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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
3
Subscription rates to Journal by carrier or alternately weekly semi weekly Tuesdays and Saturdays payable in advance. Rates per year. Place an order by postal card or by telephone No. 27. All remittances by draft express or money order payable to Journal Printing Co Muscatine Iowa.
The Daily Journal asks subscribers to report irregular or late delivery to the business office. Each copy should arrive before 6 30 p m. Report delays promptly and provide a secure delivery location or weather resistant box to protect the paper from weather or tampering.
The Daily Journal offers moving subscription service enabling readers to transfer delivery by notifying the business office. Subscribers can switch by person mail or telephone and the address can be updated as often as desired.
The Journal offers ad changes only if copy is in the office by 9 a m. The Journal is sold daily at R A Holmes E E Davidson and C W Hodges news stands. All customers can be supplied.
Fragmentary OCR lists Iowa counties Johnson Muscatine Scott in a regional context. No clear event, date, or action is readable. limited details prevent a fuller summary.
A published roster lists Democratic stockholders in the ice trust including New York City officials like Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck and dock commissioners J Sergeant Cram and Charles F Murphy. It names Democratic judges, leaders such as Richard Croker Augustus Van Wyck Eugene Wood A N Brady Gilroy and Hugh McLaughlin and others associated with the control of the ice industry.
An Eastern contemporary lists twenty eight independent or Democratic newspapers not backing the Kansas City convention nominee. Papers include the New York World Philadelphia Record Hartford Times Brooklyn Eagle and Indianapolis News among others.
The text of a constitutional amendment passed last week requires voters to read and write in English and pay a poll tax by May first, disfranchising many citizens who cannot meet those conditions. It preserves rights for those denied earlier due to lineage and registration rules before December 1, 1908, prompting strong objections to the idea of consent of the governed.
New York County faces steep costs in the Molineux murder case as auto analysis and handwriting experts bill the county. Prof. Witthaus alone charged 18000 dollars for autopsies and stomach analyses, with others awaiting payment amid a dispute between Comptroller Coler and District Attorney Gardner over the settlements.
At a hot Kalamazoo county Republican convention five candidates vied for sheriff. Marshall Eberstein won on the fifth ballot after appearing with a basket of palm leaf fans, prompting cheers as ballots continued and fans flapped like elephant ears. Separate items note St Louis railway union executive committee actions and the drowning of Rev Father C J Roche in Saginaw Bay Essexville Michigan.
Advertises Cascarets Candy Cathartic to relieve constipation. Claims 10c or more with refund if C C C fails.
Des Moines reports Henry Vollmer of Davenport will not seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in Iowa's Second District due to business obligations. He pledges support to the eventual nominee, while Davenport ex-mayor George T. Baker may also issue a similar stance.
The piece warns that thousands rush to Nome City Beach chasing a rumored El Dorado, risking health. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a safe tonic to protect against malarial attacks and seasonal illnesses. It claims the Bitters regulate the bowels liver and kidneys and cure indigestion constipation malaria chills and fever.
Washington Aug. 10 bids are opened at the Navy Department for armor for the United States Navy. Proposals include 2,300 tons of Class A armor, 3,600 tons of Class B armor, and 1,100 tons of Class C armor not face hardened, all subject to ballistic testing.
The Davenport Rock Island and Northwestern Railway announces daily and weekend passenger schedules linking Davenport Iowa with Clinton Dixon Chicago and nearby points via the C N W lines. Departure times include 10 10 A M and 12 66 P M with arrivals later at Davenport and connections to Sioux City Chicago Rockford Madison and Omaha.
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