Journal Publishing Office Details
Official paper of city and county listing publishers editors and office locations in New York and Chicago. Notes publisher F D Throop and managing editor L P Loomis with representative address and production offices in Marquette Building and Chicago.
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F. D. Throop
L. P. Loomis
Representatives
New York
Ollee
Cosier& Manwei
Chicago
Marquette Building
Vayue & Young
Daily Journal and Semi-Weekly Journal Subscription Rates
Terms to Subscribers for The Daily Journal and Semi-Weekly Journal. Daily issues arrive each evening except Sunday. in-city carrier delivery and weekly collection. Rates shown include daily by mail and semi-weekly by mail for one year.
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Daily Journal
Journal Agencies for City Readers
The Journal lists local agencies for reader convenience across districts: East Hill Clay Kneese Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine W F Miksch's grocery End of street car track W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery.
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Journal
East Hill
Clay Kneese
East 2Nd Street
South Muscatine
Bell Telephone Office Mentioned in Erratic Notes
Fragmentary OCR text references Bell Telephone office and factory office terms with unclear wording and stray letters. The readable content cites Bell involvement but provides no coherent event, date, or outcome to confirm a news item.
Circulation figures for Muscatine Journal January 1908
Sworn circulation statement for the Muscatine Journal shows January 1908 totals with multiple line items and district entries. Reported figures include 6,100 for several categories, 6,150 in others, and an overall total around 164,805, citing various ads and local sections.
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Muscatine Journal
Baugh
Kcs
Sun
Ohana
Muscatine Journal circulation figures sworn in 1908
Average 6,103 copies printed and circulated during January 1908. F D Throop publisher of Muscatine Journal swears to the statement. Subscribed and sworn before me February 1, 1908 by William R Jayne notary public.
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Throop
The
Muscatine Journal
F. D. Throop
Muscatine Co
State of Lowa
William R. Jayne
Railroads and People Unite for Fairness Across States
An excerpt from a Saturday Evening Post article argues that legislators in fourteen railroad states passed hundreds of laws not to boost rail earnings but to hinder operations. The author hopes the public will see railroads as deserving of justice, urges end to political agitation, and envisions a future cooperative system between people and railroads for national prosperity.
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Saturday Evening Post
B. F. Yoakum
Rock Island-Frisco
Mr. Yoakum
Railroads
Railroads blamed for hostile mood despite reform talk
The piece rails at B F Yoakum and the Rock Island Frisco lines, arguing railroads provoked public hostility through punitive actions like removing a profitable Muscatine train. It questions promises of reconciliation and cites local editorials on reform and politics, noting minimal newspaper dependence on officials.
Merely A Story About Iowa Politicians
A reprinted anecdote mocks Iowa politicians by depicting a mother reporting her child’s conduct and a reply that admits knowing the outcome yet accusing the mother of proceeding anyway. Three guesses are permitted to identify the coterie referenced in the tale.
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Iowa
Tommy
No Sympathy Between Governor and Refusing Attorney
The Times-Republican notes the New York governor earns a $10000 salary with $20000 living expenses and cites Lawyer Hughes declining to run again. It mocks any sympathy between the governor and Hughes, declaring no accord between them in Des Moines.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
New York
Hughes
Des Moines
Torbert Letter Mention Sparks Council Bluffs Debate
The Coun cil Bluffs Nonpareil urges readers not to forget the Torbert letter as it notes little hope of being allowed to forget it.
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Torbert
Iowa City Republican in Second District Press Debate
Iowa City Republicans press the second district newspapers to back policy lines amid a heated local political dispute. The commentary frames electoral stakes and party alignment while urging readers to engage in upcoming local races.
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Iowa City
Reminiscences and local notes from Muscatine area
Fifty year old items recount a masquerade at Major Hares hall on Feb 16 and a dograbies scare with no hydrophobia symptoms. Forty years ago mills and a Sultan wood boat were planned. Rev. Edwards is in Des Moines for revival. Died Zenos Leonard, 62 years. Body later interred in county. Twenty years ago notes on Mrs A H Kagy remains moved to Kansas City. Ten years ago Oleta Stewart broke arm in Washington. Kate Jacobsen visiting from Chicago after Russia and Germany trip. James Rosborough died in Melpine. survived by five sons and one daughter.
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Leonard Arnold
Morgan Edwards
Des Moines
This County
Zenos Leonard
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Oleta Stewart
Fred Giesler
Washington
L. Stewart
Kate Jacobsen
Chicago
Henry Funck
West Third Street
Russia
Germany
James Rosborough
Melpine
Dublin
Ireland
Muscatine
Anna A. Wallace
Divided Onawa town debates library site
Interest grows over where to place the new Onawa library as division persists along a Northwestern road line that splits the town into east and west sides. Previously the line prompted sharp local contention during church site debates years ago.
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Onawa
Congregational Church
Courtmartial Threat Over Iowa Guard Row at Dubuque
Rumor out of Dubuque says G A R supporters of Major George M Parker of Sac City plan charges against Adjutant General Thrift over his role in the bid for colonel of the Fifty sixth Iowa National Guard. A court martial is alleged.
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Dubuque
George M. Parker
Sac City
Fifty-sixth Regiment
Iowa National Guard
Parker
Editor Jamieson Confirmed Bedbound with Illness
Editor HL O S Jamieson of the Columbus Junction Gazette and father of Senator W D Jamieson of Shenandoah has been confined to bed for three weeks due to throat and bronchial trouble. A Louisa County resident for over fifty years, he has spent the past year compiling a county history published in the paper.
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O. S. Jamieson
Columbus Junction
Association to Meet for Corn Belt Meat Producers
The annual meeting of the Corn Belt Meat Producers association of Sac County will be held at Early on Thursday February 13 to elect officers and conduct other business. A noteworthy program is being arranged.
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Corn Belt Meat Producers’, Association of
Sac County
What Cheer Patriot Sold to Claude Gates of Albia
The What Cheer Patriot, the pioneer newspaper, was sold to Claude Gates of Albia who will take possession soon. Proprietor Irvin Ogden will move to New Mexico to pursue a fine business opening.
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What Cheer Patriot
Claude Gates
Albia
Irvin Ogden
New Mexico
Woman Goes Free in Des Moines Restaurant Shooting
Lena Ellis will not face punishment for shooting her husband Frank Ellis in a Des Moines restaurant. grand jury reports the charge ignored.
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Lena Ellis
Frank Ellis
Des Moines
Rural delivery service to start in Wright County
Complete rural delivery has been ordered established in Wright county on April 1. The county will operate twenty six routes to serve rural areas.
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Wright County
The Burden of Violet and a Distant Father
Camilla laments a cruel father figure and recalls her late father Lear as she contemplates family tensions. Agnes Brenton explains Colonel Lancing’s rigidity and foreshadows his hard stance toward Camilla’s marriage. Camilla longs for her late daddy while the firelight fuels a restless mood.
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Camilla
Agnes
Mrs. Brenton
Violet Lancing
Violet
Ned
Agnes Brenton
Colonel Lancing
Brenton
Lear
Miss Grainger and the housekeeper debate a nurse’s role
In a tense drawing room scene Camilla pushes for Katherine Grainger to care for the children, arguing over terms and a wage while Mrs. Brenton questions haste. Katherine bonds with Baby and Betty, and Camilla moves to formalize the arrangement as tea and planning unfold.
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Violet
Agnes
Katherine
Miss Grainger
Mammy
Betty
Katherine Grainger
Baby
Camilla
Dennis
Mrs. Lancing
Proceedings of Muscatine County Board February 1 1908
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors met in regular session with W H Fishburn as chairman and four other members present. Minutes from January were read and approved. The bond of county treasurer C R Stafford for 150000 was presented and approved. A unanimous resolution ordered the auditor to issue a quitclaim deed to Bernhard Juettner for the West Half of Lot 7 in Block 98 Muscatine, to clear a cloud on title due to an omitted deed.
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Muscatine County
Bernhard Juettner
Town of
Stockton
John Mucha
Schoenig
Iowa Avenue
N. W
Belinda Martin
Fred Holling
N. E
S. E
West
Frank Sohn
N. BE
H. Y. Funck
S. 24 Acres
S. W
R. R
A. Hopson
Fruitland
J. R. H. Latchaw
Wilton Township
Decatur Bridge Company
Decatur
Ilinois
W. H. Fishburn
R. T. Shannon
A. C. Noble
M. J. Shellabarger
Geo. J. Lang
C. R. Stafford
Iowa
City of
Muscatine
Board of Supervisors
Board grants sublet for drainage work to Hack & Son
The February 4 1908 Goshen township board allowed R J Phelps contractor for Drainage District 3 to sublet work to John Hack & Son of Lowell Indiana. Final hearing on establishing a public road in sections 18 19 17 20 16 21 was held with damages paid. Constable appointment and clerk vacancy filled. tax abatements granted. Drainage District 8 hearing continued with several remonstrants and damages claimed.
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R. J. Phelps
John Hack & Son
Lowell
Indiana
Fletcher Duncan
Sweetland
Emmett Buckman
Goshen Township
Geo. Bowie
Muscatine Township
Jacob Schomberg
Joseph Lorber
Ruth Porter
Foster & Stotler
van B. Mills
Chester Adams
Eliza Chesebro
Geo. Foster
Brown & Ady
March session notes on drainage and assessor changes
The board discusses Drainage Record items Common Relief Bridge and Road claims and a proposed change in assessor procedures. By consensus the method remains optional for assessors with correction costs deducted from compensation if books are found incorrect, and work on the books would occur at the Auditor's office.
Drainage District items discussed at February board meeting
On Wednesday February 5 1908 the board authorized transferring 11 02 from the Wales Ditch fund to Drainage District Nine. They heard the proposed Drainage Ditch Five project with costs pegged at 5399 68 after reducing to a 6 foot base. Protests and damages from several residents were noted and the board adjourned hearings to March 3. Commissions on damages were formed. Accounts for 1907 were approved as correct. The final report for Drainage District Four was accepted and payment authorized. Bridge and road claims and a county bond premium were approved. Property tax abatement for Augusta Mohnsen was granted. A school fund mortgage by Edward White was canceled as paid.
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Wales Diteh Fund
Wm. Meeks
Sarah Nuil
Maurice Whitacre
Thomas Hawker
Wm. White
Adolph Fickler
Jas. Harris
Benj. Greiner
R. J. Altekruse
F. A. Macdonald
Ingraham & Boyle
Kemble & Kemble
Mulc
Augusta Mohnsen
City of Muscatine
Edward White
Local Assessment Cuts Levy on John Leutzinger Estate
On Friday February Tth 1908 the assessor reduced the assessment of John Leutzinger et al on lot 2 section 8 76 2 west from a tax able valuation of 210 dollars per acre.
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John Leutzinger
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