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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1900
Page
7
The Journal can guarantee change of a.Ss. on the day handed in only when copy is in office by 9 a.m. The Journal is on sale daily at R. A. Holmes E. E. Davidson and C. W. Hodges news stands. All customers can be supplied.
The city marshal’s yearly tally shows 150 intoxication arrests and 2 keeping open past hours among a broader list including murders, gambling, vagrancy, and assaults. The report notes gambling dens remain active and saloons often violate hours, while officials critique the council for acceptance without scrutiny.
In Cedar Valley the March cold lingers with near zero temperatures on Sunday. Moved residents include J. W. Holmes to Muscatine and Lee Miller taking over the Holmes place. Grace Fisher returns from Muscatine after winter schooling and joins church activities. Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. Charles Brown’s with only three attendees: Carrie Ransom Emma Crane and M. G. Swain. Ind District No. 5 Goshen township electors chose two directors J. W. Flater re-elected for three years and Nicholas Spilgar for two years replacing G. W. Holmes.
An advertisement claims catarrh is cured only by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure, promoted as a blood and mucous action remedy, is said to be a regular prescription from top physicians. Sold through druggists, Toledo based.
Rev Kight united J Abbott and Miss Anna Grimm in marriage Thursday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Homer Clark. The ceremony linked two local residents in a simple wedding with family present.
Shiloh village notes show Mr and Mrs George Cornell visiting J Daugherty and Ed Daugherty family members moving to Bush farm. Iowa City visitor Mrs Geo Otto spends time with Lizzie Greiner. Freyermuth and family visit Otto. Sophia Frevermuth and Philip visit Wilton. Nellie Daugherty and Lena Larson visit Frevermuth. School to reopen spring term with Madge Stewart as teacher. Attendees at Wilton College winter term return home. Brayers Watson leaves Foster Ill after two weeks with Philip Freyermuth. Excelsior home literary society met at John Kline’s. next programme March 24 at J Freymuth’s. all members invited.
Miss Julia Hines suffers serious throat trouble. D W Lee ships two carloads of cattle on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs John Dyche visit the sick Sunday. Milo Woods of Lone Tree calls Monday. Mrs Rush McKean near Lone Tree cares for daughter Jennie Morse with measles. W E Swank and Ella Billicks wed at Geo Van Horn home last Sunday. Miss Mary Alberts returns to River Junction from care duties. School election ends. Miss Drury Big Springs and John Gunderson named to lead schools.
At a March 16 1900 meeting of Cham pion Hose and Hook and Ladder Co the death of Adam Hess longtime Volunteer Fire Department member was mourned. The resolutions praise his courage and devotion and pledge sympathy to his family and to publish the notice in daily papers.
Try Grain-O a new food drink that replaces coffee. It imitates the rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains and is suitable for children and adults. Priced at 4 cents per package and sold by all grocers.
Miss Mayme Doran is under a doctor’s care at Davenport. Miss Elizabeth Boot and Miss Ethel Boot depart for Holland Minnesota Tuesday. Misses Mary and Anna Doran visited Y. H. school last week. Johnnie Taylor of Sweetland seen on the streets Sunday. Miss Mayme Hudler closed her fourth term of school near Bennett Friday. E F Kleinmeyer entertaining horse buyers the past week. Miss Laura Nash departed for Muscatine Monday after visiting locally. Miss Frances Boot leaves for Fruitland to teach three months. Messrs Clark and Wesley Kerr attended the funeral of their sister Ola buried Thursday at Melpine. Young people gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Frank McClean’s Thursday evening. Miss Viola Kerr buried from her parents’ home Thursday morning. funeral services conducted by the.
The Bowersville Clarion jokes that next week the paper will operate as Captain Kidd would, warning delinquent subscribers of calls and accounts in danger of a six shooter. The mock threat playfully contrasts pirate and sheriff governance.
New York World reports Clark E. Carr will travel to the Paris exposition on a mission to feed Europe with corn meal hominy pork and a western chef and a southern mammy to teach corn bread. Carr argues corn’s low cost and high nutrition could transform European diets and boost U S corn production.
Mrs Adam Schreiber of Chattanooga Tennessee credits Beggs Cherry Syrup with saving her baby from croup and claims the product saves thousands of children annually. The advertisement asserts a guaranteed cure for lung troubles and lists McBride and Cope and Havercamps pharmacy as suppliers.
On marked dates round trip tickets valid 21 days are offered at a single fare plus 2.00 to all points on this line in Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota north of Shell Rock Abbott Crossing and Waverly. Tickets also good to many Northern Western and Southern cities. Inquiries to B Co R N agents or G Farmer A G P T A Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A light moment during a concert as the audience cheers at a pause in the performance, bringing a playful mood. The brief interlude shows how a rest prompts a whimsical reaction among attendees.
A brief note records several men who are described as not sounding well due to their nicknames, reflecting social teasing encountered in local gatherings. The piece notes the behavior but does not name individuals beyond nicknamed references.
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