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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
3
The Maily Journal is issued every evening at 10 the week except Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journal is issued 10 pages on Tuesday and 5 pages on Friday nights. Marty delivers in the city by carrier and collects for weekly in cents per week. Daily one year by mail 35.00. Beml Weekly one year a.0u.
Administrative offices listed with Payne and Young in charge at 33rd Street New York and Payne and Loung in charge at Marquette Building Chicago, detailing office leadership duties.
The Journal presents a directory of city agencies and shops for readers convenience. Entries include East Hill Huribut Grocery on East 2nd Street Souta Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon Street W C Busca's Drug Store Hershey Avenue Meeslerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J UH Fuller Grocery.
Fragmentary item notes telephones and office names with scattered place mentions. The readable text records editorial office references, Bell and Mississippi Valley hints, lacking clear event or outcome.
Throop of Muscatine Journal swears a stated number of copies were printed and circulated in December 1908. Notary Arthur Hoffman records the oath on January 1, 1909.
Former Muscatine resident C. H. Huttig, president of the Third National Bank in St. Louis, shares his optimistic 1909 financial outlook. An article in the New York Evening Post on December 31, 1908 presents his views, highlighting his respected stance in financial circles.
A cautious, hopeful forecast for 1909 expects gradual financial and industrial recovery across subsequent years. The speaker credits sound conditions, low interest rates, abundant loanable funds, strong crop prices, and rising gold production as engines of growth and argues for a sound banking scheme to restore currency elasticity.
The piece questions Bryan’s judgment of men after the last campaign and mirrors a Democrat’s post election critique. It cites Alex Miller’s post election views praising Bryan yet noting misjudgments of supporters such as Gov. Haskell and Iowa figure George Rinehart.
Thirty and fifty years back items note Henry Atkins composition for the Muscatine Light Guard, visits by J H Wallace and Suel Foster to Des Moines, S G Stein’s return with eastern papers, and Nat Covington’s ice accident. Obituaries recall Rev George Thacher’s Hartford death and Cedar County judge J C Betts’s passing at 73.
Twenty years ago Sunday records note ongoing items. Ten years ago a wedding occurred at Trinity rectory with Jos eph K. Fox and Miss Anna Betzold wed by Rev. Dr. Paget. A Washington dispatch lists patents granted to Town residents including Martha Parvin for an adjustable lamp-holding device and Henry Probst for a fruit picker. William Van Lent returned home to Centerville after a Muscatine visit.
The piece recounts George F. Rinehart founding the Tribune as a Democratic voice, its shift to the Des Moines Register and Leader, and its eventual exit from the field due to business pressures. It also critiques Bryan's praise and comments on Mary Heaton Vorse and American wives.
Multiple papers comment on Senator Cummins reviewing tariff issues. The Iowa City piece urges prior investigation over belief. Omaha reports a man named Die seeks Senate entry from Oregon, noting Root and Hogg in Congress and implying Die belongs at the capital.
Washington veteran Alice Longworth was nearly run down by a fractious group as she walked to a theater. A policeman saved her and Nick Longworth personally thanked the officer, a moment the writer deems trivial in print. The note questions Roosevelt's past remarks on race and Alice's actions.
Waterloos Muscatine seeks factory growth and wages to satisfy merchants and residents amid hopes sparked by optimistic advertising. The piece notes cynicism about nonindustrial benefits and urges practical appeal to attract plants and workers.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette quotes Mary Heaton Vorse denying a magazine claim that American wives neglect their husbands' business. Vorse argues the assertion is untrue and points to broader concerns about gender roles and female influence in American society.
A powerful lobby promotes a five cent coffee tax on all non domestic imports to raise about 40 million dollars annually. Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines argue for protection while insular growers push the measure to develop their industry. Delegates from Porto Rico and Hawaii advocate the plan as a revenue measure likely to win Democratic support and some Republican backing.
When back pains or lameness strike, bathe the area with Chamberlains Liniment twice daily, massaging five minutes each time. Then apply a dampened flannel over the painful spot as a bandage. relief may come quickly. Sold by all druggists.
A 1908 copyrighted tale by Gerald Villiers-Stuart appears with registration in Stationers Hall. The text presents a narrative titled The Soul of Groesus and references The Man Without a Conscience in a literary work format.
Lord Ancestor rebukes the idea of an assassination attempt as Vandraken relents on Bulpitt. The detective Ben is ordered to interview Bulpitt and caution him against any hoax or action, while Ancestor questions the motive and vows swift action if suspicion rises.
A riverside castle in Ireland watches over centuries of feudal tension. Lady Donogle and her daughter discuss late mail and a romance with Dumbdale MP while debating money and flowers in a country drawing room. Kitty ponders Vandraken and a mysterious lily rose message.
A reader recounts that after ten doctors warned of death for her husband with heart trouble, Dr Miles Heart Remedy and Re Storative Nervine improved his condition from the first dose. The North Georgia Conference later assigned him a charge in 1904, and he remains active in camp meeting work. The testimonial endorses the remedy with a money back guarantee.
Lady Kitty faces pressure from mother and a secret benefactor offering twenty thousand pounds a year if she remains unmarried for a year and four hundred thousand pounds on death of the unknown client. Kitty longs for real life amid shtick of wealth and social duty as the plot threads toward continuation.
Lone Tree Iowa reports greetings from Malcom and Sigourney relatives. Various residents return from visits to Cedar Rapids Solon Mt Pleasant Blockley Oxford and West Virginia. A play by the Y Book Club is planned for January 28 and 29. A death in West Virginia is noted along with local church meetings and a new daughter born in Salem Iowa. Bert and Jesse Fuller visit Amos Fuller family.
Dren return to Keota after a visit with Mrs. Constant and sister Ella and Mrs. F Kirchner. Mrs. Thomas and children go home to Newton after visiting the Methodist parsonage. Miss Mabel Hague resumes school work at Stockton. Vida Merrill returns from Mediapolis. Hague, Deewes and Miller drive cattle to Chicago. Mrs. Mollie McCullough returns from Wapello. Mrs. James Hoyt travels from Roseland La to tend ill mother Mrs. Smith. Arch Smith and family from Muscatine stay at Smith parental home.
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