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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1902
Page
3
The Chicago Inter Ocean invites readers for a tour of its office at 106 108 110 East Monroe Street Chicago. Visitors will be greeted and shown the building and the newspaper’s latest mechanical and scientific improvements.
President Roosevelt orders the legal department to pursue breaking up the beef trust led by Chicago packers. A rival Butchers’ company in New York plans to build a packing plant costing one million dollars to compete in eastern states.
Democrats publish correspondence between Gen Miles and Secretary Root about sending Cubans and Porto Ricans to the Philippines to seize civil control and quell the insurrection. Root outlines objections, praising Miles as a brave warrior but not a capable strategist.
The Iowa Central is about to blow itself. Commercial Agent Dunn was in Marshalltown recently and returns with the information that the road is now buying equipment and will put it in the forefront or the firefront, for that matter. It has ordered 12 engines of the mogul type, 500 box cars, 150 stock cars, 100 local cars and several coaches. Moreover, they are getting the steam shovels ready and are going to do an immense amount of work on the track.
A local party paper quotes an exchange stating tariff reform is the irrepressible issue that should shape the party’s destinies at the next national election. It recalls the 1892 opportunity that led the country into direct commercial distress and notes souphouse tariffs as a Democratic principle from the last administration.
The quote on Cecil Rhodes reflects regret at a life judged limited by unfulfilled aims. At 47 his death is seen as cutting short a restless effort, with the narrator noting that every active life ends with a sense of frustration, regardless of age.
Management plans to raise locomotive crew standards by not employing firemen lacking fair education. The move targets improving intellectual qualifications among engineers and their assistants.
Washington April 8 1902 House leaders brace for a clash over reducing Dingley duties on sugar for Cuba with anti concessionists proposing amendments to cut duties on refined sugar and other goods Speaker Henderson to rule on germane status amid anticipated appeals and party splits. Iowa figures prominently in a national institute proposal backed by McKinley and senators Depew Dolliver and Roberts with Miss Smedley championing the project in Paris.
Sallie Harris of Salem New Jersey reports a drastic recovery from a severe muscular rheumatism attack after two applications of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and one bottle. She saw the remedy advertised in the South Jerseyman and affirms a complete cure. For sale by all druggists.
In St Louis a councilman earns $300 yearly and may retire after a term to enjoy savings. The city, named for a saint, falls short of honoring its famed namesake as residents show thrift in pockets and in paying the bills.
A humor note recounts little Ethel bowing her head at meals and delivering a playful mispronunciation of amen saying For pity sake Amen as she scowls at the dishware.
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