The Journal of Muscatine Newspaper History
The Journal Printing Co publishes daily and semi weekly editions in Muscatine with city and county official status. circulation exceeds all other Muscatine papers combined and at least triples any other daily. The Daily Journal issues daily except Sunday and the Semi Weekly on Tuesday and Friday nights. Delivery by carrier costs 10 cents weekly. yearly rates are $3.00 by mail for daily and $15.50 for semi weekly. Multiple city agencies and offices listed with addresses in Muscatine, Keokuksville, and New York Chicago bureaus.
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Ee En Circulacion
Muscatine
Dally Journal
Eugene Walter
New York
Chicago
Hudson Bay
Canadian Woods
Circulation Statement for Muscatine Journal November 1999
Statement sworn by publisher F. BD Throop reporting average monthly circulation of six thousand nine hundred twenty nine copies for Muscatine Journal in November 1999. Notarized December 1, 1909 with seal by RB. W. Eversmeyer.
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F. BD
Throop
The
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine Co
State of Lowa
RB. W. Eversmeyer
Naseer
Sun
Peary Crowned Discoverer Despite Cook’s Renowned Faker
The public is told that Peary is the true discoverer after years of effort and trials, while Cook is branded a monumental faker. The piece notes the possibility of future claims and notes from Etah, but asserts the Danish verdict against Cook is decisive for now.
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Peary
Big Nail
Cook
Etah
Brooklyn
Polar explorers face public doubt and blame in pole controversy
The piece laments Doc Cook's alleged mental decline and Peary's tarnished reputation after claims of polar discovery. It questions public credulity, notes Cook's alleged profits, Peary's media leverage, and ends with Downtrodden public sympathy.
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Doc Cook
Peary
Clairmant
Pole
Pearyt
Doe Cook
Young Men Boosters Win Support in Ottumwa Campaign
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Ottumwa’s young men’s business club completed a three day campaign for membership, securing 430 dollars. The piece praises youthful booster energy, urges broader participation, and contrasts young and older members as stimulus and governor. Des Moines Register adds Wingy Conners joke on Democratic talkativeness and restraint.
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Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
The
Commercial Association
Des Moines Register
Wingy Conners
New York State
Benefits of a Bottle to Aid Stomach Liver and Bowel
The passage notes that many people struggle with weak stomachs inactive livers and clogged bowels at times and that in such moments a bottle offering relief is greatly valued.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Advertisement Claim
An 1910 era ad urges readers to get a bottle for emergencies and to take it promptly. It lists benefits for poor appetite indigestion dyspepsia colds and grippe and promises a free 1910 almanac from the druggist.
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Cruggist
Reminiscences of Long Ago and Community Events
A compact past five decades in Tremont and area notes social gatherings at Tremont hall, a surprise party at Rev Cass’s Island home, a Christmas program at First Methodist, German M E church plans for a new edifice, and a student surprise gift for Leverich School head RB Leverich.
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M. G. Cass
First Methodist Church
Hava
M. E
James Bryer
The Man in Lower Ten Continues its Shocking Reveal
Sullivan narrates a tangled web of escape money love and murder on a train to Washington. He describes planning to steal notes from a sleeping man in lower ten while a sister’s peril and a wife’s suspicions collide with Bronson’s deadly influence and a killer’s quiet danger.
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Monte Carlo
Italy
Rome
Heaton Boys
Wyoming
Bronson
Sullivan
Hell
John Gilmore
Washington
Hotchkiss
Lttle
Ida
Alison
Europe
Awful night prompts laxative remedy testimonial
An old promotional fragment extols Foley's Orig Laxative for indigestion and habitual constipation. It claims to stimulate the stomach and liver, regulate bowels, and cites a Tennessee user, W. W. Ward of Dyersburg, praising its effectiveness for chronic constipation. A. W. Morgan, a druggist, provides support.
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Foley
W. W. Ward
Dyersburg
Tennessee
A. W. Morgan
Merit System Tightens Post Office Patronage Across Districts
Washington December 24 report says the post office department is increasingly enforcing the merit system for postmaster appointments. Reappointments hinge on satisfactory service, limiting political influence. Senators Dolliver and Cummins questioned Hitchcock about eighth Iowa district postings, learning reappointments will be required if service is effective and changes graded by merit. The policy aims for nationwide impartial enforcement with uniform application.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
Post Office
House
Dolliver and Cummins
Col. W. P. Hepburn
Jamieson
Hitchcock
Iowa
Insurgent Iowa Senators Face Post Office Appointments
Postmaster General plans to apply a general rule affecting post office appointments. Iowa senators Dolliver and Cummins say all are treated alike. The issue stirs Capitol talk as lawmakers with many offices in their districts weigh relief from the burden. Some elders consider post offices a liability rather than asset. An investment ad copy follows: Chamberlain's Liniment promises prep for sprains and bruises.
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Iowa
Dolliver
Cummins
Capitol
Village social notes and visits around Springdale
Springdale residents and guests from Tipton and Omaha visit friends in the village during the week. Local outings include hog sale near eight cents, Mt. Vernon college student Ida Erbe visiting, and Self Culture Club activities with Miss Lucy Millett leading a Spain theme. Members brought Christmas candy samples for roll call and a treated mood.
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Springdale
Dee
Maxson
Tipton
Iowa
Amos Kimberley, Jr
Lon Lewis
Omaha
Neb
HM. F. Lewis
Lindley Heald
West Liberty
Willard Smith
Pedee
Elliott Anderson
Carl Phelps
Rochester
Self Culture Club
Charles Mather
Jeelson
Lucy Millett
Army and Navy
Spain
Mary Hutcheson
Doctor Todd
Next lesson and meeting at Mrs William Mather parlor
The text notes the final line of a session where participants vow more sweet times, announces the next lesson as Chapters XIII and XIV, and states the upcoming meeting will be at the parlor of Mrs William Mather.
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William: Mather
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R. Y. Pierce
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L. P. Loomis
Associated Press
Lea Newspaper Syndicate
Brember
Iowa Evening Press Association
East Hil
Wurlbut
East Indtreet
South Maccatine
Toborg Gros
Gro Ary
Oregon Street
A. Busch's
Mershey Avenue
Kecklerville
Charkar
West Hill
J. G. Fuller
Wm. van Zyl
Ofice
Bell
Valley
Hostetter
W. Leverich
Leverich School
Garnes
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Pearl St
Grand Opera House
Sam &. and
Lee Shubert (Inc
Clyde Fitch
Sam
Washington News
National
Judsey C. Welliver
Ment
Chamberlin Minnt & CO
California
America
Peature
Russell
Trueheart
Dillon
Burke
Goldwin
Wallace
Bell Sisters
Emma
Lambert
Wilson
M'le Virginia Reid
Cleonatra
Merry Christmas
J. M. Conner
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