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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1906
Page
3
Muscatine paper profiles its circulation dominance over rivals and outlines delivery and subscription terms. Daily carrier delivery costs 19 cents weekly, yearly mail at 8.00 dollars, and semi weekly options at 1.50 dollars per year.
The Journal lists affiliated offices and agents for reader convenience. New York Office at 140 Nassau Street with La Coste and Maxwell in charge. Chicago Office at 750 Marquette Building with Payne and Young in charge. Local agencies include Fast Hill Clay Kneese Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Morse Washburn's Grocery Find of Street Car Track W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's Grocery.
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W S McKee announces as a candidate for the office of clerk in Muscatine County subject to approval by the Republican County Convention. The note identifies McKee as the speaker and indicates the tentative political process.
R. J. Wiley announces candidacy for sheriff of Muscatine County subject to the Republican county convention. The statement implies seeking party nomination and official candidacy within the local political process.
News dispatches report Mrs William E Corey wife of U S Steel president obtained a divorce claiming desertion and seeking custody of their son. A sister testified wealth does not guarantee upright conduct and critics warn of further sensational revelations involving prominent families and crimes.
The text condemns holding positions of trust as leading to debauchery and questions the president’s fitness at United States Steel, urging directors to appoint another equally capable man to lead the great corporation.
The piece argues teachers are underpaid relative to other workers and highlights Kendall of Indianapolis urging raises. It notes New Haven commentary: fair pay around 600 dollars with 400 in some cases, while education is vital and teacher retention suffers due to rising living costs and competition from other jobs.
A southern company turning refuse cotton stalks into bread using cotton seed meal mixed with a little genuine flour reports creating a nutritious loaf. Pure cotton seed flour is too oily and cheese like, but the blend yields satisfactory flavor, easing concern over wheat shortages.
The writer notes the country can harvest cotton seed to a large four million ton annual crop and use it as a breadstuff fallback if wheat fails. New preparations from corn oats rye lessen hunger risk, suggesting America can feed itself even with crop failures.
A Des Moines paper notes a season when merchants cover green peaches with pink netting to boost sales, while Muscatine vendors say their peaches sell without any coverings. Locals praise looks and taste, arguing Muscatine peaches are superior in both appearance and flavor.
A county in the state reports its coroner left office to keep railroad passes under a new anti pass law. He served as surgeon for the railroad and faced a choice between retaining passes or the coroner position, and chose to resign.
The dispatch notes that Democrats praise W J Bryan as the party's best leader yet questions whether his current surge can survive exposure until 1908. It portrays Bryan as central to the party's fortunes and hints at doubt about longevity.
The New York democrats planned a reception for Bryan but the event risks failing to be a success. Organizers worry about arranging the affair so Bryan can do all the talking himself.
The text notes no forthcoming contest within the Democratic Convention at Waterloo and questions whether this results from harmony or indifference.
The Clinton Herald notes a hawkish stance among some Iowa Republicans applauding harsh methods. The Perry Chief questions Jerome's ambition while the LeMars Sentinel argues Cummins can only be defeated by sharp tactics and convention manipulation.
The Burlington Gazette notes the race for governor and a full legislature appears settled for Democrats and suggests many Republicans may welcome the shift, viewing the outcome with satisfaction.
The Boone News says if Mr. Perkins does not withdraw his protest against the Polk delegation and its decision to follow primary instructions, he should be expelled from the Republican Party.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes a candidate for governor who rode strong public sentiment may need to seek support beyond the state convention. The piece implies concern that local backing could be insufficient in the larger party process.
The Emmetsburg Reporter argues that in two years a man's Republicanism in Iowa will be judged by adherence to national Republican party principles rather than loud support for Cummins and reform. All hail that day.
The Dubuque Times says there is no place for the initiative and referendum in Oklahoma. It calls it a toy for retirees and dedicated to those with politics as their main activity, claiming busy young men will not need it.
The Marion Register states Linn county delegates to the state convention will not seat a delegate with a tainted commission. The paper declares that speculation is unnecessary and that a candidate named by fraudulent delegates would be a fraudulent candidate who could never be elected to a state office in Iowa.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says some bitter talk from politicians is insincere. It praises Perkins as a credit to the state and notes progressives are seen with Pat Murphy while stand patters favor many progressives including Cummins Chassell Garst. The paper calls mudslinging regrettable, unnecessary, and senseless.
A maid sets the mansion ablaze in a calculated act as Marie Girot roams the rooms singing and cackling. Soldiers later find an exhausted yet lucid housekeeper dying in the hay with a final confession about her past and the fate that shaped her.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula blood poison cancer eating sores itching skin pimples boils bone pains swellings rheumatism and catarrh. It claims deep seated relief and a purer richer blood with a glow of health. samples and free advice offered, price $1 per large bottle, sale at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
An old advertisement claims Dr Hale's Household Ointment cures all itching scaly burning and disfiguring skin eruptions. It promises relief after the first application and lists 25 cents at drug stores or from Kenyon & Thomas Adams NY.
Dave Cover of Keswick visited Sigourney last Saturday morning. Dr Ina Barker, an osteopathic doctor, suffers appendicitis and treated a patient in Keota when taken ill. She is recovering at her home on South Jefferson. Willie Ellis of Los Angeles visits local friends and will travel to Detroit to resume music studies. Miss Bernice Bland hosted a gathering at her home for local youths.
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