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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1900
Page
2
The Muscatine Daily lists a wide array of town notes including visits by G W Baxter and J Hoffman, a marriage license issued to Charles Coon and Mary Baker, and various travels to Chicago, Burlington, and Des Moines. Excursions, boxing training, and church events are noted along with local trades, illnesses, and home improvements.
A Missouri grandmother touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for relief during change of life. She describes years of womb and leucorrhea issues and says after six weeks she recovered strength and felt healthier. She credits the remedy and seeks professional guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
City council at Chamber last evening presided by Mayor B Schmidt approved minutes and sent many petitions to committees. Actions include bids for tin roofing Champion Hose house, inspection tours for several streets, and engineer to study Bartlett building while scheduling office mantles and gas burner parts.
Fred George and Frank Beilefeld have been off and ill days. Mrs. Reed is confined to bed and poorly. T. B. Downer surveys the old fair grounds, Henry Martin nears completion of his garden. Sager and wife from Nebraska visited J. B. Downer. Ten at the altar and about fifteen professed conversions. J. F. Robertson to preach Sunday at 11 AM and 7 PM revivals follow.
River report records the rafter Mountain Belle passing upriver yesterday afternoon. The Mary B rafts up the river yesterday afternoon. The Young came down last evening and departed for Burlington. The Diamond to Line steamer Dubuque is expected to arrive tomorrow morning.
Diamond Jo steamers will bypass Rock Island until a warehouse is completed. Company officials warn that freight damage risks could wipe out profits, so no consignments will be accepted for the port until occupancy is ready.
Des Moines reports Chuck Brewer and Fred Daly were moved from Madison County to Polk County jail by the sheriff amid fear of mob violence. The two men were detained for safety as authorities assess potential unrest in the wake of tensions.
Citizens in Winterset Bevington and nearby rural districts swear vengeance after an alleged brutal assault and possible hanging. Officials refuse to confirm if the men are still in custody or held.
Jacob Erlick is building a picket fence around his property. The Weidling brewery on Hershey avenue is undergoing repairs. George Odel has erected a 24 by 24 one story dwelling on Demorest avenue. George Holtzhauer Jr has remodeled his Grandview avenue home with repairs, repainting, and sod. An incident near Hershey's barn involved a Weidling company wagon colliding with a lamp post, causing lamp damage. At Company C’s dance, Officer Purcell confronted a youth over a hat prank. the youth allegedly suffered a sudden collapse but was helped out. Fred Walters, longtime employee of Muscatine Lumber and Box, has married Miss Marie Inglewe in Rock Island and plans to reside with the bride’s mother on East Sixth Street.
In West Liberty residents report a scamy soap pitch by canvassers selling soap with a premium silk shirt waist pattern. Buyers paid fifty cents per item and were told silk would arrive the following Saturday. About thirty to forty women feel duped as the con canvassers move on to another town.
Miss Alice Parker works at Mrs. James and Clark Law helps Curtis Hunter on his farm. Mrs. Holiday Goldsberry visits with her brother in Wilton. The baseball game drew a light crowd last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas Stroup were Muscatine visitors Tuesday. Roll Boden dined with sister Mrs. Friedon last Sunday. Miss Belvin Long assists Mrs. George Willey with housework. L A Wilder moved into Chas Stroup’s tenant house last Tuesday. Mrs. John Friedon spent a pleasant day Tuesday with Mrs. Anson Law. Lem and Roll Boden and sister Minnie moved in Bay last Saturday. Miss Jessie Stroup stayed with sister Mrs. Anson Law Tuesday night. George Willey and Omer Reynolds drove to Belle Plaine Thursday morning. Mrs. Richard Buckley visited Thursday with sister Chas Stroup. Miss Jessie Stroup spent Sunday afternoon with friends Misses Lilly and Minnie Reynolds. Leonard Reynolds seen on our roads last Sunday evening. The smallpox scare ended and school began last Monday with Miss Elsie Swisher as teacher.
Muscatine resident N S Washburn, night watchman at Musser's mill, praises Doan's Kidney Pills from Havercamp's drug store for relieving kidney pain and sleeplessness. He reports lasting relief after use and notes the product is sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, NY markets it as the sole U S agents.
Dr Elizabeth Harlan DO graduate of American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Mo locates in Muscatine at 319 West Second street. Specializes in diseases of ladies and children and claims osteopathy as a new healing art curing many cases deemed incurable by others. Free consultation. References Muscatine's prominent residents.
German American Savings Bank lists officers J L Giesler as president J H Kaiser as vice president and S L Johnson as cashier. Directors include F H Little S M Batt erson C A Mull Albert Baird John G Kaiser Gus Schmidt H W Huttig J Scott Blackwell and J L Giesler. Bank conducts general banking offers real estate and personal loans and pays 4 percent interest on savings deposits.
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