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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1903
Page
7
Dr. Thomas Eollectric Oil and Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup promote cures for coughs and pain. Mrs. R. B. Baird and Miss Hazel Mayes travel to Davenport. Edward Niver and Mark Anson depart for business. Burdock Blood Bitters and Dean's Ointment advertised for dyspepsia and skin care. Kit Carson and Mary B. haul lumber upriver. Peasta Soap touted to ease washing chores and Blue Monday woes.
Last night Muscatine adopted an ordinance ending aerial wires in business districts and directing underground electrical work. The measure aims to modernize the area while laborers receive wage increases tied to the new projects. Rock Island Railroad involvement hints at regional infrastructure impact.
City council adopted a measure banning aerial wires except those needed to connect customers to the underground system after January 1 1908. Alderman Zel Hutchinson introduced it and placed it on first reading despite Alderman Riggs proposing a 1913 change. City Attorney Hoffman cited the ordinance’s non abridgment clause.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure claiming to revive lazy kidneys and cleanse poisons from blood, with numerous testimonials of complete and lasting recoveries from backache, rheumatism, and kidney ailments across multiple states. It urges purchase at drug stores and offers free advice from Dr. M. M. Fenner.
The Nickel Plate Road promotes a short line east of the main routes with three through daily express trains and vestibuled sleeping cars. Amer i can club meals cost from 25c to $1.00, boasting service equal to lines between Chicago and the east. Chicago depot at Harrison street and Fifth avenue, city ticket office 111 Adams street and Auditorium annex. John Y. Calahan, general agent, 113 Adams street, Room 298, Chicago.
West Liberty residents note upcoming memorial events with Rev. George Furnass sermon at the Christian church and Rev. G W Burch to deliver the Decoration Day address. Local social visits include Mrs Halleck from Atalissa and Miss Mary Coyle from Creston traveling through town. A Presbyterian church choir concert at the Whitlire home drew about 125 people and nearly $25 in proceeds.
Sunflower Ridge Iowa residents report varying fields as some farmers finish corn planting while others plow. Local churchgoers attended services at New Era and Sweetland. John Henke and Mollie visited the Brussat home near Fairport. Julius Welsch Jr and Lizzie Henry Paul and Lizzie visited D. Grimms. Lizzie Paul visits Durant for several days. Howard Nettleton was calling on neighbors.
The Wrayville gathering marks 25 years of marriage for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Feldmann with poems and songs celebrating spring, family, and shared blessings. The speaker extols appreciation and sympathetic leadership as keys to unlocking genius and economic success for the community and its people.
An old fashioned medical ad promotes Dr Hobbs asparagus pills claiming to cure kidney ills. It offers a sample free and lists Sterling Remedy Co in Chicago or New York as the origin.
Andrew Carnegie discusses in The World's Work the idea of sailors being partners sharing profits rather than fixed wages. He argues such fleets may outperform wage-based crews and cites the broader lesson that profit sharing underpins business success, especially in manufacturing.
Alfred Holt Stone of Greenville Mississippi writes in the Atlantic Monthly on the mulatto in the race problem. He cites his delta studies and service on an American Economic Association committee investigating the condition of the American negro.
The Century article by Henry Norman will appear in the June issue with illustrations by Castaigne. It ties to the New York Stock Exchange opening and discusses the spontaneous rise of interest in shares and markets across Atlantic finance.
Members of the London Exchange paused trading in sorrow after news of President McKinley’s death stunned the world. A unanimous resolution to abstain from business was adopted as each group found a spokesman and filed out in silence.
Advertisement touts Nickel Plate road service with daily express trains linking Chicago to cities including Fort Wayne Findlay Fostoria Erie Buffalo New York City and Boston. Dining cars offer meals from 35c to $1 with à la carte. No excess fare. Chicago depot at Harrison street and Fifth avenue. City ticket offices at 111 Adams street and Auditorium Annex. John Y. Calahan, General agent, 113 Adams street room 298 Chicago.
The cornerstone of the new Baptist church at Fort Dodge was laid this afternoon signaling the start of a community house of worship.
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