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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1900
Page
5
The Muscatine trade reports an unusually active spring with softening summer business. Button factories suffer from overproduction and high eastern stocks, while dry goods retailers see rising prices and shifting demand. Labor market shifts and cheaper cottons push down retail activity. furniture and hardware markets slow as buyers delay purchases.
A Pennsylvania woman credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription with transforming a house into a home by aiding maternity after three years of uterine trouble and two miscarriages. She reports a successful birth of a baby girl and praises the remedy and Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser, offered with stamps.
Fairport notes show Rev Weeks of New Era and his bride arriving from Chicago last Thursday. Local friends extend wishes for a happy, prosperous life. Additional social visits include Mrs. Noland of Columbus Junction with her mother Mrs Johnson, and tea party hosted by Mrs. E A Mackenner for young girls.
The Journal previews its final Bargain Column this evening offering practical shopping tips and the best places to spend money. Readers are urged to check the column for careful buying guidance and notable local deals.
A kauffer of items lists Eagle Brand condensed milk Van Houten Cocoa Horsford's Acid Phosphate assorted puddine pickles olives walnuts mustard sardines and more. Also ads urge hat pins for the circus and furniture from H G Ficken with in house upholstering and low prices.
The note touts Stein's old reliable furniture house as the best place to buy all kinds of furniture. It urges readers to remember the store when the idea of furniture buying arises.
Coady presents a broad selection of brushes including hair, clothes, baby, tooth, complexion, nail and more. The advertisement promises fine goods for all imaginable purposes at right prices.
An assortment of promotional notices touts Electric cutlery, guaranteed goods, and Thompson Bros inviting readers to join the anti heat club with seasonal apparel from Hine Bros. Also advertised are Pioneer bicycles at Whistler 211 West 2nd Street and photo developing services by B. C. Hershey at 117 Iowa Ave. plus treats at the Sugar Bowl with fresh candy lemonades and milk shakes.
355 pairs of black and tan Ladies Oxfords sizes 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 A to E must go. Also bargains in misses and children's shoes and slippers at Wilson and Cherry's.
The marriage of Paul Freund and Caroline Freyermuth took place yesterday morning at the bride’s parents home on West Fifth street with Rev. H. Reinemund conducting. The groom, junior partner in Stohr & Freund, runs a Front street machine shop and is a respected local mechanic. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Freyermuth, is a popular city teacher with many friends. After a brief wedding tour they will reside at 417 Linn street and will be at home to friends after July 8.
Shoppers are urged to find white hats and leghorns at deep discounts. The notice promises cut prices on sailors and street hats, highlighting substantial reductions for seasonal headwear purchases.
Delightful private tables offer pleasant seating for soda, refreshments, or light lunches, making Rad Cliffs a favored city stop.
The undersigned offer to refund the money on a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. A 95 cent bottle is also guaranteed to prove satisfactory or money refunded. Names include G. A. Reinicke W. B. Barkalow Nesper & Co. Jno. J. Havercamp and J. Theo. Keuchmann.
The Montpelier township trustees divided the cemetery into lots and named G. W. Hartman as sexton. Mrs. R. Henderson and granddaughter Mabel visited Davenport from Saturday to Monday. Adam Hartman and family from South Muscatine spent the weekend with his brother George. Anna Madison of Davenport visits H. C. Wagner. Rev Poole and wife of Blue Grass called on Wednesday. Otto Bohnsack shipped a carload of hogs to Chicago Wednesday night. Cherries are being picked and canned. crops in progress look promising.
Local notice advertises daily sale items at The Bee Hive. Includes summer underwear hosiery shirt waist parasols umbrellas jelly tumblers 7 inch plates glass table sets water sets and 87 piece dinner set priced around 4.35 with emphasis on value and daily specials.
The annual Yale Harvard regatta starts in New London on the Thames with a large crowd from Boston and New York. Three races will run in quick succession all downstream, followed by a downstream return to the start for the varsity four mile race.
An advertisement promotes repairs by Bond & Young on Walnut street behind Kembie House and invites readers to try them. It also lists Dillaway's sale of tumblers with prices cut from 3c 7c and 8c to 2c 4c and 5c respectively.
Boston June 28 Rear-Admiral Farquhar commands the North Atlantic squadron departing for Newport Rhode Island where headquarters will be until the end of July. The fleet comprises battleships Kearsarge Kentucky Indiana Massachusetts Texas and the armored cruiser New York. In August the squadron will cruise off the Maine coast.
Santa Rosa California June 28 The Sacramento Valley Hop Growers Association directors seek state wide support for a brewer plan to limit hop output They initiate a convention of hop growers to coordinate efforts and influence other crop centers to join the movement and meet today in Santa Rosa.
Baltimore American reports New York was astonished by the sight of a building claimed to be fire proof and not burn, a novelty attracting much comment and curiosity.
In Vandalia on a weekend night Willis Lilly shot and killed his brother in law J B Tipsword during a horse chase. Lilly, jailed after confessing, faced a jury verdict of no bail as the feud over hogs in corn and a Tipsword inheritance feud fueled the violence involving multiple Tipsword brothers.
Milwaukee reports a plan for an electric railway to connect Milwaukee and Chicago with cars matching steam railway speeds. The line would reuse the Milwaukee Racine and Kenosha route, bypass Kenosha, and possibly skirt Waukegan, with larger faster cars and a straightened track. Construction work could begin this fall with main line work starting in spring.
The State Board of Law Examiners is examining applicants for admission to the New York bar today. Another examination is scheduled for tomorrow.
Washington dispatch reports the Norris faction delegation prepared to travel to Kansas City for the Democratic Convention. Norris intends to wage a bitter fight to seat his delegation.
Albany reporters note the local Letter Carriers' Association holds the prize picnic on Lagoon Island. It marks the first field day event of its kind in many years in the state and draws strong public turnout.
A humorous World-Herald note about fashion and men’s courtship, quoting the idea that a feathered hatbird draws more response than songs in the trees, reflecting social whimsy about courting women and style.
Muscatine Iowa June 27 1900 prices for wood lime cement coal flour oats corn hay livestock dairy produce and groceries show market rates. Items include wood pine wood hard coal soft coal flour meal corn oats rye butter eggs lemons oranges cucumbers potatoes and lumber with detailed price ranges and notes on market steadiness. Also a drug advertisement for Mull's Lightning Pain Killer at 25 cents.
A wedding united Miss Stella Moore Swearingen and Congressman William H. Graham at the bride’s parents’ home in Steubenville Ohio. The groom is a banker from Allegheny Pennsylvania and the couple departed for his native city where they have a fine residence.
The notice invites readers to view a stair procession for Penny pictures at 25c with 5 positions and to shop reduced prices on furniture carpets and stoves. J. Davidson promises clearance sales and mentions fine crash suits and fabrics for warm weather at Anson Co.
The Tableau of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Orient of Ohio Valley of Toledo held its thirty-eighth semiannual mid summer reunion starting in Toledo at the Cathedral of the Rite Masonic Temple. The event runs through tomorrow evening with a reception and banquet planned.
Cincinnati today hosts a joint meeting of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Order of Railroad Conductors at the Zoological Gardens with many attendees from nearby towns and cities enjoying the event.
An advertisement promotes Weeks Break Up A Cold Tabs with the claim no cure and no pay. The price is 25 cents, with J. J. Havercamp listed as sole agent.
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