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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
13
A compilation of daily city items includes vacancies at Knox All stores and Thompson's Book Store, visits by residents from Letts Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, transport arrivals on the Firefly, sales pitches for dry goods at McCorm Dry Goods Co. and B E Lilly, medical updates on Mrs. McNutt and Mrs. Black, and various socials, travel, and business mentions across Davenport.
A local ad promotes combination of quality and low prices in wallpaper offerings. The notice highlights affordable options for home decor with emphasis on value and selection. It acts as a brief advertisement describing price and quality balance.
The East Ninth Street ladies, renowned as entertainers, delivered a polished surprise visit to Mrs. M. Othmer at 812 Cedar Street. The evening featured games, luncheon, and varied conversations, ending as one of their most delightful gatherings.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Not a quack medicine, prescribed by a local physician for years, combines tonics with blood purifiers to treat catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cuesty & Son, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, price The Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Milwaukee March 21. The Milwaukee Carnival association board fixed June 26 to 22 for the summer carnival. Plans promise radical departures including a pagant on streetcars with electrical effects. Twenty floats and four band cars will form the parade, with a new permanent souvenir yearly and a sixty foot carnival column to be erected in a main street.
Cedar Rapids report says police secured a confession from Albert Kuba, the ringleader, after eight youths were arrested for placing dynamite on a Methodist church steps. Kuba admits plans with Charles Mettie to blow up Attorney William L. Cron’s home last Thanksgiving night. Mettie was arrested in Monroe, Michigan. The Cron home attack was said to be for revenge.
The column reports Wille Fer dinand III occupying a schoolhouse then leaving, Henry Kreuger guiding him home, and local shop and farm activity. It notes shopping, hog sales, subscriptions, visits, illnesses, a church event, and upcoming school start on March 26. It mentions Grandma Gardner, Miss Myrtle McAninch, and several families in the community.
Mrs. E. D. Sanders of West Liberty visited friends here over Sunday. Uncle James Ady’s condition remains about the same with no rapid improvement but he speaks kindly of efforts for his comfort. A rubber overshoe was found on the county line road near the wreck. Ray Noyemaster can claim it.
Miss Gazelle Wright visits Chicago to shop while E L Henderson returns from a western trip. Miss Carrie Meridith visits Cedar Rapids. Miss Myrtle Meridith travels with her brother’s family. Mrs Henry Beeson leaves Davenport after a week. H J Ady ships a carload of draft horses to Seattle as the finest from West Liberty. Junior Epworth League hosts a party on Columbus street. 25 children attend with popcorn and oranges. A Monday M E social features games, a cushion pins quiz, readings by Burdette and Riley, and Emerson school training noted. program cuts short by absent musicians.
City board met at 8 o clock p m with Mayor Schmidt presiding. Health Officer F E Schmidt reported all smallpox cases improving and one family released since Friday. Four cases in two families to be released after tomorrow's fumigation. Board discussed health law and adjourned to Friday evening.
The new Central Music Hall will be named as stated and opened soon with the Apollo Club moving downstairs this week. Repairs proceed rapidly under Ed Magoon’s decor work with terra cotta touches and cushioned divans. Five promenade concerts begin March 27, offering easy access for all visitors and a venue for society gatherings.
Local items report Mr Foster ill with quinsy and Mrs Ashcraft convalescent. Funeral for Jacob Castor led by Rev Hix and Rev Rehbein at Maple Street home. Epworth League meeting crowded. speaker John Roberson absent due to sickness. A fifth wedding anniversary celebrated for Mr and Mrs Wm Grady at East Second Street. About 260 attended Appel's Hall for Kid Noble and Harry Shephard boxing bout with Noble winning in six rounds. Funeral for Charles C McCleary conducted by Rev C H Montgomery. interment Grandview Cemetery. McCleary formerly with A O U W and leaves a wife and three children.
Friends of good roads plan permanent improvements on the Island south end with clay hauled from the big cut to harden sandy roads. About 150 raised for freight and work. Library arrives and is under R T Hummell. School board elects R F Parmalee president. Various social and local notices follow, including an oyster supper by K P and reorganizing the Island Sunday school.
In a playful exchange a golfer asks for the one good thing about playing golf. The caddy replies that players do not have to carry the sticks themselves.
The Iowa State Teachers Association reports 150 high schools meeting accreditation standards for college entrance. Muscatine is not among them. The committee furthers uniform course work, requires four year programs, Latin study, limited daily subjects, and qualified teachers, aiming to standardize preparation across the state.
Representative Temple introduces a plan for an Iowa appellate court with three elective judges serving six year terms. Three are elected this fall for two four and six year terms. Salary four thousand dollars. Supreme Court reduced to five justices. Appellate court to hear civil cases up to three thousand dollars. Three sessions yearly. Supporters say it will speed rulings and relieve overload.
Medical notice lists dry eczema tetter salt rheum and moist eczema of the scrotum and references Dr. A. V. Banes Medicine Co. of St. Joseph Missouri as the source.
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