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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1909
Page
11
The Daily Journals issued every evening except Sunday. Semi Weekly issues 10 pages Tuesday and 8 pages Friday nights. Delivery in the city by carrier. weekly collection 10 cents. Daily by mail $3.00 per year. semi weekly $1.50 per year.
The Journal states it has set up agencies for reader convenience at East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Buschs Drug Store Hershey venue Kecklerville Chayka s Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zy Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Payne and Young are in charge at the Chicago office located in the 750 Marquette Building. The Bell telephone exchange handles business lines and editorial work tied to the Mississippi Valley region.
Circulation data shows 6 929 average copies for Muscatine Journal in November 1909. Publisher F D Throop swears to the printing and distribution totals. Notary F W Eversmeyer attests on December 1 1909 in Muscatine Iowa with official seal.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lauds Iowa newspapers for strong local coverage and worldwide news, noting presses and facilities have improved. It argues Iowans should support home papers to boost Iowa industries and farms, contrasting with outside metropolitan outlets.
Washington commentary argues the president lacks firm pledges from the Aldrich and Cannon camps for any administration program. It notes Taft favored the tariff measure but has no guaranteed support for antitrust or Interstate Commerce Act revisions. Progressives may push for changes, while leaders seek minimal corporate legislation.
Sioux City Tribune hints fire works in the Schal linger-Pinchot dispute if Senator Dolliver leads the fight. Des Moines Register notes Senator Money’s children seek government aid, suggesting a fragile reputation buys little at a meat market these days.
Santa partners with Cupid as toy papers flood the town for Christmas gifts. Elves fill stockings with No. 1 size items and shoppers rush to secure popular favors before Christmas.
The text praises Taft for turning down Lorimer and his patrons seeking diplomatic service. It lauds Taft against progressives democrats and scalawags and celebrates his stance as a victory.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette urges the next Iowa legislature to enact complete city regulation of telephone companies. It condemns current laws as lame and insists a strong, promptly enacted statute be passed, with press insistence to deter opposition.
E N Bailey known as Bailey of Britt signs to conduct a department in the Iowa Homestead in Des Moines titled Wheat and Chaff. He remains in Britt and will continue his popular humor work for Homestead readers.
Advertises Cascarets as toe box treatment and claims it is the world’s biggest seller with a million boxes sold monthly. Mentions availability at all druggists.
A column recalls past local events with snippets from 50 40 and 20 years ago. It notes an attempted robbery in Keokuk county at a Pennsylvania House and a sham police arrest. It also mentions the M E Festival prizes, Cardiff Giant card, Sheriff-elect Snyder and a jail meal, plus a proposed moonlight river excursion on January 1st 1890.
Thirty years ago a perfect jam of teams filled the streets as trade surged in from beyond the Cedar. Observers noted many pedestrians crossing the new Lord's Ferry bridge amid the bustle.
Ten years ago a Saturday evening concert by several young people and the high school orchestra was set for F. P. Sawyer’s West Second Street home. Friends were invited to enjoy the musical treat after much preparation as skating parties favored by crowds moved toward the north part of town.
Senate debate looms as Senator Crawford of South Dakota proposes re-enacting the Hepburn era commodities clause to bar railroads from owning manufacturing or mining interests. Supporters see it as essential. coal railroads oppose. The measure targets major business interests with a runoff in committee and then the full chamber.
Wilton Iowa residents report a flurry of Friday departures and short visits to Muscatine Davenport and Moline. L N Ayres, Miss Bertha Rynearson, Mr. B C Ludlow, Misses Anna and Nora Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. D F Dwyer, Mrs M L Teeple, Mr and Mrs P N Jacobsen and others are cited as traveling or hosting relatives during the holiday period.
Local notes report the Letts Pearl Button company now operates in a new building with steam power replacing gasoline. Visitors include Frank Van Horn of East Liverpool and Muscatine guests. A December 22 wedding joins Mabel Wilson and Andrew Schultz as Rev. W L Fry officiates. The Letts high school staged a Christmas program at Griffin's Opera House.
The Wolf by Eugene Walter is staged this afternoon and tonight at The Grand in a poem like play of pictures. The curtain reveals an Indian Summer woodland scene with McTavish and B Auiste smoking. Jules Beaubien stands tall as Hilda appears with a canoe paddle framing a sunset colored moment.
The Letts school staged a Christmas program with recitations and music, followed by a district gift distribution that marked one of the season’s merriest events. Residents report heavy snow, prosperous local trade, and plans for electric lighting as Letts moves toward modernization.
J H Lingo travels from Chicago to Lone Tree for holidays. Several residents including Ross Lee from Cedar Rapids and families from Maquoketa and Sterling visit relatives. Ice crew works as school closes for two weeks. Local residents travel to Sigourney and Iowa City for holiday visits and returns.
East Wapsie reports Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hawker and family visited Cedar Valley kin. Clara Marolf of Stockton left to begin her school job after Christmas. West Liberty school pupils from the area enjoy a two week vacation. Mrs. Fred Evans and Dorothy spent Saturday in West Liberty. W. D. Conklin of Plum Grove called on Alfred Marolf Friday.
A French inventor designed a screening curtain system for cinema. Dark curtains hang a short distance in front of the screen to cut off external light, allowing only light from the projection machine to illuminate the viewing area.
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