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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1909
Page
3
Journal Agencies list for city readers
The Journal prints a directory of agencies serving the city for reader convenience. The list includes East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Tobore Bros. grocery Oregon Street C 4 Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J. A. Fuller Grocery and Wm. Van Zy Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 83rd Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Hill
Hurlbut
East 2Nd Street
Kecklerville
Chayka’s Grocery
West Hill
J. A. Fuller
Wm. van Zy
New York Ofice
West 83Rd Street
Bell Telephone Office Reported In Valley City
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a telephones office notice in Bell territory near Milasiesipp Valley with unclear details. The readable elements indicate a local Bell office reference and possible address or date fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Circulation Statement for Muscatine Journal July 1909
Sworn statement from publisher F. D. Throop and Notary Arthur Hoffman. Reports total copies printed and circulated for July 1909 with averages around 6,854 and 6,925, listing regional circulation figures and signatories in Muscatine Iowa with official county seal language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine Journal
Sun
F. D. Throop
F. D. Throon
Muscatine Co
State of
Lowa
Arthur Hoffman
Y M C A Star Course Revival Aims at 500 Tickets
Muscatine readers are urged to back a revived winter Y M C A Star course with 500 season ticket agreements. Past two years saw the program fail financially. organizers promise guaranteed safety against losses, seeking strong local support for a successful season and broader backing of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Young Men's Christian Association
Reminiscences of Long Ago Fifty Years Ago
S G Stein Esquire returns from Cedar and Linn counties with praise for this year s crops and notes signs of maturity thrift and prosperity observed locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. G. Stein
Cedar and Linn
Gov Kirkwood rallies in Skunk River War in 1863
In the summer of 1863 amid southern sympathy in Keokuk Poweshiek and Wapello counties a mob led by Tally attacked South English. Gov Kirkwood confronted the riot from Sigourney with Col Chipman and militia. He warned the mob and pledged to enforce the law, aiding arrests and trials while preventing rear fire and bloodshed. The uprising dissolved and charges were dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Ejcchelberger
Grant
Vicksburg
Lee
Pennsylvania
Keokuk
Poweshiek
Wapello
Tally
Ioka
Keokuk County
Gettysburg
Pleasant
Moorman
Washington
Iowa
N. P. Chipman
Samuel R. Curtis
Col. Chipman
J. F. McJunkin
Skunk River
South English
Adams
Skunk
Sigourney
Sanders
Chicago
Muscatine
Kirkwood
Col. Trumbull
Sth Cavalry
Court House
Towa
Mt. Pleasant
Marble House to Open for Woman Suffrage Lectures
Newport August 16. Marble House the Newport residence of Mrs. Oliver H. P. Belmont will be opened to the public for two lectures to aid woman suffrage. The estate cost $2,009,000 and was built when she was Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt. Rev Anne Howard Shaw and Prof Charles Zueblin will lecture on August 24 and 28 with a $5 admission, receipts supporting suffrage work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Marble House
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Belmont
Rhode Island
William K. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Marble Hall
Anne Howard Shaw
Charles Zueblin
Uni
O. H. P. Belmont
Anna H. Shaw
Latta's horse recovered after theft last week
The Journal notes that Mr. H. A. Latta's horse, stolen recently, returned home a few days ago. The manner of the escape remains unknown. The column also observes local businessmen using trading dullness to tidy up their premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Latta
Reverend D T Richards Takes Short Leave for Wisconsin Visit
Thirty years ago Rev D T Richards, granted three weeks leave by the Baptist church, travels with his family to Wisconsin for a visit as the notice notes a distant churchgoing assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Richards
The
Baptist Church
Wisconsin
Community group seeks quick help for talent drive
The article urges local residents to support a self sustaining association by aiding in a talent enterprise with the lyceum bureau. It stresses cooperation requires no sacrifice and must be done now to benefit both the association and participants. It asks readers what they will do to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyceum Bureau
Airships and borders in the federal dream
In the Waterloo Times-Tribune a discussion questions how freight and passenger airships would challenge national frontiers and immigration laws. It wonders how smuggling and migration would be controlled as air travel becomes possible within a decade, comparing to Victor Hugo’s imagined world federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Times-Tribune
Stern
Victor Hugo
Iowa hay grades lag behind nation in quality
Keokuk Gate City Iowa notes that while Iowa produces more hay than any other state it offers the lowest and cheapest of the National Hay associations twenty three grades. The department of agriculture urges Iowa farmers to adopt higher quality hay cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk Gate City
Iowa
Union
National Hay Association
Department of Agriculture
Friday the 13th Sparks Heat Fueled Ottumwa Games
Ottumwa readers are reminded that yesterday was Friday the 13th and the Ottumwa baseball team endured a scorching day. An exchange laments the day’s gloom and the team’s hot spell amid the heat, reflecting local sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa Courier
Ottumwa
Auto registrations in Iowa rise to forty daily
Waterloo Reporter notes Iowa registers about forty automobiles per day. The item playfully suggests that a statistical reader could estimate when owning a car becomes necessary to maintain the ratio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Un clear George and Major Lacey in Iowa millennium delay
Sioux City Tribune questions lingering issues in the Jones county call case and asks what remains to be settled before declaring the Iowa millennium. The piece suggests officials must resolve outstanding matters to proceed without further delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City Tribune
Jones County
George
Major Lacey
Iowa Millennium
Farmers plan Missouri river boat line to market
The Dakotas farmers organize a company to buy and equip a boat line to float their crops down the Missouri River to market, aiming to secure direct transport and better prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa Herald
Dakotas
Missouri River
Thaw Aims for Literary Life Amid Biographical Ponderings
Harry Thaw announces ambition to become a literary man prompting public worry about a potential Thaw to biography. The remark signals his intent to pivot from scandal toward authorship, reflecting society's curiosity and caution about his future writings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge Messenger
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Iowa Golfers Compete On Morrell Links At Ottumwa
Burlington Gazette notes that Iowa golfers at Ottumwa are using links provided by Morrell Packing Company for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Gazette
Iowa
Ottumwa
Morrell Packing Company
Horses bolt dumping Abe Sheeley in muddy gutter
A strap caused Abe Sheeley's horse to break free today, dumping him into a muddy gutter outside the Journal office. He was unhurt and only minor damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Sheeley
Journal Office
Masters George and Elmer Chase Entertain Friends
Twenty years ago Masters George and Elmer Chase hosted about 25 friends in a pleasant evening. Four hundred tickets were sold for the firemen’s excursion to Moline today and about that many were expected to board the Golden Gate at 6 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Elmer Chase
Moline
Golden Gate
Bishop family plans Waterville trip in Minnesota summer
Ten years ago Mr and Mrs Will Bishop and their son Jerome prepare to travel to Waterville Minnesota a noted summer resort. The Muscatine Soldier boys head to Burlington to join the 50th Iowa at Camp Lincoln. Albert Barry departs on the Firefly to visit his aunt in Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Bishop
Jerome
Waterville
Minnesota
Muscatine
Burlington
Iowa
Camp Lincoln
Albert Barry
Davenport
Frank Thomas
Ella
Gladys Foster
L. Kleist
Matthew Chaver
Millersburg
Ill
Fred Christian
J. H. Bendle
Jessie Bendle
O. Shirkey
Max Ralph Hessman
Louis Hessman
Morning Sun Social Round Echoes From Aug 16
Local notes show Mable and Nellie Hinish along with Mrs. Bessie Ney of Omaha visiting their mother Mrs. Mary Hinish. Numerous residents travel to Oakville for a fish fry and many join friends and relatives in towns like Mediapolis, Winfield, Sperry, and Kansas City for visits and picnics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Sun
Mable Hinish
Nellie Hinish
Bessie Ney
Omaha
Mary Hinish
Robert Trumbull
Allegheny
George Boyman
Norwich
Kan
Robert Pruitt
Chicago
Oakville
Bert Willets
New Boston
Ill
J. N. Bras
G. L. Swan
Bertha
Paul
Mediapolis
Vanzant
Wayland
Bertha Vanzant
Fred Killough
Augusta
Margaret Huffman
Mt. Pleasant
William Miller
Winfield
F. H. Riepe
Mildred
Sperry
Franc
Phronia Hamilton
Greenridge
Roy Stewart
Guy Swan
Aberdeen
S. Oak
Mary Oberman
Des Moines
A. Orchard
Ray Swan
Blanche Keller
Cantril
F. T. Paisley
Fanny Bras
Bessie Owens
J. W. Cavan
Zella
Kansas City
Ora Paisley
Cedar Falls
J. R. McNeil
Hopkinton
M. W. Higbee
Newt. Arondalt
Allerton
Lucian Gibbs
Marsh
J. B. Crammond
Wapello
Edith Peck
Quincy
John Gibbs
Mt. Union
O.S. Gibbs
M. E. Latta
Dorothy
J. K. Latta
Eva Anderson
Ruthie Bloomberg
Lillie Nelson
Madeline
Edith Cling
Lillian Wicksell
Frank Carter
Lizzie Huffman
Dora Tomlinson
Burlington
G. J. Tomlinson
J. W. Shipman
M. B
Elizabeth Huffman
John E. Kilpatrick
Jas. Wilson
Jas. McKeown
Jesse Ross
Agnes Wilson
Meyerholtz’s Lake
Thos. Williams
Williams
Charles H. Williams
E. Clarke Corey
John
James Serrett
Californa
Foster. Local guest visit noted in Aug. 16 items
In Foster Illinois on August 16 Mrs. Scott and Thompson Breea or McOnesten of Braceville are listed as guests of Sawyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
Ill
Scott
Thompses Brea
McOnesten
Braceville, Ill
Sawyer
Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley Route Delights Travelers
New York and Philadelphia can be reached most pleasantly by the double track line via Niagara Falls with through coaches and sleeping cars. Magnificent scenery. Descriptive literature available from W. S. Cookson Grand Trunk Railway System 125 Adams street Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
Grand Trunk
Lehigh Valley
Niagara Falls
W. S. Cookson
Grand Trunk Railway System
Adams Street
Chicago
Locked in the laundry and a mystery at Sunnyside
I search for a hidden captive as Gertrude’s limp and a racing staircase weave into a tangled puzzle. I confront a shadowy stranger by the drive and question a lodge keeper while Warner and Thomas stir uncertainly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude
Thomas
Warner
Halsey
Sunnyside
Mr. Jamieson
Arnold Armstrong
Coat
Ma’m
Miss Innes
Liddy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Journal Printing CO
P. Loomis
Associated Press
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Iowa Evening Press Association
Daily Journal
Association of American Advertisers
New York City
Ctr Joerman
Gov. Kirkwood
Annals of Iowa
F. W. Ejcchelberger
Bloomfield
Versity of
Watson
Baptist Sunday School
Pine Bluff M. E
Fred Mavis
Matt. Stewart
Louise
Clara Foster
Agnes
Verna Stewart
Thos. Aiken
Rock Island
B. McNall
Nathan
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