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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
3
Auditors and Officials Named in County Ledger
Auditor of State B F Carroll and Davis County Treasurer G S Gilbertson are listed among county and district officials. Winnebago County Attorney W Mullan and E A Dawson appear with commission members in a regional note.
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B. F. Carroll
Davis County
G. S. Gilbertson
Winnebago County
Republican Delegate Convention of Muscatine County Iowa
Delegates will assemble in Muscatine at the courthouse on September 13 1902 at 11 am to nominate candidates for county offices Auditor Clerk Recorder Attorney and two supervisors. Representation is one delegate per township ward plus one for every 20 votes or fraction of 10 cast for Governor Cummins in 1901. Township and ward totals are listed, with caucus calls to be issued by the county committee.
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Journal
Kecklerville
Chayka’s
West Muscatine
Sharrar’s Grocery
South Muscatine
Morse Washburn's
Muscatine County
Iowa
City of
Muscatine
Court House
A. B. Cummins
Lake
GEM Vnewediatee
DCO
Republican County Central Committee
J. C. Coster
Chas. P. Hanley
Justice Holmes Views on Union Liberty and Persuasion
A Roosevelt appointee to the U S Supreme Court, Justice Holmes, expresses that working men may unionize to seek their best possible gains just as capital does. He asserts workers have the same liberty to advocate for their interests by argument and persuasion, as long as they do not resort to violence.
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Justice Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Roosevelt
Farmers Strike Sparks Tariff Debate Across Papers
Des Moines Register pushes for free wheat from Canada while Chicago Tribune calls for duty removal on cattle to lower meat prices. Fairfield Ledger notes Iowa farmers’ interests are overlooked by tariff revisionists as the dispute unfolds.
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Des Moines Register
Canada
Chicago Tribune
Fairfield Ledger
Cholera in the Philippines Report Critics Blame Native Doctors
A Manila letter to The New York Medical Journal compares cholera efforts to stamping out a prairie fire. It notes Manila mortality often above 80 percent in four months to July 20 and 10 to 60 daily cases, blaming native physicians and even religious orders for opposing health safeguards. The United States Army suffered. General Bell's brigade saw nearly 200 cases with about 65 percent fatality. The author warns of a regional panic but expects improvement with the rainy season as the epidemic may subside on its own.
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Philippines
Manila
New York Medical Journal
United States Army
Bell
Batangas
Laguna
Orient
Second district endorses state platform at convention
The Sioux City Journal reports the Second district convention endorsed the state platform and its principles. It notes no declaration on tariffs as shelter for trusts and that a proposed resolution would not have been adopted by any committee member.
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Sioux City Journal
Mrs. Shaw Prominent in Washington Society
Washington society discussion centers on Mrs. Leslie Shaw wife of the treasury head as she fronts cabinet social duties this season. The piece notes her popularity, other cabinet wives limited by circumstance, Miss Wilson and Mrs Knox as aides, and Miss Roosevelt’s social role plus Newport automobile fashions and palmistry craze among Roosevelts.
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Washington, D. C
Leslie Shaw
Iowa
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Shaw
Knox
Hay
Root
Europe
Secretary of the Navy
White House
Navy Department
Miss Wilson
Mrs. Roosevelt
Mrs. Knox
Alice Roosevelt
Newport
Maine
Miss Roosevelt
Col
John Jacob Aster
Ellen Drexel Paul
Philadelphia
Miss Paul
Miss Cutting
Homestead and timber claim craze noted by reader
E C Peasley of Glenwood Klickitat county writes on the homestead and timber claim boom in the West. He describes locating a 160 acre claim in northwest Klickitat, notes volcanic soil and potential wheat land, and estimates two to two and a half million feet of merchantable lumber on the timber with future crops of winter wheat after clearing land.
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America
Uncle Sam
Klickitat County
Washington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
James J. Hill Opposes Isthmian Canal Funding Plan
James J. Hill of the Great Northern warns funds meant for the canal would be wasted and should instead improve the Mississippi River. He opposes using money on the Upper Mississippi and doubts a competing canal route. his continental railway interests color his view.
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James J. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Isthmian Canal
Mississippi River
Mississipi
Mr. Hill
European opinion on US role in Venezuela crisis noted
The text reports European nations think the United States could settle Venezuela's difficulty efficiently. It cites Field Marshal Lord Wolseley's claim that the American army is the best in the world, as an important admission if accurately reported.
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United States
Venezuela
Lord Wolseley
Telegraph Merger Talk Between Western Union and Postal
Rumors say Western Union and the Postal Telegraph entity may consolidate to form a single nationwide communications network. Details remain unconfirmed as industry sources weigh benefits and potential antitrust concerns.
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Western Union
Postal
Treasury official implicated in gambling circle case
Secretary Shaw exposes a gambling scheme targeting an employer in the treasury department. Lorenzo G. Warfield, a treasury official, was drawn to a race betting concern promising large patron winnings. The group cited Warfield's position to claim respectability, leading to his dismissal for using the department's name.
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Shaw
Treasury Department
Lorenzo G. Warfield
Warfield
Department
Ottumwa opposed to Parsons college move from Fairfield
The Centerville Citizen argues against relocating the Presbyterian college to Ottumwa after a recent fire hinders rebuilding. It calls Ottumwa a saloon plagued city and says the Presbyterian community will never consent to the move.
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Ottumwa
Parsons College
Fairfield
Centerville
New York Hits 60 mph Car Fatalities Drop
Eight automobile casualties in a day were a record yesterday in New York. This time only two were killed. The article notes the danger of 60 miles an hour cars while slow careful drivers fare better.
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New York
Muscatine County Republican Nominee Questioned
A political letter questions Democrats for backing Hoffman for Congress and warns that the Muscatine county Republican nominee may not be elected despite convention plotting and campaign rhetoric.
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William Hoffman
Muscatine County
Hoffman
Congress
Unusual Political Capital in Sioux City Opinion
In the Sioux City Journal a press opinion notes that in the Second district congressional race Democrats are unlikely to leverage Congressman Wheeler’s remark about German goodwill, signaling a cautious political stance amid the campaign.
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Sioux City
Wheeler
Principles In Training Horses
The article explains horse training hinges on understanding horse nature and its reasoning from experience. It contrasts young and old horses and shows how early experiences shape future behavior with halters and restraint.
Democratic Interest in Muscatine for Congress
Muscatine has never elected a congressman but has run candidates. Voters are enthusiastic for a live congressman with an election certificate. The piece suggests nominating ex Senator Gobble of Muscatine for the Democratic ticket.
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Muscatine
Clinton Age
Burg
Gobble
Congress
Plank on shelter to monopoly criticized in Emmetsburg report
The Emmetsburg Reporter argues the shelter to monopoly tariff plank is a hollow gesture. It says no Iowa Republican will campaign on altering any tariff schedule and even Governor Cummins avoids endorsing it.
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Emmetsburg
Iowa
Cummins
Rafters Fade From Upper Mississippi Trade
The F Weyerhauser and its bow boat R J Kendall, famed rafters of the upper river, depart for southern waters to tow hard wood logs to St Louis and then to the Obine river in Tennessee. River men expect the era of the rafters to fade as mills consolidate and workers seek other jobs or move north to the Yukon.
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F. Weyerhauser
Weyerhauser & Denkman Lumber Co
Rock Island
R. J. Kendall
St. Louis
Obine
Tennessee
Mississippi
Yukon
Sabbath Baseball Ban Call In Atalissa Editorial
A reader urges publishing a 1897 law on Sabbath breach to curb Sunday games like Muscatine vs Atalissa. The item cites Section 5949 penalties for labor and commerce on Sundays, with exemptions for Seventh-day observance and essential travel.
Pine Mills News and Local Notes
Pine Mills Iowa August 26 reports visitor Kuebler from Bloomington township viewing F Paul's place. Stecher loses a horse to lightning, valued at 150 and insured. Mrs Nathen Weeks of Des Moines returns after a visit to C Alteneder. Shults buys a threshing outfit from Henry Bierkamp. threshing begins at A Henke. A 30 foot well on high ground was dry last summer but now has 22 feet of water. W Hartman visits W Eis on Sunday.
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Pine Mills
Kuebler
Bloomington Township
F. Paul
B. Stecher
Nathen Weeks
Des Moines
C. Alteneder
Shults
Henry Bierkamp
Durant
A. Henke
W. Hartman
W. Eis
Iowa Central Sells Low Rate Excursion Tickets to Clear Lake
Through September 30 the Iowa Central railway offers special weekend excursions to Clear Lake. Tickets are valid Saturdays with return Mondays, enabling affordable short trips for busy men. See your local ticket agent for details.
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Iowa Central Railway
Clear Lake
New Sleeping Car Service to St. Paul and Minneapolis
The Iowa Central Railway announces a new fast sleeping car service to the Twin Cities. The Limited departs Elrick Junction at 7 39 p m daily and arrives in Minneapolis at 8 00 a m with low rates and through train of sleeping cars and coaches. See local ticket agent.
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Twin Cities
Northwest
Iowa Central Railway
Elrick Junction
Minneapolis
Peoples' Pulpit: A Column for Readers' Signed Communications
Readers may sign and submit communications in this column while the Journal provides a medium for expression. The paper does not approve or disapprove of the sentiments and uses this space for reader voices.
Real Stringtown on the Pike and Bible Lands Excavations
Woman's Home Companion presents The Real Stringtown on the Pike with its scene and characters illustrated. It also reports on recent excavations in Bible lands shedding new light on biblical history. The issue features Outdoor Sports in Girls Colleges, Should the Girl Go to College, fiction by Brady Waterloo Norris Ensign, and Miss Gould fashion plus cooking and household departments.
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Stringtown On the Pike
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Stanley Waterloo
Zoe Anderson Norris
Herman Lee Ensign
Miss Gould
The
Crowell Publishing Co
Springfield
Ohio
Half Rate to State Fair Des Moines August 21 30
Iowa Central offers round trip tickets from all Iowa points to Des Moines for one fare with return allowed until September 1. The Des Moines State Fair will run August 21 to 30 and is predicted to outdo prior years.
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Des Moines
Iowa Central
Iowa
Iowa State Fair and Iowa Central Rail Fare Notice
At Des Moines the Iowa State Fair runs August 22 to 30, 1902. The Iowa Central will sell tickets August 21 to 30 with a round trip fare. The fair is expected to be a great event with favorable travel terms valid through September.
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Des Moines
Iowa Central
Iowa
Low excursion rail fares offered to Ohio and Indiana
On September 2 9 16 and 23 1992 round trip excursion tickets will be sold at all Iowa Central railway stations to Ohio and Indiana points at a very low rate. Tickets limited to 30 days from sale. The special rate aids settlers in the west to visit the old home. For details contact your local agent or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Iowa Central Railway
Ohio
Indiana
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
Sleeping car service touted for Iowa Central Railway
Travelers are urged to use the Iowa Central Railway sleeping car from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria for quick time and convenience. The Limited departs Elrick Junction daily at 7 57 am for Peoria and points east. See local ticket agent.
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Iowa Central Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Peoria
Elrick Junction
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