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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
3
The Journal by Journal Printing Co. is the official paper of City and County. Circulation is stated to be greater than other Muscatine papers combined and at least three times that of any other daily. It is a member of the Associated Press and the Iowa Evening Press Association. News offices listed in New York and Chicago.
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Bensl Weekly Journal is issued 10 pages Tuesday and 5 pages Friday nights. Daily delivered to the city by carrier and collected for weekly 1v cents per week. Daily one year by mail $3.00 semi weekly one year free 1.60.
The Journal announces its established agencies for reader convenience. East Hill Clay Reeese Grocery East 2nd Street West Hill J H Fuller Grocery Routh Muscatine W F Miksel's Grocery Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery End of Street Car Track W C A Busch's Drug Store.
Brief readable fragment mentions Bell Telephone office and Mississippi Valley access. No clear event or outcome. summarizes existing entities and locations from OCR snippet.
Sworn statement by publisher F D Throop lists monthly circulation totals and averages for Muscatine Journal in November 1907. Figures show daily and total circulation ranges around 6,200 to 6,400 with an average 6,082. Notary William R Jayne attests to the sworn document.
The November rise in circulation totaled $119,000,000 with $66,000,000 in gold coins and $53,000,000 in bank notes. Despite higher money supply, lower business volumes and prices suggest monetary redundancy, prompting government relief adjustments. Reports from across the country indicate improving money conditions and a forthcoming resumption of specie payments.
The past week showed recovery after a bank failure and related closings. Confidence is returning as securities gain and currency premium fades. Gold imports total about 106 million dollars, with interior banks easing as New York improves. Currency in circulation rose to 2.876 billion and per capita money remains ample.
Burlington Gazette reports Thomas Wilkinson elected yesterday as a director of the national rivers and harbors congress praising private citizens like him for public service. Ottumwa Courier remarks on football and other sports and notes militia is called during boxing under Marquis of Queensbury rules.
Des Moines reports show a bank chief stepping down at age ninety, noted for his long tenure and continued duties, while critics in the capital question the move. The Dubuque Times-Journal cites the AFL noting 32,000 emigrants returning to Europe weekly as a counterpoint to broader economic trends.
The Waterloo Times-Tribune questions the governor’s stance on running against Allison, noting he has not yet declared his candidacy or shown signs of entering the race. The piece discusses political positioning and potential impact.
The Clinton Herald notes bank statements appearing in Iowa newspapers show a healthy condition with confidence that everything is all right in the state.
Oskaloosa Herald notes there are five Sundays Mondays and Tuesday in December but only four pay days this month, creating an uneven payroll schedule for workers.
Dr. King's New Discovery touted as cure and preventive for consumption. Advertisement lists prices as 10 cents and 1.00 dollar, from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Miss Proince Kirkendall hosted a dinner for Ida Cotter of Lone Tree and Effie Roller of What Cheer, with several local young ladies attending. The Epworth League, Mrs. H. G. Moore gifts, and a poultry show dominate the week along with visits and travel among area families and the start of winter term at Yatton. Thanksgiving at the M church and a cottage move concluded the items.
A Grand Rapids man reports long standing sluggish liver constipation and inactive kidneys causing pain in the loins. After using Dr. A W Chase Kidney Liver Pills his organs became active again and he would not be without them. A free sample offer and dealer availability are noted.
Notes from a local paper recount the third lecture in the Ladies Benevolent Society course to be given next Friday evening the eleventh with J Scott Richman replacing the unavailable Mr Connor. The piece mentions anticipated practicality and that the President's Message may appear in Chicago papers and in tomorrow's Journal. Grist Work updates show Ogilvie fitting two burr runs for flour and cornmeal in the Nevada mill area. Died at Lotts Creek Humboldt county Iowa on Nov 28 Dr D Williams aged 64, who lived with his sons in Seventy Six township Muscatine Co.
A twelve year old, son of Michael Redman, nearly drowned when ice broke while crossing Seilers pond last Saturday. He struggled but was rescued by nearby bystanders whose quick action saved him. Running ice has stopped ferry trips since Friday with occasional skiff crossings.
In a ranch scene Jim Wynnegate greets Indian allies and receives a mysterious visitor, Malcolm Petrie, solicitor to Crooks Petrie & Petrie. Petrie claims Jim has a right to an inherited title from Jim’s dead cousin Henry, prompting Jim to weigh a possible confession left by Henry as the chapter ends.
Malcolm Petrie surveys a poverty scarred estate and notices Jim Wynnegate’s resemblance to his late friend Johnston Petrie. A patrol of doubt rises as embezzlement from the Relief Fund still haunts Jim Carston’s identity. The scene shifts to crimson shadows and a quiet tense proximity to justice.
Ten years ago Ed Terry faced a serious cancer like that which felled his brother Isaac. Tom Killian left for Aberdeen to respond to a telegram about Terry's illness and he would bring him home. Hustler Leyda formed a Woodman camp at Packwood with 19 charter members. A large funeral was held for Mrs. W. H. Snyder with pallbearers Phillip Stein E H Dolsen S E Whicher J P Fox Sr A J Westbrook and Wm Hattig attending.
Sigourney residents report F F Lathrop and wife relocating to Guthrie county to establish a new home after selling their property to Bart Young who moved in recently. Homer Hardesty and wife visited relatives for Thanksgiving, with several playful surprises enlivening the visit. Allan Hawk of Martinsburg and W C Trons of Keswick also called in town.
Wednesday calls, Thanksgiving visits, and local shifts fill the Ottumwa area. Mentions include Mr Fish seeking a nurse for Mr Fish, additions to livery, home improvements, theft of an overcoat, and multiple visits between Sigourney Keota Oskaloosa Des Moines and Washington.
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