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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1900
Page
10
Muscatine items report river ice thinning with the Iowa side clear and the Illinois side slow to move. Local travelers arrive from Iowa City Wilton and Davenport. boat trips and business trips noted.
Local items report Frank Royster filling his lot with earth and the cold snap frosted garden plants. Mrs Emma Stineman becomes a clerk at the Boston Store while Christ Brage moves near Fairport town. Mrs A Fisher ill with pleuro pneumonia. Barnhite heads to Dayton to stay in the soldiers home. Mrs Payne of Burlington visits relatives. The Pratts learn of Mrs Pratts mother’s death in Hinors. Jones Bros ship last button machine piece to Dallas City. Walter Faulkner’s family return from Wi nona to Hershey Ave. Ladies’ Aid met at Mrs Kate Kinsley’s with sewing and work. Charley Bodman and companion escape drowning after breaking through Cedar River ice.
Thursday's Rev H D Herr spoke at the First Congregational Church on editorship defining two editor classes. He said editors photograph all and also discriminate gathering the good true useful and helpful. Stereopticon views illustrate the book In His Steps and talks that follow are entertaining and instructive.
Mrs. Adam Schreiber of Chattanooga Tennessee credits Beggs Cherry Syrup with saving her baby from fatal croup. The ad notes the product cures throat and lung troubles and claims thousands of children saved yearly. It lists McBride Cope and Havercamp's pharmacy as retailers.
Philadelphia Post recounts a sea voyage anecdote about Victor Herbert and his wife during their honeymoon crossing the Atlantic. Seasickness triggered irritability and sharp protests at every ship sound, ending with a joking pact to avoid speaking until shore.
The note suggests freezing water pipes only in hot weather to reach them easier. It laments the lack of sympathy for those who make a bad bargain.
G W Gause at West Liberty urges harrowing as key to corn success and soil moisture control. He advocates fall plowing when possible, disk use for labor saving cultivation, and warns against hasty shallow work that harms future yields. Regular, careful cultivation protects crops in variable weather and weeds.
Bloomington mail carrier H G Willits hosts a neighborly cyclone that isn t serious as about forty friends and neighbors bring baskets of food for a long supper. Guests sing play music and depart with donations for Mr Willits the next morning. Miss Berta Knapp visits, Mrs H G Willits and Ora Willits visit the city. spring seems near and roads improve.
David Cross remains sick while Dr. Weaver tends patients at Wm. Lieberknecht's. Mrs. Collins shows health improvement. Rev. C. H. Kephart delivered his closing sermon. A public sale at Miss E. Vincent’s farm drew many. L. A. Gipple recovers from a chill. Municipal election set for next Monday with two tickets Citizens and Democratic.
Joe Trigg argues that a well ordered and happy farm home defines true success. He asserts a pleasant home outweighs perfect horses, stock, barns, and abundance if there is harmony at home. A disciplined, loving household makes farm life well managed even when external tasks vary.
In a playful exchange from the Indianapolis Journal a child asks if marrying someone else would change a parent’s hair color. The father answers with a light, humorous mood, reflecting domestic humor of the era.
Ottumwa Iowa March 21 John Hein a miner in the Star coal mine southwest of the city was killed this morning at 10 by a fall of slate Cravazzo his fellow worker heard the fall entered Hein room found slate pinning him He likely was struck on the head and instantly killed with a broken neck suspected though not confirmed.
On the Des Moines road near Newton a man’s body was found beside an overturned wagon. The deceased, Arthur Dingman, is linked to mines near Des Moines. Authorities suspect he was thrown when the wagon overturned at a culvert. No signs of struggle or attempted rescue were noted. He leaves brothers and a sister nearby and will be buried in Newton cemetery.
Deputy Marshal Healey brought Frank Flynn from Montour to face internal revenue charges for bootlegging whiskey and selling it to Indians on the Tama reservation. Flynn, about 40, has a wife and seven children and resides three miles south of Montour at Whiskey Bottom. He reportedly imitates Indian customs and spends most time in bootlegging over farming.
Sioux City residents continue to complain about the train service to Des Moines. Travelers report long layovers and delays on westbound trips. Efforts for better schedules or a through sleeper have failed as railways do not warrant changes.
Fairport residents report a series of social calls and daily errands. Clyde Leach and Frank Feuster enjoyed a Sunday at home while Miss Charlotte Cole visited from Melpine. Local residents sent hogs to Muscatine and moved wood and plants to Davenport.
North Prairie social brief reports hedge trimming vacation days prayer meetings at the church and notes on travel measles smallpox and local traffic. farm work includes hog shipments corn husking and imminent sowing as residents comment on weather and community events. The Daily Journal 10 cents a week.
Two Chicago state senators Edward Dwyer and Porter Johnson attest to Pe runa curing their chronic catarrh after years of struggle. They report long-lasting relief after weeks of use and urge others to request Dr Hartman s free book from The Peruna Medicine Company in Columbus Ohio.
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