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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
3
Throop publisher F D Throop swears the above number of copies of the Muscatine Journal were printed and circulated in July 1908. Notary F L Bihlmeier verifies the statement under oath in Muscatine County Iowa.
Iowa Republicans announce a delegate convention in Des Moines on September 9 1908 at 11 am to nominate a candidate for the Supreme Court vacancy caused by Charles A Bishop death. County and district delegate selections occur August 29 1908 and August 28 1908 with county seats and court house notices.
The article celebrates Hannibal Missouri’s revival led by a thriving Commercial association. It claims the city, once conservative, grew with new cement plants shoe factories flour mills and foundries and now sits with four railroads and the Mississippi river. It notes a debt free status and hints at a future city hall funded by citizens vote. The Courier-Post highlights the town as a model for others.
A long ago city on a great river thrived on log rafts and mills profiting the residents. After forests vanished the town declined. in 1900 censored figures show 13 006 residents and a resolve to regroup, forming a rich but inactive commercial group to revive the economy.
Notice records indicate copyright entry for Horace Annesley Vachell's 1908 work The Turn of the Tide. Registration at Stationers Hall reserved all rights.
The chapter details Angela's vanity as she flaunts her beauty and manipulates men, while John endures the suitors and the mockery of the group called the Angelicans. Guy, once John’s ally, is drawn into the social drama as Angela plots to outwit John and the courtship unfolds.
Keokuk and Rock Island Packet company adds the Keokuk to their line with daily departures including Sundays. The Ben Campbell and Tishmingo service is expanded to a seven day schedule. Seventy five cattle pass Muscatine en route to Chicago. Muscatine county fair plans include a $100 flag prize for the best drilled military company. Invitations go to neighboring towns to compete with the Muscatine Light Guards. A letter from J H Wallace, Democratic elector, offers an explanation regarding his Nashville Banner note.
Marshal Scott detained six boys this morning as they were loading boats with lumber from the Humphrey park house. Virginia Paper. We are indebted.
A St. Louis girl mother of Nellie Moore died aboard the Clinton near Hannibal and was buried in St. Louis. A. McDermott shipped 32 pound monster watermelons to W. A. Rinker, totaling 144 melons. Joseph Bilkey Jr. returns after five weeks’ illness. Master Ben Lilly, four, celebrated a pleasant surprise birthday with refreshments at home.
A complex web unfolds as Guy, Angela, and John navigate a forbidden bond with Poppet born, revealing a strained marriage, a penitent husband, and Lady Barnbogle urging moral judgment while warning against interference in a union she helped shape. The drama deepens as trust frays and loyalties collide.
Letts and nearby residents host relatives and travelers as several people visit Iowa City Des Moines Perry and Muscatine. Rev W L Childress resigns from United Brethren church and will depart. The Independents played Grandview. Odd Fellows work on their building. W H Snyder bids farewell after ten years as M E Sunday school superintendent.
Miss Viola Valette stays with sister Mrs Bert Pirkey in Moscow to care for her newborn nephew born August 23. Local residents and families, including Heabner Munn Howe and Wiese groups, spent Sunday at Cedar and Fred Marolf’s. School opens with Helen Hall of Wilton as teacher.
An old advertisement claims ZEMO a clean external liquid will draw germs to the surface and permanently cure every form of itching skin disease. It mentions sale nationwide and provides sample requests and distributor names in St. Louis and at 107 West 2nd Street.
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