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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
3
Governor Cummins explains Muscatine Labor Day as more than rest, urging a fitting observance with a parade showing a new industrial and social phase. Proclamation asks closure of businesses to unite workers and employers in reflecting on progress and future goals.
The Daily Journals issued every evening except Sunday with the Sea Weekly Journal on Tuesday and Friday. Delivery by carrier, 10 cents weekly. Rates: daily by mail, semi weekly, one year at 5.00 and 1.00 respectively. Circulation claimed greater than all other Muscatine papers combined.
Representatives Washington Bureau The Mariboorough Frank J Stillman in charge New York Office 140 Nassau Street La Coste Maxwell in charge Chicago Office 148 Marquetts Building Payne Young in charge
The Journal lists city agencies where extra papers are available each night. Locations include Kecknerville Chayka's grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's grocery South Muscatine Morse Washbern's grocery and end of street car track. Subscribers missing papers can obtain them at these sites.
For Governor A B Cummins Des Moines For Lieutenant Governor John Herriott Stuart For Supreme Judge Charles A Bishop Des Moines For Railroad Commissioner David J Palmer Washington For State Superintendent F J Riggs Sigourney
The Muscatine button workers should seek understanding with their employers through calm discussions and fair compromise. The Journal urges committees from both sides to canvass the wage dispute, share burdens, and avoid rough measures while aiming to secure wages the business can sustain.
Judge Martin J. Wade of Iowa City is seen as unlikely to sail through next year’s congressional convention. The Second District is viewed as an oasis with Wade noted for a past election victory. F. W. Ellis of Clinton forecasts Ellis as a candidate when the time arrives.
A bright young attorney, Martin J Wade, is poised to be the nominee next year if he lives. He aligns with the Davenport reorganizing contingent, which is running things and showing no sign of loosening grip after a steady start at the Des Moines state convention.
The article notes the second defeat of Shamrock III in similar weather and with a sea favorable to Shamrock and concludes that the race was a contest between boats. It argues the Reliance's design and construction gave the Americans the edge, showing the better craft won.
The Rockwell City Advocate predicts next year’s campaign will focus as much on the currency question as on tariffs. It notes the currency topic is little understood, similar to the silver issue in 1895, and expects another education campaign as in the 1896 presidential contest.
The Spirit Lake Beacon argues that patriotism and popular government are not safeguarded by political campaigns meeting only at extremes. It notes reluctance to alter political experiments, citing states that adopted biennial elections and later resisted returning to annual polls. No philosophy can override this test of experience.
The speaker recalls a dreamlike afterlife of ease and rest in a heavenly home. A childlike vision includes waking in peace, no chores, and angels at play. Gabriel might ask to clear the clouds, and harpers sing as a dinner bell calls souls to their places. Judge.
A Brooklyn man with a habit of returning home late is confronted by a tall white shrouded figure that whispers Tam the family ghost. He sighs relief and asks what the specter will take, thinking it is his wife.
Peter Jensen of Muscatine files suit in Davenport district court against Mr and Mrs Charles Suhr and Louisa Rickets claiming they alienated his daughter Agnes Jensen age fifteen and enticed her from home on May 5 1903 under the name Lulu Paulsen Seeking damages of 2500 for loss of wages mental anguish and costs Jensen asserts the Suhrs are wealthy six miles from Davenport and induced the girl to leave and assume a new name
Joseph C. Lincoln's Yankee humor is praised in a short note about his story The Cruise of the Dora Bat in Ainslee's for Saher. The piece highlights Cant Solomon Pratt as a familiar figure and lauds Lincoln's craft as among his best works in local New England settings.
One way daily tickets are offered at very low rates by the Iowa Central railway to assist laborers across Minnesota and the Dakotas. Return accommodations are liberal to help at once.
An advertising claim promotes Newbro’s Herpicide as a cure by killing the dandruff germ, noting that curing the underlying cause restores hair growth. It urges readers to buy from pharmacists and to send 1 cent in stamps for a sample to The Herpicide Co. Detroit, Michigan.
One way rate with two dollars additional for round trip tickets on sale the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Return limit twenty one days from date of sale. See ticket agents of Iowa Central for rates or A B Cutts, Ga P T A, Minneapolis, Minn.
Muscatine August 24 193. The clerk of the district court announces the will of Alexander Jackson, late of the county, opened for proof on September 8 1903 at the September term. Any interested person may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. T. R. Fitzgerald, attorney.
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