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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
2
Galveston faces extreme famine and pestilence as unburied bodies mount and wounded die daily. Reports cite 30 000 residents remaining from 37 789, with 150 perishing since Wednesday for lack of food clothing and medical care. Eighty five train passengers lost near Bolivar Point amid storm surge.
Frank Christ 25 of Tas Wis bled to death at Elmer Phelps farm Oakfield after his arm was torn from a threshing machine engine. He gave directions on his burial and disposal of his belongings before dying. Reports include league baseball scores and local incidents in La Crosse and Cobden.
Springfield dispatch Sept 14 Governor Tanner honors a requisition from Iowa Governor Shaw for the extradition of Alice M Hamilton accused of entering F M Millard Crestéma Iowa room June 25 forcing a valise opening securing 2200 dollars and fleeing authorities report further details pending pursuit coalitions and court action
In the Chicago dispatch a great lakes storm caused twelve deaths Tuesday night. Eleven victims came from the steamer John B Lyon including Captain A H Senghas and several crew members. Survivors drifted ashore on a spar. The twelfth casualty was a cook aboard the schooner Dun ee.
At the Tri State fair grounds on September 14 bees scattered delegates after colored youths provoked a nest. Police quelled panic as several nominees were stung, John Roberts carried to a hospital. Youths were arrested and charged with disturbing a public meeting in police court.
At Vincennes presbytery meeting the committee recommended reaffirming loyalty to the confession while simplifying its expression. In Princeton Indiana Williewa Pierce 22 was killed near Owensville by a freight train on the Mt Vernon branch of the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad. He was a brakeman and left a widowed mother.
Effingham Illinois September 14 Rev Herbert Reed aged 159 years died at his home Wednesday of rheumatism He was a Methodist minister for twenty five years and a Civil War veteran with Company A Twenty sixth Illinois volunteers New York September 14 Mrs James J Corbett began pursuit of her husband aboard the St Louis intending to shoot him on sight Bedford Indiana September 14 Miss Ida Williams of this city attempted to elope with her lover Michael Morgan Morgan traveled from Owensboro Kentucky and is believed to have gone toward marriage intent
An old product ad promises a cure for colds in one day with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets and offers a full refund if it fails. E. W. Grove’s signature appears on each box.
Republicans in Muscatine plan a large delegation to hear Theodore Roosevelt in Davenport on October 11. Chairman McKee expects about 1,000 locals to travel, with marching clubs attending in uniform. A list of district speakers includes B F Clayton, John D Razall, Walter I Smith, Thos Hedge, and L Thomas, with Razall’s Stockton talk to be delivered in German. The Third Ward McKinley Roosevelt club schedules a Thursday meeting at the K of P hall with discussions on Porto Rico tariff Philippines and the Democrat and the Negro.
An unusual ad notes Cascerets promise relief with Candy Catharthe claims. It mentions a cure for constipation and a Gruggists refund policy if failed. The fragment suggests a humorous or dubious medical advertisement from a period paper.
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