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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1906
Page
3
Representatives New York Office at 1140 Nassau Street and La Coste and Maxwell in charge. Chicago Office at 750 Marquette Build with Payne and Young in charge.
Terms for readers describe the Daily Journall issued every evening except Sunday and the Semi-Weekly Journal issued eight pages on Tuesday and five pages Friday nights. Delivery by carrier in-city and weekly ten cents, or daily by mail three dollars, semi weekly one year one dollar and fifty cents. Agencies listed include East Hill and East 2nd Street Kneese Grocery Morse Washburns End of street car track W C A Busch's Prog Store Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Willi Sharrars Grocery. Telephones for business and editorial offices noted as Bell lines.
The Methodist Episcopal church in Conesville earned wide praise for raising funds and completing a new edifice. After older members built the structure, debt lingered until the younger congregation shouldered the burden and completed the effort, earning commendation for community enterprise.
The Muscatine Chautauqua outlines a stronger 1906 season after a successful debut last year. The board promises improved programs and urges full public support to build a lasting cultural institution in the city.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye challenges the Salvation Army claim that 1,600 city children lack meals this Christmas, suggesting the number of destitute children is far lower and the city may not be in as bad shape as stated.
The Hawk Eye questions how one thousand poor children in Muscatine will get a Christmas dinner without the Salvation Army. It notes seven percent of the population lacks food on Christmas day and urges local leaders and groups to act.
The P. E. O. sisters organized chapters across states with Mt. Pleasant as the parent. At Thanksgiving they provide baskets for every poor family, containing a dressed chicken vegetables fruit and more for a royal meal. The writer praises this practical Christianity and calls for more such charity.
The county weighs installing voting machines amid election delays. Estimates put the cost at at least 20000 dollars, with Floyd county showing machine precinct costs averaging 23.15 dollars and 32.08 dollars for manual voting, suggesting machines may not pay.
Union printers in Iowa City, unemployed by their strike, publish a new paper opposing established outlets. Marshalltown Times-Republican notes the move shows they prefer taking action to merely watching events unfold.
A man asserts leftover campaign cigars will be re labeled and sold as Christmas gifts to wives for their husbands but in Muscatine the smokers know the brands and reject fancy labels.
It is less than thirty days until Christmas. Now is the time to make purchases before stocks are picked over, the rush on and clerks worn out and out of humor.
The Dubuque Times-Journal argues the Cummins faction would have bolted the ticket if defeated at the state convention, warning the move could topple Republican gains in seven congressional districts and threaten the legislature and broader party prospects.
An advertisement promotes Bromo Cough Remedy with a 50cc bottle and 25c plaster, offering a package deal for 50c that includes both and a free plaster. It claims the cough plaster relieves congestion, aids the remedy, and praises the formula as standard United States Dispensatory, widely used by physicians.
The Davenport Times debates party unity and race in politics. It says some Republicans struggle with open opposition and notes blacks have long-standing presence in the nation and will remain for generations. It dismisses daytime schemes from Gen. Weaver and Tillman as unhelpful to solving the problem.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says the usual number of condemned murderers will apply to the Iowa legislature for pardons this winter. It warns that unless an injustice is shown, court sentences should be carried out, and it complains that criminal pardoning is becoming a profession and should be discouraged.
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues that America's homicide problem is as serious as divorce issues, noting life is cheaper here than elsewhere if murder counts by degree are accepted as a measure.
The Waterloo Reporter notes Dolliver repudiates a Kansas report alleging his remarks about Secretary Root. The paper suggests every candid man who knows Dolliver will accept the denial at face value.
The Dubuque Telegraph warns that northern public men lending their presence to Tillman meetings on the negro question could soon heighten race strife and trigger riots between whites and blacks in large cities.
The Burlington Hawkeye argues that only a substantial raise in teachers salaries can prevent proposed school consolidation, stressing a sizeable increase is necessary to keep schools intact.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette comments on the potential size of a Democratic crow if they had won the recent election, and notes Providence as a metaphor for a politician.
The Nonpareil urges patience with the new circleless ballot calling for several trials before condemning the reform. It argues a single test is insufficient to evaluate its effectiveness and fairness.
The Des Moines Capital trusts General Weaver’s sincerity yet doubts his plan to repatriate American blacks to Africa as impracticable and unworkable.
Booker T. Washington spoke at the Church of the Paternity in New York about Tuskegee Institute. He recalled Andrew Carnegie ordering shoes from Tuskegee students and noted Carnegie later ordered two more pairs. The talk, titled The Negro Problem, emphasized progress despite widespread violence and difficulties, and a collection was urged for Tuskegee.
The speaker recalls building kilns and bricks at Tuskegee, facing failures and money shortages, then praising a former student who expanded a rural school and taught practical skills. He notes 6,000 alumni spread across the South doing similar work, shaping a hopeful future despite hardship.
In Wilmington Bishop Cole of Delaware recalls walking trips through Pennsylvania and Maryland, noting a Mary land church sexton showing a Bible. A strange Sunday moment arose when the minister read a notice requesting sympathy for John Q. Griggs, who had lost his wife, while Griggs sat nearby with his new wife.
A New York Tribune note recalls Senator Beveridge doubting a political deal’s integrity. Beveridge quips there is nothing definite to pin down yet calls it fishy, likening the matter to a Washington waiter who juggles a bill after a diner claims only enough money to settle his tab. The anecdote ends with the waiter insisting on rechecking the sum.
The ad claims Dr Pierce’s Family Medicines are non secret and alcohol free with labeled ingredients. It emphasizes physician endorsements, glycerine solvent, and safety, noting Pleasant Pellets for constipation and easy dosing with no better substitute sold by druggists.
A narrator recalls entering a rich house and hiding as a burglar creeps upstairs by matches. He shadows the intruder who searches desks and trunks, finds a torn photograph, and debates pursuit as a pistol is heard. The scene ends with a tense descent into the hall, leading toward a confrontation.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by New Great South American Kidney Cure. It claims prompt relief of bladder and back pain in men and women, with near immediate relief from water retention. Sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
R L Coburn administrator petitions to sell described real estate in Carroll County to pay debts. Property includes portions of sections 25 and 34 in township 100 north range 39 west of the fifth meridian with certain railroad and street tract exceptions. Hearing set for December 4, 1906 at 2 PM in Carroll Court House. Objects must appear to resist.
The notice urges buyers to replace old wagons before the busy fall season to avoid breakdowns and time loss. It touts new wagons as easy running and durable with prices similar to inferior models offered by some dealers.
An advertisement describes nervous prostration as a system-wide drain tied to the nervous system. It claims Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills restore nerve force, often requiring many boxes, and asserts natural thorough cures with doses that keep imparting benefit. The ad lists Buffalo company and local dealer A W Morgan as suppliers.
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