Republicans urge standing on Dingley tariff platform
A Muscatine Republican warns against tariff changes citing the Dingley law’s link to strong business, rising exports, and a favorable trade balance. The piece argues party policy should stay fixed, noting McKinley’s reelection platform supports reciprocity and opposes Cuba concessions under Platt amendments.
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Muscatine
Congress
United States
William McKnley
Cuba
Congress of
Meat trust claims lack figures and blame shifting
Democratic editors allege a meat trust drives high meat prices but avoid supply demand data. Levi Dowd notes farmers earned $45 million more for cattle in six months to April 15 1902. The piece argues prices rise from natural causes with higher packer costs and beef prices at twenty year highs.
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Levi Dowd
Stock Yards National Bank of Chicago
Sidelights Advice to Muscatine on Public Building
The Iowa City Republican offers facetious yet pointed counsel to Muscatine amid disappointment over losing a public building. Its latest bit notes a man in Washington named...
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Iowa City Republican
Muscatine
Washington
Rumple urged as Muscatine’s future builder
The piece lauds John Rumple for securing a building project for his district and urges Muscatine to back him for future federal buildings. It hints Iowa City gained its own appropriation through Mrs Mercer and notes Burlington railroad to slow trains after engineers pushed speeds.
Muscatine Hints of Growth and Industry Expansion
Community notes suggest prosperity with possible new factories and mills. Talk of Milwaukee track work, Armour Co. expansion, and a Hershey creamery siding hints at jobs for more girls and more carpenters, signaling potential industrial growth in Muscatine.
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Muscatine
Armour Packing Co
Hershey
Milwaukee
Democratic Inconsistency in Missouri Boosts War Effort
A press opinion mocks Democrats in Missouri for shedding crocodile tears for the Boer cause while supposedly aiding the English army with mules. The piece labels this as Democratic inconsistency with sharp sarcasm.
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Missouri
Ed Deal Indicted Over Liquor Club Scheme
In Mt Pleasant Ed Deal faced indictment after a planned organized club to dodge Iowa liquor laws was exposed. Liquor stock was seized and destroyed as the case moved to district court.
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Keosauqua
Ed. Deal
Mt. Pleasant
Advertising Firms Shun Liquor Ads Progress Widens
The Dial of Progress notes that top advertising agencies are refusing liquor advertisements. Curtis agency of Los Angeles joins Mahin of Chicago in abstaining from liquor promotion. Major magazines also decline such ads, signaling growing commercial and moral disapproval.
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Curtis Agency
Los Angeles
Mahin Agency
Chicago
Questionable Amusements and Christian Entertainments Reflections
Mrs. Alice Watts argues for defining questionable entertainments and urges Christians to seek uplifting activities. She suggests social gatherings with oversight, family hosts, singing schools, spelling events, good literature, and youth programs like Epworth and Christian Endeavor to guide young people toward moral living and faith in Christ.
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Alice Watts
Sunday School League
Pleasant Prairie
Christ
Push Bill Through Under Rules In House Debate
Washington April 29 1902 the house moves to pass a 16 million public buildings bill under strict rules amid criticism of the rules committee and GOP leaders. The Sioux City post office case and Navy Secretary Long's Dolphin cruise are noted along with Iowa lawmakers playful race watching in Bennings.
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Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
House
Committee On Rules
Committee Upon Rules
Iowa
Orea
Congress
Sioux City
Thomas
Judge Thomas
Heizer
Secretary of the Navy
Root
Hitchcock
Shaw
Vermont
Wilson
Bennings
Washington
Revival and civic notes from Iowa newspapers
Mrs Clara H Hazelrigg a Topeka evangelist begins revival at Wapello Christian church with Catherine Graves another Topeka Singing evangelist. Also: Nashua man Color dies after being struck by locomotive near railway. Booker T Washington to speak at Iowa University commencement in Iowa City next June. Des Moines starch factory to be abandoned and not rebuilt. Northwestern Felt Shoe Company incorporated at Webster City with 50000 capital to use abandoned leather factory. E Y Royce of Sheldon gains guardianship over his opera house project after court, wealth estimated at 172000. reform noted.
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God
Epworth League
Clara H. Hazelrigg
Kansas
Topeka
Christian Church
Wapello
Catherine Graves
Kan
Nashua
Booker T. Washington
Uni
Iowa City
Des Moines
Northwestern Felt Shoe Company
Webster City
E. Y. Royce
Sheldon
Northwest
Liquor Improves with Age Quotes Prompt Patience
A compact witticism notes that while liquor may improve with age some men refuse to wait, implying a critique of impatience and quick gain in social drinking lore.
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Muscatine Journal
H. J. Mahin
Juournail Printing Company
Len Syndicates
Ivenina New Spaced
Payne & Young
Marquette Building
Lacoste & Maxwell
Pease
Nassau Street
New York
John Rumple
Rumple
Congressman Mercer
Nebraska
MacLean
The
State University
Nebraska State University
Mercer
Burlington
Irving B. Richman
Rock Island
Armour & Co
Pleasant Prairie Sunday School League
Angles
Washington Bureau Journal
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