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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1900
Page
7
The Journal guarantees ad changes only if copy is in the office by 9 a m. The Journal is sold daily at R A Holmes E E Davidson and C W Hodges news stands. All customers can be supplied.
General Harrison tests steel track on public roads at Ames and St. Anthony Park show potential to cut vehicle power needs, extend road life, and improve transport of country produce. Cross ties kept to maintain plate spacing, roadbed can remain natural where dry, with stone under rails in wet soils. The concept cites bicycles as proof of efficiency gains and argues steel rails may replace timber and stone in many cases.
Patrons and pupils of Burr Oak school in Seventy Six township hosted a surprise for Miss Rosella Altekruse on March 2 1900 the last day of winter term. Her sister Miss Ida and High Prairie pupils joined. Friends brought baskets of food and gifts. Fred Longstreth gave Miss Rosella a gold pen and pencil and Eva Chapman gave Miss Ida a similar gift. The event ended with warm goodbyes and fond memories.
Snowdrifts caused sleigh upsets as George Rock steadied his rig home from church while Granville Flater’s load injured his sisters Katie and Florence. Other items note visits, moves, school director election, revival meetings, and local social happenings in Cedarville and nearby families.
In the meantime patrons can visit Realing the Watch Maker at 205 West Second Street for watch and clock repairs while awaiting the opera house's completion.
At Omaha a new two line steel plate road was laid to test vehicle passage on standard gauge lines. Plates eight inches wide with shallow flanges were embedded in a concrete bed, lacking wooden cross ties, aiming to keep flange equipped vehicles on track while allowing non flange wheels to drift off.
Leonard George was murdered Thursday. Harry Cochran delivered mail last week. Lennie George rode horseback Saturday. Ethel Johnston visited friends recently. Eva Lee and cousin Ina Lupton spent Thursday together. Wagner and Jerry Wagner spent part of last week with relatives. Frank and Lennie George visited R. Lee's recently. Julia Brown and Cellie Blake married last week. Sam L Johnston’s returned from Keota Iowa visit.
An old ad touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure constipation. It urges consumers to try the product and promises refunds through druggists.
The school board met Friday night with President Hunt presiding. all members present except Morgridge and Hutchinson. Minutes and treasurer report approved. Bills paid to several vendors, semi annual bond interest ordered, and inquiry sent to State Board of Health about school vaccination policy. Meeting adjourned. Secretary A K Raff.
An advertisement trumpet claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The notice asserts it is prescription quality, promises testimonials, and lists Toledo Ohio as the address for F J Cuesty and Son. It also references Hall's Family Pills as the best. Nearby item reports Uncle Sammy Stewart's Iowa City visit for facial treatment and a cauterizing operation by Dr Middleton, providing temporary relief before returning home.
An advertising pitch for No To-Bae by Sterling Remedy Co promises quitting tobacco easily forever. Claims increased vitality and strength with a guaranteed cure and free booklet.
Malaga typically records about 16 rainy days annually and over 200 days with clear skies. In Berlin, the Reichstag committee approved an amended bill to regulate cattle inspections for slaughter and meat inspections.
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