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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1900

Page

3

Chicago Strike Threatens City Economy and Jobs

The Chicago building trades strike has disrupted more than a thousand workers and about 44 00 people, with $15 000 000 in tied contracts and $10 000 000 more under consideration paused. Factories may relocate to nearby cities as labor unrest and economic losses mount, while Knoxville challenges state patronage moves over local schools.

Chicago Cedar Rapids Knoxville Industrial School For School of the Blind

Press Opinions Unity in 1900 Political Debate

Grinnell Signal weighs Bryan and Dewey ticket as tough for eastern Democrats but favorable nationally. Albia Republican mocks Democrats as a failing party. Carroll Herald foresees an unchanged legislature due to the Titus amendment and anticipates an ideal body two years on. Centerville Citizen cites Gen Lew Wallace on principle over amount in McKinley Turkey dispute.

Grinnell Bryan Dewey Albia Republican Carroll Herald Centerville Lew Wallace Turkey McKinley

Humorous and Odd Telephone Misunderstandings

Read like a human interest column, the piece collects light anecdotes of crossed wires and mistaken questions on telephone calls. It includes a nervous wife fearing bad news about a distant husband and a new bride seeking maternal comfort after missed trains and social blunders.

Iowa 8 Briefs Highlight Public Building Funds Encampment Plans

The Iowa Legislature debates a $40 000 appropriation to enlarge Burlington public buildings. Adj Gen Byers proposes a state National Guard encampment, likely in Des Moines. Gold discovery reported in Des Moines county with C B McCray planning to develop the Mediapolis farm claim.

Burlington Senate House Adj Byers Iowa National Guard Des Moines C. B. McCray Mediapolis

Grandview Notes and Local Shifts

E S Warner returns from Chicago trip. Mrs Miller departs for Victor Iowa on Thursday. Will Kelley ships a carload of hogs to Chicago on Wednesday. L A Keiley of Wapello visits on business. Miss Vinnie Latta visiting relatives. Edna Williams confined with measles. Mrs Wm Schweitzer visits Frank Thornton family. Dr King of Muscatine operated on Mrs R C Wibber removing a tumor. patient progressing well. An old widower jokes about courting again.

E. S. Warner Chicago

Muscatine Council Reviews Bartlett Packing House Inspectio

May 4 1900 council session in Muscatine reports on Bartlett packing house inspection and street grade changes. Committees list needed repairs for Hose companies gutters sidewalks and alleys with bids and improvements for multiple wards and districts.

Regular Board of Education Meeting Adopts Bills and Actions

The Board met in regular session under President Hunt. Franklin replaces Little on the building and repair committee. Minutes approved, Treasurers report read and approved. Bills from multiple vendors listed and ordered paid. Silver Burdette bids for books to be advertised. Miss Ewing’s kindergarten room use approved after city schools close. Plumly tasked to report on blackboard upgrades. Leakage in Musserville building noted. painting needed. janitor to supply materials. Adjournment set for May 25, 1900 to discuss teachers and janitors.

Schmidt Halstead Washburn Schott Arnold Gremmel Richards Koehler Riggs E. T. Bumgardner O. E. Burnside B. F. Dyer West Second Street Jno. Knopp Chestnut Street Alderman Halstead Huttig Hose Company Fire Department A. E. Burnside Woodlawn Avenue Solomon Brenner Platt John B. Lauer Henry Fuller City of Muscatine Alderman Arnold Steven A. Coldren Lauer City Recorder Jno B. Lauer Bartlett Packing House Board of Education Hunt Franklin Little Ainsworth & Co Asserteen. Book CO Nadedeneans Cowesa Dean Reppert’s Pharmacy Butler, Sheldon & Co American Warm. & Vent. Co Iowa Telephone Co Binawarte & Co Western Publishing House Muscatine Electric Railway Silver, Burdette & Co Ewing Plumly Musserville Fletcher

Hard Work Was His Ladder in Conan Doyle’s View

Dr. A. Conan Doyle explains in Success May that literary entry does not require doors or introductions. He recalls a decade of apprenticeship marked by relentless effort, earning less than fifty pounds a year from writing and remaining largely unknown after ten years.

A. Conan Doyle

Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsements Reach Iowa City Readership

Local testimonials from Iowa City residents highlight Doan's Kidney Pills as effective for kidney disorders. Jeweler John Hands praises relief experienced by his wife after use. Muscatine readers are urged to seek endorsements at Havercamp's drug store. For sale by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.

Muscatine Iowa City John Hands Dubuque St Dean Hands Havercamp’s Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y United States Doan’s

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