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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1900
Page
2
W. E. Battey advertises optician services at 217 East Second Street. Numerous short notes report visitors, illness, travel to Davenport, Chicago, Denver, Yelm Prairie, and Fargo, plus local happenings like school picnics, gun club practice, a church social, a Masons picnic, and a guard on a court yard duty. A Wapello visitor plans a Paris exposition trip.
Readers are told catarrh is curable in all stages through constitutional treatment with Hall's Catarrh Cure. The ad claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 to any case it cannot cure, and lists testimonials with Toledo, Ohio as the address. Druggists sell it, with Hall Family Pills also advertised.
Newton Journal reports that at least 60 percent of livestock killed by lightning are found near wire fences and the fence conducts the strike. Cattle and sheep often huddle in fence corners during storms, creating two chances for a fence strike. A No 14 wire from top of fence to damp ground every few rods could remove the danger.
The Fencers League of Colorado holds its first annual medal competition in Denver today. Four medals are awarded gold for best and second best in fencing and additional medals for the best and second best with cabers.
The institute featured lectures on psychology child study and school management with drawing and nature study recitations. Among 217 enrolled, 28 attended drawing sessions and 34 joined nature study, with results highlighting certain teachers and noting rural gaps in practical knowledge and comprehension.
The county superintendent's office states the drawings have been decided for return and owners may call to collect them at their convenience.
Samuel Whitton Marple, a longtime Buffalo Prairie farmer and respected figure, died June 19 1900 at Rock Island county infirmary after a paralysis. Born near Philadelphia, he married Mary McGrew in 1841 and leaves eight children with homes across Illinois Iowa South Dakota. Funeral held at Buffalo Prairie chapel with Rev E Shepard officiating.
Dr Marston is poorly after returning home. Children’s Day draw crowds at Buffalo Prairie Union Church. Funeral of Mr Marple well attended. born August 21 1821, came to Illinois in 1841. seven children survive him. Mrs Widebrook dies near Millersburg from blood poisoning after an operation. survived by husband and five sons.
A reminiscence from Alice M Letts of Columbus Ga zette about Mrs. C Furnas a quiet Lettsville woman who aided the narrator during illness and death. The author recalls procrastination and missed opportunities to show care before Furnas's death and urges acts of kindness in time.
An old ad touts Cas Carets as a universal cure for ailments from headaches to cancer, claiming they restore natural bowel movements without pain and cost ten cents to start. It emphasizes the genuine tablets stamped with CC and warns against imitations.
Western Iowa brief reports frost outlook easing slightly yet still doubtful. N C Goose departs Tuesday for Morning Sun on business. Mrs Mary Ohl of Morse returns home after visiting West Liberty friends. Mrs Thos Manlove of Muscatine returns from Des Moines musical convention and visits L A Baird. Mrs Wm Harris renovates Fifth street home with paint. W D Ady on Sixth street does same. Corn yields linked to heat. Hogue Whitacre shell 1000 bushels Monday. W C Addleman hauled similar total last week. P R Evans ships sizable quantity.
A claim promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a cure for constipation. It states the product will fail to cure and offers a druggist refund if not satisfied.
A school for instruction of State Militia officers is about to open in Newton. The second regiment officers are first to receive instruction from regimental commanders. Transportation and subsistence are provided by the State, but per diem is not covered. It takes ten years to become a decade.
The Georgia State Teachers Association convention opens in Augusta on June 26 with focus on Negro Education in Georgia and What is being Done. Many Black educators attend and will discuss conditions and form remedies after a thorough diagnosis of education issues.
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