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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
5
A long list of local residents traveling for visits and business appears, including Dany R. Dawson in Davenport, B. Westinson from Drury, Harry McCoy and wife to Washington, Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer to Clinton, J. E. Pomroy to Aledo for Decoration Day, and others visiting relatives or attending events across nearby towns.
The Mississippi river clam fishing boom draws workers from farms, blacksmith shops, factories, and carpentry as high winter prices and abundant shells spur new entrants. McGregor dominates activity while pearl hunting gains attention, with prices ranging from fifty-five cents to over ten thousand dollars for exceptional finds.
The Musserville area reports a nearly total sun eclipse seen around 6:43 to 8:55 am with a 150 mile path. Local events include Junior Epworth League social at Musserville M E church with music and recitations, a wagonette picnic party to Wild Cat's Den, funeral attendance in West Branch Iowa, and routine notices of repairs, a fire loss at Estherville barrel factory, and housing construction on Demorest and Indiana streets.
A new interior painting machine purchased for the South Muscatine Sash and Door factory sprays whitewash through hose and a bamboo pole keeping workers off ladders. One operator runs the pump while another guides the pole. interiors are whitewashed from the floor for a cleaner, brighter work area. Telephones installed in foremen rooms connect six units and link to downtown for quicker communication.
Weekly notice for letters remaining uncalled for at the Muscatine Iowa post office for the week ending May 29 1900. Men include Chas Beck Frank Bre mer Capt Ira DeCamp J H Fraks Jake Hardy Imperial Button Co Sylvester A Prichard O Reynolds Harvey Starck H H Stone Geo R Swerthout John Young. Women include Mrs Amery Minnie Adams Mrs C B Bird Mrs Maggie Butcher Mrs R O Clendenin Mrs Frank Butsler Miss Noama Miller Mrs Wm Pontle Mrs M Ryle Miss Effie Strong Miss Frances Ticker. Callers should say advertised. W L Roach P M.
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a permanent cure for constipation. It offers a money back guarantee if C C C fails to cure and asks druggists to refund customers.
Comrades Coe Baird and Hearn from Shelby Norman Post visited two cemeteries today and placed markers on graves of veterans who died since last memorial day, each marker bearing a small mounted flag with the letters G A R.
The June term calendar closes for new cases and Muscatine court records show a flood of new filings. The term is normally light, yet many case entries appear, signaling a busier docket than expected.
The Methodist general conference at Chicago voted down criticisms of President McKinley over Attorney General Griggs interpretation of the anti canteen law after two hours of debate. The minority report urged the President to push a new anti cant een bill in Congress. Four new bishops were consecrated at the Auditorium before about 3,000 attendees.
An old advertisement touts No To Bac as the magic cure for quitting tobacco with a guaranteed result and a free booklet. It claims strength, vitality, and nerve through a simple remedy offered by Chicago or New York companies.
The excerpt notes a favorable condition for fishers with good wages and steady supply for consumers at low cost, while steamboat operators enjoy robust business as carriers.
An advertisement proclaims Beggs Blood Purifier can save ten times as many lives as blood impurities. It asserts over ten thousand lives lost in the African war and urges readers that impurity deaths could be reduced by the medicine. Ends with dealer availability and testimonial from Fred Ackerman of Moberly Missouri.
The first home grown fruit arrived yesterday and today. Tom Middleton from the Purcell farm south of the city brought in the strawberries which found ready buyers. A. F. Kemp from the old Merrill place delivered the first peas today.
The text outlines how constipation affects the body, stressing the importance of regular bowel evacuation. It notes the kidneys and urinary tract as natural outlets and warns that dry, hardened stool can distend the rectum and weaken blood vessels, risking inflammatory conditions.
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