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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
3
The Journal Printing Co. publishes the official paper of Muscatine City and County. Circulation is claimed as greater than all other Muscatine papers combined and at least three times that of any other daily. A member of the Associated Press. Published by F. D. Throup.
Fragmentary OCR notes list offices and charges for Nassau Street New York and Marquette Building Chicago. Names La Coste and Alaxweili appear alongside firms Puyee and louDg with unclear charges.
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Sexi Weekly Journal is issued 10 pages Tuesday on 8 pages Friday nights. Daily delivered in the city by carrier and collected for weekly 10 cents per week. Daily, one year by mail three dollars. weekly one year one dollar and fifty cents. Journal agencies listed across the city for reader convenience. End of street car track, various grocery and drug stores noted. Telephones for business and editorial offices listed.
Sworn statement by publisher Frank D. Throop listing total copies printed and circulated in November 1907. Notary William R. Jayne attests to the oath on December 2, 1907. Figures enumerate daily and overall totals, with omitted portions due to OCR gaps.
The Iowa governor, Albert Cummins, is portrayed as shifting from Senate to presidential hopes after Roosevelt dismissed a third term. The piece accuses Cummins of using the party and its backing to advance personal aims, suggesting he may switch races to avoid defeat and protect prestige.
The piece questions a Des Moines press release claiming Governor Cummins seeks the presidency. It argues the statement was unauthorized and urges a direct denial from Cummins to avert further factional strife between Allison and Cummins.
Mason City Times-Herald credits Governor Cummins with breaking a long-standing pattern of neglect by addressing illicit liquor sales. He urged stronger laws three years ago and now public sentiment favors action, marking a turning point for enforcement efforts.
In a bid to appease public opinion the brewers join the movement to eliminate the low saloon and dive. The action aims to disarm critics who oppose prohibition yet work with temperance forces to curb liquor evils. Active opposition will remain from pure prohibitionists.
The Ot tumwa Saturday Herald argues no compromise under the mulct law and saloonkeepers must obey. Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes reform is late but coming. Webster City Freeman-Tribune calls Senator Dolliver to prove his claims or admit error. Sioux City Journal suggests Dolliver sought enemy fire, and faced a successful response.
Des Moines dispatch notes the Shaw boom growing more dramatic, with upbeat support and urgency resembling a marching band rally. Local reporters frame the surge as a public spectacle influencing opinion and momentum.
Fredonia observers note visits by Muscatine and Columbus Junction residents including Mr. and Mrs. Norris Mrs. Blake Miss Sullivan and others. Death news reaches Mrs. Henry Diller regarding Lambert A. Bemis of Fountain Grove Missouri as local ties surface through weekend calls and family visits.
A. W. Morgan of 107 W. Second St and G. A. Riemcke of Mulberry Ave advertise a hair restoration service claiming to restore gray hair to its natural color. The notice lists addresses for contact and mentions a guaranteed result.
Over Sunday visitor at Columbus City helping care for her niece Mrs Mollie McCleary. Several residents visited relatives in Muscatine Eldon Lone Tree and nearby towns this week. Typhoid fever illness noted for Delia Mulligan aunt of John Mulligan Peoria visitor.
Mesars D C McKee and Wm Giffin depart for Okmulgee to visit McKee's brother W L McKee. Wm McCormick guests with parents in Columbus City. Grace Stickney wins silver at Letts WCTU oratorical. D C McKee visits Columbus Junction. Bertha Foster to wed Elmer Black on Dec 18 at bride’s parents near Letts. Daniels and Bechtel busy with car work.
The Reformed and Methodist Sunday schools begin preparing Christmas programs. The Reformed group will present a cantata while the Methodist will stage a mainly musical entertainment. Ora Sanderson reports his son Tenny at a Denver pumping station says eleven Cedar Rapids area farmers bought land in eastern Colorado, doubting its farming prospects.
Port Allen reports Lloyd Babbitea returning home after helping gather corn at Robert Wilson's near Letts. T. P. Miller improves from sickness. Fred Schomberg family and Mrs. Alex McCullough with Miss Lura travel to Muscatine for Rev. Sunday's meetings and report them grand. Babbitt visits Ralph Chouvn's family. Chouvn hauls cement blocks for his house. Orren Lee family visit Will Jones near Cranston. Geo Choun and Miss Bessie go to Muscatine for relatives and meetings.
Mr and Mrs Clayton Allen and son Carrol spent Sunday with J L Murray and Mrs James Lee visited her daughter Mrs J B Murray. Arthur Mewherter Bert Lemon and daughter Evelyn visited Hawkins and Partington households. Measles keep Magmie Berkshire and Geo Isett ill. A Wapello party visited G H Hawkins and Lottie McConahay visited Hazel Mattson. James Odle stayed with his sister G W Havenhill. Rebekahs initiated three candidates Friday evening. praise for their team and work.
Dick Carrick and wife will move to Albia to make their home. Berk Lemon and daughter Evelyn spent Sunday in Cairo. Gipple couple to housekeeping in Ed Metzgar property. Wyman's baby ill. Gipple and bride to housekeeping on groom's farm east of Wyman. Beauchamp social near Cairo. M E church members practice singing Friday evenings under Rev. Taylor. Knox Dunn in Washington. Havenhill of Cairo visiting daughter Mrs Bert Lemon. Knox Dunn sawed wood for Ben Cannon Saturday.
A page recalling events from past decades including notes from 1877 deaths accidents marriages and local life. Mentions W. Weed in Florence Italy a couple of months abroad and various local incidents and society notes with names and places.
Advertises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a guaranteed remedy for indigestion and dyspepsia. Claims the laxative compound stimulates gastric and peptic juices, arouses gland secretions, and cures dyspepsia in one bottle sold for 50 cents or one dollar.
Jos Murphy of 1726 W Market St Indianapolis reports severe stomach trouble eased after using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. He bought a large bottle, followed directions, then two more and his symptoms vanished.
Jim confronts Petrie about Hal's future as the two discuss separation and duty. Petrie urges tough love for Hal, while Jim wrestles with guilt, memory, and the possibility of losing his son. The scene ends with Jim calling Nat-u-ritch to the cabin.
Nat-u-rithh steps from the house with little regard for the stranger, unchanged in form though five years have passed. Motherhood lingers in her wistful gaze toward Jim and the boy, as she applies learned civility to her surroundings despite physical deprivation and disappointment.
Nat-u-ritch clings to Hal as Jim prepares to take the boy away with Petrie and Washington on the horizon. The scene shows her instinct to protect her child clashing with Jim's plan to seek a new life beyond the plains and mountains.
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