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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1903
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday with a semi weekly edition on Tuesday and Friday. Subscription rates include daily by mail for $3.00 yearly and semi weekly for 2.50, carrier delivery at 10 cents weekly, claiming circulation superiority over local papers.
Marlborough and Harold J. Mahin lead the Washington area office while La Coste and Maxwell run the New York operation at 140 Nassau Street Chicago assigns Payne and Young to the Marquette Building office.
The Journal lists agencies in Kecklerville and West and South Muscatine for lender convenience. Stores include Chayka's grocery Sharrar's Morse Washburn's grocery and W C A Busch's Drug Store on Hershey avenue. Extra papers will be on sale nightly and missed subscribers can retrieve papers at these locations.
The Muscatine Daily Journal presents its November 1903 sworn circulation statement. Business Manager I W Lane attests to 115,860 copies printed and circulated during the month, with notarization by G M Titus on December 7, 1903 in Muscatine County Iowa.
Des Moines union anti saloon league chief Dr I N McCash says the group will mobilize temperance forces to create public sentiment and that Rankin's constabulary bill remains independent of the league. He notes the saloon must go and favors sane, nonpartisan methods to win support.
The Oskaloosa Times-Journal joins the Des Moines Register and Leader in condemning the Iowa public school system as antiquated. It says instruction focuses on the head alone, ignoring inherited training and mental powers, and argues for manual training and thorough common branches to better prepare children for work.
The Burlington Gazette calls for strict enforcement of the law across the country. It urges judges to apply laws to all, regardless of whether the offender is high official or ordinary citizen, asserting that justice must be equal and firm.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald argues it is false to claim Mr. Bryan is without honor in his own country. It notes he has twice received the votes of six million suffragists for the highest office and says he holds the hearts of the American people.
The Monticello paper says many Iowa legislators fear the saloon vote. The Keokuk Gate City counters that liquor sellers are more nervous when the legislature convenes, noting they lag behind the lawmakers in the ongoing competition.
The Scranton Journal rejects the proposed state marshal law yet supports a measure to curb lawlessness. It objects to whisky dealers flouting state law and urges action to bring a large class of violators to book.
The Iowa City Republican notes that some men age gracefully in the United States Senate but Hoar and Morgan are excluded from that group.
The Creston Advertiser Gazette claims the Des Moines fort was not built to curb political battles in the capital, but to intensify the intrigue and spectacle surrounding the ongoing capital city conflict.
The Boone Republican notes a potential danger of race suicide but says this does not alter the supply of a sucker a minute, keeping the notion as a provocative aside in its column.
The piece reviews Henry George Jr's January installment on the copper trust, describing promoters underwritings, forestalling, and stock watering that grabbed $70 to $80 million of copper stock for nothing. It notes Roosevelt's 1901 frontier against such crimes and comments on a moral code among society elites.
A European gentleman faces repeated hardships and shame from begging and digging inability, making a wealthy wife seem the only respectable escape from his ongoing troubles.
McClure, Phillips & Company announce a holiday special edition of Emmy Lou by George Madden Martin, previously successful. The set includes The Court of Bayville by William Allen White and Josephine Daskam's Quaint Children stories, all in red cloth with gold.
Harriet A Nash presents a homely New England tale about a rural mail carrier a city visitor and a young village widow who ran a post office with pride and consistency E N Thayer provides illustrations for the piece reflecting rural comedy themes and the style praised beside Mary E Wilkins work
To make round steak tender soak it in olive oil for about an hour before cooking. Brown quickly on both sides and move the pan aside to finish cooking slowly inside. Drizzle melted butter with vinegar over hot steak or use lemon juice with water. Season with pepper salt onion and sage.
An editorial urges drastic reform in the unions, denouncing the Parks era and calling for separating honest leaders from dishonest ones. It argues the time is ripe for milder methods, better policy, and greater public regard, urging sincere workingmen to rise and elevate the labor movement to efficiency and harmony.
A portrait of drummers and John W Gates: graduates of the Drummers University master many trades and places, endure accidents and adventures, and exude fearless adaptability. Kingsbury in Everybody's Magazine lauds Gates as a legendary drummer raised to the nth power.
A newspaper promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a prudent seasonal buy for households. It claims rapid, safe relief if taken at the first sign of a cold and notes the product is child friendly and pleasant to take. Available at all druggists.
The Iowa Central railway offers reduced rate excursion tickets at one and one third fare on December 24 25 31 and January 1. Return valid until January 4 from the destination. For details and folders contact local agents.
An advertisement touts CN as a disinfectant that kills germs and vermin. It claims safety for households with children, non-poisonous and non-explosive, suitable for every room from garret to cellar. The CN booklet promises health tips and notes usage in government and hospital settings.
Among 814000 British miners, about 1100 workers die yearly and 5500 are injured on the job, highlighting deadly risks in mining.
Telecommunication notes describe cement butts as foundations for telegraph poles. The durable bases allegedly triple pole longevity while lowering fire and store liabilities.
Denmark can boast a strong education system as literacy improves with fewer than one percent of the population unable to read or write. The article highlights national pride in schooling and successful literacy rates among Danes.
Birds of Lapland are numbered at 198 species according to H Goebel. Of these 133 certainly breed in the country, 34 probably do so, 17 are stragglers and 6 winter visitors, 1 is an ocean species and 7 are seen only in the Solovetski islands.
Tincture of iodine is valuable for sterilizing water. Four drops in a carafe of water render it drinkable within thirty minutes.
The Netherlands passes an antistrike statute forbidding strikes on government railroads with a four year prison penalty. Government workers are barred from collective action as state employees. About two thirds of railways are state owned.
Frog skins are valued for their delicate coloring and are commonly used in India for expensive book bindings.
A critique denounces Belgium’s universal suffrage as a travesty arguing that workers have one vote while middle class capitalists receive two and the very rich nobility clergy gain three or four votes, exposing unequal representation.
More than 30 000 people are employed in toy making across Sonneberg and nearby Thuringian villages. About 75 percent of workers operate from their own homes in this crafts region.
A local note explains that Rosewood earns its name from the scent released when the wood is cut, likening the aroma to fresh roses.
The chivalry of Europe is largely a product of Saracen chivalry entering Europe in two streams through Constantinople and Spain.
Telegrams surge worldwide with about a quar ter million messages daily. The rollout of faster networks and expanded services boosts international communication and business correspondence globally.
Statistics show in safety related deaths men and women split by marital status. Unmarried males number 3 120 and unmarried females 926. Married men total 3 817 and married women 990.
Greenland glaciers average one thousand feet thick and move fifty feet daily while discharging about four square miles of ice into the sea each year.
The Angora cat with pure white fur is invariably blind while even a hint of color yields normal vision. A similar uneyeing state is known in cave fishes from Mammoth Cave.
Starch and sugar share the same elements and ratios, differing only in how their molecules are arranged. The distinction lies in molecular organization rather than composition.
The Presbyterian Church at Corner Town Avenue and Fourth Street lists a 10 a.m. morning and 7:30 p.m. evening worship, Sunday school at 11:30 a.m., and Y P S C E at 6:30 p.m. A Christmas praise service at 7:30 p.m. features Miss Nellie E Robertson with soloists and choir, interspersed with anthems, scripture, offertory, and postlude.
Corner Third and Chestnut streets pastor John P Clyde 409 West Fourth street morning worship 10 Sunday school 11:15 Junior Endeavor 3 Y P S C E meeting 6:30 evening worship 7:30 Christmas message morning theme Christmas concert by choir and Sunday school Monday young women's club Christmas party all young women invited Boys club Tuesday prayer meeting Thursday welcome to all
The Third street and Iowa Avenue church under Pastor C. L. Stafford A. M. D. D. holds preaching at 10:00 a m and 7:30 p m.
The notice lists Sunday schedule with class meetings at 9 a m Sabbath school at 11 30 a m an Epworth league meeting at 6 30 p m and a missionary session titled A World Wide View My Responsibility led by Mrs Francis and Carla Franklin Laura Musser will lead morning singing and a chorus choir will perform in the evening all warmly invited.
Rev. J. L. Murphy leads a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school and 10:30 a.m. morning service with a day appropriate sermon. A Christmas program will be held at 7 p.m., delayed due to cold, followed by treats for children. All are invited to attend at Iowa avenue and Sixth street.
Green Street Congregational announces Sunday school at 9, Y P S C E at 6, and a Christmas entertainment by the main division Monday evening. Circle meeting Tuesday evening, Boys' club Wednesday at 7, Gospel meeting at 8. All welcome.
Holy communion at 7 30 Sunday, Sunday school 9 30, morning prayer and sermon 10 45, evening prayer 7 30. Christmas music to repeat at morning service. Children's carol service Monday at 6 30. Rector F F Leckerman.
Sunday service at 11 a m and Wednesday evening meeting at 5 o clock. Walnut street at Sixth street northeast corner. Visitors always welcome.
The United Brethren Church posts a 10 a m preaching service and 11 15 a m Sabbath school with a 7 30 p m gospel praise service led by pastor W J Beatty featuring soloist E A Erb.
Low rates offered January 7 8 and 9 1904 by Iowa Central for round trip tickets to Portland Oregon valid for return by January 31 Tickets usable via St Paul and northern lines returning through Ogden Denver or reverse Also sale with option to return through San Francisco and Los Angeles at small extra charge Contact A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis for details
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