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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1901
Page
2
Mason City reports one death and twelve smallpox cases, prompting hotel quarantines and church closures. City builds pest house as schools debate closure, while merchants see a near standstill and residents discuss the outbreak on street corners.
Cedar Rapids manager Belden Hill names seven players for the Three I League season. Veteran Snapper Kennedy will be at second base with likely Hill at third. Pitchers include Jack Ashton Joe Mahaffy and Mahlon Lyons. Bert Spencer will handle shortstop. Joe Snooks will catch and play outfield while Jack Flood occupies an outfield spot.
Medicine ad promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails. E. W. Crowe signs each box. Price 25 cents.
A Columbus man describes severe stomach and digestive troubles overcoming him for six years. After eight bottles over six weeks he gained twenty seven pounds, regained strength, and no longer relies on doctors. The ad notes Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets curing biliousness.
The Long Branch Aberdeen Angus herd owned by Charles Escher & Son of Iowa sold 143 head over three days at Dexter Park Union Stockyards in Chicago for $68,000 total, an average of $481 per head, the highest world average for that many cattle. Top cow price was imported Kirmnia at $1,700 to Contine Brothers & Stevenson, Holstein, Iowa, while top bull Orin from Long Branch sold to A. C. Binnie of Alta, Iowa, for $1,300.
Cedar Rapids officials announce Andrew Carnegie will grant $50,000 for a free public library building on the condition the city provides a suitable site and levies a $5,700 support tax. The levy is set and about $6,600 is raised annually. trustees move to secure a site and construction may begin soon, aiming to finish within the year.
In Marshalltown on March 12 a citizens committee found a 3392.71 apparent shortage in Mayor Frank Pierce’s books over six years. Of the total, 2090.67 was collected but not paid to the treasury, and 1302.04 should have been collected but was never paid. An official inquiry may follow.
Cedar Rapids March 32 There is a probability the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern shopmen strike will be settled soon. General Manager Williams said a committee from the Commercial Club would investigate the grievances to end the trouble. The road is hiring a few outside men in the meantime.
F P Moran of Petersburg Virginia praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as safe for children with bad coughs and whooping coughs. He notes it contains no opium or harmful drug and was recommended by a druggist. Also cited are J J Havercamp and W C A Busch.
The War Department will expend upward of 700000 on the Des Moines army post by June 30 1902. Ground work begins within 40 days and aims to have underground buildings ready to quarter a battalion of cavalry and occupy the post with troops before next fall.
Advertisement for Allen S. Olmsted of LeRoy New York promoting Allen's Foot-Base powder as a cure for chilblains frostbites damp sweating and swollen feet. It claims relief and offers a free sample with address.
Des Moines dispatch details a new compendium of guard regulations from Adjutant General Byers covering ammunition armory rent rations shoes stationery and uniforms. It adds an etiquette section and Memorial Day orders for guard companies to assemble May 30 with Spanish-American War veterans to decorate graves. Inspector Olmsted will tour Fiftieth regiment sites over about two weeks. Byers also musters in Company G of the Fifty-first regiment in Winterset.
Des Moines reports show the state university cannot replace the two Iowa City buildings destroyed by fire without a new appropriation. Building funds are exhausted, contracts limit available funds, and only a tiny amount remains in the providential fund.
Lettsville March 12. A severe wind sleet and snow storm kept residents indoors yet rural telephone lines connected 25 to 30 families allowing many conversations and exchanges. The Grandview line was briefly broken then repaired as neighbors enjoyed music and social visits via the network. News of Mrs. Delia Ross’s death, Mrs. Welch’s transfer to Mt. Pleasant asylum, and Mrs. John Fry’s serious illness also reached the community by telephone.
John Haines of 1317 Sherman street testifies his back pain from loading and unloading hay wagon improved after three days of Doan's Pills and he finished the box. He reports restored energy and relief, with Foster Milburn Co. as sole U.S. agents in Buffalo New York.
A poem urging boys to resist temptation and stand firm against self and peer pressure. It praises steadfastness, the right choice, and loyalty to humanity, invoking Phoebe Cary's words to inspire moral courage.
A testimonial from Mrs J Bremen of Rifle Cole states Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup cured her long standing throat and lung issues. The note claims relief from coughs colds asthma bronchitis la grippe pneumonia whooping cough croup and consumption. J J Havercamp appears as an endorser or distributor.
The Burlington Railroad has placed an order with Pullman for five dining cars. Each car costs about 20000 dollars and includes china linen silver. Cars will feature the empire roof and seat forty passengers with rich yet plain furnishings using polished woods instead of mirrors or filigree work.
An old advertisement touts Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children used in homes and by druggists. Claims to break up colds in 24 hours and cure fevers hness headache stomach troubles teething disorders and destroy worms. Sample mailed free with address Allen S.
Daily service details for the Muscatine division including freight and passenger trains between Chicago and Denver via St. Joseph and via Kansas City. Notes indicate limited vestibule trains Nos. 11 12 15 16 and changes to routes Nos. 7 and 15 16. Schedule shows departures and arrivals at Muscatine Wilton and surrounding stations with daily except Sunday operations.
Timetable notice indicates trains run from Tri Cities to Chicago Clinton and all points via the C and N W effective June 1st, with listed departure times at 8 15 AM 6 45 PM and 10 18 PM. The fragmentary text records multiple daily services and connection details in a historical railroad schedule entry.
Florida bound cars depart Chicago and St. Louis each evening on Central Limited vestibule trains. They travel via Lookout Mountain on the Dixie Flyer Scenic Route, reach Nashville the next afternoon, Chattanooga the following afternoon, Atlanta the next evening, and Jacksonville the morning after arrival. Connection via Illinois Central from Peoria joins the car from Chicago.
Illinois Central announces biweekly low fare round trips from points north of Cairo to southern destinations in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Also reduced rates to western and midwestern points. Free Homeseekers Guide available from J F Merry in Dubuque and Yazoo Valley land information via F P Skene in Chicago.
The Illinois Central Railroad passenger department released a new illustrated folder titled Hammond, Louisiana, as a winter Resort. It highlights local winter attractions around Hammond and will be mailed free to requestors via J. F. Merry, A. G. P. A, T. Cent. R. RB, Dubuque, Iowa.
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