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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
3
The readable text lists multiple numbered items such as 26, 97, and 3-City, with mentions of departments and zones. It appears as a garbled private exchange or contact list for person or department inquiries, referencing numbers 2¢ or 37 for further action. No clear event or full context is discernible.
An English custom of selling goods by post is highlighted to show how mail order houses reach rural customers. The Moline patch cites examples from LondonWant ads and English farm columns, including cream, fish, fowls, bacon, apples, and dairy products offered postpaid, illustrating how small town merchants can compete with mailorder catalogs and magazines.
In England the move toward telephone communication rises as more people prefer voice replies over postal ones, reflecting broader adoption of the telephone and changing habits in correspondence during the period.
The Muscathia County Democrats gather for a celebratory conclave amid winter weather, praising national gains and local turnout. Jay H. Jagkin is cited and John G. Woolley, former prohibition standard bearer, announces retirement from the party, predicting no 1916 prohibition ticket.
The monthly summary shows receipts and costs of the groam allways nationwide rising sharply in October 1514. Revenue per mile averaged 15.71 dollars, up from 13.74 in October 1911, an increase of 1.07 per mile, and a 61.18 dollar monthly rise or 14.4 percent.
Clippings recount memories from fifty five and forty years ago. A 140 o clock atmospheric event lit the sky with a brief prolonged flash as cold winds blew over the northwest. A carriage accident near Water Street left a young woman named Addie Chambers badly stunned after a runaway horse and sleigh incident at the depot area.
The October report on railways to the Interstate Commerce Commission shows 20,636 miles of steam railway, about 90 percent of U S mileage, with net operating revenue of 107 440 428 dollars, up 14 870 126 from October 1911. freight traffic drives the rise. New town corporate law prompts state executive review of stock issuances. 73 corporations reviewed, 145 in past year, curb wildcat deals, while shipbuilding in late 1912 rises to 791 vessels and 163 584 tons, mostly steam and wooden craft. Iowa and California weather noted as wind season nears.
Story county adopts a three district graded union school plan with wagons moving students to homes and one class graduating this year gaining entry to high schools in the county. Cedar Rapids Gazette notes that other counties face rural school issues while Story county nears a solution.
Fragmentary clipping recalls events from decades past. It notes a head on collision near a light plant, minor damage, no injuries. References to a horse shipment to Chicago and a Norfolk resident’s family, plus a stray line about a man named Toopee and his horses.
Fragmented notices from Cedar Rapids and Sioux City papers reference political figures and cabinet prospects, while Burlington and Shenandoah items mock moralizing and public conduct. The jumble cites misprints and illogical conclusions reflecting era tensions and editorial drift.
The Burlington Gazette notes Iowa’s delegation for the next Congress, with two Republican senators and eight Republican representatives versus three Democratic representatives. It praises Pepper, Kirkpatrick, and Connolly for their experience and influence, predicting high standing for Iowa in the new administration.
Reokuk Gutewy of the Menin Advertising Agency Chicago headlines the December segment of Jown Factories an analysis of modern advertising principles. He shares experiences revealing dark spots for advertisers and urges manufacturers to study with Mr Mabin for potential gains. Also featured is a piece titled 9 000 000 000 in Farm Money detailing farmer incomes and expenditures with a graphic illustration.
J Cohn returned from Davenport after a brief business visit. Tudolph Friederichsen of Marengo, summoned for H Fickan's funeral, went home yesterday. Emma and Edwin Wacker visited friends in Muscatine and returned to town. The MM EB Ladles Aid met in the church vestry yesterday afternoon.
A community roundup details hostesses serving lunch after a business meeting and lists numerous residents visiting relatives in Durant Davenport Clinton Muscatine and West Liberty for funerals games and social events. It notes basketball scores 39 to 0 and upcoming W R meeting installations and local visits by many residents.
In Coneville Iowa on Tuesday evening about forty friends gathered at Mr and Mrs James Helversons to celebrate the start of the New Year. Guests included Will Maxwell and family Thew Maxwell and Zantily John Tarpy and family George Adams and family George Dypha and wife F W Jones and wife George Crist and wife Harry Maxwell and family Robert Maxwell and Forest Allen McCurdy and wife Mrs Fred Siegleton and children James Helverson and family and two visiting nephews from Knoxville. Oyster snacks and cake were served before the evening ended. In Muscatine at Bellevue hospital Jefferson Billick died after months of illness and a week in hospital. The body was brought to the Lewis Billick home for funeral services held Saturday at the residence by Rev O Bennet and interment in the Columbus Clay cemetery. He is survived by one sister Ella Mrs Laiz of Lane Tree and two brothers.
James of Howard Kansas and Levis of this place note the death of Hu Crist at his home west of Lown after about a year of illness. He leaves a wife and four sons, with funeral services set for Monday at 2 PM at Grace Reformed church. Numerous local notices follow about visits, travel, and community events in the area.
A brief notice from Columbus Junction mentions Mr and Mrs G A Carpenter with a local family or community reference. The readable text is fragmented but indicates a personal or social notice within the Columbus Junction area.
ABE MARTIN studied in Wirske University law department as Columbus Junction Independents faced Washington Independents in a Friday game, ending 15 to 34. Mayo Brox hospital operated on a seventh grade teacher, F. M. itt, last Monday for appendicitis and will miss school duties. Mrs. August Thoeleke visited Nichols relatives, while Willard Endsley returns as assistant at the post office. Leila Gladstone from Muscatine arrived to aid Grandma Hanft, seriously ill with pneumonia.
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