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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1851
Page
2
A compendium of 1850s Muscatine County items reports tax delinquency notices, renewed business ventures, voyage updates, and local industry notes. Mentions Millard Fallmore for president, the Ogilvie House rental, Glaucus steam whistle, and multiple small-town trades. Includes hog market, coal mining, and navigation progress along the Mississippi.
A Tuesday gathering at the Court House reviewed Major T J McKean’s survey of the Davenport to Oskaloosa Iowa Western Railroad. The report is favorable and practical, arguing the road can be built cheaply if counties and individuals fund stock. a petition to the County Judge may be pushed at the spring election.
Market notes from Beardstown Springfield Kansas Louisville and Cincinnati show hog prices mostly firm around 3 50 to 4 25 with limited sales and rising rail labor for new construction. The Mass Convention reports a large turnout in Muscatine and Keokuk counties with strong support for a Texas road project while Congress and presidential race discussions promise next issue coverage.
The Rock Island Advertiser endorses Millard Fillmore as the likely Whig nominee for president in 1852. It praises his firm stance on compromise measures, his humane Cuba expedition actions, untainted moral character, and republican spirit, arguing he can lead the party and the nation.
In London speculators profit by recruiting women to don the Bloomer dress and deliver lectures on the costume. The scheme centers on public demonstrations and Talks marketed to curious audiences seeking reform era fashion and feminist ideas.
Dr Graves communicates in the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal on why the Dead Sea lacks life while receiving freshwater inflows from the Sea of Galilee. He cites a survey chart by Lynch and refutes volcanic shore theories with lava samples, then compares with the Great Salt Lake and Lake Utah.
The re elected New York Legislature tilts Whigs hold a majority in the Assembly while the Senate remains split. A Democratic Lieutenant Governor presides but cannot cast decisive votes for bills meeting a full majority requirement, necessitating cross party support to pass legislation.
An Oregon paper notes liquor prices have fallen to one bit with rains bringing plenty. A loafer refuses to drink with a bull but is pressed to two drinks, ending up quite high.
An article notes a New York tailor who claims to create clothing without sewing by using a paste or cement to join fabric. The old adage about a stitch saving nine is referenced to illustrate the method’s efficiency.
For the year ending November 20 the beef cattle count in Cleveland Ohio was 6500, up from 12700 last year. Last year 20000 tierces of beef were packed in Cleveland. this year the total is not expected to exceed 8000.
A large theft totaling 35 640 dollars occurred at Yankee Slide along the American river. Investigators say the culprits altered the riverbed by removing dirt for three weeks. They recovered a lump of pure gold weighing eighty two ounces with additional small pieces found within three days.
A Mobile newspaper notes an expected arrival of forty French women to be employed by the Dog River Factory, as some southern manufacturers oppose slave labor and seek other labor descriptions.
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