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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1900
Page
5
Special dispatch from Chicago markets noting J Toher & Co brokers under H E McKay in Muscatine with a Chicago office postal contact from March 6 1900.
Market totals include wood lime cement and coal with prices like wood 4 50 pine wood 2 25 hard coal 8 50 soft coal 4 00. Grain and flour show Spring flour 1 05 per sack, winter 1 00, oats 20 21c per bushel, corn 30 32c, market weak. Live stock notes hogs 4 50, sheep 3 50 4 00 per cwt, cattle 3 3 50, dressed poultry grocers pay 10 12c, butter 15 20c, eggs 15c per doz, cheese 17 20c. Misc items include sugar 5 75 per 100, beeswax 12 17c, hides 6 8c, lard 6 8c, nails and hardware, boards and lumber prices listed. Market unsteady overall with varied demand.
Philadelphia church property taxed despite exemption because the temple sold admission tickets to promiscuous entertainments inside the church building. Tickets were available to the public as with secular entertainment, prompting tax authorities to apply levy.
George E Delevan presents a biennial report on Iowa game and fish conditions and advocates police authority for the state fish and game warden and deputies to enforce laws. He notes incidents where wardens cannot arrest and face liability for concealed weapons, urging law changes.
At the Ministerial Association meeting on February 19 Rev. M L Gordon of the A M E church spoke on the churchs financial plight and urged public help to pay off 480.00 debt. The association supported a plan to raise funds by May 1 1900, with payments into the German American Savings Bank to the mortgagee. Trustees listed include R Haney A Seabrooks S Barns Eliza Townsley L P Johnson M L L Gordon Pastor.
Just arrived, Mrs Zara the clairvoyant brings past, present, and future readings. Consulted by prominent people, she closed a successful Newport season with high praise from New York society. She offers daily sessions from 10 am to 9 pm at Room 26 Kemble House, week only pricing 25 and 50 cents.
An old ad promotes Mulls Lightning Cough Cure as safe for children. It emphasizes danger of smoke and urges using the remedy to prevent lung trouble. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes. guaranteed by all druggists.
The Queen of Pantry flour appears at area grocers and in stock at Jones and Rice stores, signaling new shelf presence for bakers seeking affordable flour options this season.
Debates focus on enforcing fish and game laws in Iowa and removing barriers to prosecution. Supporters seek tighter rules against selling game from outside the state and closing seasons to protect quail. Delevan urges stricter oversight, noting hunting during snow and the need to shield songbirds and state wildlife from further decline.
The Anamosa Eureka reports a long series of revival meetings led by C C Smith and C S Colburn. Smith, once a resident of Muscatine, delivered a powerful lecture on Sins that Kill gambling drunkenness and licentiousness with tobacco evils and strong audience response.
March 5 in Clarion Iowa reports Steffin Hegland was brought for sanity examination. He resisted Sheriff Dyer during transport to the clerk’s office, injuring the sheriff and escaping before being recaptured by City Marshal Leonhard. He was jailed until evening when taken to Independence. Burton-Coleman company to perform St Perkins March 9 at the opera house with Sam Burton and Miss Coleman leading. tickets 25 30 50 cents.
Weather tees up a lively afternoon as the Air Ship Comedy Co. gives sleigh rides, skating spreads across streets and hay market, with a frightened horse at Sycamore street and a load of hay. Charlies Richman unveils a typewriter style ledger machine to speed records. An Iowa magazine praises A Beatrice Knowles, star of the Knowles Hypnotists, touring Iowa and nearby states.
Local merchants G A Retmcke W B Barkalow and Nesper Co with Jro Havercamp J Theo Kuechmann promise refunds on Greene s Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure cough or cold. They offer a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded.
A lighthearted note argues that inactivity harms health and that regular activity, even simple routines, improves fitness. It cites practical steps like short daily workouts and consistent effort to build better habits.
The Cardinal Points in favor of the Nickel Plate road highlight a safe easy roadway, fine trains, luxurious equipment and fast time. A through vestibuled sleeping and dining car service makes it a desirable route between Chicago and New York with connections to other eastern cities. The public already knows rates via this road are lower than other lines.
Reindl and Reindl architects will locate over Swan's jewelry store in a few days. For inquiries visit or write to 901 Cypress Street.
Witty quotation notes that success for many men owes much to the skillful guidance and steady hand of their mothers-in-law, hinting at familial influence in career or personal achievement.
The Journal asserts it offers the best and cheapest advertising in Muscatine as its circulation continues to grow. It claims the largest circulation among local papers, detailing daily and tri weekly reach and inviting comparison with competitors.
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