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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
3
Schedule listing mixed east and westbound trains for the B., OC. R. & N. Muscatine division with times for passenger and freight runs to Montezuma and returns. Morning and evening departures include 8:10 am passenger eastbound and 7:10 pm passenger westbound, plus varied freight and local runs with several listed timetables.
Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern Railway Co announces a short line timetable effective June 10. Departures from Davenport include Nos 2 and 4 with routes to Clinton Sterling Chicago and Denver and Nos 6 8 to Cedar Rapids and Pacific Coast points. Arrivals list Nos 1 3 5 and 7 to Sioux City Chicago Rockford Belvidere Clinton and other points. Daily and Sunday service noted with agent L F Berry.
Taking effect 12:01 p m Sunday June 17 1900 the Muscatine North and South Railroad lists trains No 3 No 1 No 2 and No 4 with arrival and departure times at Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Jet and other second class stations. All trains run daily except Sunday and No 2 runs with No 1 while No 4 runs with No 3. Connections with B C R N for Burlington and South and from Burlington to Muscatine with Iowa Central to points east west and north.
Board approves amended policy allowing stockholders with registered shares to receive a free ticket to travel to Chicago for the annual meeting. Tickets valid four days before and after the meeting, with countersignature by the Assistant Secretary in Chicago. Books close Sept 11, meeting Sept 26 at noon in Chicago.
The ticket lists President WM McKinley of Uhile and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt of New York. The pair represents the electoral slate in the current party slate presented to voters.
The document lists first district Thomas Hedge of Burlington as candidate and second district J N W Rumple of Marengo, third district David B Henderson of Dubuque, fourth district Gilbert N Haugen of Northwood, fifth district Robert G Cousins of Tipton, sixth district John F Lacey of Oskaloosa, seventh district John A T Hull of Des Moines, eighth district WM Hepburn of Clarinda, ninth district Walter Smith of Council Bluffs, eleventh district Lot Thomas of Storm Lake.
Electors at large listed include John N Baldwin of Pottawattamie County and Cle Roe of Johnson County for the Second District race. J N W Rumple is named from Iowa County as elector.
For Auditor A C Noble of Goshen Township. For Clerk Charles Richman of Muscatine. For Recorder C H Reesink. For Attorney E P Ingham of Wilton. For Supervisor D D Webster of Fruitland.
The Burlington Hawkeye challenges Bryan's Labor Day claim that laborers are receiving more than ever, arguing workers now see their interests align with employers. It condemns populist demagogues who would pit labor against capital and says American workers are prospering and wary of doom sayers.
Governor Shaw in Sedalia argued prosperity hinges on financial and economic legislation and conservative administration. He asserted imperialism and postwar issues will fade, trusts will collapse under competition, and lasting growth will rely on prudent policy.
The Burlington Gazette continues to oppose Bryan over populism and financial vagaries, maintaining its stance as a leading Democratic voice in Burlington.
Ft Dodge gains notice for a leading citizen, a telephone girl who has inherited about a million, highlighting the city's enterprising spirit and rapid growth.
A new tariff law between the United States and Porto Rico took effect May 1, imposing a 15 percent levy on Dingley tariff rates for goods moving in either direction. The two year temporary measure funds roads schools and government in Porto Rico. Trade data show sharply higher imports and exports for May to July this year compared with prior periods, with farm and cotton cloth shipments among notable export categories.
General D H McIntyre of Mexico Missouri, lifelong Democrat, abandons the party over Bryanism. He cites the silver question as the campaign’s real issue and notes past Republican prosperity while criticizing Bryan’s platform and silence on silver policy.
The Marton Register accuses Democratic leaders of lying to push an imperialism issue. It cites Henry Volmer, Bryanese candidate in Iowa's Second District, claiming the campaign centers on imperialism and contrasts his claim with the absence of actual imperialists.
The Creston Gazette adds Scripps-McRae telegraphic reports to its lineup, giving the paper a more newsy look and broader outside coverage while maintaining local features and style.
A baby left alone with a gun in Muchakinock discharged it, injuring the child’s foot. In other news Davenport Y M C A plans a new building after purchasing the Mrs Keck property for 12800 dollars.
The ad compares Hood's Sarsaparilla to a fast express train, claiming it cures blood disorders and a range of ailments from pimples and sores to weak nerves and tiredness by making pure rich blood. It emphasizes rapid, sweeping benefits.
Rome marks the twentieth anniversary of the Italian army entering the city on September 20 1870. The national colors adorn streets as floral tributes cover the grave of the late King Humbert amid grief for the monarch’s assassination and rejoicing over Italian unity.
A brief noting the agriculture department bulletin on mosquitoes and a light, satirical commentary on political figures. Includes references to Jack Frost, Boss Croker, David Hill, William Jennings Bryan, and cartoon depictions in several newspapers. The piece mixes policy, caricature, and public sentiment with sharp partisan tone.
A reader from Davin City Nebraska writes to Genesee Pure Food Co of Le Roy New York praising Grain-O as a healthier coffee substitute. The letter claims long term use improved health and credits the product with saving a family member from coffee related illness.
Italian American residents of Pittsburg mark the 30th anniversary of Rome becoming Italy’s capital with a morning parade featuring gala day costumes and a banquet and ball planned for tonight as part of the celebrations.
The quartermaster records in Washington show that by September 20 7 350 animals have been shipped from San Francisco to the Philippines and China for various military branches.
R. M. Booth of Elgin Michigan writes that Beggs' German Salve cured his piles after all else failed. He was facing an operation as a last resort and would not be without the remedy even if it cost ten dollars a box, available at J J Havercamp's.
The United States schoolship Saratoga under Captain W. J. Barrett sailed from Philadelphia for a Mediterranean cruise. The vessel carries 85 boys under instruction who will visit the Paris exposition.
In Iron Mountain Michigan two men ordered from Martin Peterson's saloon vowed vengeance then attacked a Dane James Jonson and a Finn Alex Anderson as they walked away. Jonson died and Anderson was not expected to survive. The assailants fled and authorities had no arrests.
A LaCrosse report profiles a Pearl street hotel resident named Bosco an Abyssinian by birth who eats snakes. Eyeteeth protrude as she bites the necks of reptiles the heads drop and she consumes the bodies, a practice tied to local Abyssinian beliefs about deformity and fate.
A 4 story brick mill named BK exploded at 4 10 am in Joliet injuring no one. The blaze gutted the Lakeside Oatmeal mill, causing nearly 60000 in damages with 45000 insured. Firefighters contained spread to nearby mills as seven workers escaped unhurt.
Walter Houston, a former Civil War veteran from Utica in Winnebago county, left the Wisconsin Veterans' Home at Waupaca a 200 acre farm, to be transferred upon his wife’s death, in grateful remembrance of kind treatment. In Eau Claire Judge O'Neill jailed Eliot Carter for one year at Green Bay reformatory for daytime burglary and sent Frank Sear to three years at Waupun for jail release attempt. the burglary case had previously been nolled.
In Greencastle Indiana on September 20 John Saddler was seriously injured after a fight with True Thomas in a saloon. Saddler sustained a serious neck wound near the jugular vein and losses include a portion of his nose with five cuts on his forehead nose neck and arm.
More than 80,000 Americans have arrived in London this year. Lieutenant Hobson, the Santiago hero, has arrived at Victoria from the Orient. Census Director Merriam estimates the U S population at about 76 million. French troops were defeated in the Sahara, with two officers and twenty men lost. Spring Lake New Jersey suffered a $250000 fire destroying the resort. The Municipal League holds its sixth annual convention at the Hotel Pfister in Milwaukee. One man killed and three injured in a Madisonville Tennessee family feud. The University of Chicago plans two new gymnasiums costing $125000 funded by A C Bartlett. Prairie du Chien Wisconsin held a high license referendum, defeating it by 106 votes. Liverpool acts to curb rat passage from Glasgow amid bubonic plague fears. Lily of the North carrying Peary expedition supplies is reported lost but crew saved. Josephine Siewert, 20, of Chicago, confesses theft to assist fiancé William Deutschman. Hatch Foote of New York fails after 36 years with debts of $2,000,000. The Earl of Dysart will gift a piano to any family on his estate whose children show musical aptitude.
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