is expected next fall.
Des Moines June 11 It is said a state is ready for the state convention if Cummins is nominated for governor The rumor lists A B Cummins as governor E G Penrose as lieutenant governor S M Weaver as supreme judge Ed Brown as railway commissioner and R C Barrett as state superintendent with no opposition The lineup centers on familiar Iowa names and expected party roles
At the request of the Alumni Association of the University the Western Passenger Association has granted visitors at the annual commencement a fare and one third for the round trip over the roads belonging to the association in Iowa. Results from Journal want ads.
Part one features Maren American Beauty orches tra Teenniges and over ture Merry Wives of Windsor with Mrs May Morgridge vocal. Rogers Bros in Central Park with Levi. Menuetto Op 31 piano by Alfred Grunfeld and Mrs Lane. Part two offers Miss Nichols violin Waltz Les Patineurs Waldteufel Aquarella cornet Stade Prof J Pauchet and Serenade comic opera by W Herbert. Admission 50c. children under 14 25c.
About ten years of stomach trouble left Wm Connolly of 535 Walnut St Lorain Ohio in constant distress. After trying doctors and many remedies he followed advice for liver complaint with Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Cream and Pleasant Pellets. He reports steady improvement since using them and no more weeks lost to illness. Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cleanse the bowels and stimulate the liver.
Oscar Thompson of Boone is jailed in Omaha on a horse stealing charge. His bride, a few days married, is left destitute among strangers after Thompson reportedly took a horse from a tenant on his mother's farm and sold it in Des Moines following a marriage in Des Moines.
Louis M. Martinek a Cedar Rapids butcher was killed while inspecting meat for Swift and Company in a car. He touched an incandescent light with a long cord and died from a shock. Believed defective reducers on the head caused the fatal accident. Another man across the street narrowly escaped a similar fate.
Grand Trunk Railway promotes the Pan American route to Buffalo with a new folder. Sent on receipt of 2 cents in stamps to the Chicago city passenger and ticket agent at 249 Clark Street, the folder is described as the handsomest descriptive piece yet issued for the exposition.
Ad reads as a historical classified style promotion for a physician named J Alvin Horne. It emphasizes experience and reliability, positioning him as the doctor to seek when others fail, implying extensive practice and trust. The snippet presents no dates or locations but centers on professional credibility.
An advertisement by J Alvin Horne M D of Rock Island Illinois offers home treatment and office care for nervous debility blood trouble varicocele skin diseases kidney problems and female diseases. Hours are 9 am to 8 pm weekdays and 9 to 11 am Sundays.
J. J. Havercamp advertises a pile cure with a pile pipe free per package and a positive written guarantee no cure no pay. Samples tree. The offer price is 50 cents.
In Cedar Rapids on June 11 E Donahue, living with his mother at 820 South Fourth Street, is described as violently insane and was found with a towel muffling his mouth and a large butcher knife in hand. Police disarmed him and he was committed to the insane asylum. the Dona hue family is noted as criminal records. Mrs N J Bouton and her children left by the Firefly to Fruitland for a short visit with relatives.
A Muscatine reader praises Doan's Kidney Pills after kidney trouble and quick relief. He cites a testimonial from Mr P D Wertz of Iowa City and urges others to visit Haverkamp's drug store for the product. Foster Milburn Co. distributes the pills for the United States at 50 cents.
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