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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1900
Page
11
Rich suit patterns highlight Scotch effects Cheviots Cassimeres imported Worsteds and stripes for early spring wear. Fine Oxfords Cheviots Coverts and Vien nas made into top coats Regians and Paletot promise elegance stylish fit by expert workmanship. Ladies line offers light weight woolens for suits skirts and jackets. Cleaning and Repairing in first class style.
Jas H Cosgrove promotes The Up-To-Date Tailor located at 110 B 24th Street offering tailoring services and style updates for customers. The short notice advertises modern fits and personalized tailoring in a neighborhood shop.
German American Savings Bank capital of 60000. Officers include J L Giesler president J H Kaiser vice president and S L Johnson cashier. Directors list F H Little S M Batt erson C A Muir Albert Baird Jorn B H Kaiser Gus Schmidt H W Huttig J Scott Blackwell J L Giesler. Bank engages in general banking including real estate and personal loans and pays four percent interest on savings deposits.
Senator Titus wins Senate passage to bar convict labor in pearl buttons and butter tubs. Journal favored broader reform but deems this the best obtainable step, with House action hoped.
The Des Moines Capital notes that the Loud bill, amid much noise, was referred again to a committee and effectively set aside. It argues the measure would have overreached on second class mailing reforms and risked more harm than good.
The appointment of Hon. Smith McPherson of Red Oak to the FederalJudgship of this district gives general satisfaction. Formerly Attorney General of Iowa he is now Congressman from the district. He is a good lawyer and a good man in every way.
A Washington dispatch reports Congress will appropriate 500000 dollars to equip the Rock Island arsenal for small arms manufacture. The facility is expected to turn out 1200000 Krag Jorgenson rifles once equipment is in place.
Frick and Carnegie have settled differences and will reorganize Carnegie Steel. The company plans a capital of 200 million dollars, up from 25 million, with last year profits totaling 21 million 9 thousand dollars.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil mocks Fred White praising sixteen speeches but hearing only himself. Ottumwa Press blames busy voters for skipping Bryan platform quirks. Vinton Eagle links Iowa City case to successive nonenforcement of laws from local option to five mile limit. Senator Ball struggles to counter salooners who ignore laws and officials who fail enforcement.
A Ottumwa clothing clerk becomes the center of a local romance joke after inviting two other young women to accompany an evening outing. He forgets to return for the visiting young woman, sleeping at a friend’s house. She returns home alone. the incident stirs sympathy and questions about forgiveness.
J W Allfree rebuts a Puerto Rico tax controversy aired in the Journal. He argues that tariffs on coffee and sugar, including a 15 percent duty, aid relief but threaten free trade, warns Democrats and Republicans alike about citizenship questions, and urges cautious Congress action to shape future governance of the island.
Senator Hanna of Ohio challenged a Washington newspaper claim that a House member discussed a Porto Rican tariff bill as part of a Republican campaign fund deal. He called the interview a malicious falsehood and urged an investigation.
The body of an unknown woman about 35, 5 feet 6, 140 pounds, with auburn hair was found on a cake of ice in the Mississippi near Lead Island. Boys hunting ducks nearby towed the body ashore and authorities planned an inquest. no identification was found among the belongings.
Storm Lake Iowa March 24 The beet sugar acreage drive concluded with four thousand acres contracted by over three hundred farmers in eight weeks. D B Lyons of Des Moines organized and directed the effort, signaling the coming 1901 construction of Iowa's first beet sugar factory.
An advertisement promotes No-To-Bac as a life changing product to quit tobacco, claiming it makes weak men strong and offering a free booklet and sample from Sterling Kennedy Co, Chicago or New York.
Mr. John Easterday of Appanoose township Illinois exhibited zinc ore samples found on his farm. The specimens show potential payable metal content and could turn into a valuable discovery if the ore proves payable.
An 19th century advertisement touts Cream Palm as a nostril remedy that soothes and absorbs without drying or sneezing. It promises immediate relief and a cure, offered in large 50 cent size at druggists or by mail and trial size 10 cents by mail from Ely Brothers of New York.
A major blaze swept Culver & Co big department store 60 by 100 feet two stories and basement in Knoxville Iowa early Sunday. Flames broke out at 6 oclock during a light rain causing an estimated 80000 dollars in losses. Firefighters and residents fought the fire but the building and stock were destroyed.
An unidentified man, about 5 feet 4 inches tall and heavily decomposed, was found by Joe Ricer one half mile east of the Iowa river bridge. He wore brown clothes, a white shirt, a black four in hand necktie, no shoes, and two handkerchiefs. Some suspect the body may be John Clement, who left Wapello on February 8, 1899.
In Boone Iowa on March 26 painter and paper hanger Robert B Van Gorder was arrested on bigamy charges after marrying Miss Anna Kenison on February 15. A prior wife Mrs Emma Van Gorder arrived claiming a lawful marriage and the case was sent to the grand jury with bail set none. The accused said he hoped for a divorce and admitted no final decree existed. The newlywed Kenison was shaken by the revelation.
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