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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1914
Page
3
A distorted paste combines a melodramatic tale of a store fire and moral crisis with garbled corporate articles. It narrates George French facing ruin from arson insurance temptation, aided by Miss Warder, and then abruptly shifts to a Town corporate charter outlining stock, governance, and dissolution terms with names like William E. Hull and Arthur Lehmann. The mix yields a period voice anew alongside legal boilerplate.
Advertising representatives for Lorenzen Wood across cities including Chicago New York Annes City Tetroit Avlante and Iowa exchange numbers 26 and 27. Phone contacts 268 or 37 for business office. Names F D Throop publisher 2 managing editor 4 society editor 7 Geo Pitchforth adv mar.
A Pennsylvania Courier editorial from Jlairstown argues against Penrose as the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. It cites his influence, the party’s unity, and westward restraint, concluding Boies Poeyrose cannot be the candidate and urging readers not to take the suggestion seriously.
Washington reports Senator Kenyon promises to back justified river and harbor appropriations up to 25 million but vows opposition to largescale, wasteful funding. He warns that if a bill diverts funds to numerous minor streams it will face hard sledding. The issue ties to porkbarrel prospects before March 4.
Chicago Evening Post laments censorship of war grim realities in news reporting. It argues for fair, decent description without shocking language, criticizing London and English papers for sanitized images of wounded soldiers and soldiers’ gestures.
A column revisits events from 40 to 10 years prior. West and Frank White faced charges for causing a disturbance at an African church meeting and paid fines. Officers Murphy and Franz prevented a suicide attempt by a German man, detaining him overnight. Ten years ago Miss Sue Browning hosted a five course banquet for Browning College students, with holly decorations and a large assembly.
In Fergus, widow and moneylender Widow Allen seeks to ruin young George French by marriage threats and law. French, owner of a new store, contemplates arson to claim insurance and rebuild, while clerk Jennie Warder suspects the plan and watches his stance.
The author argues censorship hides war's true horror and robs civilization of understanding. He urges graphic, veristic depictions to educate humanity about militarism's consequences, comparing with Vereshchagin and Russo-Turkish war imagery to fortify resolve against aggression.
Articles state the Iowa Operating Co is formed under Iowa law with Muscatine Iowa as its principal place of business. The object is hotel ownership and operation, property acquisition, and corporate powers to buy hold convey and secure property, with president and secretary signatures and corporate seal. Capital stock authorized is fifty thousand dollars in shares of one hundred.
A fragment quotes a speaker criticizing domestic production and money as the sole value. It mentions mastering Wapakoneta, Ohio, as a cautionary line about regional pride and quality. The read is a clipped historical dialect note reflecting economic sentiment.
In Illinois Peoria County a 1914 notarized declaration records that amendments to the articles may be adopted at any annual or special stockholders meeting with two thirds voting approval. William E Hull Horace L Wiz sing and Arthur Lehmann signed and acknowledged the document before Notary John Dailey. commission expires June 2, 1914.
Moscow Iowa December 16 Mrs Geo Lincoln Jr left for Iowa City to visit her sister Mrs C Yarbrough John Knostman Davenport spent Sunday with Elmer Hain Vern Lear Iowa City was an over Sunday visitor Lila Tharp spent Saturday in Muscatine Mrs Mary Jepson Muscatine spent last week at Charles Smith Jr home J J Rexroth was a Wilton Gallery Monday Mr and Mrs John Hay Rock Island spent last week with Sherman Lange
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