Journal Agencies List For City Readers
The Journal lists local outlets for reader convenience including East Hills durbut Grocery on East 2nd street South Muscatine W F Mikschs grocery Oregon street W C A Buschs Drug Store Hershey avenue Keckiville Chaykas Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery. Telephones Business office Bell Editorial office Bell Mississippi Valley area shown.
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Journal
East Hills
Durbut
East 2Nd Street
South Muscatine
W. F. Miksch
Oregon Street
W. C. A. Busch's
Hershey Avenue
Keckic~ville
Chayka’s
West Hill
J. H. Fuller
Bell
Mississippi Valley
Circulation Statement for Muscatine Journal July 1908
Publisher F D Throop swears with notary F L Bihlmeier that the Muscatine Journal printed 5 865 copies average 5 987 total circulation figures for July 1908 in Muscatine County Iowa. Statement sworn August 6 1908 before notary public.
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I. F. Wv. Throop
The
Muscatine Journal
F. D. Throop
Muscatine Co
State of
Lowa
F. L. Bihlmeier
Local slate lists 1908 Iowa ticket candidates
The document names James S. Sherman for vice president and a full county and state slate. It lists B. F. Carroll for governor, Geo. W. Clarke for lieutenant governor, W. C. Hayward for secretary of state, W. W. Morrow for treasurer, H. W. Byers for attorney general, John F. Riggs for superintendent, Nathaniels Ketchum for railroad commissioner, Silas M. Weaver and Scott M. Ladd for supreme court, with A. S. Lawrence, A. C. Shiflet, W. S. McKee, T. W. Stoops, and H. C. Schoemaker as county officials.
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Supreme Court
Silas M. Weaver
Hardin County
Scott M. Ladd
O'Brien County
A Thought for Tomorrow on Faith and Humanity
A reflective meditation on God, temptation, and human resilience. The piece argues that love, work, and self effort should guide salvation and that humanity must unite beyond wealth and race to end bloodshed through mutual guardianship and courage.
The News editorial worth reading reprinted here
A partisan Sioux City paper reprints an independent newspaper editorial praising balance and caution. The piece argues independents serve as a check on party overreach and warns against revenue driven bias. It emphasizes the need for irregular voters to purge parties when needed.
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Cash Register
Sioux City
Reminiscences and Local Notes from 50 Years Ago
August 22 speech planned by Judge N M Hubbard of Marion Iowa for Grant and Colfax club after a letter declaring fervent Republican support. Real estate sale: Isaac Mauk buys part of lot 6 block 34 between Boston House and post office for 2000 dollars with plans to build anew. Fire destroys about 2000 bushels of oats on J H Ream’s farm near Onawa Iowa.
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N. M. Hubbard
Marion
Grant and Colfax Club
W. M. Kennedy
T. D. Smith
Isaac Mauk
Boston House
J. H. Ream
Onawa
Wilton News Briefs From The County Dispatch
Thirty years ago the marriage of Charles Reed and Ella Reed at the First Methodist parsonage. A chase ends in Dubuque as suspects escape after stealing A L McGrew’s horse team. German camp meetings continue in Wilton. Burlington delegates nominate D N Sprague for district judge and George Rebbertson for circuit judge.
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G. N. Power
Charles Reed
Ella Reed
Wilton
Marshal Eaton
Constable Hummell
A. L. McGrew
Dubuque
Burlington
D. N. Sprague
Wapello
George Rebbertson
Voters face choice between men not platforms in 1908 era
Editorial argues citizens must vote for the candidate who best serves progress, not stay home. It weighs Taft and Bryan, praising Taft’s Roosevelt legacy and noting Bryan’s difficulty with Congress, urging decisive participation and party unity for Iowa Republicans.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Citizens and politics standards in Iowa editorials
The Williamsburg Journal-Tribune questions civic accountability urging citizens to examine the conduct of those they elect. The Cedar Rapids Republica n notes Democratic gains in Oklahoma signaling voter dissatisfaction with Democratic rule and radicalism.
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Williamsburg
Cedar Rapids
Oklahoma
Chinese ambassador links to modern vegetarian reform
In a sharp social note the Waterloo Courier riffs on vegetarianism linking historic reformers such as Upton Sinclair and Henry James to the cause while dubbing the latest advocate the Chinese ambassador. The column playfully questions the leverage of Hearst over public taste.
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Waterloo
Upton Sinclair
Henry James
Mr. Hearst
Republican State Convention in Des Moines 1908 Notice
The Republican State Central Committee of Iowa calls a delegate convention in Des Moines on September 9 1908 at 11 am to nominate a candidate for Supreme Court Judge and conduct related business. Delegates from counties will assemble August 29 1908 to select delegates, with representation based on county votes for Albert B Cummins in 1906. Franke as Chairman and Adler as Secretary. Des Moines Iowa August 5 1908.
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Republican Electors of
Iowa
Republican State Central Committee of
Republicans of
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Charles A. Bishop
Republican Central Committee
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins Possessions: Cummins Politically Hated by Friends and Foes
Lafayette Young in the Des Moines Capital fires a sharp critique of Governor Albert B. Cummins. He claims Cummins has some of the foolest friends and also some of the foolest enemies in Iowa, a verdict the author states cannot be denied.
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Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Earth
Fingy Conners and the New York faction in politics
Norman E. Mack faced a split New York Democratic machine led by Fingy Conners as the two squared off over the national chairmanship. Conners, Buffalo magnate and Tammany ally, rose from dock worker to powerful freight handler, and his feud with Mack shaped the party balance in New York for years.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Norman E. Mack
New York
Nebraska
Indiana
West
Conners
Mack
Conner-Mack
Great Lakes
Fingy Conners A Buffalo Power Broker Of Turbulent Past
The article paints Fingy Conners as a hard driven Buffalo figure involved in many ventures from ice making to beer brewing and street railways. It describes his gang violence with a Pole in a street clash, his rise from social climbing to political influence, and a notorious incident with a railroad pass that exposed his flamboyant persona. Conners is portrayed as both formidable and flamboyant, a dominant local force.
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Buffalo
Conners
Conner
Railroad Pass
Buffalo Courier
Erie
William J. Conners
Moner
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Deafness Cure
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tubes and mucous catarrh, claiming constitutional remedies and offering one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Includes contact details in Toledo Ohio and mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Druggista
The
Economical Vacation Fare Sale Planned by Grand Trunk
Round trip tickets slightly above one way fares will be offered to a hundred plus resorts in Canada and New England with sale dates after June 1 1908. Full details on sale dates limits stopovers and literature obtainable by writing Geo W Vaux at Grand Trunk Railway System 13% Adams St Chicago.
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Canada
New England
Geo. W. Vaux
A. G. PP
F.A
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams St
Chicago
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Keokuk County
H. L. Bosquet
Marion County
Nathaniels. Ketchum
Marshall County
Albert F. Dawson
F. D. Letts
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A. S Lawrence
A. C. Shiflet
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T. W. Stoops
H. C. Schoemaker
J. C. Coster
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E. H. King
A. C. Noble
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M .J. Shellabarger
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William Freers
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Nuscatine Journal
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Major Dill
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri- Pacific Railroad Company
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Iowa City
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Kansas City
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M. Bernick
Frank Kelly
Bert Nettleton
John Tough
George Plett
Indianapolis
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Ae & Jackson
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Meeretine
Ess Scott
Cc. F. Franke
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