Newspaper Articles from September 1899
The Clinton Mirror.
P.O. Lyons, Iowa.
Clinton, Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 9, '99
(Column 1 -- this appears to be very short bits of news and advertisements. I did not include everything, just ones with names and some of the more interesting tidbits)
The Clinton Mirror-1899
New fall millinery at Mrs. Doran’s.
AT McPHERSON’S—Melons under ice. Cold! Cold!
GILT EDGE FLOUR takes the cake—sold by Weeks & Lollich.
A SON of Mr. Wm. McCutchen broke a leg while playing a week ago.
VETERAN reunion in Jackson county, Sept 20th and 21st, at Maquoketa.
WILKE BROS, are building a new office on Second street—Henry Hilgendorf, carpenter.
MRS. M. DORAN has engaged the services of a first class trimmer. Miss Wallace is now in Chicago, looking up this new style.
SHERIFE [sic] HUDSON and Constable Judd got the men they were after, noted last week—Smith the negro knifer of Delmar, and W. Ruhl for obtaining money under false pretenses.
MR. HICKS, the North-Western conductor who was hot by tramps about a week ago, is doing well. If the two men caught are not well dealt with, railroaders will be apt to declare war on bums.
MR. MARTINDOLAN of ELVIRA, Democratic nominee for supervisor, has been appointed to fill the vacancy made by the resignation and removal of Supervisor Hart.
MR. N. CORNING, at Austin, Minn., is another subscriber who has paid for the MIRROR into the twentieth century. Though the ceased to practice law years ago, and lives “retired,” he yet runs three farms by proxy, and has no time to rust in.
A. E. BEALL & Co. have taken steps to remove their big bed spring and mattress factory from Eldora to Clinton, and some of the Clinton papers welcome them with double-column double-headers.
MR. ST. CLAIR, of Clinton, will occupy the Methodist pulpit to-morrow morning, the Pastor being absent. Classes 9:30; preaching at 10:30 Sunday School at noon; Epworth League at 6:30; preaching, 7:30.
“I SEE,” said the blind man when he was hunting a pair of leather spectacles.. This is not the kind, however, that we offer, but a good crystal spectacle for 25 to 50 cents, that will make an old person see clearly to read and write satisfactorily, at D. B. Snyder’s.
MILLINERY AGAIN—In room between Traub’s and Weeks & Lollich’s. Misses Mary Rudman and Edith Smith will conduct the business, Miss Rudman having been to Chicago for goods this week. The young ladies are welcomed home.
THE Age and Herald came out Sunday and Monday with enterprising and creditable Labor Day editions. The former estimated 8, 518 skilled wage earners in Greater Clinton. The MIRROR, should have added fifty percent to its number by counting carriers, as the other papers did.
HOT—Very hot; extremely hot; so hot that, Dell Lovell wanted to go South-until Thursday afternoon, when there were signs of showers all around, cooling winds came, and during the night a little, very little—rain; and in the morning Snyder’s thermometer quoted the temperature at 62 only above.
MR. H. C. MOFFETT, the very successful oculist of Clinton, is not satisfied with doing a good commercial business, but purposes fitting himself to treat the eye as well. Therefore he will attend Rush Medical College for four years-spending his vacations doing good at home in Clinton. Success to him and his patients and customers.
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BUTTON FACTORY.
Mr. D. F. Womochel was up from Muscatine Wednesday, to make preparations for work on the Lyons button factory. The necessary repairs and alterations are being made on the Hudson building for the factory, and the machinery is expected up early next week.
Mr. Melchert is negotiating for a forty horse power boiler for the factory, and it will not be long before the question of “who’s got the buttons?” can be readily answered.
ANOTHER DROWNING.
Fred Jefferies, son of J. Q. Jefferies, of Clinton, is the latest victim of the Mississippi. He was in swimming with others Thursday afternoon, and it is supposed got into deep water and was gone before he could be rescued. The place was near the old Lumber Co. mill, and his body was recovered soon after a short distance below.
Fred was but 16 years old, at the opening of a promising life, and his father and family have the sympathies of the whole community.
THE RACES at the District Fair last Friday were likewise interesting ones: Tribulation, with seven to start, won the 2,30 trot in consecutive heats-2.27 ¾, 2.31 ½, 2.34 ½. Juno 2d, Lady Milan 3rd, Ino M 4th.
In the 2.40 pace, Tom Wilton won in three heats—2.21 ½, 2,25 ½, 2.27. Red Star and Lady Wilkes pooled on 2d and 3d, Elizabeth C 4th.
So. B, with six entries and only two to start in the free-for-all, made the three heats in 2,19 1.4, 2.13 ½, 2.13, and was applauded. Selestor R 2d.
SUICIDE—John Cunningham, of Clinton, cut his own throat with a butcher knife on the evening of the 5th. He had wandered from home, and was being taken back by Officers Cole and Oster; while Chief Cole was in the jail, he suddenly cut himself. He was taken to Mercy Hospital for care, but died in a few hours. He was 35 years old, and unmarried with mother, brother and sisters.
“THIS BREAD,” said a housekeeper who was at the Fair, is better than the premium bread last week.” And “this better bread,” we are pleased to add, was made from Arbutus Best, manufactured by J. H. Struve, at the Model Roller Mills, Lyons, Iowa. No knead to go to Missouri or Minnesota for good flour to make good bread.
AT Congregational Church, A. D. Kinzer Pastor. Theme for morning service at 10:30. “Character as Seen in Little Things.” Sunday School at 12.Y. P. S. C. E. at 6:30. Praise service in the evening at 7:30. Theme, “Singing the Same Songs.” All made welcome.
Frank Utter was arrested Monday night, charged with stealing a string of sleigh bells from the barn of Peter May. He was taken before Judge Fink this forenoon and entered a plea of guilty and was placed under $300 bonds to appear at the next session of the Grand Jury. In default of bonds, he was lodged in the county jail. He is charged with larceny from a building.
Constable Frank Wittey of Wheatland, brought James Brennan to this city this forenoon and lodged him in the county jail, where he will serve a twenty-day sentence for robbery. There was a picnic near Wheatland, Sunday and Brennan relieved some of those in attendance of their watches and other articles. He was arrested and was taken before Justice Woodhouse. A jury was summoned and the man was found guilty and sentenced as noted above,--Herald.
Moses Hull, formerly of this city, an a spiritualist of national reputation got into trouble recently at a big meeting of believers at Chesterfield, Ind. A wealthy man of Anderson offered $100 for a satisfactory slate writing test, and the Rev. Moses took him up giving a very fine show. The Anderson man, however, kicked and exposed Moses, who, he claims, had executed the trick with two fine wires. . The wealthy man was the backbone of the organization, and now he brands slate writing and Hull as a fraud, and withdraws all his support from the organization.—Maquoketa Republican.
Eng. Harry Bechtel has had his right eye in a sling for some day owing to a pebble hitting it while sitting in his engine, meeting No. 15 being a shower of gravel sucked up by the swiftly moving train, one of which struck Mr. Bechtel’s eye. He expected to report for work Tuesday, though the injury is yet painful.—Age.
Ground for the new passenger and freight depots of the Davenport, Clinton and Eastern road was staked out at the foot of Perry street yesterday. The new depots will be east of Perry street and will probably border that thorough-fare. The freight depot will be on the tracts near the river while the passenger depot will be about 100 feet north of that structure.—Davenport Leader.
Illinois peaches are scarce. This is the time when they ought to be in evidence, but as far as Illinois peaches are concerned they are not to be had. A groceryman of this city, who spent several days in Chicago last week, said he never knew peaches to be as scarce on Water street as they are this year.—Morrison Sentinel.
Directory publishers have found 263 widows in Galena, Ill.,
the largest number they ever found in a town of its size, and they have prepared
directories for many. Maquoketa can boast of having about one hundred
widows—Maquoketa Sentinel.