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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1900
Page
1
The Muscatine Ministerial Association petitioned the city council to enforce Iowa liquor laws citing open violations by saloons. Alderman Gremmel moved to lay the petition on the table, prompting shock among supporters. The union plans further action, with a meeting postponed but not discarded.
Mr and Mrs Fred Giesler hosted a six o clock dinner Saturday for a dozen young men in honor of their son Frank s birthday The surprise event featured five courses and a social hour in the parlor with guests including S R Fox Chas Grade Chas Fox Cornelius Cadle R S Cook Ray S Hoover Chas Lindner Lysle Day Walter Cohn Zel H Hutchinson Ernst Ruckdeschel and Harold Mahin assisted by Mrs Geo Wiles and Miss Winnifred Giesler
Mrs. Aug Smith tied her horse to a hitching post on Third Street when a car descending a hill frightened the animal. The horse bolted colliding with a lamp post, dumping flowers, wrecking the wagon, and injuring the horse severely. Mrs Smith, uninjured, had been about to load flowers from the store on the Avenue. The horse was led to the barn after the incident.
Three boys Paul Thomas Frank and Johnnie Murphy were arrested at the depot Saturday night on suspicion of running away. They were taken to the station and found to be under 16 from Chicago. Marshal Balluff wired Chicago and learned the parents were too poor to send money for their return but would be glad to have them back. The marshal released the youths to return home by their own means.
A Social Democracy branch organized last Saturday at the Assembly Hall. A charter will be sent and working plans announced soon. The group aims to advance ballot legislation benefiting laboring producers. The next meeting is Saturday May 5 at 8 p m. all interested in human emancipation urged to join and receive literature.
The Prohibitionists of Muscatine county will assemble at Muscatine City Hall on Wednesday May 2 at 1 30 p m to elect six delegates and alternates to the State convention in Des Moines June 12 1900 and to transact other business. State Chairman Elliott will deliver a public address in the evening and all friends of the cause are urged to attend both meetings. E F Hoag Co Chairman E E Oxley Co Secretary.
A humorous remark notes that a man’s feelings and failings often blur while a humorist remains able to be funny regardless of circumstances.
Sixty workers quit the New York factory after manager E A Willis refused to restore last fall’s wage scale. Workers demanded a 50 cent to 1 dollar weekly increase. Willis declined to discuss the matter. The plant closed as employees declared they would not return until the raise is granted. D A Willis said the affair was unexpected and no statement could be made yet.
Dubuque welcomed the season with the first river packet, carrying passengers and freight as other boats prepare to start service. The St Paul may replace the Sidney on the upper river, Quincy remains, and a larger boat may follow. Water levels ran about 8 feet 3 inches on average, with the register at 8 feet 9 inches as river traffic returns. Ladies enjoyed sailboat rides in the breeze while government boat Lilly and Prescott moved through the port.
Teichmiller button factory in South Muscatine resumed operations this morning after workers returned. Foremen details say most men came back once saws and files were provided as promised, ending a brief walkout over equipment. Eight workers reportedly haven’t returned and may have taken other jobs.
Mrs Richard Powers sent a box of arbutus from Mosinee Wisconsin to friends. Public schools will close June 8 with fifteen graduates ten boys and five girls. Prof Hill reelected superintendent. Kings Daughters sent 10 90 to famine sufferers in India. J L Given sold household effects at a Saturday sale. High School boys beat Atalissa 32 to 16 in baseball game.
A widower who once wore a full beard shaved this week and now appears younger to friends. Warm weather brings gypsies, horse traders, and a passing colored gentleman through town. Henry Hilton loads sand at River Junction for shipments this summer. a new son arrives to Mr and Mrs Ennis. Captain Frank Critz of Riverside named to the 20th Iowa Vicksburg commission. Lewis Sims quits brick yard over low pay. Train schedule to change Sunday. Father of local Catholic priest Mr Wellen is dangerously ill. Elder Jeret has been very sick recently. Doctor Sheafe and Bert Matthews traded horses this week.
Rev O D Eliott of Lineville will speak on temperance at Musserville Friends' church in South Muscatine Wednesday. Y P C T U plans to recruit youth, with a full program including readings, invocations, and songs such as Weak Backbone Beware of the Fire and Roll Along Children. Horace Herr will give an address as YR 2% CP president.
Last fall F C Hollister of Buchanan township sold a flock item at 3 per head. One ewe rejected for not meeting standard cared for over winter. She bore twin lambs in January weighing ninety pounds at three months and selling at six cents a pound. Ewe weighed 140 pounds and sold for four dollars ninety cents. Wool from the ewe weighed eight pounds at 214 cents per pound delivering one dollar eighty eight cents. Total return from this animal was twelve dollars eighteen cents. The Jefferson county farm shows strong sheep returns when properly handled under Republican administrations.
James Pemble asserts Iowa remains a fruit state with over 100 peach trees bearing buds. He notes a late bloom but welcomes it. This spring he set out 200 more budded peach trees from Missouri. Mr and Mrs Pemble visited town Wednesday for the first time in two months.
A remark credits a white woman as the sole person to have borne the white man's burden with commendable patience and intelligence, highlighting her notable endurance and civic stance.
Waterloo Iowa April 30. The Weishaar Fassig Co dry goods store was burglarized last night. Thieves entered via the basement and stole about 2000 dollars worth of fine silk. Police have no clue to the perpetrators and are at a loss on how to proceed.
Ottumwa Iowa April 27 The Courier reports Mary Phillips sues Mayor Phillips for divorce accusing cruelty endangering her life. She seeks alimony described as a large sum. Attorneys Scott Ayres represent Mrs Phillips while McNett Tisdale defend. Case may proceed to trial after alimony efforts settle.
Hall Bros. of Cedar Rapids wins a Tipton special election by 104 votes to grant them a franchise to erect and maintain a local telephone exchange. The firm already has 120 subscribers and plans to connect with eastern Iowa towns, starting work soon.
Ottumwa Iowa April 28 reliable authority says Milwaukee has an option from Burlington on the old Ft Madison road Batavia to Ottumwa to bring trains here from Davenport via Batavia and has asked bids for construction of a line between the two points. The move would connect Davenport to Kansas City with a shorter route and give Milwaukee advantages over surveyed alternatives.
Ottumwa Press reports a smallpox vaccine scare in Oskaloosa sparked a price spike to 75 cents as doctors formed a vaccine trust. Now a doctor offers 25 cents back on each sore at 10 cents per dose, prompting questions about motives and market dynamics.
In Chicago on April 30 a special report notes indications for Iowa show fair weather tonight and Tuesday with no precipitation expected.
A ten-person picnic group on the M N and S Railroad rode a handcar after a left driving wheel flange broke near Turkey Creek. They rode a makeshift handcar pulled by two youths, with help from Mr Mahin and others, to Fruitland before taking the 9 30 Rock Island train to Muscatine. The stalled engine was backed to Elrick Junction and returned to Muscatine, arriving about 5 am Sunday.
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports Iowa Retail Grocers convention where W. J. Fitzsimmons of Brooklyn discussed qualities of a retailer. He joked about his roots in Muscatine County and stressed discounts, knowledge without being an expert, good nature, curtailing losses from spoiled fruit, choosing effective clerks, and honesty as the best policy, concluding he should join the Iowa Retail Grocers' Association.
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