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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
5
Wednesday notes from the city list Thompson's Book Store as stock full of pianos and wall paper. Local merchants advertise dress goods, tailored suits, silk waists, and new styles at Lilly and McCorm Dry Goods.
A brief notice highlights Queen of Pantry flour available at local grocers including Jones and Rice.
The piece portrays Archbishop Hennessey as one of the wealthiest figures with significant trust wealth and notes his late brother David J. Hennessey’s St. Paul real estate success in the 1870s and 1880s. It asserts the archbishop as sole heir with an estate said to exceed $1,000,000 and honors virtue and charity as a grand almoner.
The note references Scheetz’s Bargain Store located at 111 East Second Street with mention of 5 and 10 cent counters.
Halstead offers papering and painting services for spring projects in the city.
In a Feb letters from Jerusalem Jesse L Corley details travel to Adullam cave near Bethlehem Tekvah and Herodium on Frank Mountain. He notes weather rain in Palestine festivals at David's Tower and describes Arab muleteers the cave labyrinth and ancient roads and ruins from Roman and Crusader times.
Grand Rapids reports a severe wind snow and sleet storm paralyzing rail traffic Monday. Trains and plows on the Pere Marquette and Grand Rapids Chicago lines were stalled north of Grand Junction and near Fennville. Crews battled five foot drifts at Holland as northbound service fell four to ten hours behind or halted entirely.
Coroners jury in Ft Madison Iowa investigates the death of Hazel Rogers who officials say may have been self inflicted. The inquest is private with a crowd gathered in the courthouse corridors as 15 to 20 witnesses have testified and a verdict is not expected until tomorrow.
In Frontanelle Iowa a 6 year old girl swallowed a corn kernel that lodged in her windpipe and moved into a lung. After days of coughing blood doctors could not remove it. The child was taken to Creston for X rays which showed the kernel deep in the lung and surgery was deemed too risky.
Catarrh is described as a blood or constitutional disease needing internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is advertised as an internal treatment that acts on the blood and mucous surfaces, not a quack medicine, with testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. includes Hall's Family Pills as a supplement.
An old advertisement promises a dollar draft in every box and suggests Mall's Pioneer Cure targets single ailments such as kidney and bladder trouble liver dyspepsia rheumatism and female complaints. The copy urges cash refunds if the remedy fails and notes it is sold by all druggists.
County schools urged to begin term early to permit teachers to attend the county institute convening Monday June 18 1900. County superintendent J A Townsley warns last year teachers were deprived of this privilege and asks boards to close schools accordingly.
A Washington mother credits Hood's Sarsaparilla with curing her 16 month old son's scrofula after doctors failed. She reports a running sore on the neck, multiple medicine courses, a relapse, and final complete healing with lasting scar absence. She and N B Stever of Denver endorse the remedy as idiosyncratically effective.
A Victorian advert asserts honesty in business practices. It proclaims money refunds for any jewelry item not giving perfect satisfaction and promises goods are exactly as represented with full guarantees.
An advertisement promises government positions through a mailed civil service preparation course. It claims 8110 yearly appointments, life positions, and salaries higher than private firms, with short hours and light duties. It urges writing for a catalog to enroll.
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