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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
5
Colonel Beach describes a county policy requiring poor residents with property to sign a mortgage to repay aid after death. The arrangement seeks to prevent heirs from inheriting property while guaranteeing lifelong support to the signer. Interest accrues at 6 percent. no advances due during the grantor's lifetime.
Plans drawn and estimates furnished for houses and buildings by experienced workmen. If contemplating a home or any building, let this contractor and builder at 504 Grove St assist you.
Word arrived last evening of the death of Fred Miller of Moscow township. He died at 4 o clock after a three month stomach cancer illness. He was 67, born in Hanover, Germany, and came to the United States at age ten. Survived by his widow, three sons and seven daughters. Funeral from the residence Sunday at 10 a.m. with Rev. Crull of Sweetland officiating.
The Mississippi River will fall slowly between Dubuque and Muscatine through Saturday morning. The Muscatine Sand Company launched a new barge, one of the finest along the river. Capt Kennery steered the Lotus toward the north shell fields for better digging.
The mortgage allows grantors or assigns to pay the county any due amount at their choosing but only if done within thirty days after the grantors death. The text clarifies that foreclosure remains unaffected until the contingency occurs.
The German Mechanics Aid Society plans a grand July Fourth celebration starting with a morning street parade featuring city bands. An afternoon picnic at Park Place will include a balloon ascent, races, and dancing with three Park Place lots to be awarded to holders of lucky numbers.
Col. Dougherty announced yesterday there is no plan to move the Fiftieth Iowa band from Keokuk. Old band members will keep the group with Muscatine facing no immediate competition for the honor.
The Grand Trunk Railway offers a handsome descriptive folder titled Picturesque Pan-American Route to Buffalo. It will mail on receipt of 2 cents in stamps to its city passenger and ticket agent at 249 Clark Street, Chicago.
Geo Wittich served as a passenger this morning en route to Davenport for business matters.
Nickel Plate announces May Tuesday round trips from Chicago to Buffalo at 13 dollars with five day return validity. Trains depart 10 35 a m 2 30 p m and 10 30 p m daily, with vestibuled sleeping cars and dining options. Reservations at 111 Adams Street Chicago or contact John Y Calahan.
A broad list of farm and household goods with current market prices. Corn at 40 to 43 cents, oats for shippers 24 to 25 cents, rye 40 cents, barley 40 cents, wheat 55 to 60 cents. Timothy hay 11 to 12 dollars, Illinois hay 1 to 5 dollars, hay bale 12 to 13. Hides five cents. Potatoes 40 to 50 cents per bushel, apples 1.10 to 1.60 per bushel, eggs 10 cents, butter 11 to 20 cents, creamery butter 17 cents. Live stock prices for hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, lambs, and poultry vary. Flour prices per sack range 1.10 to 1.20 depending on type. corn meal priced 15 and 12 cents per sack. Sugar and coffee pricing given. various fruit prices listed for oranges lemons strawberries. Fuel costs for coal and prices for fish and greens also included.
Claiming superiority in effect and range, the advertisement says 10-DO outperforms other antiseptics across cuts wounds ulcers burns and scalds. It asserts fast healing with no scar and lists a price of 25 cents a box at all druggists.
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