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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
5
Spring arrives in Muscatine with onions greens cabbage tomatoes and garden vegetables in stock. Butter from a country customer and varied goods show steady prices though news hints at higher costs due to wartime effects while road conditions barely affect trade.
Muscatine Iowa March 9 market report covering prices for wood lime cement coal grains produce flour mill stuffs livestock dairy goods and miscellaneous items. Listings include wood pine wood hard coal soft coal flour per sack oats corn prices hogs sheep calves cattle lambs chickens butter eggs cheese lemons bananas nails and lumber prices with notes on market strength and unsteadiness.
A compact price list shows various building materials with unit prices including select joist twelve to sixteen dollars, common boards twenty six to forty dollars, No. 1 dimension rough and fencing costs, battens per thousand feet, shingles and lath prices, plus posts and picks.
Special Dispatch from Chicago markets notes A J Toher Co brokers and H E McKay manager report from Muscatine office March 9 1900 with Chicago financial activity and inquiries.
The text notes a hunger rise from 30,000,000 to 52,000,000 in a famine area. It praises Lord Curzon and the Indian government for drastic relief plans and a pledge to spend the last shilling if needed. It mentions over 3,000,000 people on relief works and the need for outside help amid WWI pressures. It also announces a new edition calendar on spraying operations from the Agricultural Experiment Station in Ames, Iowa.
The Jones Bros sold their button machinery including the boiler engine and shafting to Philip Pence of Dallas. Pence's engineer Dennis Lionburg inspected and certified it OK, with shipment to Dallas City planned immediately. Revival services continue at Musserville M E church with Salvation Army leadership aiding Rev. Montgomery.
Salvation Army reports a new clean hall at 118 Chestnut Street with fresh paper and paint. Lieut Schomberg leads a Free and Easy meeting Saturday night March 16, a holiness prayer Sunday at 10 30 am and a 3 pm Christian praise session. Evening topic is The Faith of a Child. Public urged to attend.
Ad touts ready to wear garments equal to tailor made at half price and hassle free fitting. Shoppers can see finished clothes, try on, and know they fit before purchase. Calls customers to visit the city’s finest line of clothing and furnishings.
City council met in the chamber to canvass the March 5 election results and handle other business. Mayor-elect Schmidt chaired with Aldermen Dale, Washburn, Koehler, Richards, Busch and Arnold present. Minor assessments and petitions were acted upon and reports scheduled for next Thursday’s annual meeting.
The Linn county bar executive committee urges Col Charles A Clark of Cedar Rapids for the Republican State convention nomination as Judge of the Supreme Court. They note his 33 years as an Iowa resident and active practitioner and claim his record includes major litigation in state and federal courts. They call him best equipped with qualifications for a strong upright fearless judge.
Two light cases of scarlet fever emerged today in Williston hall at Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa prompting quarantine of the dormitory. Work halted at the college with plans to resume next week and officials report no alarm.
A fifteen year old girl from Lone Tree Iowa eloped with a man aged thirty seven. The father traveled to town today to search for them. Names of the parties were not obtained by The Journal.
A brief note highlights snuff as a common item likely to be taken or confiscated in small theft incidents.
A poet urges universal vaccination for children and schools, arguing public safety justifies sacrifice. The piece calls for vaccinating school boards and workers, praising doctors and urging broad immunization to prevent smallpox spread.
Fairport residents recall a hail and sleet storm that lasted Monday with snow turning to rain by night. Tuesday iced streets served as a skating area for children. No serious accidents occurred though a fall near Washington street prompted a helpful rescue. Funeral services were held for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Nelson of Muscatine. Various community visits and farm sale news follow with school election scheduled next Monday.
Si Perkins tonight Knox All and new waists at B E Lilly. J E Whaley and M Larson in city from Eliza Illinois Wilton. Hams and bacon at St Johns. Kissiler Buffalo Prairie and McGinnis Buffalo Prairie in town. One store room for rent W E Batty jeweler 217 E Second. Fresh produce at St Johns and Adam Hilds. F Bruckman Prudential in city yesterday. Nice celery radishes lettuce fruit at Ave nue Cash Grocery. Looming silk waists at McCorm Dry Goods. Mrs Herman Schmidt suffered a hemorrhage last evening but resting easier. Embroideries and laces cheap at McCorm Dry Goods. Elmer C Reeves Melvina Dusenberry married yesterday. Rev L B Hix released from illness hopes to lead Sabbath services. Spring suits from 12 to 29 for Knowles hypnotists show. Stein's Music Hall March 12.
Sthel Johnston is described as a fine skater. Miss Nellore Lee was in Fredonia on Wednesday. Jerry Wagner is hauling wood for summer use. St Johnston and family were sleigh riding recently. Mrs Martha George called at Columbus Junction on Wednesday. Chester Williams and his best girl attended church at Fredonia Wednesday evening. Flord Johnston and cousin Frank George skated to Fredonia Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Miss Suette Johnston spent Wednesday afternoon with friend Miss Inez Oliver in Fredonia.
An old advertisement offers Weeks Break Up A Cold Tab with no cure and no pay. Priced at 25 cents, the product is sold by J J Havercamp as sole agent for sales in the area.
Reindl and Reindl architects announce soon to occupy space above Swan's jewelry store. For inquiries contact at 01 Cypress street or visit the office in the interim.
Southern California praised as the land of fruits and flowers with a four day winter trip via the Iowa Central Short Line. A new sixteen section Pullman Tourist car departs every Wednesday from Minneapolis St Paul Mason City Marshalltown Grinnell Oskaloosa and Albia, connects with the Santa Fe Route, reaches Los Angeles Sunday morning and San Francisco Sunday evening. Rates higher on other lines but accommodations unequaled. For details contact Geo. S. Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa.
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