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Newspaper
Moline Daily Journal
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1901
Page
3
The Moline Daily Week lists editorial staff President Stanley Eastman Secretary Maurice Farnham Treasurer and office contacts. It prints subscription rates for mail and carrier delivery including annual and half‑year options and a Sunday issue.
Bettendorf Wheel Works in Davenport has fitted a reading room 110 by 45 feet with 10 tables 100 chairs 180 private lockers 140 wash-basins and three showers for workers. Company cites welfare and productivity gains while critiquing rival firms for using perks to justify lower wages.
Rev Chase Sheldon of Topeka resurfaces with a book on the servant girl problem. The episode recalls his earlier Topeka Capital bid and draws attention to his failed experiment, now tied to unions nationwide as he promotes his theories.
The Republic Iron and Steel Company, tying together midwest and southern firms including Sylvat Steel at Muline, has expanded capacity since joining the trust. Its financials show a $1084,24% profit for the latest period, with $309,090 net after depreciation, and 7 percent preferred dividends of $1,421,483. Preferred stock trades around 66% in Wall Street.
A leading New York publisher asserts display newspaper ads drive book sales more than critics' praise. He argues elaborate posters fail while attractive newspaper ads spur purchases, calling advertising crucial to trade. The Moline Journal notes its role for local business ads and cites dispatches suggesting Roosevelt may hand governorship to Walter Wellman.
A long mixed excerpt discusses public reactions to the assassination attempt on the president, calls for lawful punishment, and notes the need for federal and state protection. It shifts to a discussion of balloon travel costs, then to municipal issues in New York and Nome postal frauds, ending with a remark on Nome's climate.
Advertises Virtuama as a guaranteed remedy to restore youthful desires and vigor for old and middle aged. Claims improved ambition and health aiding business success with a $20 package. Sold by Kidd Drug in Elgin and John Unedug & Co in Dubuque as legitimate druggists offering full lines.
Washington reports after several conferences among President Roosevelt and Governor-general of Cuba that a reciprocity pact will lower Cuban duties on cereals and machinery and Cuban sugar and tobacco exports to the United States. The text aims to be sent to Congress in December for rapid approval upon the new sessions.
Initial steps were taken toward a public subscription monument to honor the late President McKinley at Cutten Chreatyrh. A conference with Senator Hanna Judge William Ko Day Canton and Myron T Herruk organized a commission to manage the project. Details on the site design and fundraising targets were discussed as the group aims to complete the memorial promptly.
A blaze from five am destroyed the state insane asylum and eight nearby structures in Norfolk Nebraska. About six hundred patients were housed. three reportedly died, with others injured as authorities battled flames and evacuated the facility and adjacent grounds.
The trial of Czolgosz begins in Buffalo with defense focusing on lack of proof of cause of death and insanity. His attorneys report no cooperation from the assassin, who refused to speak. In New York, the Seventh National Bank reorganizes plans to reestablish as Century Bank with capital of 1 and will be renamed.
The Canton community notes Mrs. McKinlay continues deep in grief after long separations. She is described as heartbroken and not always lonely as grief remains intense. Cemetery visitors pass daily, with frequent company from Chousaouds nearby.
A fragment from the Chicago Post recalls Ivy and a suitor in a tense exchange about past letters and money. Ivy admits needing a drastic title change while a man reacts with irony and pulls his wallet, noting how uncommon it is for a resourceful woman to need funds.
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