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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
5
Wednesday’s Daily reports Mark Welch in insurance and loans Wilton business trips by S M Batterson J Lee and wife from Seventy Six county seat visitors new house on Oak street Mrs H S Schmidt ill with la grippe and more local city notes including marriages births and arrivals from Davenport Burlington and Muscatine with mentions of sales and shop notices.
Reindl and Reindl, architects, announce plan and design services. Office located at 109 Second Street on the building’s second floor.
A short note praises repainting a barn using a small can of paint bought at Halstead's. It claims the result was dramatic and encourages readers to try the same approach themselves.
Notice invites bids for a frame schoolhouse for District No. 6 Goshen township Muscatine county Iowa. Bids due May 19 1900 at 1 pm to county superintendent. contract awarded to lowest responsible bidder. Plans available at office and at W C Morgan home. President W C Morgan April 21 1900.
A verse urges spring as a time of renewal yet links the season to illness and fatigue. It warns that spring’s humors bring boils and disease and that a tonic like Wood's Sarsaparilla can restore vigor, resisting the urge to shirk duties.
Mrs. J. T. Serviss of Winfield died at 8:30 this morning at her home following a fall last Wednesday. The injury supposedly caused an intestinal obstruction that led to her death after a period of gradual decline.
Florence Rockwell is engaged to play the chief female part in Mr. Van Bibber a dramatization of Rich ard Harding Davis stories Robert Hilliard will appear next season in support of the production.
Real estate for sale and exchange including 80 acres near Amondale California for Muscatine property or farmland nearby. Multiple house and lot combinations on Eighth Street near Mulberry with 7 to 9 rooms, various lot sizes, and options on East Sixth West Sixth West Seventh West Eighth Fourth Newell Lucas Grove Road East Hill Park Place Monroe Oak Woodlawn Cedar Fifth Street. Additional city lots and other lands available. Call or write for full particulars.
In Muscatine area South Muscatine Lumber workers turned a planned fishing day into a drenched tale as a heavy rain soaked them after a trip to the eight mile Slough bridge. Names identified include John Young Fred Peterson Taylor Phillips Jeff Phillips James Billings and Bert Lockwood.
Edgar E. Tansey age 19 years 3 months died this morning after a battle with consumption. Son of Mr and Mrs S R Tansey he leaves a mother who died earlier and siblings including two sisters and two brothers. Funeral services are noted to follow in the local city.
A reader argues that true expression needs a signed name not a veil of anonymity. The writer praises nature and critique of hiding behind pseudonyms, urging openness and personal accountability in artistic discourse.
A reflective piece argues humanity’s purpose transcends selfish gain and calls for service to others. It contrasts optimism and pessimism, urging active contribution to the world while accepting life’s dualities.
The Iowa Supreme Court rendered decisions today. Fisk vs C M and St P R R Co in Cedar district affirmed. Connors vs C N W R R Co in Kossuth district reversed. Smyth vs Peters Shoe Co in Linn district reversed. Reinecke vs Grunerk in Dubuque district reversed. Iowa Savings and Loan Assn vs Seeby in Madison district affirmed.
Mrs. Adam Schreiber of Chattanooga Tennessee credits Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup with saving her baby from croup and praises it as a guaranteed cure for threat and lung troubles. The advertisement claims thousands of cures yearly and promises a full drug list.
French Sunday school holds children day on June 3 and Hazel Dell on June 10 with interchanges planned. Local notes report farmers Sam Boruff and S T Warman involved in planting and equipment purchases, sermons by J W Frizzelle, and community visits across nearby towns. Witness accounts include livestock losses, market prices, and neighbors visiting Muscatine and Aledo.
Mrs. Alice Lindsay and son Harold visited Muscatine on business and returned home Saturday. John Kent of Illinois City, a former resident, stopped by. Our button-cutters are on strike and the factory is closed for the present. William Judisch from Holstein and Augusta from Rock Island visited P. Hass. Dr. D. J. Higley attended the State convention in Des Moines. W. T. Barnett and wife of Letts visited D. M. Bridges last Sabbath. After a few days the shooting gallery moved to Mt. Pleasant. S. Picket of Columbus Junction was in town on business. William Stineman of New Boston stayed a few days.
In Denver on May 15 the Western Federation of Miners and Western Labor Union opened their annual conventions with a public meeting. Leaders Edward Boyce and Daniel McDonald spoke as delegates split into separate sessions to address immigration of Japanese workers seen as a threat to white labor and potential future trouble.
In Tama on May 14 thieves stole a gray mare from A E Poyner a gray gelding from N S Beale and a top buggy from McCoy. In Shell Rock J C Kephartz's barn burned and a valuable driving horse was stolen.
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on May 16 Wal lace Cartwright aged 19 clung by his hands to a rope while a hot air balloon ascended with David McDade beneath on a trapeze. The anchor rope was severed and Cartwright rode the balloon to a field after a perilous 1000 foot ascent. Two other boys freed themselves. Cartwright and McDade survived exhausted but unharmed.
Late Saturday night a loud blast shattered roofs and windows in Montgomery as an apparent dynamite attack on Professor John Westhafer’s home caused extensive damage to nearby houses. Two men on horseback were seen fleeing. Westhafer has no known enemies and offered no explanation.
Joliet May 16 An agreement ends dispute over the Chicago drainage canal water power as Economy Light and Power will convey its tail race holdings to the state in 1916 for 18750 dollars If the state enforces the deal Illinois will gain one of the nation’s finest water powers already valued for a million dollars in new construction work already underway.
Nickel Plate announces a 27 hour daily through service Chicago to New York departing Van Buren Street at 3 30 p m and arriving in New York 7 25 p m next day The New York and Boston Express leaves Chicago at 10 35 a m daily with through cars to New York and Boston arriving next day The Night Express departs Chicago at 10 30 p m daily to New York and Boston arriving early second morning Dining cars available on all day trains and courteous porters are provided Contact Mr J Y Calahan for rates and timetable details at 111 Adams Street Chicago Central and Union Ticket Office contact info listed
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