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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
3
Subscription rates for the Muscatine Journal are listed including daily and semi weekly options. Annual delivery by carrier costs 520 dollars with weekly collections. Orders can be placed by postal card or telephone No. 27 and remittances should be payable to JOURNAL Printing Co. in Muscatine Iowa.
The article reflects on December 31, marking the end of the nineteenth century. It lists key inventions including Fulton’s steamboat in 1807, Stephenson’s locomotive in 1814, friction matches in 1827, McCormick’s reaping machine in 1831, the electric telegraph in 1837, Howe’s sewing machine in 1841, Bessemer steel in 1856, Bell’s telephone and Edison’s phonograph in 1877, the first electric railway in 1881, and metals welded by electricity in 1887, questioning if the next century can surpass these advances.
Eugene Smith of New York argued crime imposes vast public costs beyond prisons and police. He cited New York 1899 outlays of over 20 million and total U S crime costs near 600 million including lost incomes, while noting deeper social harms defy figures.
The piece accuses the Chicago Tribune of promoting the saloon revival in Iowa through falsifications about the prohibition law. It singles out editor Mr Colbert for repeating statements the author says were directed by the paper's owner and not corrected.
A Davenport catcher was fined ten dollars for each of six prairie chickens secured for a customer contrary to Iowa game law. The penalties were enforced by state constabulary, reflecting the law's reach.
The passage laments state laws dictating food and drink as a threat to personal liberty in Davenport, urging protest against regulatory overreach and warning of broader implications for citizens' freedoms.
The Philadelphia Record argues against the American canal idea noting the $200 million price tag and $10 million annual upkeep for a rare emergency. It questions the likelihood of such a crisis and suggests a stronger navy would better deter global powers than building a costly Isthmian passage.
December 31 marks Sylvester Pope of Rome in A D 335 with New Year Eve traditions. January 2 recalls martyrs who died in Roman provinces in A D 303 under Diocletian after refusals. Churches and societies hold watch meetings.
The excerpt lists religious observances around January 1 and January 3. It notes New Year’s Day as a national holiday, the Jewish Feast of Tebet, and circumcision tied to Jesus’ obedience to Jewish law. It also mentions St Genevieve, patroness of Paris, who established France’s first convent and whose intercession was sought during plagues and invasions, including 1871.
Iowa in Brief notes 1007 graduates from Win ton college for the blind with 5 percent thriving, 15 percent self supporting, 40 percent respected, and 40 percent failures. Educating 600 costs about 200 dollars yearly, a net taxpayer benefit. Also mentions Carnegie library plank gift, a Centerville prank, and a Lee county editor toast praising women and dress.
A concise quip notes that pride spares one the shame of having a favor declined, contrasting pride with the sting of refusal and its social implications.
New Year's observances vary widely across nations with weddings and funerals linked in Siam and India. France and Russia mark the day with festive processions, animal processions, and feasts, while Jews, Druids, Saxons, and Romans preserve ancient traditions. The practice of visiting and exchanging cards dates back to Chinese antiquity, with elaborate New Year cards detailing names and titles.
A poem by Eugene Field narrates Wynken Blynken and Nod sailing in a wooden shoe across a misty sea of dew. The moon asks their wishes as stars become herring fish, and a lullaby winds them home. The wooden shoe becomes a child’s trundle bed, inviting peaceful dreams.
The passage lists a series of inherited and bequeathed innovations from the nineteenth century, contrasting old tools with modern advances. It notes transitions from quill to typewriter, candle to electric lamp, sail to steamship, and beacon signals to telephone and wireless telegraphy, ending with Roentgen rays.
A concise note states that whether something is lost or not, locating the fault remains straightforward. The text emphasizes ease in identifying defects. It frames fault finding as a simple, practical task.
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