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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1906
Page
3
The Che JOURNAL ISTING CO. and W. L. LANE as publisher with Fk. D. THROOP listed as managing editor. Members of the Associated Press are noted in connection with the publication.
Representatives in New York at 140 Nassau Street are La Coste and Maxwell. Chicago representatives at 750 Marquette Building are Payne and Young.
The Daily Journal is issued every evening during the week except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal is issued on Tuesday and Friday nights. Daily delivered in the city by carrier and collected for weekly 10 cents per week. Daily, one year, by mail 2.00. Semi-Weekly, one year 2.00.
The Journal names local businesses and streets in a city convenience notice listing East Hill Clay Kneese Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Morse Washburn's Grocery End of street car track W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey Prannea Kecklerville Charyka's Grocery West Will Sharrar's Grocery.
Fragmented text shows Bell Telephone related business office and factory office references in Mississippi Valley with unclear context. No clear event, date, or names readable to specify a full summary.
The famine in Kazan Simbirsk Samara Saratov and other Volga regions has reached a desperate stage. Experts compare it to the 1891 famine prompting international relief. Peasants face starvation amid harsh winter and food scarcity as reports allege irregularities in relief distribution threaten a cabinet member and influence upcoming elections.
In McDonough County Illinois three local banks owned by C V Chandler face failure with deposits totaling about 760000. Chandler pledges to pay every cent as he converts private holdings to cash, and townspeople express confidence, with local business leaders ready to accept checks during the transition.
The town supports Mr Chandler amid financial failure, noting his integrity and prior generosity. He funded a park, a monument for veterans, a first class hotel, and helped secure the Western Linois normal school. Banks offer to redeem certificates at par while Chandler works to repay debts.
Henry Clews warns that high pressure and rising costs temper optimism for 1907. A good harvest could sustain prosperity, while a poor crop would trigger a reaction. Secretary Wilson notes farm product value at 6.794 billion, driven by meat and animal values despite cereal price drops.
The piece notes U S pig iron output at 26 million tons annually, surpassing England Germany and France combined, with mills selling ahead into 1907 and 1908. It cites textiles as the nation’s third largest industry by census ranking and describes remarkable activity making reliable forecasts difficult.
A compilation from multiple Iowa newspapers comments on race talk, party demagoguery, Iowa democracy, Senate committee fate, John Sharp Williams prosperity remarks, Dolliver interviews, voting impacts, presidential stance, farm policy, rebating crime, and Dolliver’s perceived honesty at the convention.
The Fairfield Ledger argues that a reform governor and supportive legislature could end railroad involvement in politics. It warns that removing the railway pass from politics would cost some people their major political leverage in the next legislative session.
The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune notes that any credible sign of opposition to Senator Dolliver this winter could trigger a statewide protest. Such a protest might jeopardize his future prospects even if the current challenge cannot succeed.
The Charles City Intelligencer laments that the Cummins campaign is not finished and criticizes ongoing attacks atop his mantle, suggesting the aim is to keep certain individuals in the limelight.
The Marion Register notes the national committee seat debated by Iowa Democrats is not something to value highly nor despise. It quotes a remark about only one man refusing the post, a distinguished citizen from Hawkeye land who shunned even a seat in the world’s highest legislative chamber.
The Mason City Republican argues Gen. Weaver’s push for resettling black Americans in Africa is not new. It notes Tillman of South Carolina and Mississippi’s governor echo the same ideas from each platform, with Sen- continuing the line of debate.
Vinol tonic iron formula claims to include cod liver oil components without oil or bad taste and to strengthen delicate children and feeble elderly. Money refunded if Vinol fails to benefit. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store, 203 E Second St.
Seasonal cold remedy advertisement urges readers to buy Brom o Lax from a druggist. It promises no quinine side effects and claims guaranteed relief after several doses. Price listed as 25 cents.
A fragment notes Senator Morgan of Alabama delivering a lengthy lament in the Senate with sentences stretching on. The passage hints at a steady, possibly unresolved, oratory performance amid stalled proceedings.
Rexez Amusements presents Harry Hastings' Black Crook, Jr. at the Grand featuring two burlesques Oh What a Night and A Midnight Supper with 20 showgirls. Curtis and Adams headline Clio acts, Mile Devere novelty Caught in the Act, Stella Blodgett and other variety stars perform.
Miss Ethel Fuller arrives at the Grand Opera House Tuesday evening December 4. Critics rank her among the era's top emotional actresses alongside Bernhardt and Duse. She stars in Sudermann's The Fires of St John with a strong supporting company.
A reviewer lauds The District Leader for its unity and sharp staging. The musical numbers directly advance the plot and energize the story, highly praising the production as compared to Gilbert and Sullivan. It is scheduled to appear Friday December 7.
A good comedy with a young man in disguise as a widow filling a governess role for two girls. The plot leads to ludicrous impersonation and comic complications. Music is sparkling and up to date, delivered by jolly comedians and pretty girls in a rapidly successful show.
Manager Salisbury announces the production of Everybody Works But Father at the Grand Sext Thursday evening. The musical comedy, a Howard Webster original, features Katherine Roberts Bert O Rourke Gaylord Hurlock and Harrison Greene with a large chorus. The show arrives by special car after its New York City success and is expected to fill the Grand opera house.
Advert says Dr King’s New Life Pills offer quick pleasant curative effects with a guarantee. Hiavercamp’s Prescription Drug Store promotes the remedy priced at 25 cents.
On November 19 the Wabash with Iron Mountain and National lines resumes its Mexican Spatial service from Chicago to the City of Mexico leaving Chicago at 9 17 p m every Monday and Thursday The Mexican special includes sleepers observation and dining cars and travels in three days Write for illustrated matter and full information F H Tristram A G P A 97 Adams Street Chicago
The narrator, trapped in a sealed room with a shaft to the outside, works from within a bare space using a desk, drawers, and a knife to carve a path up the plaster. After five hours of grueling effort, he penetrates to a window and anticipates escape, driven by anger at Sears and hope of freedom.
The narrator details a tense escape from a cedar-closet confinement and a later sighting of Hiram Sears in the same house. Time spent and physical strain are described, including a three o’clock escape and a daytime recovery, ending with a note on pursuing Sears. The account is marked as To Be Continued.
The notice lists eastbound and southwestbound trains with numbers destinations and times. It notes the Golden State Limited stops only to pick up or drop off passengers at El Paso and points west and that all trains run daily except Sunday. Agent W. S. Underdonk signs the timetable.
Rail timetable fragment lists freight and passenger departures with times such as 11:13pm 2:14pm 11:38am and 4.00pm. Notes daily service 9:30am except Sunday and several freight movements including a 10:15pm listing.
Train numbers 368 567 262 361 364 363 operate daily to and from Muscatine with listed departure times. Services run without Sundays at the Wilton branch, providing several daily connections in both directions.
Historic Muscatine timetable details No. 4 2 iv No. 6 and No. 3 lines show daily except Sunday and Monday only connections at Round House Hahn's Switch Grandview Elrick Junction Wapello and Burlington. It lists departure times and transfer notes with Iowa Central CR I&P connections and special Saturday arrangements.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces timetable changes effective April 9 with eastbound No. 4 12 passenger service and westbound No. 92 freight carrying passengers. Freight No. 91 departs at 7:15am with service details shown in the schedule.
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