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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
7
Complete line of spring dress goods offered
Dress goods buyers are invited to review a full assortment of all wool homespuns camel’s hair cravenettes armures and zibeline plaids in new shades. Gray venetians are priced at 4 dollars per pattern with six yards included. Allovers lace silk tucks and lace inserting are offered 65 cents up to 8 50 per yard along with spangle fronts and spangle allover.
Dress Ginghams Offer AFull Line At Low Prices
Dress gingham desired by every lady this season with a wide range from 5c to 15c per yard. We showcase cheap 5c ginghams up to fine Egyptian fabrics and French options at 15c. Silk girchams available in 38c 45c and 50c yard.
Waist Fashion Frenzy at Boston Store
For Shirt Waists. French flannel waists and worsted waists are selling fast with great reductions on all winter waists. They must go, visit the Boston Store for your waist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dress Skirts Offer Quality and Value for Ladies
Ladies seeking easy wardrobe options appeal to our new dress skirts line. Skirts promise proper fit and hang crafted by top dressmakers, priced at 1.48, 2.50, 3.75 and up.
Wool Carpets Attractively Priced For Home Makeovers
A local carpet hall promotes new patterns in wool carpets with prices from 39c to 50c per yard for Moonette patterns and ready made all wool carpets ranging from 3.20 to 12.00. Ladies are invited to view the latest selections to enhance home appearance.
Hold up at Chicago station nets $70 from agent
Four armed men robbed South Side Elevated ticket agent Dennis A. Foster at the Twelfth street station in Chicago early yesterday morning. They forced money from the drawer and Foster’s pockets and cut the telephone, then fled as police quickly rounded up nine suspects within three hours and four more in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dennis A. Foster
Twelfth Street
South Side
Foster
Inspector Hartnett
Colleran
Hartnett
United States Consuls May Protest German Restrictions
Report from Washington says if consular information access is blocked, the United States would press Germany to honor the 1871 treaty and 1828 Prussia accord. Officials note Berlin may not be behind the Dusseldorf governor’s actions but suspect local political motives tied to the Agrarian Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Herald
Washington
Dusseldorf
Germany
State Department
United States
Prussia
Berlin
McCrystal Charged in Murder of Sioux City Pioneer
Jack McCrystal was arrested in Sioux City Iowa on March 6 and charged with murdering John Robson a leading pioneer and bridge contractor on December 30. Robson was attacked with a hatchet in his office and investigators believe robbery was the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robson
Sioux City
Jack” McCrystal
John Robson
Twenty men injured in Illinois Central collision near Broadview
Twenty two railroad workers were hurt when two Illinois Central freight trains collided at Junction C near Broadview Illinois. A broken coupling pin caused the rear train to crash into the front. Two cars burned including a day coach housing stockmen. Several listed men suffered internal injuries, fractures, burns, and head wounds, with two possibly fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Junction “C
Broadview
Ills
Joseph Hobbs
Marcus
Frank I. McCall
Freeport
Ars
R. E. Farwell
Manchester
J. B. Counsell
Dyersville
Edward Yaeger
Pringhar
Charles Peters
Matlock
H. B. Emerson
J. A. Clark
Elmhurst
J. H. Donne
W. R. Spear
Brakeman
Dubuque
Joseph Bernard
Anton
H. O. Reooth
Sioux Falls
Peter J. Baadie
Hetrick
J. W. Bryant
Cleghorn
FE. A. Wilkinson
Quinby
Marion county Republicans reaffirm McKinley war support
At the Marion county Republican convention in Indianapolis on March 6 delegates endorsed President McKinley’s administration and the war outcomes. W W Thornton sought to offer a resolution opposing the Porto Rico tariff bill, but the motion to table passed amid spirited debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marion County
McKinley
Spain
W.W. Thornton
Thornton
Blizzard Paralyzes Milwaukee and LaCrosse Transit
Milwaukee reports the worst blizzard of the season with about eight inches of snow and stalled street car traffic. Trains ran ten minutes to an hour behind schedule as plows kept lines open. In LaCrosse eight inches in 24 hours, a northeast wind, and a 30 degree drop halted traffic and delayed trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
LaCrosse
Wis
German meat bill seen to hurt American shippers
Washington officials say the German proposal discriminates against U S meats in early years by restricting carcass intestines despite long sea travel. Officials note potential later parity but warn U S packers face injury while Germany labels adulteration investigations and analyzes German wines for contamination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coeur d'Alene
House
Capital City
Washington
United States
State Department
Germany
Agricultural Department
Belgium
Russia
Austria
Holland
Department of Agriculture
Akron minister pushes reform in funerals
Rev. A. B. Church of Akron Universalist church calls for ending coffins and using shrouds to speed decomposition and reduce health risks. He also wants to remove hearses and street processions to cut costs and eliminate ostentation in funerals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
A. B. Church
Universalist Church
Remarkable Recovery After Brain Surgery in South Africa
Private O Leary arrived in Southampton from South Africa after being shot in the head at Colenso. The bullet lodged in his brain leaving him speechless sightless and paralyzed but Sir William MacCormac a Royal College of Surgeons president and volunteer surgeon removed part of the brain and the bullet enabling him to gradually regain lost senses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Southampton
South Africa
O'Leary
Colenso
William MacCormac
Royal College of Surgeons
Morton Success at Indianapolis
In Indianapolis March 6 A J Gerstner reports his adopted daughter Barbara Gerstner who grew up with him married Fred Brooks an elder after following him to Salt Lake City. Gerstner says he guards his adopted son from elder influence and Andrew Jansen notes thirty converts have been secured here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Success
Indianapolis
A. J. Gerstner
Barbara Gerstner
Fred Brooks
Salt Lake City
Gerstner
Andrew Jansen
Representative Gillet seeks Philippines liquor sale ban
Washington March 6 Representative Gillet of Massachusetts introduced a bill to prohibit the sale of distilled or intoxicating liquor in the Philippines in quantities under twenty gallons unless prescribed by a physician for medicinal use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gillet
Massachusetts
Philippines
Democrats sweep local ticket in Cedar Rapids race
Partial returns from Cedar Rapids indicate Democrats win the entire ticket except the treasurer by majorities from 1.26 to 1.500. Democrats elect seven aldermen while Republicans win three. Voter turnout described as very heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Powers as chief witness on labor clash in Coeur d Alene inquiry
William Powers, a not watchman and constable at Mullan Idaho, testified before the house military committee about military action in Coeur d Alene district during the labor troubles. He described arrests without charges, terror by soldiers, women fearing home invasion, and spying. He noted diminishing terrorism and said he lacked names of men who returned after the mill blast, supplying them to the sheriff. Other witnesses and rebuttal plans were discussed, with a request for all war department telegrams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Powers
Mullan
Ida
House Military Committee
Coeur d'Alene
Wardner
Sherif
Lentz
Merriam
Steubenberg
Sovereign
Knights of Labor
War Department
Iito
Attempted assassination target Thomas L. Traylor in Indiana
Evansville reports an attempt to kill Thomas L. Traylor a wealthy farmer and Republican politician living near Orwell Pike county. He was shot at when an unknown man called at his door one shot shattered his left arm and Joseph Vincent once plaintiff in a $25 000 damages suit is under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Thomas L. Traylor
Orwell
Pike County
Traylor
Joseph Vincent
Fight in the Philippines Dispatches heavy losses
Washington reports General Otis states that Bates with two battalions of Fortieth and Forty fifth, plus engineers and signal troops, landed 2200 men on San Miguel bay in Camarines to advance on Nueva Caceres. Godwin routed insurgents at Libmanan with 64 enemy dead and several wounded. 18 Spanish prisoners, rifles and ammo captured. Nueva Caceres found deserted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Otis
Luzon
Manila
Bates
Signal Corps
San Miguel Bay
Camarines Province
Nueva Caceres
Godwin
Libmanan
New York Justice Rules on Sapho Play's Morality
Police Magistrate Mott yesterday held Olga Nethe sole Hamilton Revelle Marcus Mayer after considering the play Sapho as immoral. The matter arose in New York on March 6 with a legal review of the production and its alleged indecency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mott
Olga Nethsole
Hamilton Revelle
Marcus Mayer
Freed on a Technicality in Foote Case
Ex-convict Fred Foote of Fenton was freed after a judge overturned a charge of violating a conditional pardon. Foote had pledges to abstain from liquor for five years and his recent drunken incident led to the rescue from a life term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironwood
Mich
Fred Foote
Fenton
Foote
Jackson
Rich
Durand
Smith Foote
Various World and Local Incidents Reported Across Nations
The bulletin notes famine relief in India reaching 4.3 million people, a presidential party returning safe from New York to Washington, and a planned twenty five round bout between Tom Sharkey and Bob Fitzsimmons in August. It lists ship movements to Central America, a church inauguration in Green Bay, a Cliff House fire in Waukegan with 10000 loss, and appointments in Milan Italy. Also reported are a Ellsworth Wisconsin death, a La Crosse birth of triplets, gold shipments from Bank of France to England, Yale smallpox cases, Illinois justice recovery, tensions between Servia and Bulgaria deemed unfounded, and a Manitoban population rise with Americans among 50 000 settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Washington
New York
Tom Sharkey
Bob Fitzsimmons
Detroit
Marblehead
Central America
Dr. Thomas
Chicago
People’s Church
Green Bay
Wis
Waukegan
Ills
Cliff House
Bank of France
England
Transvaal
Yale
Sheffield Scientific School
Phillips
Illinois Supreme Court
Servia
Bulgaria
Manitoba
Territories
Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets Candy Cathartic
An advertisement promises relief from constipation with Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It notes a refund if the product fails and cites druggists as sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.C.C
Man’s suicide after wife’s death in Springfield factory
The body of Emil Roehrig was found in a pool of blood at A Nebinger’s shoe factory. Police report he killed himself after his wife died in Chicago eleven months earlier, severing his wrists and then attempting to cut his throat with a second razor in a dark room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Urs
Emil Roehrig
A. Nebinger
Roehrig
Chicago
Nebinger
Blatant Politician Criticized by British Official
Minneapolis March 6 E H Morphy vice consul of Great Britain at St Paul sharply criticised for calling Governor Lind a blatant politician over Boer sympathy remarks. Morphy says he acted as an American citizen and not as a British representative. Lind urged to complain but declined. Other notes include Chicago and Alton plan to sink a coal shaft near Virden with 150 cars daily capacity, J B Crossman killed at Cassopolis after uncoupling engine, and H A Stephenson shot at the Peabody hotel in Memphis by deputy sheriff Frank Williamson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
E. H. Morphy
Great Britain
St. Paul
Governor Lind
Lord Sackville West
Lind
Murphy
Bloomington
Chicago and Alton Railway Company
Virden
Felton
Cassopolis
Mich
J. B. Crossman
Memphis
Tenn
H. A. Stephenson
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Peabody Hotel
Frank Williamson
Crittenden County
Ark
St. Joseph Hospital
To Cure Constipation Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic
A vintage ad assures relief for constipation with Cascarets Candy Cathartic. It promises a refund from druggists if the product fails to cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CC. C
Proverbial Wisdom on Conduct and Self Control
A collection of maxims on behavior and prudence. It urges hazards of mishandling power and pride, notes that knowledge burdens the wise, and praises restraint in speech while contrasting legitimate enterprise with reckless speculation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pring At
Cubs
Uncle Sam
Porto Rico
Wisconsin
the Coeur d'Alene
House Committee On Rules
San Juan de Porto Rico
Senate
Indiana
Olga Nethersole
Olga Nethersole AS
Sapho
Theodore Moss
Wallack’s
Des Moines
Mch
Fred Kusse
Chicago and Northwestern Crossing
FE. H. Morphy
Gov. Lind
Chicoke
Alto
Stock Exchange
MARA
Sterling Remedy Company
Chiesce
Montrer, New York
P. Day
Second Street
F. Giesenhaus
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