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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1900
Page
4
Publication details for the Muscatine Journal by John Mahin and Sons including post office entry, subscription rates, and payment methods. It lists daily yearly rate, tri weekly delivery on Tue Thu Sat, and urges remittances by draft express or money order to the Journal Printing Co. in Muscatine Iowa.
At the Methodist general conference in Chicago delegates consider discipline on amusements. Proposals seek to curb drinking betting and gambling and dancing while keeping the current framework or replacing terms to tighten moral guidance. Bishops suggest adding sections on harmful amusements.
About a year ago the Journal critiqued Gen Otis as lacking active service. The Gate City 6th Inst quotes editor Clark praising Otis for serving two rainy seasons in the Philippines and earning a rest. He notes opposition will press him, but calls him a valiant soldier and a man of greatness.
The Boston Transcript reports on thirty two large Boston stores noting nine hour workdays with an hour for lunch. Luncheon rooms with hot water and gas stoves, coffee at low or no cost, discounted employee purchases, free physician services, sick leave, and annual vacations are common. The piece reflects on improved working conditions compared to decades ago.
Rev James Stoddard of Green River Wyoming reports to Eastern papers that fourteen local young men aged twenty to twenty five died this spring from pneumonia after drinking bad whisky sold by sharpers who prey on them in the town. He urges Wyoming authorities to investigate the tragedy.
The House approved the Nicaragua Canal bill by 225 to 35, reflecting strong public backing for the proposed waterway and its significance to national interests.
Hon H C Laub of Denison is called a lucky octogenarian with a young wife a bouncing baby good health and an inventor of a successful car coupler. He once lived in Muscatine in 1855 where he was elected city recorder. his name was misspelled as Lamb in records.
The editorial notes that Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina have removed black voters from the rolls and North Carolina and Mississippi may join. It suggests Congress might remove the negro as a basis for representation, calling it a measure of justice while mocking Democratic demands for consent of the governed.
A blanket presented to Mr. Bryan in New Mexico carried a note claiming wool price changes under different administrations. The note said wool cost 22c per pound under the Republican rule and 6c under Democrats. Bryan had not read the campaign material from the platform.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale remarks that the recent territorial expansion is not as divergent from older ideas as the earlier acquisitions of Florida or Louisiana. He suggests the intelligent reader of history will reach this conclusion.
U S exports of manufactured goods are climbing and may reach 400 million dollars this year, though still far behind Germany and Britain. German exports last year were about 870 million dollars, second only to Britain.
Des Moines News praises Peter Hepburn in Congress while Clinton Herald notes Judge Walter I. Smith as future Ninth District congressman. Wall Lake Blade highlights Chicago Northwestern as the longest railroad at 8346 miles with rivals listed. Boone Standard reports a fraud case involving MecVicker and a dress scheme. Keokuk Gate City lauds Thomas Hedge’s renomination. Montecello Express approves library funding rules. Des Moines Commonwealth discusses Omaha saloon interests’ failed exposition and losses.
The Mothers Club gathered May 7 at 3 PM at Mrs Barry’s North Mulberry home. Members approved minutes and discussed the National Congress in Des Moines. Mrs Jarvis presented an extensive paper on Other People’s Children, urging mothers to guide moral and intellectual development, emphasize self sacrifice, education, and communal support, and care for all children beyond their own.
Real estate listings offer 80 acres near Annondale for exchange for Muscatine city or nearby farmland. Multiple houses on Eighth street near Mulberry with 7 to 9 rooms and varying lot sizes. Additional properties include homes on East and West Sixth Seventh and Fourth streets, Park Place Monroe Cedar Woodlawn Oak, plus lots citywide. Calls or writes requested for full details. 2700
This 19th century advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla makes blood rich and pure, improves appetite and digestion, and imparts vitality and strength to the system for both men and women.
FRUITLAND reports several families improved after illness. Mrs Lindsay suffers ague. Frank Hunt returns home sick from work at Emerson Moore. Mrs G W Webster and Mrs Thos Fitzsimmons with granddaughter Guila Webster visited Letts. A collection will be taken at Island Sunday school next Sunday May 13 for famine stricken India. Those unable to attend may send contributions.
A Crank of the First Waters argues that true art lies in natural expression over external form. The author critiques critics who value structure over idea, urges genuine human emotion in conversation and action, and emphasizes naturalness as a divine, universal principle.
A reflective lyric speaks of a shared song between two hearts. The speaker mourns a missed love and contemplates living on with longing as a golden moment of memory lingers in a misty gaze.
London dispatch reports Lord Roberts nearing Kroonstad with 4000 cavalry at Zand River and Boers defending the north bank. Mafeking suffers severe hunger as trenches fail and natives describe dire conditions. Kruger's grandson joins the ranks with six more guns as Boer mobility frustrates capture efforts.
In St Louis on May day, about 3,600 employees of the St Louis Transit company walked off, paralyzing electric and cable lines except those run by the St Louis & Suburban Railway. Rioters attacked nonunion workers, smashing car windows with rocks and bricks as fights broke out along Washington avenue and Locust street. Three people were shot and several injured as police failed to stop the mob while arbitration attempts failed. Vehicles ferried workers to and from business as the strike took hold.
The death age to standing and cut timber in Michigan's Upper Peninsula may exceed 500000 dollars, possibly reaching 1000000, with Canada also reporting heavy losses along the Lake Superior north shore. Additional heavy rains are needed to reduce danger.
Montgomery May 9 prominent guests to attend the three day southern society conference. The event will discuss every phase of the negro problem in the south aiming at a solution.
National league results include Boston 4 11 5 over New York 13 15 6 and Brooklyn 3 0 over Philadelphia 10 15 4 in ten innings at Pittsburgh Chicago 7 3 3 over Pittsburgh 1 7 3 and St Louis 13 9 2 over Cincinnati 9 4 7. American league shows Kansas City 12 2 over Kansas City 8 4 and interstate action Dayton 3 3 0 over Fort Wayne 3 0 3.
Berlin reports the health of King Otto of Bavaria has deteriorated severely, with officials expecting his death imminently as the demented monarch nears the end of his life in May.
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