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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
3
Representatives for New York at 140 Nassau Street and for Chicago at 750 Marquette Building are listed with firms La Coste & Maxwell and Payne & Young respectively.
Terms to Subscribers list journal issuance days and page counts. Wally delivered by carrier for weekly 10 cents. Daily mail rate is $3.00 per year. Semi-Weekly Journal comes 8 pages on Tuesday and Sunday nights for 1.50 per issue or 48.00 per year.
The Journal names local agencies including East Hill with Clay Kneese Grocery on East 2nd street. South Muscatine lists Morse Washburn's Grocery near the end of the street car track. W. C. A. Busch's Drug Store on Hershey avenue, and Kecklerville Charka's Grocery. West Hill shows Sharrar's Grocery.
A partial OCR item references a business office in Bell and a fiditorial office with Mississippi Valley in a cropped address fragment. No clear events, dates, or names are readable to establish a full news item.
The column defends President Roosevelt against mixed Senate criticism over his reforms and stance on Japan. It praises his decisiveness, notes Senator Dolliver’s support, and argues public backing for Roosevelt grows as he pushes for concrete action despite somber senatorial courtesy.
In Herkimer New York Chester E Gillette aged 23 was sentenced for the murder of Grace Brown after confessing he did not attempt to save her following a fatal drowning during a lonely lake ride The article condemns him as a heartless predator of innocent women and urges moral warning to other young men and greater use of home mission work.
The writer laments a postal department fraud order against Santa Claus and argues it harms children who write letters. He notes clerks once ensured letters reached needy hands and questions government interference with children’s faith and happiness.
Members elect in Iowa openly discuss harsh actions against railroads this winter and question whether cut passes fuel their zeal to aid constituents over corporate wishes.
The speaker suggests halving or nixing the Congressional Record to cut postal costs. He argues reducing the Record would lessen mail volume and saving expenses for the Postal Department.
A fragment notes that receipts would not be reduced as they are all ranked free to friends of the congressmen. The statement implies concern over preferential access tied to members of Congress.
The Gate City suggests the real reindeer are salespeople delivery workers the post office and express firms not forgetting the men who pay the bills. It notes a contrast with how women buyers and selectors face the process and challenges.
A sharp comment questions Christmas spending as households tally costs for purchases and desired gifts, urging readers to reassess true prosperity amid rising prices and budget pressures.
The passage notes only a small number of people expect to inherit anything, so public opinions on the proposed general inheritance law are unlikely to carry weight.
Roosevelt separated Bellamy Storer from government service after a dispute with the administration. The article notes the president may have erred in some dealings but made no mistake in removing Storer from public duties.
The article notes low pay for ambassadors and highlights one official who received a far larger sum than expected, earning him the most dissatisfaction among the group.
An article notes Russian peasants complain of living on hay while comparing their diet to Americans who must eat newfangled breakfast foods. The piece satirically links hardship to dietary trends and class discomfort.
Iowa editors from Mason City Times-Herald Des Moines Capital Davenport Times Marshalltown Times-Republican and Burlington Gazette react to reform spelling and Roosevelt-Storer correspondence. Comments mock or defend officials and principles as national politics surface in state press discussions.
Iowa editors comment on Bailey defense that funds were borrowed not given as bribe. Accounts from Clinton Herald Mason City Globe-Gazette Council Bluffs Nonpareil Davenport Democrat Webster City Freeman-Tribune mock ship subsidy debate and presidential politics.
The Marion Register cites Billy Sunday as a model for towns seeking conversion while the Dubuque Telegraph cites San Francisco earthquake and fire as proof that moralists’ arguments involve more than physical law. The Water case remark reflects on the Storer episode and preventive hopes.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette comments on political tensions, noting that publicizing all state secrets or letters would fling the world into disorder and ignite wars between nations and parties. A Courier remark adds that even a confrontation between a nation’s leader and a woman is unpleasant to witness.
Iowa Central Railway offers a holiday round trip fare to Havana Cuba on December 18 19 and 20 with return by January 9. Travel via New Orleans with Southern Pacific steamers. For rates and details contact A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minnesota.
Mrs Taylor of Muscatine visits daughter Mrs Emma Weikert. Pete Martin attends Levee rth normal school in Muscatine. Ed Wedekind and Arthur Darting go to Davenport for weeks. Rev Brinton conducts funeral for I N Purcell in Muscatine. M B A lodge dance Friday. Ladies Sewing Society meets Dec 27. Various calls and visits keep the community lively with church and school plans for Christmas.
Mrs. Sherman Kerch was called to Eliza by her mother's illness. A Scottish nephew visited from last week while Albert Mason recovers. Chapel meetings draw large crowds despite bad weather. John Retherford and Sherman Kerch were business visitors in Joy. Harry Jones visits Marion relatives. Bessie Crapnell on sick list.
Sweetwater watches Percival Grey and Wellgood aboard a launching boat as they exchange slips and read notes by moonlight. A memo is lost to the sea, Grey hurries ashore, and Sweetwater recovers partial fragments, raising tension over future services and motives.
The Bobbs Merrill Company offers readers a free illustrated catalog showing magazine subscriptions for the coming year at bargain prices. Notable deals include Cosmopolitan Home Magazine and Reader Magazine at half price. Send a postal card to Indianapolis for the free catalog.
The central will sell round trip excursion tickets at one and one third fare on December 20 to 25 and 30 to January 1, return valid to January 7, 1907. For details and folders contact agents.
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