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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
15
The Daily Journals announces itself as the official city and county paper with circulation promised greater than Muscatine papers and at least three times that of other daily papers. It notes AP and Iowa associations memberships and outlines subscriber terms for daily and semi weekly editions.
The Journal lists city convenience agencies including Fast Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zy Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Payne and Young head the Chicago Office located in the 750 Marquette Building.
F D Throop publisher swears the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated 1909 November. Notary F W Eversmeyer attests before 1 December 1909. The statement lists daily and overall circulation figures including average 6929 copies.
Washington advices say George Bruce Cortelyou will dominate display spaces in government. His life sized oil hangs in the Treasury ante room, posts are mounting his portrait in Nagel’s office, and portraits of former secretaries are placed in Commerce and Labor. He may also appear in Consolidated Gas offices and the Republican National Committee gallery.
Washington observers report Secretary Meyer’s navy reform package mirrors Congressman Dawson’s two-division concept for personnel and material and calls for consolidating bureaus, placing yards on a business footing, and adding four advisers. Dawson praised as key architect, predicting savings and higher efficiency, with Taft administration backing the changes.
Report notes that peculiar and notable signs appear in many locations, drawing interest from residents. The piece highlights the unusual marketable features and the width of coverage across regions.
Recalls: ice three inches thick last night with heavy floe on the river. Ferry did not cross today. navigation likely closed for the season. The Clara Hine last sailed from Rock Island to Montrose on the afternoon of the 1st. 30 years ago mentions rhetoricals at the first ward school with 27 essays and listeners. 40 years ago gas disruption left part of the city in darkness. lamps recalled union victory nights. 20 years ago Knight Templars see Varnum install officers at De Molay Commandery with banquet at Commercial House. 10 years ago Sunday noted as the date.
Miss Ruth Lindauer returns from Worthington Minnesota after attending the marriage of her cousin Miss Myrtle Turner to C V Hansbarger. The newlyweds accompanied by Mrs. Hansbarger head to a Keota honeymoon stay. Mrs. Margaret Seydel served an...
Mrs Geo L Fridhoff reports a six year old girl suffered two months with hives after contact with other children. After a physician failed to help, daily hot baths with Cuticura Soap and application of Cuticura Ointment relieved itching and cured the disease.
Mrs J D Maxwell of Woodside Long Island reports her boy’s severe skin sores from shoulder to shoulder were cured by Cuticura Remedies including Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap price 25 cents Ointment 50 cents and Resolvent 50 cents or pills 25 cents per vial, Potter Drug & Chem Corp Sole Props Posten Mass GP mailed free.
Thanksgiving events mark Keota vicinity with a Seydel family feast for twenty honored by granddaughter Mrs. C. V. Hahtsberger and her husband from Worthington Minnesota. Local socials include a window party in R. L. Richardson’s display window, hosting fifte en. visits by Miss Nellie Stevenson to Columbus Junction. and various gatherings at churches with music, refreshments, and a three course luncheon. The World Temperance Sunday observed at the Methodist church featured a temperance program led by the Sunday school and a notable temperance bell ceremony.
Pledge cards circulated and widely signed as temperance sentiment runs strong in the Methodist Sunday school. In the evening the Epworth League led a temperance program with Tom Marr and Everett Hulse guiding. Special music featured the Sunday school orchestra and a cornet trombone duet by Everett Hulse and John Lindauer.
Mrs. Louisa Barnes, born 1829 in Richmond Virginia, dies at 80 in Atalissa Iowa after long residence in Davenport and Downey. Survived by three daughters and one son, burial at Timber Lake cemetery beside her husband. Also notes regional happenings, visitors, and a child’s remark on drawing.
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