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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
3
An early 20th century ad filled excerpt outlines advertising agents, circulation figures, and delivery options for a daily and semi weekly publication. It names New York, Cleveland, Muscatine papers, and several local grocers and drug stores as distribution points. It notes evening issuance, Sunday pause, and carrier delivery with annual and weekly rates.
Fragmentary OCR lists numbers and roles in a local publishing office including Throop publisher, managing editor, city editor, society editor, composing and mailing rooms. It mentions contact numbers 27 and 37 for business inquiries. The text is garbled but indicates a small town newspaper office structure and dialing directions.
The Journal appeals to Mascatine residents to support an organized Christmas gift effort modeled on the Good Fellow movement. It has gathered numerous worthy family names and asks donors to either provide gifts directly or allow the Journal to arrange and fund the assistance to ensure every child has a merry Christmas.
Weather at this time of year brings unusually mild conditions with December-like warmth. Citizens' association elects officers led by President J P Ament and includes A Davidson A H Kagy O Whicher and others. Milton’s anniversary celebration at Mrs Captain Raff’s was a refined literary musicale. The Ben Wersey and the Super Wave boats passed the Rock Island bridge numerous times last season.
Twenty years ago on December 14 a Sunday, the city churches began forming an entire city youth organization. Preliminary steps are complete and final organization will be perfected next Friday evening at the Baptist church.
The Journal announces a Christmas toy aid for needy children from verified sources. It requests cooperation from readers to gather names and ensure only families lacking Christmas joy are considered, aiming to bring happiness to boys and girls through gifts and toys without seeking credit.
A quoted dispatch from Sioux City Journal reviews Colonel Brockhart's brutish yet jubilant campaign style in the First district. The piece notes his primitive tactics, blunt clashes with standpatters, and occasional injuries amid a heated political struggle.
A collection of syndicated quips from Des Moines Register and Leader Mason City Times and other papers. It notes Taft's supposed effort to win back progressives may be exaggerated. Comments touch on meetings for hay fever sufferers and Indian relations.
The Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Gazette notes President aft abandons tariffs while urging Woodrow Wilson to act. Des Moines Capital reports on congressional intrigue as Scott of Toledo is introduced to Uncle Joe Cannon and proclaims he is a Republican. The Eleventh Iowa district welcomes a congressman with clear Republican faith.
Nation’s Capitol column notes likely no executive session before March 4 due to Christmas adjournment and Archbald impeachment slow progress. Taft to push rapid nominations, focusing on stand-patters. Iowa slate faces deadlock with Urick controversy and possible compromise needed to confirm offices. Nimock expected renomination as Ottumwa postmaster.
Members of the local Rainbow Chasers lodge held a special meeting to protest what they called misrepresentation of the group. A resolution proclaiming them as patriotic citizens was debated but not passed as several members left for personal duties and one was absent, delaying action at the meeting.
Four years after yielding to Kendall Cummins, Nimaeel faces possible confirmation fights by both senators. Finger of Davenport likely to be rejected for a four year term. McFarland’s Marshalltown postmaster bid tested by Good’s wishes and community support. Pepper and Kennedy back river and harbor measures extending Mississippi Commission jurisdiction toward Rock Island. Kenyon-Shepherd liquor shipment bill sparks constitutional debate as Senate moves toward action.
Sam Duncan, a prominent farmer near Cotter, was taken to Davenport Monday in critical condition for a serious operation. His three sons and Dr. J L Oversholt will be with him. his daughter Mrs J Ellis and three grandchildren arrived from Aberdeen SD. The Ladies Aid Society will meet Wednesday at Mrs Turkington’s home.
Special correspondence from Washington reports President Taft endorsing Pepper militia pay, urging a waterpower policy and Philippine independence caution. It notes Towner's interest, Prouty on rail car storage limits, and Clyde Tavenner as a young congressman elect courting attention.
Local residents undertook multiple short trips with family and friends including Miss Bernice, Mrs. Anderson Chapman, and others to Iowa City and Davenport. Several residents planned wintering in Illinois, while social events featured a large C. W. E. M. Society program at the Christian church with a dialogue involving over twenty members.
Members of the Woman's Relief Corps held a meeting and elected officers for the ensuing term. A collection for the foreign field labor totaled over fifty dollars. Officers include President Mrs Mary Ditmars and others. Reports note Ellis Smith, an inmate at the Iowa City hospital, in critical condition as of Tuesday.
An advertisement states babies with croup coughs or colds can be relieved by Dr. King's New Discovery priced at 60 cents and 1.00, sold at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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