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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1900
Page
5
Friday notes a busy Muscatine day with furnace fires, visitors from Davenport and Illinois cities, new births, and local business updates. Reports mention arrivals of J Q Beatty and wife, Mary Droll, Miss Lela Heberling, and Chas Dallas. new strawberries at Hahn Bros. and readiness of coal and Florida fruit deals.
Cattle or horses to pasture. Also anything in the cattle line bought and for sale. Chas. M. E. Patterson, Sweetland Post Office, Muscatine County, Iowa.
FE F Andrews of Newton Kansas says Beggs Blood Purifier has been a standard spring medicine in his family for twenty years and permanently cures all skin and blood disorders with all dealers carrying it.
The Nickel Plate Road inaugurates a new daily 27 hour train service between Chicago and New York starting May 6. It offers unexcelled dining car service at popular prices. Trains depart from Van Buren Street Passenger Station on the Elevated Loop with City Ticket Offices at 111 Adams Street and Auditorium Annex, call Central 2057 or Harrison 208.
About two to three hundred delegates occupy Keokuk Iowa as the Southeastern Iowa Christian Endeavor association prepares to convene its annual convention starting tomorrow.
Take a 27 hour ride via Nickel Plate Railroad leaving Van Buren Street Station Chicago daily at 3 36 p m. Three daily fast express trains run Chicago to New York and Boston. For details contact J Y Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St.
The Nickel Plate Railroad offers three daily express trains linking Chicago, New York, and Boston with a 27 hour Chicago to New York service. Day trains include meals served in dining cars at popular prices, and information is available from J Y Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams St., Chicago.
A Thackeray quote about laughter as a source of warmth and brightness within a home.
The Muscatine Rod and Gun Club will pay a reward of $25.00 for evidence sufficient to convict anyone fishing with a seine or fishing in Muscatine Slough.
Elizabeth Earhart Furnas of Letts Iowa died May 14 1900 after a cataract operation followed by diabetes. She was born April 14 1831 in Ohio married Charles Furnas February 22 1849 lived in Iowa 47 years and left seven children Clayton Adaline Halliday Nettie E Belle Longstreth Emma C A C Elmer E. Funeral held at United Brethren church with T G Breaw pastor, large attendance.
J F Ross repairs his Washington Street home while Frank Beilefeld slowly recovers. J F Robertson will be away Sunday and Joseph Hanley fills the M E church pulpit. A B Bamford of Creston Iowa visits old neighbors after a Chicago trip. Washington Street stands well built on East Hill with owner-occupied homes. Epworth League elected officers after a Monday meeting.
An old time remedy claims to stop coughing immediately using Mull’s Lightning Cough Cure priced at 25e. The ad promises rapid relief and is marketed toward quick soothing of chest irritation.
The Journal announces branch agencies to distribute papers and accept subscriptions or ads. Agencies include Harry Wilson's Store on Park Avenue East Hill Frank Chayka's Store at Cypress and Ninth H. H. Sharrar's Store on Lucas Street West Hill W C A Buschs Drug Store South Muscatine and W B Stewarts Store in Musserville near the street car line.
Iowa Telephone Co brief business office note lists Sceesea 6666 and Mississippi Valley new line with a single ring on 68 editorial rooms. inner lines mention 1 ring on 68 and 2 rings on S.
John Barnard reports on Mrs Ed Cole suffering neuralgia in the face. Mr and Mrs Guy Olds show a new rubber-tired buggy. Rains pause plowing and planting for days. George Kirkpatrick buys raspberry plants from Ed Cole. Gertrude Cole visits Miss Osee Lake. Some farmers have corn planted others not. Mrs Ed Barnard bedridden for two weeks. Dessa Huffman visits Miss Charlotte Cole. Mrs Nannie Olds hosts city and Davenport friends.
A Gravitt Arkansas resident H D Lane urges purchase of Beggs German Salve claiming it relieves piles and cures chronic cases when other remedies fail. The advertisement extols its effectiveness for enduring conditions.
In Nichols area planting slows due to recent rain but is beneficial overall. Merchant sentiment is cautiously upbeat as trade remains quiet. Prices for farm produce include corn 3le oats 2l rye 45c wheat 55c per bushel hogs 5.00 per cwt eggs 10c per dozen butter 12c per pound.
An advertisement touts Mull’s Pioneer Cure as a system detoxifier. It claims months of toxins lodge in the body and promises renewed vigor after four daily tablets. The price is listed as one dollar and one cent per box, with a cash-back offer if the remedy fails.
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