Daily Journal and Weekly Journal Publication Details
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday with a weekly 10 page issue on Tuesday and 8 pages on Friday nights. Subscriptions cost $8 per year by mail, with local delivery by carrier. The newspaper lists city agency points and staff contacts including publisher F. D. Throop and various editors, and provides Iowa private branch exchange numbers for inquiries.
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New York
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West 63Rd Street
Payne & Young
Tobago
Marquette Building
Muscatine
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Agencien
East Fll
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Boutle Muncazine
Totorg Bros. Eosery
Oregon Street
W. C. A. Busch's
Weraboy Avenue
T. Kecklerville
Chaylin’s
J. B. Fuller Grocery
Wm. van Zyl
Iowa
F. D. Throop
Roclatr
Passing of Jack Binns Highlighted by Electric Show Return
An announcement in Chicago papers places Jack Binns among exhibitors at an electrical show in Chicago next month. The piece notes how newspapers revive public memory of heroes, recalling Binns’s ship rescue feats and other celebrated deeds from the past to rekindle public interest.
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Jack Binns
Chicago
Jack
Mr. Binns
Mr. Roosevelt
National Bank Bookkeeping Order Spreads
Washington dispatches report the forced liquidation of a Texas national bank and a comptroller edict requiring 7200 banks to install uniform bookkeeping. Examiners must report insolvent conditions, give banks 30 days to comply, then inspect at bank expense if records are not installed. Des Moines dispatch notes Iowa senators La Follette and Young amid the chatter.
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Washington Dispatches
Texas
Comptroller of Currency
National Bank
Washington
Snys
Comptroller
Des Moines
Chicago Tribune
Campaigns and costs against the tuberculosis plague
Iowa spends 130,000 dollars yearly to fight tuberculosis, a cost the Iowa press says is small compared to the disease’s toll. The Davenport Times argues the campaign’s benefits will greatly exceed its price, while others note political shifts and local school board decisions about class plays and youth issues.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Towa
A Bottle of is the Ideal Remedy for Many Ailments
The ad promotes A BOTTLE OF as the ideal remedy for Poor Appetite, Heartburn, Headache, Biliousness, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Colds, Grippo and Malaria, urging readers to Try it, signed by a Druggist.
Muscatine's Emancipation Day plans and past reflections
A column recalling long ago events and local milestones. Forty years ago colored citizens prepared for Emancipation Day with a procession and Tremont hall dinner. Thirty, twenty, and ten years past are reviewed, noting prosperity, resignations, and a Grand Opera House performance.
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Tremont Hall
The Kingdom of Slender Swords Chapter XIV Continues
Barbara contemplates Datunt the exile described by his shadowy eyes and ache of bitterness. She feels pity as he sinks from sight in an oriental land, burying himself as a stone in a pool.
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Barbara
Bansai Nippon Night Amid Civic Pageantry in Tokyo
A vivid scene unfolds as a dense crowd lines a ceremonial street in Shimbashi Station Japan. Diplomats, guards, and officials in white uniforms and colorful regalia watch as banners, armor, and glittering regalia parade by. Barbara and Daunt mingle amid the spectacle, seeming drawn to each other as the pageantry surges around them.
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Japaney Foreign Office
Barbara
Danti
Sean
A Silent Understanding in Tokyo Club Parlor
Phil descends from his rickshaw at the Tokyo Club near the Imperial Hotel and Parliament Buildings and enters a glassed piazza. He finds Doctor Bersonin lounging on a sofa, a frost rimmed glass before him, as the two discuss how the Review brought Phil to Tokyo.
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Phil
Rick'aha
Tokyo Club
Imperial Hotel
Parliament Buildings
Monte
Doctor Bersonin
Tokyo
Sage and Sulphur Hair Darkener Ad
An old advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur for darkening hair and improving scalp health. It promotes sulfur as vital to hair color and vitality, claims effectiveness against premature grayness, and lists Wyeth Chemical Company and A W Morgans Pharmacy as sellers.
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Wyeth Chemice Company
Cortlandt St
New York City
Wyeth’s
Heegmns
W. Morgan’s
Fragmentary dialogue drives cliffhanger at the bluff
In a tense scene Phil and Bersonin exchange cryptic lines aboard the bluff. Phil lights a cigarette and reveals plan to stay only a few days while an odd eagerness crosses Bersonin’s colorless face before relief returns. The moment ends with a note that the story continues.
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Phil
Bersonin
West Liberty Thimble Bee and Local News from 1913
The West Liberty news item notes a ten cent Thimble Bee at Myre N Creese’s home on Tuesday afternoon January 7, with each member allowed two guests. It also covers the Ladies Aid gifting Mrs Scoles, the pastor’s wife, a handmade bed comfort, plus a long local social and family update including travels, visits, marriages, and a Fortnightly Society meeting planned for January 2 with a Holland themed program and speakers on agriculture, invention, and finance.
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West Liberty
King's Daughters
Myre
N. Creese
Ord
Ladies’ Aid’ Society of the
M. BE
Scoles
Edith Richards
Lie Stevens
Chet' Stevens
Mipton
Donohue
Jeff Sanders
Propst
Ollie Bvyes
West Branch
Sexsmith
Irwin
Wis
C. I. White
Wilton
Osborn
M. F. Mel
A. McNulty
Alice
Columbus Junction
Elinor Hoffman
Davenport
Maude Miler
Fred. Evans
Cedar Rapids
Gylvia Weber
D. Hamilton
Watertown
South Dakota
Dubuque
Anna Lodge
St. Patrick's Chapel
Town City
West Fourth Street
Mra
Geo
Close
John Close
Aledo
J. C. Haines
J. D. Meher
Vinton
Holland
Nora Wise
Marie Hine
Misa Nellie Nichols
A Cruel Mistake in Health Ads Cured by King Cure
An old display notes Dr. King's New Discovery as a remedy for coughs and consumption prevention. It promotes two sizes 50 cents and one dollar, sold at Hevercamp's Prescription Drug Store. The fragment reflects early 20th century medical advertising style.
Prairie community notes of Dec 81 harvest and visits
Whith Prairie Illinois December 81 Rob Henry and John Maurer and sons Walter and Ed aided Frank Duffee in harvesting the tee crop last Monday. Mr and Mrs Ed Herr and family Mr and Mrs L Dunker and daughter Bernice of Wilton and Mr and Mrs Mart Chamberlain of West Liberty shared Christmas dinner at George Lang's. Henry Brown and Adolph Boattcher were in Muscatine Monday. Newt Lang helped John Downer move household goods from Muscatine to the Pace farm Wednesday, a former purchase. Miss Ethel Lang spent Wednesday in Iowa City. Clark Kerr Frank and Robert Budelfer helped Peter Rinins haul bogs on Wednesday.
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White Prairie
Rob
Henry
John Maurer
Walter
Frank Duffee
Mra
Herr
L. Dunker
Bernice
Wilton
Mart. Chamberlain
West Liberty
George Lang
Henry Brown
Adolph Boattcher
Muscatine
Newt
Lang
Kenyon Likely Candidate For Senatorial Succession
Des Moines newspapers note Judge William S. Kenyon leads in the senatorial race to succeed Lafayette Young. Kenyon’s stance on tariff remains unclear, but editor Harvey Ingham’s Register and Leader supports him strongly. Democrats view Kenyon as the strongest candidate, with Cummins followers split and Young’s chances fading. Kenyon’s absence from Iowa politics this week is highlighted as strategic.
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Powelti
Des Moines
William S. Kenyon
Lafayette Young
Washington
Chicago
Fort Dodge
Senator Young
Kenyon
Judge Kenyon
Register and Leader
Harvey Ingham
Ingham
Republican Party
Pssible
Perkins
Dolliver
Cumming
Lacey
Big Jungle Beast
Cummins
Allison
Lafo Young
Mr. Young
Cummings Sis
Byers
Bute
Cummins’ Machine
F Smith Brookhart
J. A. Smith
Osage
Smith
Abe
Funk
Spirit Lake
Young
Punk
Towa
Senate
Dan W. Hamilton
Sphinx
Auro
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertised By Ohio Mother
A Youngstown Ohio mother praised Foley's Honey and Tar for her daughter's severe cold. She recounted giving one dose relieved throat inflammation and after one bottle the throat and lungs were clear. She advised keeping Foley's Honey and Tar in the home and warned against substitutes.
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Gilkeson
Ingles Ave
Youngstown
Ohio
Foley
A. W. Morgan
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