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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1908
Page
3
The Muscatine newspaper announces superior quality and breadth of coverage, claiming dominance over all other local papers. It notes staff affiliations with the Associated Press and Iowa Newspaper Association, with distribution and office details including Chicago and New York contacts.
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journal is issued on Tuesdays and Fridays. Daily delivery in the city by carrier. weekly by mail. One year rates listed for daily and semi weekly subscriptions.
Journal Agencies list local city venues for reader convenience including East Hill Clay Kneese Grocery East 20d street South Muscatine W F Miksch's Grocery End of street car track W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Keckierville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocers.
Office note lists Bell Telephone properties and editorial contacts with scattered references to Mississippi Valley regions and internal routing codes. The readable fragments imply an internal memo or notice about offices and service areas without a clear event or action.
Sworn detailed circulation statement for Nuscatine Journal in January 1908 lists multiple figures showing circulation figures around 6,000 to 6,300 with daily and Sunday totals. The record includes commentary on SUN and RE listings and varying counts across days, reflecting distribution totals for the period.
I F D Throop publisher of the Muscatine Journal swears that the above number of copies were printed and circulated in January 1908. Subscribed and sworn before me February 1, 1908 by William R Jayne notary public.
The Iowa Republican Party announces a March 18 1908 state convention in Des Moines to elect four at large delegates and an alternate to the Chicago national convention. District caucuses meet at 10 am followed by distribution of seats based on Cummins 1906 votes with county allocations and notices published in regional newspapers. Franke and Woops sign as Secretary and Chairman in Des Moines on January 10 1908.
The article notes Cuban hesitation as talks of full freedom and independence surface. It suggests Cubans prefer peace with restricted liberty over liberty with ongoing unrest, signaling a complex stance toward self rule and stability.
The United States decision to end rule on February 1 1909 meets limited enthusiasm among Quondam island residents. Havana reports Cuban desire for independence tempered by satisfaction with current provisional government and fear that evacuation timing may disrupt peace and progress. Public opinion favors continued stability and gradual transition under American oversight.
The passage notes tensions with Russia and Turkey as potential war threats in the far east and northern Europe. It flags active conflict and two likely revolutions, while listing several neutral powers observing the unrest.
Walter Wellman predicts Taft will win the party's nomination on the first ballot. The speaker expresses regret that they cannot vote for Taft at the upcoming election.
Sioux City Tribune notes a smoking room for Philadelphia girl students implies a broader demand for a match. Keokuk Gate City reports a Macon Missouri man gave his son a rifle as a Christmas gift and the boy shot his father, not himself.
The newly crowned Portuguese king displays deft cabinet crafting skills, likened to a former Washington correspondent, signaling a pragmatic approach to governance amid constitutional changes.
The Odebolt Chronicle describes Senator Dolliver as the most unreliable unstable and discredited politician in Iowa in a strong editorial critique.
Des Moines Allison club shows city activity as an example of action. Sioux City Journal notes exhibits in the Snell case suggest a warm love letter can be written for revenue.
The Britt News notes that once Fairbanks gains one more backer in Iowa besides Editor Payne, his total will rise to two. The brief highlights local political fundraising or endorsement activity centered on Fairbanks and Payne.
A note from Cedar Rapids Gazette suggests renaming a case colloquially known as the Smell case. The proposal frames the change as a linguistic simplification to reflect public sentiment and local coverage.
The Des Moines pension office is slated for abolition but not for several years. Officials doubt the current bill in Congress will pass before the election, according to the federal building.
L. E. Sturges of Fort Dodge makes long tour stops as part of community outreach. He visits local venues to discuss initiatives and engage residents in upcoming events and activities.
Notes recall district court verdicts against the city for property damages from grade changes and flood effects, along with reports of sled trains laden with produce and a February marriage in the city. Also mentions long-ago residents Barney Kemper’s California visit, a death in 1888, a funeral, and marriage licenses for Christiana Neumeier and Minnie Greenwood.
In big cities like Chicago and New York icy streets kill hundreds of horses each winter. A chain tread shoe, quickly buckled on and off without tools, is highlighted as a strong cheap durable solution in Popular Mechanics March issue, with a pictured device.
Des Moines report says an insane Jasper county man Robert Spriggs murdered his mother last Sunday night by beating and choking her. Mrs Rainbow, near Wilton road, escaped a would be highwayman when he leaped from the roadside and seized her horse.
30 years ago J J Childs departed for Cincinnati Ohio to attend the annual convocation of the A and A Scottish Rite of Ohio He will assist in conferring degrees from the 4th to the 32nd inclusive E T Cowell serves as acting secretary and treasurer during his absence.
A businessman who has operated in the area for four years is closing out his stock and plans to depart in early April for a six month automobile tour of England Scotland and continental Europe. He will be joined by his niece Miss Harriet Eaton.
Rev. M. G. Munn resigns as pastor of First United Presbyterian Chariton after accepting a call at Waterloo. The move marks the sixth church pulpit change in Chariton recently with new pastors at the Swedish Lutheran Swedish Mission Baptist United Brethren and Christian churches.
Robbers entered the Charles City passenger ticket office while night operator O N Walz was away. They secured 46 from the cash drawer after reportedly finding a failed lock or a key. Walz had locked the ticket window and door.
Word from Jefferson reports the House has passed a bill allowing the heirs of the late J. H. Gallagher to claim $13,000 in government bonds lost or destroyed forty years ago. With interest the total now stands at about $18,000, to be paid by the United States Treasury if the Senate concurs.
Judge Kelley removed the Bryan versus M. & St. L. railroad trial from jury in Forest City and ordered judgment for $6,000 for Dr. Bryan, who sought $16,000 for injuries after a fall through a viaduct. Dr. Bryan is a Forest City physician.
Between 299 and 200 cattle breeders from Iowa are expected to gather in Des Moines February 28 to form an Angus breeders association. Organizers include Churdan breeder C. J. Martin and Silas Igo who issued a circular inviting participants.
Miss Emmie Pantel visits friends in Bluff and Ardon. Leonard Webster shows slow recovery. Henry Nichols family visits Muscatine. Dick Crane builds a barn near Fruitland. Hatfields and Pantels host gatherings, Card night at Pantel home. Celia Nichols visits sister in Muscatine. Pantel sick list with la grippe. Mrs Jim Mickey passes through area.
Last evening at Saint Marys rectory Frank H Casper and Bertha Ladewig wed with Rev J J Grieser officiating. In Davenport Robert Welch Jr married Josephine Hartman by Bishop Cosgrove. A son Douglass Irving Millett born to Mr and Mrs Edward J Millett weighing nine pounds. James Rice's brother died in Dayton Ohio at age 73.
Katherine observes Camilla Lancing through Sir Samuel Broxbourne and the children’s affairs. She learns Broxbourne is only a friend, not kin, and questions Camilla’s refined circle. Katherine weighs Camilla’s maternal love against observed lies and moral gaps in Octavia Baynhurst’s world.
An old promotional note declares two germicides ZEMO and Zemotone cure any skin disease by destroying the disease germs. It credits E. W. Ros Med. Co. of St. Louis and notes all druggists stock the products with A. W. Morgan, 107 West Second Street as an agent.
Dennis recounts Miss Camilla’s damaged upbringing, Sir Edmund’s heartbreak, and Mrs. Lancing’s guarded household. The maid reveals social pressures, lost schooling, and the hidden ties binding a beauty, a marriage, and a house divided.
Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs so no serious results need be feared. The genuine product contains no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes. A. W. Morgan, Druggist.
The Atlantic's February issue features Andrew C McLaughlin arguing on party growth in the United States and contrasting it with England. He contends America has multiple interacting systems and a constitution that resists single party control, predicting future democratization and constitutionalization of parties.
A vintage advertisement by A. W. Morgan claims Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic constipation it aids digestion and stimulates the liver and bowels restoring their natural action. It promises rapid relief without nausea or griping and warns to refuse substitutes.
Mayor I J Asthalter proclaims a March 2 1908 election for city offices including Mayor Assessor Treasurer Police Judge and four Aldermen with polling places Excelsior Hose House West Third Cham pion Hose House Sycamore Rescue Hose Mulberry and Relief Hose Bleeker streets polls open 7 a m to 7 p m. City records note February 14 1908 sealing the proclamation.
City of Muscatine registers will attend at each ward house in Muscatine Iowa for voter registration on February 20 21 1908 and February 29 1908 from eight a m to nine p m. Registration continues on election day for residents who were out of the city or became eligible since previous sessions. All electors not voting in the November 1906 election or who moved wards must register or risk losing the vote. Registration sites: First Ward Excelsior hose house Second Ward Champion hose house Third Ward Rescue hose house Fourth Ward Relief hose house. Dated February 14. Mayor of Muscatine. City Recorder Guaret Weis Attest.
Masonic bodies list monthly meeting nights and officers. Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M meets first Tuesday eve. Washington Chapter No 4 R B A M holds stated convocation second Friday. Webb Council of Royal and Select Masters meets third Thursday. De Molay Commandery No 1 holds regular conclave on the third Wednesday.
M. W. of A. Muscatine Camp No 106 meets every Tuesday evening at Woodmenhall Olds Stock J C Coster Consul J A Leyda Clerk pose the meeting details in a local notice format.
Fraternal Bankers Reserve holds meetings on the first and third Wednesdays each month at Woodman Halil at six p.m. All members in good standing urged to attend. Win Appel president H Lemkau secretary Charlie Lockwood banker.
The Modern Brotherhood of America Bend City Lodge No. 145 meets on the first and third Mondays at the K P building. Members in good standing are invited. Dr. E H King is president, Chas Ryan secretary.
Woodbine Camp No 142 Royal Neighbors of America meets on the fourth Wednesday each month. Officers listed are Emma Hoeillin Oracle Kate Parvin Recorder and Myrtle Kirk Receiver. Visiting neighbors in good standing are welcome.
Shelby Norman Post No. 231 holds meetings on the first and third Tuesdays each month at the G. A. R. hall on East Second Street. Visiting members are welcome. Commander J. H. Munroe and Adjutant Gus Schmidt sign off.
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