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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
3
Muscatine Journal notes subscription rates and its affiliation with the Lee Syndicate of Iowa Evening, under management of H. J. Mahin. The notice appears in the Muscatine postal listing as second class matter.
G Logan Faxe of 5 Market Street Chicago is identified in the listing.
The Chicago Inter Ocean invites readers to visit its offices at 106 105 110 East Monroe Street Chicago for a tour of inspection and viewing the building and its modern newspaper facilities and technology.
The piece argues the United States upholds a long-standing policy of non-interference in wars between other nations. It recalls Kossuth’s failed hopes for American support of Hungary and criticizes leaders like Bourke Cochran for rhetoric without action, praising Deak as Hungary’s true statesman.
The Anti-Trust league criticizes Attorney General Knox and threatens action against major corporations under the anti-trust law. The group aims to impress the public with zeal to curb the octopi while possibly seeking funds to bolster its treasury as donations rise.
The senate voted narrowly for Attorney General Knox with only Senator Jones dissenting. The piece criticizes radical influence and warns on the trust question as a major future issue, urging sober thought over demagoguery. It notes the Trust League’s relevance waning and highlights democratic leadership under scrutiny.
A reader questions Bishop Potter of New York, alleging prohibition has fostered fraud and hypocrisy. The writer asks if religious reform has similarly corrupted truth and wonders how so much good could be counterfeited, praising the bishop’s reasoning as wonderful.
The Burlington Hawkeye asserts Mr. Hedge has no option in the first district for a renovation to Congress. A Des Moines correspondent is cited as making a contrary statement, which is deemed likely equally unreliable for the second and other districts.
The Burlington Hawk Eye opposed Gov. Van Sas anti-railroad coalition movers. It argues railroad consolidation will benefit the people and that opposing it in this case would aid the Long Beach or Low’rn Pacific Railroad.
In a humorous exchange Patrick asks the magistrate for leniency on the drinking pledge price. The magistrate quips twenty five cents, and Patrick counters with a bargain offer of five for a dollar. The dialogue captures a rough yet comic street exchange over temperance pledges.
Report on a Paris air ship trial performance praising windward sailing and suggesting future practical air travel. The note likens the invention to the popularity of Hepburn’s Bitters for digestion and other ailments, urging readers to seek genuine patent tonic and Gipstetter’s Almanac for 1902.
The Iowa Centre railway runs home-seeker excursions on the first and third Tuesdays offering tickets to pits in Iowa Minnesota North and South Dakota Montana Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas with fare plus two dollars for the round trip and a twelve day return limit. The Iowa Central route offers north west and south connections to land belts in western states and agents will provide printed matter and details to seekers via agents or mail.
Prof. Jacques Loeb told the American Physiological Society at the University of Chicago that life processes arise from electrical charges in food rather than heat. He described experiments with sea urchin eggs showing death can be halted by chemical agents and claimed muscular action results from electrical energy in nutrients.
The Iowa State Register surveys Iowa congressional districts and predicts ongoing jockeying for renomination. It notes likely fights in multiple districts including Hedge in the First, Rumple in the Second, and Haugen in the Fourth, with speculation on Eaton, Smith, Hepburn, and Thomas in subsequent districts. The article mentions redistricting debates, potential moves by Black Hawk and Cedar Rapids interests, and a broad sense that few incumbents face easy paths amid a tangle of schemes and factional pressure.
John Philip Sousa and his 12,000 strong band faced a sudden power outage in St Louis. He signaled with his baton and began playing tunes. The audience calmed as laughter spread, and mood improved when lights returned.
Lehigh Valley rail road offers a through ticket to New York and Philadelphia with a stop-over allowed at Niagara Falls. Solid vestibule trains and dining car service a la carte enhance the journey.
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