Muscatine Journal Newsstand and Delivery Details
The Daily Journal and Semi Weekly Journal serve Muscatine with daily eve nings and a Tuesday Friday schedule. Subscriptions cost 3.00 yearly by mail and 10 cents weekly in city delivery. Local agencies include East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Toborg Bros. Oregon Street W C A Busca's Drug Store, Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Buller Grocery.
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Daily Journal
The
Journal
East Hill
Hurlbut Grocery
East 2Nd Street
South Muscatine
Toborg Bros. Groccery
Oregon Street
W. C. A. Busca’s
Hershey Avenue
Kecklerville
Chayka'’s
West Hill
J. H. Buller
Telephones and Bell Offices Listed in Mississippi Valley
Telephones and Bell business and editorial offices listed for the Mississippi Valley area with brief reference to exchanges and office locations. Includes mentions of Bell company presence and related data points.
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Bell
Mississippi Valley
Circulation Statement for Muscatine Journal November 1908
Sworn statement by publisher I. F. D. Throop of Muscatine Journal lists printed and circulated copies for November 1908. Notary F. L. Bihlmeier certifies the figures and attests to the monthly totals and distribution.
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Muscatine Journal
M Iis
Wes Wick
Fana
Butane Hun Do
I. F. D. Throop
The
F. D. Throop
Muscatine Co
State of Iowa
F. L. Bihlmeier
A Thought for Tomorrow on New Year Resolutions
A reflection urges readers to consider personal plans for the new year. It questions the value of unkept resolutions and emphasizes that good resolutions kept can guide a person toward better outcomes, contrasting them with the harm of abandoned aims.
Make Fewer Resolutions and Keep Them This Year
The piece urges steady, sincere effort over reckless vow making. It warns that broken resolutions erode willpower, but worthwhile, achievable battles deserve pursuit. The guide counsels choosing only resolute aims one truly believes can be kept, to grow wiser and stronger.
Des Moines Trial Compared to Thaw Affair in Tone
Des Moines Capital notes the Hains murder trial aims for sensational color like the Thaw affair but lacks impact. Cedar Rapids Gazette quotes Warden Sanders advocating adequate prison meals, and suggests broader appetite for humane treatment could reduce inmate numbers.
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Des Moines
Hains
Adult admission praised for wrestling and dancing bears
A Sioux City Journal note urges adults to embrace their interest in Japanese wrestling and dancing bears without fear of children breaking the delicate mechanism, framing it as a mature stance.
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Sioux City Journal
Not a Cent of Insurance on Panama Property Policy Debate
The newspaper laments the lack of insurance on Panama property and argues government policy accepts risk, claiming the government can endure losses that would bankrupt individuals and should bear its own risk rather than insure.
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Iowa City
Panama
Council Bifs Nonpareil Venus Duty for Dressmakers
Susanne Cocroft lectured Chicago society women that every woman should become a Venus, arguing the obligation falls on dressmakers nationwide to a greater extent than before.
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Council
Susanne Cocroft
Chicago Society of Women
Knox Chosen for Secretary of State in Taft Cabinet
The Wapello Republican reports the selection of Philander Knox of Pennsylvania as secretary of state in Taft's cabinet. He is lauded as one of the ablest men in the nation and well suited for the important post, expected to be a premier the country will be proud of.
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Wapello
Philander Knox
Pennsylvania
Taft
Knox
Edison
Cannon
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Greene
Supreme Court of Virginia
Jerome
New York
McCosh
Princeton University
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Washington Post
Christmas Vacation Ends With Wedding Plans At Cedar Falls
Columbus Junction reports holiday vacation for the school staff and Christmas visits. Miss Alice Balent, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Woodruff, will wed Amos Balent of Cedar Falls at 2 p.m. at the Woodruff home, with Rev. Nelson officiating. The couple will set up on the groom’s Cedar Falls farm.
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Columbus Junction
Pauline Collins
Monmouth
Ill
Linna Huston
Ralph
Iowa City
Fairfield
Hazel Runkle
Lisbon
C. A. Woodruff
Alice
Amos A. Balent
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Rev
Nelson
Ainsworth
Hazel Oakes
H. D. Oakes
H. M. Letts
New Mexico
A. E. Carpenter
Reminiscences of long ago 50 years ago itemized
A compact year by year roll call of local events from 50 to 10 years past. Notices include Dec 26 Sunday reference, a Muscatine marriage on Dec 24, ferry company meeting Jan 11, officers Stein and Davidson, Scottish voyage by Frank Evans, staff changes at W H Woodward office, and a Muscatine District Court officers slate last night with multiple named officials.
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Muscatine
A. B. Robbins
J. S. McHarg
Scott County
Mattie L. Groom
Muscatine Ferry Company
S. G. Stein
A. Davidson
Frank Evans
Glasgow
Scotland
Carpenter
W. H. Woodward
Sue Hill
Harold Young
Averal
Des Moines
Muscatine District Court of Honor
J. M. Conner
W. C
J. M. Butler
Sarah Fox
W. R
R. C. Schenck
W. T
J. B. Reay
Ella Butler
Thomas Barnard
W. G
Elizabeth Ellis
W. S
William Oberhouse
W. D
C. P. Malone
J. D. Dermedy
J. R. Ellis
Little tales of this town and of Others
Vignettes about notable figures like Edison and public figures in America. The piece includes anecdotes from the Washington Post and Minneapolis Journal, touching on Edison’s absentmindedness, a bank securities remark by Clark Williams, a waiter story, and Bob Fitzsimmons teaching Plainfield police.
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Minneapolis Journal
Christmas Home Visits Fill local Families with Holiday Cheer
Several residents note holiday travel and family gatherings. Mrs Frank Hale and Frances return from Wapello, while families visit relatives in Montrose Muscatine Cedar Rapids and Ames. Local moves include Lenley Mize taking a business post in Amarillo and his mother running the Commercial hotel.
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Frank Hale
Frances
John Hale
Wapello
O. P. Wilcox
Montrose
Frank
Margaret Huston
Louise Hereld
Sioux Falls
S. C
G. F. Garvis
W. C. Weber
Burlington
Clint Kauffman
Muscatine
Clayton Morford
Summers
Harry
Cedar Rapids
Howard Meeker
E. B. Tucker
Grandview
Wagner
Tucker
Washington State
Verne Jack
Winton
M. H. Bowman
G. A. Salmon
Elmer Edmondson
James Reaney
The
State University
Hilton McRoberts
Ames College
Lenley Mize
Commercial Hotel
Amarillo
Texas
Mize
Max
T. W. Hendrickson
Woodruff
Scott Thompson
Leon Thompson
Nora Springs
Adrian Reynolds
Irene
Koontz
Dr King’s New Recovery Offer At Havercamp’s Drug Store
Sufferers with lunge trouble are urged to try Dr King’s New Recovery, advertised as a remedy at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store with price points of 50c and 1.00.
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Dr. King
Havercamp
The Cobra's Mysterious Paris Life Revealed
In Paris the Cobra maintains a lavish image among cocoons while living like a nun. Two men discuss her identity and sources of wealth, speculating she travels from New York to Paris and plunders an old millionaire, amid Parisian intrigue and luxury.
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Paris
New York
Veeda Venestra Tempts the Cobra at Paris Table
Washington News and Near News reports amid canal worries that Taft and Roosevelt rely on engineers for Gatun dam feasibility. Col. Hepburn dismisses dam doubts, noting possible use of excavation for a sea level canal and ongoing Isthmus inspections.
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Washington
the Journal
Washington, D. C
Panama Canal
Gatun
Taft
Hepburn
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Col. Hepburn
Canal Zone
Gatun Dam
Chagres
Nicaragua
San Juan
Mr. Taft
Isthmus
Mr. Roosevelt
Stomach Ailments Targeted by Golden Medical Discovery
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the cure for stomach weakness and liver laziness. It links strong stomachs to rich red blood and asserts the remedy fights disease by cleansing the blood and boosting digestion, with Pleasant Pellets offered for stomach liver and bowels.
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Dr. Pierce
Foley's Orino Laxative Promises Natural Bowels
A. W. Morgan druggist advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as a cure for chronic constipation and a regulator of the liver and bowels so users avoid continuous purgatives.
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Foley
Orino
A. W. Morgan
Judge Green Orders Jury List Recalled in Council Bluffs
Judge Green stirred Council Bluffs by voiding the entire jury list and suing the board of supervisors to prepare new lists that should have been returned by the election board for failure to make proper returns.
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Green
Council Bluffs
Board of Supervisors
Election Board
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