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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
1
A day of woe in South Muscatine as numerous dogs die from poisoning. Residents report meat laced with poison scattered in streets and vow to punish the guilty. Cats also dying, while other city events and visits from Muscatine and Davenport are noted.
The Young Peoples Christian Temperance Union will hold the first meeting in a proposed series next Sunday at 6 pm in the Green Street Club Rooms. Miss Ella Knoll speaks on temperance and the young women. E C Ingraham covers the union history. Horace H Herr presents the society’s aim. Good choir music is promised.
In Davenport the Rev W F Barclay led a morning service at Central Methodist Church and waged a playful crusade against fashionable hats. He removed several hats but left many large creations in place, urging wearers to balance propriety with self respect while attending worship.
About thirty six Rock Island ticket and station men will receive a salary increase soon. Commissions were cut off and many workers cannot support their families. The company, noting the hardship, began an investigation and will raise those salaries deemed insufficient. Officials will report findings shortly.
L C King moved cattle to Chicago Tuesday evening. Surveyors work this week for Henry Miller and Frank Boland over land disputes. Old settlers visited W J Kirk's Sunday. guests included Charles Wilson, Robi Kirk, and Andrew Sheeley, Pennsylvania native back after six years. Local chronicle of minor happenings.
The German M E Sabbath School plans its annual picnic on Saturday June 2 in Foster's grave. Everyone is invited. Typhoid fever keeps Lewis Kliest ill though hopes remain for his recovery. Rev Kittlekamp attended the state Sabbath school convention in Paris Montana this week.
Miss Marie Jacoby closed her school term two miles west of town on Wednesday and heads to Des Moines with her brother Charley for the photographers convention. She will return to Sioux Rapids with him in August. Dr. C B Kimball and Dr. Mary Lawson Neff attend the State Medical convention in Des Moines.
John Epperly of Portland presents three large Columbia River salmon from Schmidt & Co.'s Astoria plant to distribute among Muscatine friends. One fish cut for Muscatine merchants. other two sent to Letts and Fry settlement. Exhibits at C. C. Smith's grocery. fish weigh about forty pounds each. Epperly’s Iowa network includes numerous locals and business contacts.
E C Peto returns from Chicago where he eyed a premium carriage team and autos for Muscatine patrons. He plans a St Louis trip next for similar purchases. In Chicago he rode a four thousand dollar automobile, but prefers a splendid carriage and matched horses to conclude the visit.
Box cars remain scarce as Chicago roads face a total deficit of about 100000 cars across 28 lines, roughly 4000 cars per road. Despite orders for more rolling stock in the past 18 months, freight demand has outpaced supply and many lines refuse delayed shipments. The shortage is most acute in Chicago, the nation’s trunk-line hub, though the west feels it less.
The Island Sunday school raised nine dollars for India sufferers with Fruitland S S contributing about six dollars and several other private gifts. Ongoing rains improve ground for sweet potato setting and crab-grass growth. Elmer Batterson delivered an appreciated address. Mrs Helen Barnard visited her parents. Miss Jennie Klaiss visits from Ohio. A new heir arrived to the Parmalee family. The Lockwood and Chatfield households report mumps.
For Sale or Rent a four room house in Fruitland Iowa terms reasonable address Theo Drake Fruitland Ia owns the ad. Reliable local notice advertises a small dwelling with flexible terms in Fruitland.
The United Brethren church Young People's Christian Union holds its ninth Iowa Conference Branch convention in Gladbrook on May 24 and 25. Muscatine provides Grace Hix and Mabel Bitzer as representatives, with Hix presenting Latent Spiritual Powers. The program covers topics for youth and 열린 services run 10:30 a.m. Thursday to Friday evening, highlighting church youth work and citizenship benefits.
Burlington Iowa will host a four day music festival August 9 to 12 featuring 1800 trained singers from Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Indiana Missouri and Iowa. An orchestra of sixty instruments and soloists will support the chorus in a grand city wide event expected to draw visitors from far and near. The large hall can hold over five thousand and festival organizers promise ample accommodations and extra attractions for a lively stay in the Orchard City.
In Sioux City May 16 the McNamara McAllister case was postponed to June 15 for a habeas corpus hearing. J. J. McAllister blasted W. C. McNamara in court as the violence surrounding the would‑be marriage continued. The girl, now at the sheriff's home, remains legally of age and resistant to her father and McNamara. A revolver was seized and the court ordered both men to stay away from her.
Theodore Gearhart of Neola Towa visited his son Uncle James Gearhart when he was stricken with paralysis on the left side. He was brought to the city and placed at Victor Gearhart’s home, where he lies in a bad condition and his mind seems affected by the shock.
At the church business meeting the Ep worth League of Park Avenue M E elected officers for the coming year. President Mrs M Erma George first vice Clara Roupe second vice Ruth McDonald and vice Charles Robertson fourth vice Miss Zola Vandolah secretary Nellie Downer and treasurer Fred George.
Refugees reach Lorenzo Marques reporting Mafeking relieved. At Kroonstad Gen. Hutton's mounted infantry captured Commandant Bothe Field Cornet Gasson and several Boers. Special dispatches confirm continuing engagements across the theatre.
Havana May 18 Special Deputy Auditor Reeves has confessed and yielded up 4500 dollars given him by Neely the day the latter left Cuba.
The twenty seventh national conference of charities and corrections starts in Topeka on May 18 and runs through May 24. Delegates from state and local societies and women’s clubs attend under the direction of governors and city mayors. Topics include care of destitute children and the mentally challenged, prison reform, and jail administration. C E Faulkner delivers the annual address and Philip C Garrett discusses politics in charitable management. Warden R W McClaughey discusses prisons and reformatories for adults.
New York May 18 reports Kid McCoy will box Dan Creedon of Australia in a twenty five round bout at the Broadway Athletic Club. The writer calls the match ridiculous and predicts McCoy should win easily if not fixed, noting Creedon lacks McCoy’s power and stamina.
Mason City hosts the State Sunday school convention ending a two day session. Miss Mary Barnes led the primary work address. The sixty first general association of Congregational churches opened with J A Felthouse welcoming, Dr Hopkins responding, and Rev Ferris delivering the annual sermon. About six hundred delegates attend, rising to nine hundred by morning.
The government received proposals for a steam navigation line from Montevideo to Cuba via Buenos Aires, Rosario, Parana, Corrientes, Cerrito, Assumption, Apa Olimpo, Corinbra, Corumba, and ending in Cuba.
Mrs Pace of Muscatine Bloomington Route 1 offers yellow turkeys Pekin ducks and B P Rock poultry for sale with eggs.
Sousa's Band, an American ensemble, will give a concert in Liege Germany today May 18. The group is described as formidable and has been well received by local audiences.
Chicago May 18 reports indicate threatening conditions tonight with showers in eastern and southern portions. Saturday will be partly cloudy with variable conditions across the region.
Aledo Illinois May 16 Criminal developments of a highly sensational character bearing on the Nina Miller case are not unlikely within a short time. The missing Milan music teacher whose body was found in the Mississippi near Fort Madison Iowa has prompted the family to reject the suicide theory. They believe she was foully dealt with and indicate disclosures may surface that would cause a sensation in the region.
Clifton Iowa May 16 The will of the late Father Clabby is offered for probate in Jackson county He leaves 7000 to St Charles College Baltimore Md for masses for the poor souls in purgatory held in trust and 7000 to St Bonaventure College Cataractus N Y under same terms and purposes He leaves his land in Delaware and Buchanan counties to his brother Thomas and his Providence R I property to his sister Lena Wirtz receives life interest on 2600 The rest divided among four named priests and the siblings
The Training School for Nurses at the Iowa State Hospital for the Insane held its third annual graduation in Amusement Hall Mt Pleasant Iowa. The class includes Marian Adams Jennie Glass Anna Schmitz and Olive Cowan. Diplomas were presented by Superintendent Dr Frank C Hoyt after musical numbers by the hospital orchestra and talks by R S Galer of Mt Pleasant and Hon John Cownie of Des Moines.
The Southern Iowa Union Tenth District Young People Societies of Christian Endeavor convention opens in Keokuk Ind today and runs through May 20. It is the largest gathering in the organization’s history, with eight counties represented including Lee Des Moines Louisa Henry Van Buren Jefferson Davis and Wapello.
Fairfield Iowa May 16 The post office department invites bids for Sunday mail delivery from Fairfield to Keosauqua and intermediate points Birmingham Winchester and Mount Zion The schedule calls for 9 am departure from Fairfield reaching Keosauqua at 230 pm return at 3 pm arriving back in Fairfield at 830 pm
Fairfield Indiana May 16 The Fairfield Loan and Building association has called in series 1 and stockholders in that series must surrender their shares. The low rates of interest and the new loan building law passed by the last legislature hinder business activity.
Brussels hosts an exhibition of works left by the late marine painter Paul Jean Clays opening today and running through May 20. A public sale will be held May 21 and 22.
Cincinnati event Tonight features the Finley Cadets presenting military drills, fancy drills, Bible skirmish, bayonet competition and rube drills as part of a military carnival program.
May 18 marks the thirty second anniversary of Nicholas II’s birth with elaborate celebrations across the Russian Empire. The Czar’s birthday observance extends through Petersburg and other major cities as state and ceremonial events showcase loyalty to the imperial house.
A brief quotation from W. Wirt discusses how decision and character often oppose an inferior mind while favoring a superior one. The line reflects on the contrast between intellect and moral judgment in leadership.
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