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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday while the Semi Weekly Journal prints 10 pages Tuesday and 5 on Friday nights. Subscriptions listed include daily by mail at 3.00 per year and semi weekly pricing.
The Journal lists local agencies serving readers including East Hill Clay Kneese Grocery on 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.
Fragmentary telephones and office references appear with Bell branding and stray notes on Mississipp Valley. The readable text offers no clear event or outcome, but lists business lines and editorial terms as stray records.
Publication publisher F. D. Throop reports Muscatine Journal circulation averaged 6,103 copies for January 1908. Notary William R. Jayne attested the sworn statement on February 1, 1908 in Muscatine County Iowa.
The Muscatine bank reports published this week show deposits at healthy levels, indicating strong financial conditions. Citizens, especially property holders and business people, are urged to study the figures to gauge optimism or concerns about the city’s economy and to anticipate a prosperous remainder of 1908.
The Register and Leader of Monday February 24 carries a letter from a well known city resident. It offers a sidelight on the current senatorial campaign and recalls a famous incident related to it.
Muscatine Iowa February 23 letter to the editor recounts friendship with Hon A B Cummins and a motion nominating him for a second term. The writer recalls meeting William B Allison in 1857 and praises his honesty, purity and ability, hoping Allison will succeed in the U S Senate. Samuel McNutt signs the letter.
Muscatine presses the case for reviving the button trade by restoring freshwater mussel supplies. Congressman Albert F. Dawson backs a bill to establish a biological station in the second district to preserve and propagate mussels. The Journal highlights the industry’s link to city prosperity and future revival through federal action.
The Malvern Leader critiques the parcels post bill as misaligned with its intent. It would permit parcel carriage on rural routes with 5 cents per pound, an 11 pound limit, and 3.5 foot length, lacking clear advantages. The paper suggests letting carriers run an express service and keep proceeds to cover costs with no taxpayer burden.
Nixon and Zimmerman present The Gingerbread Man at the Grand on Wednesday directed by the firm. The production is new this season with lavish costumes from top makers in the US and Europe and scenery from premier studios. The company features Vera Stanley Della Nevins Dorothy Webb Charles Gallagher and more with a strong chorus.
The New Market Herald reports Will Lake vows to whip the editor as quarantine lifts from Will Lake. The paper struggles between fear and duty and plans to stand ground rather than flee the confrontation.
Treynor, Iowa, hosts a small paper run by editor O. O. Buck. He produces a five column quar and serves 700 subscribers, plus prints an agricultural paper with 15,000 in circulation. Buck owns a $1800 typesetting machine and also serves as town postmaster while famed for a distinctive pipe and plain appearance.
Over seven years Fremont county sent forty patients to Clarinda hospital for the insane, averaging about six yearly. At the start of this year twenty four county residents were there, with some staying long term including one since 1886, and others fifteen or fourteen years.
A reader in Oakland dismisses a pamphlet labeled Magazine of Protest as biased while arguing the value of critics who recognize both good and bad in the world. The remark reflects contemporary debates over protest media and literary criticism.
Des Moines plans allocate sixty five thousand dollars this spring to enlarge Mercy hospital. Architects have prepared plans and bidding will follow. The wing will raise capacity to 180 to 200 beds making Mercy the largest hospital in Iowa.
The First Congregational church of Mason City celebrates a jubilee on March 7 and 8 inviting all former pastors including Rev. Rogers of Lincoln Nebraska Rev. Jordan of St. Louis Missouri Rev. Mason of Waterville Minnesota and Rev. Moulton of Des Moines.
March in May set for a university regiment practice march from the city to Cedar Rapids along the inter urban line. The schedule avoids late season snowstorms unlike last year and allows friends to visit soldiers on Sunday.
Webster City acts to shut down establishments violating laws amid a wave of recent gambling arrests and ongoing clean up. Authorities vow further closures as investigations continue.
Fifty years ago a city treasurer nomination failed as Ament declined. Ice house tour and Third ward alderman race concluded with Robert Williams winning on the final ballot. A literary treat features two poems. A long obituary notes William Mee Longlan at 105. Twenty years prior recall and ten years ago news mix with a reading club’s officers and local moves. Rupert Haverford faces family strife as visits Miss Graniger and Mrs. Lancing after a midnight nursery raid. drama continues.
Notice records the death of Elliott B Westbrook aged three years five months and twenty one days in February 1868. It also notes the Methodist church in this city plans to start building a new church at the corner of Iowa avenue and Third street early next spring.
Rev. A. L. Frisbie of Des Moines will replace Rev. A. B. Robbins in the Y. M. C. A. lecture series at Old’s Opera House next Monday evening. The event promises a rare address for the community.
The remark contrasts current events with the anticipated proceedings when the district court convenes, signaling significant judicial activity ahead.
The Iowa Academy of Science annual gathering brings science teachers from leading high schools colleges and universities to the State Normal school in Cedar Rapids on May 1 and 2 for sessions and discussions.
It is practically decided Libby McNelill Libby will build a canning factory at Woodward. Local farmers have met all terms and a company representative is expected this week to close the deal.
Polk county grand jury indicts Sam Buffalo town marshal of Runnells on a charge of illegal liquor sales. The indictment says Buffalo sold beer to parties who have testified against him.
Chapter IX continues with a reflection on loyalty and comradeship. A leader rejects gratitude, seeking shared purpose and loyalty to the old place. He recalls his father’s death and the expectation of fair recognition from the people and managers.
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