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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
2
The Muscotine Journal reports on community happenings including the Wilton Woodmen planning a large August picnic, residents visiting Davenport and Chicago, local business visitors, and social events. Police court outcomes, medical ad pitches, and local infrastructure updates fill the page.
A hen owned by O. R. Shafer produced a single chick from a clutch of thirteen eggs that hatched. The chick is blind with no eyes, though eye markings remain. It is being fed by hand and may serve as a warning to those who disturb a sitting hen on an unlucky thirteen.
The Muscatine county teachers institute closes after a session featuring Prof. O Shea on child development and punish ment. Resolutions express thanks to Superintendent Towns ley and conductor Plumly, Miss Bridgeford and Supt. Witter, and praise the High School orchestra and music providers. Local notes mention bridge visits, weather, and community events.
The city sees widespread factory closures as the button market stalls. Some plants still operate but must scale back to survive. Boepple factory cut production by one cent on all lines. Prospects for a revive look bleak amid pre election business uncertainty and reduced orders. Retailers and wholesalers trim orders and stocks.
Hassan Ali the Egyptian giant, then with Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers, amused Croker at Madison Square Garden by noting he appears a boss among the big ones, while Croker grants the joke, saying Ali looks the boss.
Mr and Mrs Chet Lillibridge hosted a graphophone party with friends on West Fourth street. Guests enjoyed comic selections and fine songs and band pieces. A highlight was the reproduction of Mrs May Morgridge's voice with a lullaby performance. Refreshments followed a pleasant evening.
The Monarch commanded by Capt. Kennedy sank after a snag tore a hole, leaving six feet of water. Shells were unloaded to raise the barge. The Dubuque arrived yesterday and the Diamond to boat Quincy went down at 10 this morning with a large passenger list.
Cedar Rapids Driving Association offers low round trip fares for the racing meet from June 26 to 28 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Fares are one third of the round trip with sales on June 25 26 27 and 28 and return by June 29. A National Prohibition Convention in Chicago Michigan lists one fare for round trip with sales on June 25 26 and 27 and return by July 3.
Citizens attend the funeral of the venerable Mr Thos Al in a community gathering. The ceremony honors his life with local mourners and church attendance.
Last Monday night three homes in Montpelier were burglarized. Items stolen included preserves from Mrs Henry Fridley and bread pies coffee and meat from G Hartman. Spurgeon Pulse lost flour meat and groceries laid in earlier. Mrs Henry Agar and her daughter were away after visiting Fridley. Grandma Grimm and Lizzie Grimm improving from illness.
Miss Ivah Gibson will visit her aunt Mrs. L. W. Pensiger in Kansas City traveling with Mrs. Pensiger from Lincoln IL to Rock Island. Mrs. W C Evans visits Billings MT. daughter Miss Lucy teaches in Moline. Des Moines couple Mr. and Mrs. J D Woodward with three children tour Rock Island. Fort Collins Cole residents visit Mrs. Joseph King. Snow likely as colder weather continues. Miss Sepha Jackson visits East Third Street.
Mrs Wall and children return to Newport Iowa after visiting sister Mrs L O Kemp. Lydia and Alta DeCamp of Muscatine stayed with uncle P W DeCamp. Bertha Tamisiea of Muscatine visited Nellie Webster. Beitel Whittaker families visited G H Corwin. Belle Moore visiting Rev C E Fitzsimmons at Nichols. J W Hunt hosts ladies from Muscatine and Davenport. Rain Thursday appreciated. Mrs Smire suffers a sore hand.
The Nickel Plate Road provides enhanced passenger service from Van Buren Street Passenger Station with unexcelled dining car service at popular prices. City ticket offices are at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex with telephone access Central 2057 and Harrison 20 percent.
Musserville reports Rev. G. B. Swartz leading temperance talks in Sioux City with 600 pledges signed on opening night. Town notes note water works and library votes favorability, rail news, visits, and local renovations including new house painting and a cottage on Green street.
Mrs. Caroline Lange travels to Indiana to visit her elderly father near the century mark and other relatives. A Thursday shower improved ground for garden crops, with rain continuing. Future events include J Hanley preaching at the M E church, J L Bollinger at the teachers' institute, and Tom Smith with Grant Harris grading in Avoca.
Rain lifts spirits as raspberry picking rises in activity. John Barnard shows improvement in health, while Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gardener relocate to the city. Social events like evening and fishing parties draw both young and old, and Beni Meerdink Jr. greets friends back in the area. Mrs. A G Titus slips from a stenladder while cherry picking and injures a leg.
Miss Grace Nolan a Peterville store clerk completed her engagement there and returned last week to Columbus Junction. Jas Shirkey and wife left for an extended western Iowa tour for health and pleasure. Mrs Mason and Mrs Cora Nelson were business callers in Muscatine. Mr and Mrs Pullem visited their former home in McDonough county last week.
Panchet's Band played nine pieces at Court Square to a large crowd of twenty one musicians and listeners last evening. The upbeat premiere promises more concerts at intervals through the summer.
Davenport resident E D Richardson testifies to kidney pill benefits after rheumatism and back pain. he bought Dean's Kidney Pills at Emers drug store, noting relief after one box. Havercamp's drug store urged to ask customers about results. price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY distributes. Remember the name Dean's.
A public notice announces Osteopathy as taught by A. S. O. Kirksville Missouri for treating diseases in men and women without drugs. It stresses health as natural and urges trials after other methods fail with free consultation and examination for thirty days and office hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Sunday.
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