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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1900
Page
4
Fourteen car loads of heat paper making machinery were shipped from Mloit Wisconsin to Shanghai China. It marks the first American shipment of paper making equipment into the Celestial empire and is urged as a positive example to encourage further such exports.
In pressing indemnity claims, the principal loss was life. Some 2 500 towns and villages were laid waste, 5468 convents destroyed and 282 churches turned into mosques, with 100 900 Christians killed and 5 000 left without shelter or food.
The passage suggests two Louisiana senators would not align with the Democratic party if they lived north of the Mason Dixon line. One favored protective tariffs. the other opposed free silver.
The Beacon reports a Spirit Lake drowning linked to a risky boat scare. A caller urges harsh consequences for the boat rocker and gun pointer. Iowa railroads offer a special one and one third fare to the State Sunday school convention in Creston June 19 20 21 with travel on sale June 18. A Fort Scott Sugar and Sorghum Co incorporated in Davenport with $89000 capital to process sugar cane and beets into sugar and syrup, funded by Fort Scott investors.
The report says Frank Johnson and friends went to the bay Saturday for fishing. He reportedly caught a three foot catfish, a whopper, with the group noting the fun of the afternoon and an invitation to join next time. An ice cream supper is planned.
Local notices describe a Tuesday event at the French schoolhouse to aid a minister’s preaching schedule. Other items report trades, farm work, visits, windmill plans, summer celebrations, school terms, Children’s Day services, and residents’ comings and goings in the Buffalo Prairie area.
Joseph Godlove, 70, died Sunday at 3 a.m. after weeks of illness. He leaves a wife, two sons, two sisters, and two brothers. Funeral at M E church Monday at 2 p.m. with Rev. Jones officiating and Masons taking charge. he was a member of both. The school week ended with ice cream for pupils. Miss Rankin plans to return to teach next year. Farmers report good oats and corn, fine clover, and sufficient rain for potatoes. Quarterly U B church meeting set for next weekend with social events noted.
An advertisement claims over ten thousand lives lost in the African war and asserts Beggs Blood Purifier can save many, calling it the best spring medicine. Fred Ackerman of Moberly, Missouri, endorses the product with dealer availability nationwide.
The Apollo Club presented Handel's Messiah at First Congregational Church to a record audience in Muscatine. Soloists Laura Musser and Sam Sawyer drew praise, with Mrs St John and Mrs Fox notable in key arias. the concert closed with the Hallelujah chorus to thunderous applause.
Interest at Muscatine Golf Club continues to grow with many members visiting the north-side links each day. Greenkeeper Sheets has improved the course, though another season is needed for near perfection. The current 62 round by Mr Kemble remains unbroken as players chase lower scores and a visiting pro offers tips on form and style. The pro cautions ladies against overreaching this year while praising the links' potential.
Illinois sportsmen plan a statewide push to prohibit spring shooting. At the next General Assembly session a movement will seek a bill banning spring shooting across the state. Local sports groups vow to rally sporting organizations and individuals to oppose the slaughter of ducks and other wild fowl in spring, arguing one kill often ends a whole flock.
Promoters Paul Hoffman and Horace Herr announce a plan to organize a Muscatine tennis association. Many youths have signed up, with courts slated for the Hoffman property at Fifth and Pine streets.
May Meet Burlington. If the local track team fails to arrange a meet with West Liberty boys they will attempt a track meet with Burlington in July. Burlington has very fast athletes and Muscatine boys will face a tough proposition against them.
After beating Davenport the Muscatine Maroons aim to keep momentum with a home game against Rock Island scheduled for the 24th. The report notes regional support and continues with an unrelated ad mention for Beggs' Blood Purifier by E F Andrews of Newton Kansas.
Remaining unclaimed at the Muscatine Iowa post office for the week ending June 19 1900 include men and ladies lists. Men's names feature Milton Bayton Rev W Berg Mr Cox J P Fowler Joe Hadley J K Koosen M D Merrill Sylvester Pritchard A Thompson J Harper Wallace Sim Whittaker. Ladies include Mary McLaw Miss Ethel Robinson. Those calling for these letters should say advertised. W L Roach P M.
Hogs advance to 4.60 to 4.75 per hundredweight as flour gains 17 percent and grocers add 15 cents. New potatoes ease to 30 cents per peck while raspberries show 20 cents per box, limited in supply, amid brisk country and city trading. Market reports also note good crop conditions and favorable roads aiding shopping.
Muscatine Iowa market notes list commodities from wood and coal to flour, grain, live stock, dairy, produce, beeswax, hides, vegetables, fruit, hardware, meats, lumber and miscellaneous items with per unit prices and market conditions. Prices cover timber, grain products, livestock values, butter and eggs, fruits and vegetables, nails and wire, meats, lumber, and farm goods.
A rough inch price guide lists battens per 1000 lineal feet at 14 22. short lumber per mixed grade at 3 6.50. shingles at 1.25 4. lath at 4.50 5. pickets at 18 22. posts at 10 38c. The fragment presents a period price table for construction items.
Market note from J Toher & Co Chicago with Muscatine office details reports wheat futures June July and September prices, hog and cattle receipts, and car lot estimates. Liverpool wheat firm with corn steady. Kansas City Omaha and Northwestern receipts listed for comparison.
The Rock Island Route promotes inexpensive personally conducted tourist excursions leaving Chicago each Thursday via Colorado Springs and Scenic Route and a Southern Route on Tuesdays via Kansas City Fort Worth and El Paso to Los Angeles. Cars are attached to fast passenger trains and popularity claims back the service. Write for an itinerary and free map or contact a local ticket agent for rates and berth reservations.
In Muscatine County Iowa a will of Jacob P D Miller has been opened for probate. The hearing is set for June 5, 1900, at the District Court with a June term beginning June 6, 1900. Any interested party may appear to show cause why the will should or should not be admitted to probate. June 23, 1900. J W Bevis, Clerk of the District Court.
Public notice from Iowa states that on June 13 1900 a will was opened and read by the district court clerk and that the hearing is set for July 10 1900 at the June term for interested parties to appear and contest admission in Medicate Iv? pre Muscatine. Attorney Tros Brows appears.
The advertisement extols kidneys as the body's main blood purifier and health factor. It claims kidneys filter blood, prevent toxin buildup, and warns of diseases like Bright's disease and diabetes if neglected. It promotes Dr. A. V. Banes Kidney and Rheumatic Specific at 81.00 per bottle from Dr. A. V. Banes Co. in St Joseph.
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