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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1900
Page
3
Muscatine Journal notes last night's demonstration as not frightful for Democrats, claiming it signals prosperity and a McKinley victory for the country. The item reflects the paper’s stance against Democratic fear and supports continued prosperity under McKinley.
The New York Christian Advocate reported John Wanamaker did no Sunday advertising. Responding to inquiries, Marshall Field & Co. confirmed they never use Sunday columns for advertising and never have.
The Clinton Herald notes Mr Vollmer sips water and cites his claim of serving Capt Rumple's beverage. It criticizes a speaker who must apologize due to a committee failure to seat him properly, ridiculing the audience's intelligence.
The Cedar Rapids Republican criticizes Mr. Hanna for seeking settlement that would return 135,000 workers to payrolls, enabling families to gain sustenance. The phrase prompts further discussion on whether Hanna should continue his efforts.
Hon Wayne MacVeagh former ambassador to Italy under Cleveland declares his duty as a patriotic American to vote for McKinley. The statement signals a strengthening landslide trend.
Mr. Bryan proposes funding a Filipino independent government and shielding it from foreign interference without cost or military force, presenting a plan that echoes faith based diplomacy. The statement frames diplomacy as practical care in a colonial era context.
Going to Paris a traveler can get information and service for tickets via all stations on our line through New York and steamship lines. Call Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway agents or address Jno G. Farmer A G P T A.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad advertises vestibuled limited trains from Buffalo Chicago and the West to New York with dining car service a la carte providing comfort for travelers.
A Davenport article accuses Congressman candidate Henry Vollmer of betraying labor, detailing a 1896 city printing ordinance favoring union labor and records of payments to union and non union printers. It portrays Vollmer as two faced on labor and money issues, urging workers to back Rumple instead.
A family question becomes a dessert decision with Jell-O prepared in two minutes. No baking required as hot water is added and it cools. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers.
The Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway offers round trip tickets at a single fare plus $2 for the Quadrennial Convention of the National Association of Democratic Clubs in Indianapolis October 3 and 4. Service is first class with connections to Chicago for Indianapolis. Agents of the Cedar Rapids Route provide full rates and schedule details.
The American League magnates meeting in Chicago declared against farm farming of players to minor clubs and barred NL clubs from loaning players to AL teams. They also plan to push the league circuit eastward toward Baltimore and Washington. In a separate note from Chicago, Tony Swelkowski died after a fall from a porch while preparing to marry Lilian Nabalk, expressing in his final hours a wish to wed.
Mrs. Philip Hardy, wife of a former London businessman, was found shot through the heart in her 1220 Wabash avenue apartment. A duelling pistol lay on the floor, and letters indicated she had killed herself believing her husband had died by his own hand in New York after a recent quarrel with her.
Georgetown Ky October 13 Youtsey showed improvement last night understood and obeyed nurses though he spoke little There is less fear of brain fever and a trial may resume today His color remains good breathing natural sleep restful All doubt he is shamming has faded
A tray of twenty eight diamond rings valued at 3000 dollars was stolen from Lewis Seewald's jewelry store in Tiffin Ohio yesterday afternoon. One thief drew the proprietor's attention while the other unlocked the display case and took the tray, then both fled.
Quail coveys are larger than in twenty years in Wabash and nearby counties. Birds are in prime condition and being killed before the close season, drawing sportsmen's ire over law violations.
Terre Haute Indiana Ort. 12 A board of arbitration for the street railway strike has completed its work and the men are separated for work pending a final decision. Manager Widder discharged the linemen and firemen and a renewal of the strike was threatened until he agreed to put the men to work.
In Seymour Indiana on October 13 Absalon Ketcham a Monroe county resident presented his nephew A J Mitchell with a buckskin bag taken from a slain Indian chief during a war time encounter in Jackson county about 75 years ago The bag held war paint The incident pitted white settlers against Native Americans with Ketcham and Shields both firing shots and Ketcham's being deemed the fatal one Ketcham scalped the chief and his scalp relic was saved then burned years later.
Workers at J I Case Plow Works in Racine Wisconsin voted to strike after a wage cut of 30 to five percent. President H M Wallis and Superintendent William Sober are in Texas. upon their return the workers will demand restored pay. If denied a walkout will follow. In Sheboygan probate court Judge Gilbertson awarded Mrs August Spitzel a third of her late husband estate after an ante-nuptial agreement could not be located.
Racine Wisconsin reports registration figures for the city by October 13 show an increase of over 100 voters, suggesting about 6.66 thousand votes may be cast in November. The Journal notes the rise as a record. Read The Journal. 10 cents a week.
Thousands cured of consumption by the Dr Shepard Method of Treatment prove the disease is curable. Physicians and scientists acknowledge nature's cure and science will eventually discover it. The doctor offers his book of interviews and free proof to a few sufferers in each community.
Free treatment is offered after you send a complete history of your case to the doctor. He will arrange necessary examinations at no charge and, after a full history and diagnosis, provide free treatment tailored to each patient. Each case receives individual study and a separate prescription.
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