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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
2
Saturday's Muscatine column lists visitors and arrivals such as William Huttig Geo Teitsch Frank Fischer and others from Davenport Letts Illinois City and more. It mentions shop and conveyance movements, construction plans in Wilton Musserville and West Liberty, and social events including a hymn and river trip.
Members of the Congregational Young People's Society held a dime social at Central Music Hall drawing a good crowd. The program featured Minnie McCaw and Gretchen Legler in a duet, Ed Erb with a solo and encore, Eva Brandenburg with a coon song, and Mrs. Downer performing an elocution piece "Wee Willie Winkie" by Rudyard Kipling with an encore.
A compact roundup from Joyous Births to Philosophical Observations. Journal correspondents chronicle personal, social, and political happenings in the community with lively tone and local detail.
Oakland residents and visitors are listed with small town events and comings and goings. John Baker Sr of Lone Tree travels to the area while Mr and Mrs Rush McKean call on Fredonia. Local church activity and social visits are noted along with new incubators bought by J G Morse and Westley Solomon.
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The fragment notes Adam’s feigned affection toward Eve and suggests that if he had stayed by her side, the snake’s opportunity might have been prevented.
Foreman Mis sel at Musser saw mill quickly ordered a new gear wheel from E P Allis Co Milwaukee. Hersey mill faced a similar gear failure three weeks earlier and prepared a spare. A railroad switch incident involved Officer Murphy exchanging shots with two suspects. A log raft entered for South Muscatine Lumber Co and trains carried corn for famine relief to India. Several residents attended a Degree of Honor excursion. Crib shipments and mail carrier substitutions were noted alongside street repairs in Muscatine.
Washington report from the industrial commission urges state level action to regulate working hours for ages 14 to 21 in factories and to prohibit under 14 labor. It calls eight hour limits in public work and mines, bans women in mines, and requires color blindness exams for engineers and telegraph operators. The commission also questions enforcement via injunctions and urges a national labor bureau. Minority views caution against uniform state laws and defend private contracts.
A Davenport timber worker cites personal relief from kidney trouble after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The letter recounts cold related back pain and improved kidney secretion color after one box, with a second box completing relief. The testimonial adds a sales push across Muscatine and Buffalo agents, urging readers to buy at 50 cents.
Herman Hoffman was making coffee by a fire when a cartridge exploded nearby. The blast shattered the fire and a willow sprout, with Hoffman narrowly missing injury. Investigators ruled the explosion came from a dropped cartridge rather than a firearm or intent to harm.
Citizens debate South African republics and England amid hopes of armed intervention. The writer argues intelligent men would not seek war and laments the crushing of the republics.
New York dispatch reports the May 26 deadline on the Pennsylvania Railroad option for Western New York and Pennsylvania Railway Co stock and bonds. If accepted, Penna. would gain a controlling interest. if rejected, Penna. plans to parallel the line to Buffalo.
Dialog shows a playful exchange about optimism and space travel with a quote about hitching to a star and a plan to move at fifty miles per second. The tone hints at light banter and scientific curiosity.
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