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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
4
Auctioned notice seeks a horse and buggy for rent by the week or several days to drive about the nearby vicinity soliciting work. Applicants must be men of good appearance, seeking a permanent and paying position. Apply from 1 to 2 pm at 128 East second street over Anson's.
The Muscatine county Old Settlers Society met September 26 1900 at the fair grounds. Inclement weather shortened the forenoon but attendees praised the afternoon session with papers by Ex-Senator McNutt and Mrs Weed, plus remarks by Judge Richman Lindley Hoopes and Peter Jackson. Officers elected were President S McNutt Vice President W S Fultz Secretary Treasurer Peter Jackson.
A dialogue with Uncle Consider questions free silver and gold reserves. He notes $625,000,000 in silver coins unused while $56,000,000 circulates, $500,000,000 stored in the treasury, and about $80,000,000 in gold. He urges moderation and letting gold catch up.
List of individuals with birth years ranging from 1834 to 1867, naming adults and children such as Mrs Polly Arenheim 1844 and Peter Jackson 1838, tied to Iowa birth registrations and family relationships.
Advertisement urges travelers to Paris to seek guidance and tickets through Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway agents or Jno G Farmer A G P and T A. It promises service and ticketing from all stations on the line via New York and any steamship line.
Mr. Bryan argues the people have more than the full dinner pail and are prospering. The piece cites savings bank data showing deposits rising from Cleveland era figures to McKinley figures, with deposits up over 500 million and savers up about 800 thousand.
Special dispatch from Chicago reports today’s board prices with receipts figures for hogs at 30,000 and cars for wheat 278, corn 721, oats 187. Hogs closed weaker at 5.20 to 5.55 with several classes listed. Cattle receipts 7,000. sheep 13,000 opening steady but closing weak. Northwest wheat receipts shown for Minneapolis 322, Duluth 122.
Report shows last week 67 and today 444 with last year 412 and 974 respectively. Liverpool market notes higher prices for wheat and corn, reflecting a rise in commodity values.
Announcement of the Iowa Central Railway annual home visitors excursion to Indiana Ohio and Louisville Kentucky on September 4 11 19 and 27 1900. Round trip fare under one full fare. Tickets go on sale September 2 1900 at all Iowa Central offices with return limit thirty days. For routes and details contact Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
The Black Diamond Express leaves Buffalo at noon via the Lehigh Valley Railroad and arrives in New York at 10 08 p m. Dining car service is available the entire distance with a la carte menu.
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