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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening five days a week except Sunday and the Semi-Weekly Journal on Tuesday and Friday nights. Mail rates stated and agency offices listed including New York Chicago and local agents for reader convenience.
A fragmented OCR entry notes Bell Telephone related offices with mentions of Editorial and Business departments in the Mississippi Valley area. It lists a phone style line and partial identifiers attached to Bell entities.
I F D Throop publisher swears the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated 1908 November copies. The document lists detailed circulation figures by day and category totaling 168 950, with an annual sum of 210 000 plus. He confirms the stated circulation for the month.
In this Christmas season the reader is urged to consider giving over exchanging. The piece asks how many names on a gift list expect nothing in return and prompts reflection on the blessing of giving rather than merely exchanging gifts.
The excerpt contemplates tomorrow and the celebratory Yule Tide approaching 1908 as distant history. It reflects on time passing and the anticipation of holiday cheer within a historical frame.
The Dutch navy explorer Lieut. R. H. Wymans reports a strange tribe of black people in Surinam territory near the British Dutch Guiana boundary. They speak a mixed language of Dutch Portuguese and English and may be descendants of escaped slaves. Gold exists but the land is too wild for farming.
In a continuing chapter scene, one character refuses to aid Adelaide, insisting Vandraken is not marriageable. Music ends and dancers exit, with Lady Kitty and Vandraken noticing amused reception as they pass the window seat.
The ad touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable home remedy satisfying public demand for over 55 years and urges readers to try it today.
From the Muscotree Journal a 20 year old meeting of Wyomin g Lodge Knights of Pythias lists officers elected last evening P C J H St John Co C H C Madden V C F W Eichoff P J W Bells M of F E H Dolsen M of E W D Hine M of P S J R Reuling M af A G W Bawden I G Herm Gremmel oO G William M Narvis Trustees G M Titus E F Schall J H St John
The Little Rock Republican reports that Rev Joseph Brooks wounded in an assassination attempt by the Ku Klux Klan has recovered enough to resume his seat in the state house of representatives. A heavy snow began falling last evening signaling King Winter’s stay. J P Dawson and E F Richman formed a law partnership.
Thirty years ago the lyceum meets for a regular session this evening. The program includes an essay by G. W. Weippert and a debate on whether temperance should be a political issue with affirmative speakers Horace Candee and G. M. Titus and negative speakers A. Critchfield and Fred Lee.
10 years ago Cassie Lincoln daughter of J R Lincoln with relatives in Muscatine was ill at her Ames home with typhoid fever but is reported as better. Commercial club officers elected J M Gobble President William Huttig Vice President W W Block Secretary E C Cook Treasurer.
Lady Kitty and Vandraken pursue a mysterious retreat called The Frivolity while Ancestor and Aivie debate morality. Adelaide reflects on past love and potential, while a florist’s box reveals a surprise admirer from the Millionaires' Club in New York.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery for throat and lung diseases as a fearsome weapon against microbes. The card lists prices 50 cents and 1.00 at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Mrs Les ter Palmer returned from Glenwood after her mother Mrs Giles Edmunds died. The body of George W Loan from Niles Mich was brought to Pleasant Valley for funeral and burial beside his former wife. He leaves a wife and two sons Will and Louis.
Chapter eight depicts Lady Donogle and her daughter Kitty in tea after a grand gathering. They discuss the postevent malaise and the faded echo of personalities while tea and cakes sit before them.
Mrs. G H Webb of Austinburg Ohio touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for headaches backache and pleurisy relief. The ad claims rapid easing within minutes and no habit formation with a guarantee via Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana. Public druggist can offer first package price if unsatisfied.
The ad notes that mothers and daughters may look alike yet a woman around forty should be at her best. It argues female weakness harms health and beauty and claims Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription restores vigor to womanhood, improves complexion, and brightens the eyes. It stresses no alcohol or habit forming drugs and offers free confidential letters to Dr. Pierce at the World’s Dispensary in Buffalo.
Over Sunday guest Dr. R Maresh of Cedar Rapids. E H Gilmer to present an illustrated reading on In His Steps at the Methodist church Tuesday evening Dec 8 under Epworth League. Visitors include Robert Amlong Muscatine Giles Edmunds Glenwood Mrs Will Potter Riverside and Mary Jayne returning to Oklahoma._calls include S J Bolles Iowa City and Tillie Camiottie hosting a birthday party Thursday.
An advertisement asserts Hall’s Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh at all stages and offers 100 dollars if it fails. It describes internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and claims to strengthen constitution. Includes purchase prompt and testimonial list request.
Sam Know ele and Francis Hill deliver corn to the Brandow place each selling one thousand bushels to Co. B. Vail of Muscatine. Eva Krider leaves for Cedar Falls school after a home visit. Various local residents record weekday visits and travel to Muscatine Chicago Lone Tree and Ardon with minor events and outings.
In Sweetland Iowa local items report a newborn daughter for Mr and Mrs Lee Freise and Thanksgiving visits by Dr and Mrs Henderson at the Hanley home in West Liberty. Farmers near completion of corn husking and attendance at the Wilton farmer s Institute are noted along with family visits and health updates.
Final estimate plot and schedule for sewerage improvements in Sub sewerage District No 16 of Main Sewerage District No 1 Muscatine Iowa are on file for inspection. The document itemizes total costs and city assessments and lists abutting properties and lots. Objections must be filed by December 17 1908 at 7 30 p m for hearing by the City Council. Gustav Weis City Recorder.
The final estimate plat and schedule for Sub sewerage District No 1 in Muscatine Iowa are on file for inspection. Objections to the estimate full cost assessments city and individual parcels must be filed in the City Recorder’s office by 7:30 p m December 17 1908 for hearing by the City Council.
Sealed proposals are invited by Muscatine County Iowa for electric lighting fixtures for the new court house. Bids due 10 am Wednesday December 16 1908. Send to A S Lawrence County Auditor Muscatine or to Joseph E Mills Architect Detroit. Rejection of all proposals reserved.
Society notices from Mason City list Masonic Lodge No 2 regular meetings on the first Tuesday at 7.00 pm with officers Ingham and Johnson. Washington Chapter No 4 RB holds stated convocation on the second Wednesday monthly with Othmer and Johnson. Webb Council of Royal and Selectees meets third Thursday at Stein's music hall with Lezotte and Johnson. DeMolay Commandery meets regularly on the third Wednesday with Lezotte and Graff as recorder.
Muscatine Court No. 677 of the Culel of Honor meets on the second and fourth Monday evenings in a Woodman hall. Visiting members in good standing are invited to attend. J Coster serves as Chancellor and H G Schoenig as Recorder.
Muscatine Aerie No. 6 invites members to Tuesday evening 8 o clock at the Eagle Lodge hall over Dunbar restaurant for a meeting. M P Goff is secretary.
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