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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1901
Page
5
County board of supervisors in Muscatine hear about twenty book company salesmen who will each have fifteen minutes to present their merits. Significant costs to visit, jealousy among agents, and insistence on fair dealing mark the lengthy process.
The Commercial Club met in regular session led by President J. H. Munroe. Members L. M. Churchill and J. M. Beck were elected to the club, and committees were assigned to pursue Sunday mail to Muscatine and an extra Western train to and from Muscatine. Articles of incorporation for the Des Moines to Eastern Railway were presented and referred to a special committee.
A rich and varied program is planned for the A. O. H. entertainment on March 17 at the Grand opera house. Mlle Laurent will perform with local talent, and Judge M. J. Wade of Iowa City will deliver an oration on The Exile. The full program will be published later.
Muscatine Electric Railway officials move to newly leased front rooms in the Grand Opera House block. A waiting room on the west, an office on the east, with radiators and fixed seating for patrons. A news stand will sell theater tickets and the basement hosts a social area for car men.
Montpelier March 12 Saturday marks the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs James Watts of Hazel Dell. A large gathering of friends and neighbors shared a 6 o'clock dinner and evenings sociability. Substantial gifts were given while Mrs Watts provided music at the organ and crokinole games entertained attendees.
Members of Eagle Lodge No 10 from Muscatine helped institute a new A O U W lodge in Oxford with Grand Master Workman Wm M Narvis leading. Twenty charter members joined as visitors from Iowa City attended. after the ceremony an oyster supper followed and participants returned on the 7 o'clock train.
March 13 at 7 39 in the hall. The debate on Why am I a member of the B A will be led by Rev L R B Hix H S Howe A W Scott Miss Harriet Smeenk and Mrs Kate Eberly Beard Archers are urged to attend and hear the discussion.
A signed guarantee promises a refund of the purchase price for Gren's Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. It also offers a 26 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded. Signers include G. A. Refmcke and B. Barkalow among others.
The Journal claims superior timeliness by publishing breaking news first from daytime telegraph sources. It cites eight killed in a boiler explosion, the Hay treaty death, Utah polygamy law, and Russia China tensions as reported ahead of Chicago papers.
Silas Hardman sells his hotel to Will Dickson of Nichols Station for 600 dollars with possession set for April 1. Hardman also buys the Kent property and will move soon. The town reports various movements, a school board election, a house fire, and upcoming Salvation Army meetings at the Evangelical church.
The article notes people buy second hand items like vehicles, harness, sewing machines, furniture, books, and livestock. They scan the want column daily for sale offers and encourage advertisers to list items for sale in the Journal Want column.
A promotion extols Cuticura Ointment and Soap as the great skin cure and cleanser for mothers, infants, and all toilet needs. It claims astonishing preservation and beautification of skin scalp hair and hands with a single twenty five cent soap and ointment pair.
Local market notes onions tied in baskets at Our Grocers as prices hover around 40 cents per peck. Strawberries arriving slowly, with buyers urged to place orders now. Readings cover live stock, retail staples, and green house goods across Muscatine markets.
Market notes from Muscatine dated March 12 1901 list corn at 38 cents oats 23 to 25 cents rye four cents wheat 55 to 60 cents Timothy hay 10.50 to 11.50 per ton baled hay 11 to 12 dollars hides and potatoes 40 cents per lot apples 1.10 to 1.80 per bushel fresh eggs 10 cents butter 18 to 20 cents lard 8 to 9 cents.
Special dispatch with live stock receipts and price ranges from Muscatine and regional markets. Hogs and cattle volumes noted, wheat and corn futures quoted, comparisons to prior day and year, and international wheat moves from Liverpool. Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis figures included for hogs cattle and totals.
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