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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1900
Page
5
Market notes show corn oats wheat and flour prices, live stock yields, dairy products, fruits vegetables, and hardware costs. It records fluctuating grain rates, hogs and cattle values, apples and bananas, lemons and oranges, beeswax nails wood coal and assorted building materials with varied per unit pricing.
At Stein's Hall a large crowd heard Charles L. Brecken and Eugene V. Debs discuss socialism and the industrial question. Debs urged cooperative ownership and warned that wage earners are displaced by machinery while capitalists grow wealthier. The Lone Tree Band provided an open air prelude and stage numbers, drawing strong applause.
Lieutenant Commander C S Richman, aboard the Newarch near Hong Kong, visits Muscatine with his famed dog Dixie a yellow spaniel who lost a hind leg in the Santiago siege. Dixie, captured by Dixie sailors, is now queenly in loyalty to the Stars and Stripes and travels with Richman who is retired after 35 years in the navy and may take up civilian life or duty in emergencies.
A man is luckier if he lends an umbrella to a friend and survives long enough to retrieve it. The quip blends chance and reciprocity, highlighting how small favors can hinge on longevity.
A group of signatories agrees to refund the price of a 50 cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. A 25 cent bottle is also offered with a money back guarantee. Signers include G. A. Reinicke W. B. Barkalow Nesper & Co. Jno. J. Havercamp and J. Theo. Keuchman.
The B C R N Ry offers reduced excursion tickets to Keokuk Iowa for the IOOF annual meeting from October 16 to 19. Call Cedar Rapids Route agents for rates and train times.
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