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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
3
John Mahin editor and J. M. Beck managing editor preside over a Muscatine daily paper with distinct local focus. The notice lists subscription rates by mail and semi weekly options and boasts circulation greater than all other Muscatine papers combined, at least three times that of any other daily.
The London Mail highlights a 1896 10 million dollar 5 percent government loan with four years of arrears, held mostly by Germans. It notes a 15 million dollar railway built with German capital, guaranteed interest not paid, plus British financed railroads unpaid and used for troop movements. Total customs revenue at La Guaira undercuts repayment, with annual interest and back pay in doubt.
The Carroll Herald notes that several crimes remain unsolved in Des Moines including the slayings of Finklestein Peterson children and Mabel Sco field. It cites the long mystery of George Haddock's 17 year old death in Sioux City and a Chicago post office looter still unidentified after over a year of investigation.
The Audubon Republican attacks socialism, arguing it drains individual ambition and energy by leveling all to a common standard. It asserts that removing rivalry stifles effort and cites the repeated failures of socialist ventures as proof of its overall dismal record.
The Davenport Republican editor is told the legislature next session will keep the Second district boundaries fixed. The fragment suggests consulting Sir Oracle at Davenport about abolishing the next legislature to avoid a Des Moines session.
Eight convictions from nine trials in St Louis over doodling lead to sentences of two to five years in state penitentiary. The cases include two millionaires and several prominent political figures, with officials praised for their integrity and diligence compared to other cities.
The Keokuk Gate City editor denounces early parole for dipsomaniacs as dangerous and urges strict restraint. He argues intoxication dulls willpower and questions traffic that harms most while helping few. Herb W. Bowen’s Venezuela post and wartime deeds show steady leadership. Post office coinage and remittances abroad rise with holiday sending. a single vessel forwards $600,000 in treasure.
The article argues that prohibition will fail again as liquor interests manipulate officials. It claims King Alcohol dominates in many places despite public opposition.
The Crisis a grand opera house presentation stars Isabel Irving in a fascist styled love story. The drama portrays social conditions between the north and south from prewar to conclusion and is praised as a truthful Civil War era work.
Rural correspondent from Hamilton county shares a week of monotony in farm life. The entry catalogs repeated tasks from rising, cooking, washing, and baking to husking, churning, sewing, and patching, ending with a tired note on the day’s close.
The Iowa delegation backs Governor Cummins on Judge Wade election certificate and a shift to a December start for Congress is debated. Plans would move terms to begin January 1, end December 1, shortening current thirteen month gaps, or extend to April 30 with inauguration then. Congress faces weather reasons versus administrative needs in Washington.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway announces a dividend of one and one fourth on the preferred shares. The payout aims to improve track quality and service punctuality, distributing funds to investors while prioritizing on time performance.
A fringe editorial critiques legislative district drawing as grotesque and compares it to an Indian dancer. It argues for a reasonable shape avoiding partisan distortion and discusses box plaiting metaphors to describe neck, yoke, and sleeve style in district design. The piece mocks partisan deformity while urging coherent representation.
Hints describe a simple two piece frock for little folk with high or low necks and long or short sleeves. It can be worn with or without a guimpe, suitable for heat or protection, and adapts to fabrics from white lawn to cotton linen cashmere and soft silks.
The instructions describe a bishop sleeve frock with standing collar and narrow cuffs. Materials required vary by width: 3 yards of 27 inch, 2% yards of 32 inch, or 2% yards of 44 inch fabric. Additional lawn and embroidery are needed for the guimpe. The pattern offers sizes for children aged 2, 4, and 6 years.
A. J. Snell of Summer Hill New York feared stomach pains would ruin a party. A friend advised Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, two doses cured him and let him enjoy the event. The remedy is sold by all druggists.
Iowa Central R R offers colonist tickets to Arkansas Missouri Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska South Dakota and more on the first and third Tuesday of each month through April 1903. Contact any Iowa Central agent or A B Cutts Minneapolis Minn for rates and details.
A traveler’s guide entry shows times 12:03 PM and 3:30 PM with additional references 4 51 PM and 9 53 PM, outlining a sequence of listed departures or arrivals. The fragment hints at timetable formatting for a transportation page.
A passenger schedule note records Old B, C R and N RY leaving for Montezuma with daily service except Sunday. The arrival from Montezuma is noted along with a fare figure around 600 p. a. and M. Gould listed as agent.
Train No 1 and No 3 of B C R N at Wapello have Burlington arrivals listed with connections to Iowa Central at Elrick Junction for Peoria Monmouth and locals east and west. Saturday service departs Elrick Junction 8 00 p m for Munecatine 30 p m forming a connection with Iowa Central No 5 from Peoria. Monday departures from Muecatine at 5 30 a m arrive Elrick Junction 7 00 a m and link with Iowa Central for Peoria Monmouth and locals. Charlies Howard General Agent.
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