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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
15
Circulation guaranteed greater than each Muscatine paper and three times any other daily. Daily Journal issued every evening except Sunday. Semi Weekly Journal 10 pages Tuesday 8 pages Friday nights. Delivery by carrier in city. Rates: Daily one year by mail three dollars. Semi-Weekly one year one dollar fifty.
The Journal lists agency locations for readers convenience. East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W. C. A. Busch's Drug Store Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J. H. Fuller Grocery and Wm. Van Zy Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Payne and Young lead the Chicago office at 750 Marquette Building with business and editorial sections listed under Bell telephony. The Mississippi Valley area is noted with a Bell office presence, while several codenamed lines appear as fragments.
Publisher I F Throop swears the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated 6,929 average copies for November 1909. Notary F W Eversmeyer witnessed the affidavit on December 1, 1909, in Muscatine County Iowa.
The death of General William Wade Dudley recalls his role in supporting Benjamin Harrison’s nomination and the Republican campaign. Dudley helped manage party workers through the infamous blocks of five letter, which urged vote coordination in Indiana. A Democratic cipher exposed the plan, straining Harrison relations. Dudley later helped Sam Meyer regain a government job after Meyer had fallen from favor.
The report that the vegetarian senator La Follette ate bacon breaks through old claims he never touched meat. He confirms breakfast bacon recently and says he has eaten it daily since, despite nine years of abstinence. He is known for hard work, long speeches, and constant engagement in politics and printing his newspaper.
Washington leaders describe a growing insurgent bloc cut off from White House access as Taft tightens party regularity. O Connell and La Follette are cited in patronage disputes, with several senators told the president is too busy to see them.
Fifty years ago the M E Sabbath school planned an exhibition at the Methodist church on Thursday evening the 29th inst. Declamations dialogues and singing by the children. A collection would be taken for the Sabbath School library. Friends of the school and the public were invited and urged to attend and contribute liberally. Thirty years ago John Hanley and wife returned from central and western Kansas reporting good country and climate though overrun with attorneys and doctors. Baptist ladies’ annual sociable to be held at A K Raff residence next Friday evening.
The street commissioner has a force at work cutting Fifth Street from Iowa Avenue to Chestnut. This improvement will be hailed with joy by all residents of the locality. The oyster supper and sale by the Ladies of Trinity Parish Guild at Gen Gordon's last evening was unusually pleasant, with many attendees.
Last Saturday a man called at Frank Eichelberger's barn to hire a rig and team to travel toward Wilton and other nearby places. He pretended to be selling tea and coffee. Neither he nor the team has returned or been heard from. A reward is offered for information about the man or the team.
A reflection on events from a decade past notes that ten years ago today was Sunday. The brief item marks the weekly cadence and recalls memories tied to that specific weekday in history.
In the ongoing drama two weeks after a wreck, Alison is linked to a case of murder and a missing man. The narrator recalls surveillance, a secret romance, and police twists as detectives close in while Sam’s megaphone antics linger. The drive below the window frames a tightening apex among suspects and motives.
The Century in 1910 will publish Walter Camp notes on football personalities and coaching influence. Early issues will present An All-Time All-America Team from past lists with reasons for inclusion. Later topics include Winter Golf Track Athletics Baseball Rowing and Tennis.
A rambling old verse portrays a boastful city policeman known for conceit and pomp at a busy corner. He pockets a newspaper at Jack Malley’s cigar store and misuses private property in public places. He mocks editors, chases boys and dogs, and plans mischief before Christmas. The tale ends with his temper broken and respect for women waning after a year of misdeeds.
The fragment hints at a sly smile and a moral about being an officious copper and swelling up by shopping early. It reads as a quirky editorial aside urging proactive behavior and caution with authority figures.
Real estate transfers transcribed by Titus Loan and Investment Co list numerous deeds in Muscatine and surrounding towns. Transfers include Lina Grelle to J C Hilsebeck partial lots in Newell sub, Minnie Freers to Henry Busch in Newell’s subdivision, Lawrence Fischer to Louise Frangenreiter, E V Harrington to F W Eversmeyer, Eversmeyer to S L Johnson, Eva and Cora Baker to Thomas Gray in West Liberty, Peter Elfers to Bishop and Hagerman Co., Nichols to Thomas Gray, John O'Brien Jr. to Chas Schwerin, James Smith to Wilson Reid, James Black and Geo Moore to David Bretchie, and Emma Snarks to Merv Jeffries among others with various lot fractions and monetary considerations.
Mrs Wehmeyer returned home Saturday in Old Clifton Iowa after a brief visit away. The note appears in a local society item describing residents and recent family travel within the town.
After a visit of more than a week at the Peter Bretz home in Columbus Junction, Mr. and Mrs. John McNamer welcomed a baby boy on December 5. Miss Myrtle Knott assists with the work. Mrs. H. C. Deford of Columbus City canvassed and delivered goods in the area Saturday. Albert Hank and family visited Peter Brett at Columbus Junction Sunday. There was no school at Old Clifton Wednesday and Thursday due to a sick teacher. Floyd Marston returned to Cairo Sunday after staying over Saturday night at home. Achi son and Duncan sale drew a large crowd Tuesday. Mrs Cylde Foster and baby visited her parents while Mr Foster attended the sale. Mrs Joe Knott and sister-in-law Miss Knott of Fredonia spent Tuesday at C J Knott's.
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