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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1901
Page
3
Publishe by JOH MAHIN SOP at the satine cates potom Town. Subscription rates: Daily five year, delivered by carrier and selected weekly. Semi weekly Tuesdays and Saturdays in advance. Orderly postal card or telephone No 27. All bills by draft express or money order should be payable to Jobat Printing Co Muscatine Iowa.
The Muscatine Journal says the newspaper erred in Mr. Platt’s idea to convert New York City’s price system into a state institution. Platt appears to have abandoned the proposal amid August opposition, per Sion City Journal. Sioux City Journal shifts away from the dispute, choosing a less prominent stance.
Saloonkeepers in Sioux City push to repeal the $300 special tax arguing Anti Saloon League restrictions hurt business. The Sac City Sun notes the council may agree, raising a question of who runs Sioux City—the people or the saloons.
The article recalls Buchanan and Cleveland funding deficits with bonds while comparing historic revenue efforts to the current war footing. It notes a planned internal revenue cut of 30 to 40 million dollars and customs receipts outpacing pre Wilson Gorman levels by about 35 million annually. It also contends the Dingley law successfully raises revenue and that Cobdenites now accept protectionist crafted measures can balance revenue and protection.
The Rockford Register notes the word kidnaped unsettles readers as much as the name Philip Pine did years ago. Lexicographers differ on spelling with Webster listing one p and Century Dictionary using two pp, which the paper prefers as more euphonious and possibly correct.
Journal Annual December 15 issue praised as a major local paper. John Mahin lauded as Iowa’s veteran editor and honest advocate. West Liberty Bay notes Judge Horace E. Deemer declines law school chancellorship. praised as a strong future judge. Hazing as a Moral Function criticizes West Point hazing as antiquated and ineffective. Philadelphia Press calls hazing at West Point foolish. investigators question its merit.
Advertises Week's Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets claiming they break up a cold during sleep. States no cure and no pay with price of 25 cents. Signed I. J. Havercamp.
The speaker ridicules the hazing defense as an attempt to justify cruel pranks. He argues the case exposes the group’s weak tactic and humorless stance, asserting the contention lacks a leg to stand on.
The piece notes California will name country roads and number every farmhouse under rural free delivery. It argues this change will simplify directing mail and people to rural locations as easily as city addresses. It references broader reforms and a push for financial indemnity from China, mentioning a large sum and ongoing negotiations.
Des Moines reports a unique race among Iowa presidential electors to determine who will serve as the special messenger to Washington after the January 14 meeting. The group, including Bartholomew, Tucker, Harper, Rae, and Bowers, will cast ballots as prescribed by the 12th amendment and state law. Each elector earns daily pay and mileage, with the messenger receiving a fixed US mileage allowance.
An editorial likens England’s preparedness to a weak stomach needing a strong tonic. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters is praised as a remedy for dyspepsia and related ailments and recommended to bolster vital strength and nerve resilience, with emphasis on authentic bottles stamped with private revenue seal.
A statement describes that the letter A holds the greatest benefit for a deaf woman because it enables her to hear. The claim emphasizes the symbolic value of the letter as a sound or hearing cue.
Ex Governor Drake, 70, suffers possible critical relapse from an old army wound as physicians monitor his condition. OsKaloosa attorneys say the December 17 streetcar franchise election error won’t invalidate the vote. A Dallas City girl dies after clothes catch fire. another local child previously perished in similar tragedy. Clinton plans a white marble government building with copper glass roofs, 38 foot balustrade height, 90 by 169 feet footprint. foundation contracts due early February with spring work. The Dubuque Morning Herald will be published as evening edition only, ending the morning paper started in 1836. Mrs Lovik near Mount Valley narrowly escapes burial. Rev Looby aids revival in time. Cherry Sisters deny allegations in an open letter, claiming earnings came mainly from California tour rather than New York era plays, and defend farm finances.
Dramatic notes report a shift from musical comedy to farce at Medi son Square Theater. George H Broadhurst’s The House That Jack Built features a star cast and a plot about a labor minded heroine and masquerading nobility, culminating in a comic resolution after tangled schemes.
A young man suddenly inheriting a million behaves with pretentious airs as he adjusts to wealth. The piece humorously contrasts his sudden status with ordinary life and expectations.
J. J. Havercamp offers a positive written guarantee on a pile cure with a free sample and a no cure no pay policy. A 50 cent price is stated for the package, emphasizing the free pile pipe with each order.
In Kalamazoo Michigan on January 2 the divorce proceedings of Melvina A Giboney against John A Giboney reveal he had obtained a Chicago divorce from Mrs Gibboney before August 26 1899 and married Carrie E Taylor in Chicago before returning to Kalamazoo to acknowledge Melvina as his wife. In Windfall Indiana a 12 year old boy Daniel Alley attempted suicide by ingesting horse medicine after learning his father threatened punishment. a physician treated him and he is recovering.
Fort Dodge Iowa January 2 County Attorney Chantiand issues notices to assessors in township areas to list all cigarette dealers in the county for tax compliance under a law aligned with a Tennessee supreme court decision. Palmyra Wisconsin January 2 Benjamin G Lennox dies at 64 after long illness from injuries after being assaulted in Chicago. longtime railroad official.
Ebenezer P. Upham, longtime editor and partner of Frank W. Palmer, former Jamestown Journal associate and contributor to the Des Moines Register and Chicago Inter Ocean, died at his Jamestown home Monday night at age 73.
Albert Burgess of Demorest Georgia and Mrs Jennie Martz of Lafayette Indiana wed after meeting by appointment at a railway station following correspondence. In Seattle Washington Assayer Fred A Wing reports forty six and one eighth tons of gold and silver received at the United States assay office during the past year.
Advertises a cure for rheumatism claiming instant relief and complete cure. Promotes authentic product from HoltIn Chemical Co and lists Muscatine druggists Havercamp Pharmacy and Wm C A Busch as sellers.
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