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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
3
The fragment lists telegraph exchange numbers and staff roles including publisher and editors, with unclear entries. It mentions a November to March period and a customer service number 26 of 27, but details are partial and ambiguous.
The Interstate Commerce Commission warns of a sharp rise in American rail accidents with 70595 deaths and 180025 injuries in the year ending June 20. It calls for drastic measures, including updated operating codes, extended block systems, better car and track supervision, and stricter enforcement to reduce tolls on rail travel.
A brief from the annual report of Secretary of State Walter L. outlines a comprehensive water power policy. It calls for public domain access and for navigable streams not in the public domain to be regulated. The emphasis is on defining jurisdiction and stream protection.
Secretary Isher endorses federal over state control of non navigable water power concessions and urges profits from private permits to benefit communities. He backs broader leasing of public lands, mineral land reforms, and Alaska coal land development, with pensioning for oil workers and renewed recommendations from prior years.
A jumble of quotes from Sioux City Telegram and Ottumwa Courier discusses party alignments between conservatives and progressives, reactions to Governor Blease, and public notoriety. It notes perceptions of hidden influence in politics, livestock pricing impacts, and festive shopping Advice on Christmas sales with crowds building later in the week.
A digest of past items from the Muscatine Journal includes fifty, forty, thirty, twenty, and ten year recollections. Entries mention arriving German families, a new water tank at Chamber's mill, a train wreck near Slough Bridge, literary notes from Des Moines Capital, and local incidents such as a coal gas scare, a large advertisement, and a millier injured at Huttle's factory. The column preserves memories with local figures and events across decades.
Washington report notes Representative Pepper urges senators to block W. H. Vance as Winterset postmaster amid political maneuvering. Hudson’s 1897 removal by McKinley era cited as precedent. Cummins reportedly opposes Vance’s confirmation. Town and Adams oppose compromise, with patronage clashes shaping delays.
Fragmentary notes describe uncertain confirmations of reappointive posts, possible White House passage of a new amendment, and party divisions over government employee lobbying bans. It also highlights a Rock Island arsenal funding bill for artillery production and a medical ad extolling Foley Kidney Pills as a health remedy.
Wilton, Ind here a delayed report of weekend visits and travels. Residents including Albert Kelley Mrs Will Grunder Denald Whitmer and Miss Lillian Sho die with friends in Davenport and Muscatine. several others returned home after Saturday outings and short visits in neighboring towns.
A flurry of Saturday visits as residents travel to Muscatine for social calls. Mrs John Gsmers and son Kate, Miss Frances Thome, Miss Viola Bohnsack, and many others spend the afternoon with friends and relatives, with several returning home by auto. Community notices include a missionary society meeting at the Presbyterian church and local school and civic updates from Wilton and Davenport.
A Beloit Wisconsin woman recounts hair loss from neuralgia and scalp issues. She used Newbro's Herpicide, reporting full head of light brown curls and no gray hair. The ad declares Herpicide destroys the dandruff germ, stimulates blood flow to follicles, and keeps the scalp healthy, with money-back guarantee and sample offer.
Mrs Besele Johnson prepared an article on Fairy Wall of which place she was formerly a student and Mrs Bacon attended Ames college. The program closed with a piano duet by WWisa Wa Ban nick and Mrs Wright and a piano solo by Mrs Marrigan. A delicious lunch followed the fund hour. The next regular meeting will be omitted and the work for the day will be taken up with the next program. F B Hamlin spent yesterday on business in Davenport Port before returning to the city. Miss Anna Budzine left this morning for Muscatine to visit relatives. Relatives gathered at Grandma Fulton’s in North Wilton to celebrate her eightieth birthday with dinners and a card shower. Names of attendees include Ayres, H R Johnson, Murry Ayres, Coulton, Wacier, Roy Ayres, Bert Fulton, Derby, Jewelley, Bantick, Osis ia, and Edwin drove to Davenport for the day.
Theodore West and Grace Green wed in Muscatine on December 11 with bride’s father Hiram Green attending. The notice lists numerous residents visiting Muscatine, shopping trips and social calls by locals including Miss Laurantia Rolland Mrs A Montgomery Mrs Lawrence Waler and many others, with several attendees from Nichols and surrounding towns.
Saturday morning for a short visit ends here with talk of Mrs. Bert Adams from Adams and the Adams school house. Monday afternoon Dr. Wm. Sadler warns against neglect of colds and endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a reliable remedy for coughs in both children and adults.
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