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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
3
An item from the Journal Printing Co lists office contacts including New York at 140 Nassau Street with La Coste & Maxwell in charge and Chicago at 750 Marquette Building with Payne & Young in charge.
Editorial snippet from the Bell offices in the Mississippi Valley area highlights telephone business priorities and regional communications issues. The brief notes office perspectives on service, reliability, and future expansion plans amid evolving networks.
The dispatch condemns ongoing violence in Mississippi where white men are killed by Blacks and Black people murdered by whites. It questions how to teach both sides to respect law and conduct, urging federal and local action to protect homes and orderly rights while addressing the broader racial crisis.
Western and Southern railways cut speed on through trains prompting debate on fast schedules. Proponents cite faster service and restored reliability. opponents argue slower runs save rolling stock wear and fuel and reduce accident risk for passengers.
The piece argues speed wears equipment faster and raises accident risk, but passengers want quicker travel. It notes rails vary in comfort with speed, praises good tracks, and cites traveler priorities like saving minutes over safety concerns, referencing Southern railroad and Chicago Burlington & Quincy as examples.
The editorial praises Iowa’s resilience over 35 years, noting farm settlement after homestead openings, seed programs, and population growth. It cites railroad expansion, construction of churches, schools, and courthouses, and outbound migration and investment, urging continued effort to further productivity.
The speaker argues Iowa has drained its youthful energies for decades and urges a future focused on better farming practices doubling output per acre, deeper plowing, thrift, stronger farm homes, improved rural mail routes, more telephone and trolley lines, higher quality country schools, safer bridges, and expanded roads to sustain the state.
In New Rochelle New York Justice Brewer of the U S Supreme Court urged a shift from mere national power to ideals and higher life. He warned of mounting debt while praising intellectual growth that leavens public crude tendencies and called for focus on culture libraries galleries and art over naval size.
The annual report advocates parcels post postal savings bank postal telegraph and telephone abolishing railway speed subsidies subsidies to steamers to South America and Australia low rate postal notes and a deputy postmaster general with permanent tenure to run the service Also reforms in salaries and accounts He argues postmasters should not be rewarded for political activity and doubts assigning blame for the deficit to any single branch while stressing efficiency of administration.
The Iowa State Teachers' association meets in Des Moines with educators from across the state. A key topic is raising teacher salaries, noting Iowa ranks near the bottom nationwide, and contrasting debates on congressmen pay with the need to improve country school teachers' wages.
City council passes ordinance calling for 90 cent gas as a test case for statewide rate control. If profitable, the low price in Cedar Rapids could pressure other firms to cut prices, though many uncertainties remain.
The note urges Muscatine residents to settle all bills promptly on the first days of the new year and the first 10 days of next month. It argues this will improve merchants' working capital and promote even business across the town.
The Webster City Freeman-Tribune praises Republican leaders Young Hunter and Johnston and Cummins Prouty and Healey for harmony. The paper says they could teach Democrats harmony though they are not currently practicing it as they sharpen their bowie.
The Cedar Falls Record argues that court delays in Busse the wife murderer provoke mob violence. It asks what public reaction would be if another husband killed his wife in Butler county and suggests people would lose patience with the culprit.
The Telegraph asks what would happen to Iowa inheritance tax laws if a federal inheritance tax were enacted. It notes the Supreme Court affirmed states' right to levy such taxes and warns states will not surrender revenue-collecting power to the federal government.
The Glidden Graphic asserts Roosevelt embodies a rare public virtue, noting there is much purer gold in his makeup than in any other man in public life in the country today, even as doubts persist about his dress.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes that a president has been elected after a delay caused by piling fraud cases in the west and asserts he is now actively engaged in his duties.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes no basis to conclude Senator Dolliver will not be re elected and observes a broad local Republican desire to prevent further factional fights.
The Town City Republican notes Major Lacey’s objections to a holiday recess and suggests he may be eager to make a final impact before retiring next March.
W. W. Baldwin of Burlington was in Washington on the La Follette 16 hour bill and railroad pay debates. The report links him to the Mossberry bill quarrel and portrays him as a reform target amid lobbying and political influence from J. W. Blythe and Illinois leaders.
Editorial notes from Tur Ectectic Medical Review praise Unicorn root and Golden Seal root as key ingredients. It cites Drs Fyfe Ellingwood Scudder Bartholow and claims the formula acts as a uterine stimulant improving menstrual flow, back pain, irritability, and digestion in women with chronic conditions.
A 1906 publication note from Lobbs Merrill Company announces The Woman in the Alcove, presenting no plot details but signaling the work as a new release with copyright by the company.
A hidden New Mexico fraud leads Mr Grey to seek James Wellgood in Maine. Grey intercepts Fairbrother on his flight after exposing the scheme, while Fairbrother recalls a tainted triumph as he plans escape with a launch and safeguards in place.
The mind relies on the brain, nourished by blood. Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills supply nature's elements to rebuild nerve cells and blood. They may take weeks to restore health, but are beneficial. Sold 60 cents a box at dealers and by Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo. For sale by A W Morgan Druggist.
The tale centers on Durand and Fairbrother in a jewel theft plot culminating in a fatal turn when a diamond vanishes and a confession arises. Mr. Grey and his daughter uncover nothing of the conspirator’s past, while the narrator reveals his role and accepts a seaside resolution.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Discovery for Coughs and Colds as rescuing many children. The cure is guaranteed and offered at 50 cents and 1 dollar through Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
The Bobbs Merrill Company publishes a 36 page illustrated magazine catalog offering readers half price on major titles including Cosmopolitan Home Magazine and Reader Magazine, reduced from 5.60 to 2.50. Readers may request the free catalog by mailing a postal card to Indianapolis Indiana.
Masonic Iowa Lodge No 2 meets 1st Tuesday evenings monthly. Washington Chapter No 4 holds stated convocation 2nd Friday. Webb Connects of Royal and Select Masters convenes 3rd Thursday. DeMolay Commandery No 1 holds regular conclave 4th Wednesday.
Pocahontas Milo Smith Keeper of Rec or as informs the schedule. Isabelle J. Norton of Pocahontas is noted in attendance. The council meets the first and third Friday of each month in the Maccabee Hall.
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