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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
3
Muscatine Journal announces subscription options and pricing for daily and semi weekly delivery. Rates are payable in advance with orders via postal card or telephone and remittances by draft express or money order to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
A Missouri river paper defends Platt's plan to place city police control under a state commission, arguing local self government is limited and Tammany’s misrule shows need for state oversight. The piece cites Cooley and Dillon, warns against municipal independence, and urges state action to curb urban corruption.
The piece notes Missouri's 114 counties plus St. Louis, highlighting 22 counties in the Bourbon district along the Missouri river. It reports a 38,237 Democratic lead in the last election, ahead of Bryan statewide by about 5,000, while Census figures show population decline in most of these counties and only slight net growth overall. It argues continued Republican growth outside the district will shift Missouri toward the GOP.
Rev. M. W. Chase in Chicago argues the danger lies in fashionable bars and upscale saloons more than rough dives. He links liquor to harm to families, and cites legislature and votes as drivers of drunkenness. Oxnard's marriage to his relative’s maid prompts family upheaval.
The Iowa Capital notes a strong temperance faction within the Republican ranks opposing any action seen as catering to brewing interests in revising or reducing the war tax. If part of the tax can be cut now, brewery interests are among those that can wait. The Des Moines News predicts Chicago jet excursions to a carnival of crime, likely tied to Cedar Rapids carnival committee. Vinton Eagle.
A collage of brief items covers Downs Kansas lawyers, tuberculosis mortality in Germany, Yale freshmen ages, Belgian merchants cautious of Kruger reception, Adri an Michigan women forming a military company, a Port Huron judge's drunkard ruling, Australian caves, Nat Goodwin golf with the Duke of Manchester, Castle Zimmerman gossip, Modern Culture magazine name change, and a forward-looking essay from The Engineering Magazine praising global peace and industrial potential in the new century.
Ex President Cleveland writes for The Saturday Evening Post with winter essays on politics and youth. Everybody's Magazine January issue features Gertrude Kasebier photographs of Sioux Indians, praised in Europe after debut.
New York December 22 The Metropolitan opens its season with Romeo et Juliette signaling strong social patronage and prestige for grand opera. Mary Mannering shines as a revolutionary heroine in Janice Meredith at Wallack's. May Irwin's Madge Smith Attorney draws life to the Bijou while Hodge Podge Co at Madison Square and The Highwayman at Grand Opera House entertain with steady audiences.
An advertisement promotes Jell-O as a new dessert pleasing many. Four flavors are listed Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry with a 10 cent price at grocers. Consumers are urged to try it today.
The Muscatine Journal releases a 34 page annual review edition praising Muscatine’s growth. It features a Grand Opera house costing over $30,000 with $10 seats sold out, a new public library funded at over $30,000, and a chapel in Greenwood Cemetery donated anonymously. The issue notes a forthcoming hospital and lauds Harold J. Mahin’s leadership.
The Muscatine Journal published a 34 page special issue last Saturday with extensive details on Muscatine city and county. John Mahin has served as editor since July 17, 1852, marking forty-nine years of tenure by the coming July and remains active in Iowa journalism.
A family question answered with quick Jell- O dessert offers. Prepare in two minutes by adding hot water and letting it cool. Flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry. Available for purchase at your grocers for 10 ets.
All vestibuled Pullman cars offer a 28 day Three Circle Tour through the tropics and Mexican ruins. The special train departs Tuesday January 22 from Chicago with escorted itineraries, maps, and tickets via The American Tours Association and Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway.
The Muscatine News-Tribune prints a 34 page holiday number with illustrations and historical sketches of Muscatine and Louisa counties. It features views of the new library opera house and cemetery chapel and praises A L M for a piece on The Old Year and the New. Harold J Mahin oversees the paper as junior editor and the staff is praised for progress and capable supervision.
Mrs J L Hyde of Folsom Custer Co Southote says Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her heart pain after three years and helped her daughter with weak kidneys. She urges others to try the pills and reports both mother and child improved after doses. The letter notes the pills cost 50c a box and are sold by dealers.
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