War News Promised Involving Olivier Wounded Report
A London May Day dispatch reports Commandant Olivier wounded at Wepener last Monday. Canadian troops, led by Colonel Otter, storm the Israel's Poort kopjes near Thaba N'Chu with heavy fighting and British losses. Boers retreat toward Ladybrand as British forces plan short rest and renewed operations in the Free State and surrounding fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaba N’chu
Ladybrand
Aliwai
Olivier
Wepener
Hague
Boer Peace Commission
Rotterdam
United States
Israel's Poort
London
Israel’s
Poort
Otter
Grahamstown
Daily Mail
Thaba N’'Chu
Brandfort
Bloemfontein
Vpole-Carew
Hasty marriage as body lies in house in Sioux City
Willis E. Mayne and Eunice Arnson wed last week in Minnehaha county amid tragedy. Mayne’s first wife had died the day before and their five children awaited burial as the new couple began married life. Her mother urged Mayne to take charge of property and the two sided joined against the late wife’s family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Willis E. Mayne
Eunice Arnson
Minnehaha County
S. D
Mayne
Miss Arnson
Chicago
Paris Exposition Bridge Collapse Kills Six
A wooden foot bridge at the Paris Exposition fell on April 29, killing six people including a child and injuring about forty as crowds gathered along Avenue de Sufren. The bridge, condemned earlier as unsafe, collapsed while workers and guards aided the injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Avenue de Sufren
Gov Taylor Returns to Frankfort Amid Indictment Rumors
Governor W S Taylor arrived in Frankfort from Washington and spent time at the executive mansion with his family. He was not arrested and a warrant was not served, suggesting the indictment for complicity in assassination may be delayed. Accompanied by Mrs Taylor and K J Hampton, he boarded a Chesapeake and Ohio train to Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
W. S. Taylor
Washington
Executive
Chesapeake and Ohio
Louisville
Finley
Powers
Culton
Tragedy strikes Havana governor’s wife in parlor match accident
The wife of Major General James H. Wilson, military governor of the Matanzas Santa Clara department, died after burns from stepping on a rematch while alighting from a carriage. She died at about 3 p.m. Condolences poured in from Governor General Wood General Chaffee and Adjutant General Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
James H. Wilson
Department of Matanzas-Santa Clara
Governor Tanner Case Dr Senn Quotes On Recovery
The Chronicle quotes Dr. Nicholas Senn on Governor Tanner the prognosis is poor with surgery a last resort. The governor faces a dangerous malady and may need an operation only if the next days demand it. his will and strong constitution are cited as hopeful factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
the Chronicle
Nicholas Senn
Tanner
Census Teachers Train Youth In High Art Directions
At the census taking moment 11 670 gentlemen and 10 810 ladies were teaching the young idea how to shoot toward high art in a humorous nod to the era.
Roots Warns Monroe Doctrine Must End or War
Washington dispatch notes Secretary Root warned at the Waldorf Astoria that the United States may abandon the Monroe doctrine to proceed with the Nicaragua canal. The story links McKinley, Hay, and a looming treaty with Britain. France and Nicaragua are cited as creating diplomatic entanglements that could provoke conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
the Chronicle
Washington
Roots
Waldorf-Astoria
Capitol
Senate
Root
McKinley
Hay
United States
France
Nicaragua
Congress
Friends of
Great Britain
Friends
Panama
Secretary of State
Kaiser Wilhelm
Armor Plate Trust
Free After Twenty Years in Iowa Murder Case
Cornelius Moelchen, released after 22 years in the Anamosa penitentiary for first degree murder, is freed with executive clemency after a pardons committee review. He goes to Montezumala for employment, having served a sentence marked by exemplary conduct. Separate item: Gus Olson of Chicago survives a 120 foot fall while building a steel tank in Wisconsin, clinging to a ladder until it was saved by a guy rope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Cornelius Moelchen
Iowa
Moelchen
America
Germany
Dubuque County
John Moelchen
Cornelius
ISIS
General Assembly
Committee On
Montezumala
Oconomowoc
Wis
Gus Olson
Chicago
Municipal
Olson
Story of a homicide in Lebanon parish conflict
Jos Reese fatally shot Sant Campbell Friday morning near Lebanon Indiana. Both men are prominent New Light church members from nearby farms and disagreed over Campbell drinking and alleged improprieties. The clash followed a church dispute and a roadside confrontation left Campbell with a pistol wound to the back and stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sant” Campbell
Lebanon
Ind
Jos’ Reese
New Light
Campbell
Reese
Wealthy Vanderbilt heir to wed milllionaire heiress
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt son of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt and Miss Elsie French daughter of Francis Ormond French announced engagement in New York. They plan to marry in September at Trinity Church in Newport after the couple spends time in London. French fortune amounts to 15 million dollars. Vanderbilt inherits most of his father's vast estate. He is 22 and a Yale graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred Swynne Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Elsie French
Francis Ormond French
Van
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbiltderbilt
London
Newport
Vanderbilt
Miss French
Trinity Church
Alfred Vanderbilt
Yale
Mrs Allens Criminal Case Linked to Murder Inheritance
In Burlington Kansas on April 30 the will of John H. Allen, Ottumwa merchant murdered April 20, leaves all property to his wife America E. Allen, named executrix, who is jailed on charges of instigating a neighbor Harris to kill her husband. Daughters present at will reading none mentioned. they support their mother obtaining the estate. Mrs. Allen proclaims innocence. In Washington the same date the Pettigrew Boer resolution affirms sympathy for rebels and hopes for liberty in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Kan
John H. Allen
Ottumwa
Allen
America E. Allen
Washington
Pettigrew
Senate
National and local calamities and political notes across 1913 era
Reports from Birmingham Chicago New York and Boston cover captives killed and hurt in collapses burglaries cigars seized and royal orders. German press reaction anglophobia and a life sentence in Chicago mix with civic appeals for fire relief and charity drives for starving India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senor Paterno
Pilipino
James McWhorter
David White
William McWhorter
PD. O. Putillo
Birmingham
Ala
John Stefanos
Chicago
Emperor William
Count von Waldersee
Order of the Black Eagle
American National Institute
Paris
Sully Prudhoume
Massenet
O. M. Carter
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Kaw
America
India
Henry White
London
New York
Tracadie
N. S
Rhode Island
Socialist Labor Party
Central Federated Union of
New York City
Perfecto Lacoste
Argiculture
Cuba
Rius Rivera
van Wyck
Ottawa
Hull
Muscatine Markets Today Chicago Quotations
Last week was a good business week as farmers visited the city to transact. Timothy hay rose to 10 dollars per ton while corn and oat chops advanced to 90 cents per hundred. weather and roads aided commerce. Vegetables and dairy goods remain plentiful as merchants anticipate a cold storage plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Ament
Muscatine Markets Price List Core Commodities
The Muscatine markets report prices across many categories including wood lime and cement coal grain and flour mill stuffs and short staples. Items listed include pine wood hard coal soft coal butter eggs cheese hams lard and various fruit vegetables and hardware prices with market conditions noted as unsteady or strong.
Fragmented Timber Price List Read in 19th Century Note
A partial list shows prices for rough lumber and related items: sion rough and 4 inch rough offered at 16.50 and 14.22, battens per thousand feet at 3.6.50, mixed grade short lumber at 15.17, shingles at 1.25 for four, lath at 4.5, pickets at 15.22, posts at 10 38c.
Chicago Markets Special Dispatch from Toher Co
Chicago markets report filed by J Toher and Co brokers with H E McKay manager from the Muscatine office dated April 30 1900. The dispatch notes Chicago trading activity and market conditions as observed by the brokerage staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I, J. Toher & Co
H. E. McKay
Muscatine
Chicago, Ill
Passenger and freight schedules for Montezuma to Chicago routes
Timetables show daily passenger and freight departures and arrivals for Montezuma and connections on the B., C. BR. & N. Muscatine Division and the BR. L & P Railroad. Eastbound Nos. 7 8 15 16 85 6 operate with variations to Evans and St Joseph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Chicago
Denver
Kansas
St. Joseph
Nicago
Kansas City
Evans Osteag
Washington
Rail timetable for Rock Island Davenport and Clinton line
The new Rock Island Davenport and Clinton railroad timetable shows improved facilities for Muscatine residents to reach destinations above Rock Island and Davenport. The line’s opening has been announced earlier and promises easier travel for local citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Davenport
Clinton
Muscatine
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. Olivier
Beer Peace Commission
Israel
Marshall, Mo
Mindes Fhowgee
Court House
Exposition Falls
Gov. Taylor
Wilson
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Buffalo
Detroit
Milwaukee -Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis-Kansas City
Minneapolis
Minneapolis—Kansas City
Carlyle
His
Gottfried Hoehn
George Roll
J. L. Williamson
National Park
Roll
Williamson
Chicago Canal
Supreme Court
Moneroe
Nicaragua Canal
Brance
Vrison
Allens
Muscatine Markets
Muscatine, Iowa
Graham
Illinois
Sc Lower
Lc Lower
Lic Lower
Lowe
Ausas Co
Omaha
Duluth
Liverpool
Traveler’s Guide
L & P. Railroad
Aes
Wilton
Ranoh
Muscat
Ibam
Sam
Vally
Muscatine N. & S. Railroad
Geteg
Av. Boon
Nile
Fruittland
Grandview
Burington
Iowa Central
Clinton R. R
Davenport, Rock Island and
Northwestern
R. R. Co
Harrison St
Camanche
Folletts
Princeton
ES LeClaire
Tile Works
Valley City
Gilbert
Coax Aoe
LeClaire
Roc Island
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!