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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
1
Senator Gear signals favorable prospects for a levee appropriation. T B Holcomb, resident of Muscatine Island, reports a letter stating hopes to secure federal funding this session. If approved, repairs will begin soon to restore the island's levee to safe condition. failure would push for next session action.
The private farmer telephone network grows as lines are added. Farmers praise rapid access for emergencies and fires, noting two minute calls replace long rides, with inexpensive, barbed wire connections and insulators on fence posts. The system links rural lines to city businesses and to the city system via a high bridge connection.
Lieut G E Tubbs a son in law of Jerry Carl and a noted Muscatine baker resigned from his Naval Reserves post at Rock Island last Tuesday evening. He served in the Spanish American War and led the Rock Island division before its own formation. Junior Lieutenant Sam Bowlby will command the division during Tubbs resignation process as Wilbur Rutledge presented a silver tea set to the former lieutenant.
Samuel Williams aged founder of the Williams Rolling Mills died at his home in Portsmouth Ohio after a week long pneumonia illness on March 12. The funeral on March 15 drew floral tributes from workers to employers and paid tribute to his world wide reputation as a steel and iron dealer.
The National Theatre Company at Opera House opens Monday April 2 led by Manager Watson. A touring company of twenty with Euphonic Band and Orchestra presents latest comedies and dramas including four act Police Alarm. Continuous performances at popular prices. seats at Frank's for 25 and 35c.
Belmond Iowa March 28 Count Fontaine a heavy set man in a stovepipe hat is traveling Iowa swindling many people. He poses as an actor painter or life insurance agent to gain money. He lectured at Belmonds opera house and left town unpaid. He fled Algona after failing to pay a board bill and persuaded a Dnurdall House employee to advance 59 dollars. He aimed to recruit two young women and is now missing.
Mrs. George Pyle was arraigned in Chariton Iowa on an attempted murder charge linked to a shooting of County Attorney Will B. Barger. She was bound over to the grand jury in 500 bonds and left for Denver to stay with her sister. Locals expect the case to be dropped if she remains away from the city.
The Iowa City case stems from repeated non enforcement of laws leading to prohibition and then mulct and the five mile limit. Senator Ball faced criticism for failing to refute claims saloonkeepers and officials did not enforce laws. Temperance men argue better conduct elsewhere would have blocked the five mile limit.
Des Moines saloon men secure a second consent petition and will have it canvassed by the board of supervisors at the next meeting. Temperance forces will not oppose. Saloons may reopen as soon as canvassing ends, likely Monday, with openings possible Tuesday or Monday night.
The body found near the Oakville river and identified as John D. Clement was brought to Wapello for burial. Clement, mentally deranged, disappeared a year ago and was thought to have gone to the river. He was identified by clothing necktie watch knife and initials on his shirt.
A light dialogue from a New England scene shows a Boston man seeking reason for a rejected courtship. The woman reportedly feared she would outgrow him, leading to the breakup and ongoing curiosity about her motives.
The National Congress of Mothers plans its fourth annual session in Des Moines May 21 to 25 with delegates from across Iowa and the nation. Governor Shaw and Des Moines leaders invite attendees, with lodging options and a large host committee ready to welcome about 5 000 delegates. Members include mothers and home makers clubs, with dues from two cents per member monthly and life and benefactor options.
Sunday night April 1 at Stein's Opera House Dr Slater will demonstrate spirit power in the light in an open seance. He cites testing by Royal Society of London and tests said to surpass human aid. Small admission charged to cover expenses.
After April first Muscatine Electric Street Railway will return to the old timetable with twenty minute cars instead of thirty. Heavy snow and weather slowed service but did not halt operations any day this winter. If storms keep tracks poor the time change may be delayed until about the fifteenth of the month.
Chicago reports that the Pottawatomie Indians have accepted a cash offer of 45000 to relinquish title to land in the city. The piece notes this may set an expensive precedent and questions how much should be paid to the mound builders who occupied the country before the Indians arrived.
The Milan Illinois girl Nina Miller who vanished from her home is found dead on a cake of ice in the Mississippi River near Fort Madison Iowa. Foul play has not been proven but is considered the only tenable explanation.
A Sunday event invites the public to donate for starving India with a free will offering. An altar will be set up in the hall for the collection. The Sunday night sermon or talk is titled I See.
Special meeting of Prairie Encampment No 4 at Odd Fellows Hall Friday at 7 30 p m. Full attendance requested per order Iu J Munn Scribe.
In a reminiscence Uncle Reud recalls old time department stores with floorwalkers. Customers wandered the aisles while clerks stayed still and collected cash from eager buyers.
A woman uses pins to fix every break while her husband becomes trapped in a domestic mishap. The incident highlights ongoing household repair challenges and safety concerns in a domestic setting.
The Iowa Senate approved the Lister anti prize fighting measure by a 40 to 2 vote. The bill makes boxing for a prize illegal and sets penalties of up to 300 dollars fine or 90 days in jail. Senator Nolan and Senator Wilson opposed. The session also moved through related insurance tax changes and a separate bill on corporate stock disclosure. Monuments to Iowa regiments and Shiloh battlefield commissions were discussed with amendments. final adjournment was set for April 5.
The report notes March 29 in Chicago with a Friday fair and Iowa snow in the north later. It covers the Illinois General Assembly nearing adjournment and passage of Anderson of Warren’s $1,000 appropriation for Farmers' congress proceedings. An emergency measure provides $2,275.93 for Knoxville home for the blind. Thuenen proposes deputy sheriff salary rules for counties with 45,000+ people.
Oshkosh Wis March 29 Former U S Senator Philetus Sawyer died this morning from a complication of diseases arising from stomach troubles.
The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hanlontown, Mason City Iowa, was burglarized last night before 1 a.m. A safe knob was pried off nitroglycerin exploded and doors blown. About 2180 dollars mostly currency taken from the chest. A Northwestern handcar was later found ten miles away. A local suspect was arrested and released after questioning.
Fairfield officials chose a new railroad station between Fairfield and Batavia on the John Hupp farm five and a half miles west of Fairfield. President Perkins named the Bernhart station after Bernhart Henn, a local early county figure. The station on the new double track replaces Krum and sits near a crossroad for convenience.
Simeon Tripanier, a Wisconsin resident, recovered $1 260 including interest on a $300 Civil War era check he sent to his father in Montreal in 1864. After his brother found his name on a lost money list, Tripanier proved identity and received payment from Bank de Paryue in Montreal, then returned home.
Ottumwa Iowa March 28 Charles Stevens of Eldon released from the penitentiary after serving two and a half years for involvement in the Eldon bank robbery. He says Murray captured in New York by Pinkerton detectives and brought to Ottumwa by Sheriff Stodehill, pleads guilty and faces nine years. Murray is near death from consumption.
Norval Carr, previously at a hospital, suffered a self inflicted throat injury while at home. His mother was seriously cut on her hands as she tried to take a knife from him during the incident in Clarion Iowa region on March 28. He was transported to the Independence hospital for treatment.
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