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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1900
Page
3
The Journal backs reform of the ballot law arguing that disenfranchising voters is wrong though the circle is not the sole evil. It urges less emphasis on distinguishing marks and more focus on voter intent, calling the current law an abomination.
The governor recommends a law allowing the family of any lynching victim to recover in chancery court a fixed sum against the county where the lynching occurred. He argues the amount should deter lynching by arousing public opposition to payment of damages.
Editor Payne of the Nevada Representative argues for election of U S Senators by the people but admits no clear method to remove objections to the legislative selection system. He fails to justify how popular elections would resolve the issues he cites with legislative choice.
General Lawton’s home was mortgaged for 7500 dollars and the American people subscribed more than ten times that amount to cancel it. A surplus remained as a tribute to a patriot whose zeal for his country could not be surpassed.
The Cedar Rapids Republican argues the compulsory education measure violates personal liberty and warns education cannot be pounded into some people, asserting individual choice over schooling mandates.
The Vinton Eagle notes Dick Root faced the Des Moines papers mockingly over Cummins' caucus statement. Keokuk Gate City questions laws on enforcement and adjournment. Carroll Herald weighs prohibiting liquor near schools versus local preference for saloons and schools. Sac City comment contrasts Iowa City Republican and Muscatine Journal views on enforcement.
Edgerton Minnesota resident F W Burdett aged seventy five credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his twenty year battle with kidney disease and bleeding piles. He reports sustained health since starting the remedy and shares a grateful testimonial letter to the Dodd's Medicine Co of Buffalo New York.
Ot tumwa reports 3S bankruptcy adjustments since January 4 under the new law, with many suits filed by property owners to recover tax payments deemed unconstitutional. Rev J Hollister Lynch’s Ottumwa residence damaged by fire. Waterloo Courier praises city’s business and rail links, citing 1898 and 1899 totals. Iowa State University conducts global scientific explorations across 61 locations. A Richland Keokuk County barn arson is linked to a later cow murder by poisoned corn. Maquoketa woolen mill to close. machinery to be sold as stockholders cite reduced profits from newer mills.
The letters critique liquor law enforcement by partisan aims, discuss Iowa political shifts including Clarkson and Stewart in the U.S. Senate contest, note eastern senators’ concern over Iowa influence in Congress, and question state fiscal policies. Editorials from Fairfield Ledger Clinton Herald Waterloo Reporter reference tariffs, paper costs, and state institutions like the Industrial Home for the Blind amid budget concerns.
Miss Stella Kinkley is able to be about again. Box supper at the Wrayville school house Thursday night invites all. Young People meet at the German M. E. church Sunday at 7 30. Mail service limited due to team breakage. Several local residents visited in Muscatine and with W F Krueger.
Jesse James Jr the son of the famed robber married Stella McGown in Kansas City Missouri. The ceremony at Central Methodist Church South was simple with about fifty guests including ex-Governor T T Crittenden and Frank James. The couple will reside in Kansas City where Jesse runs a downtown cigar shop after his Leeds train robbery acquittal.
Council Bluffs soldiers who served in the Philippines push a Senate bill under Senator Turner to cover the nearly 200 per man travel cost difference to transport troops from the Philippines to San Francisco. The measure targets western regiments including the Fifty-first Iowa and aims for a favorable Senate committee report.
Local Old Company L veterans in this city unanimously say the extra pay granted by the federal government would be acceptable and fair compensation for their service in the Philippine campaign.
In Alden Iowa on January 24 George Coleman 38 an employee of Simpson and Cousins elevator was found wedged feet first in a grain chute while loading cars and smothered He likely entered a bin as machinery operated and died around 10 am Coleman leaves a wife and four year old son and had lived nearby for years
Edward Plants, a longtime Winfield resident living with his brother west of town, died at 7 p m. He was 77, never married, and had suffered for nearly ten years. Funeral services will be held at his home tomorrow at 10 a m. He was held in high esteem by neighbors and friends.
Wilton and nearby communities report visitors from Muscatine Cedar Rapids Davenport and Louisville. A tinypox scare reaches Ayersville Cedar County. Funeral services are planned for Mr B F Curtis lifelong Wilton resident who died after eight years of consumption. The fenevel will be held tomorrow at 7 20 p m from the East Church street house.
A Gainesville Sun report notes Florida now rests on a solid foundation with diminished fear of widespread disaster from freezes. State interests are diversified enough to prevent major losses, signaling a turning point in outlook.
The text notes orange groves south of the state have been destroyed but other industries have emerged unaffected by cold weather. It states that even if all Florida orange trees were wiped out by frost, the prosperity of most state industries would not be materially damaged.
J L Irwin on the sick list. Jim Metz and Ed Fix went to Davenport on business. Mr and Mrs John Munson welcomed a baby boy. Arno Kretchmer of Davenport visiting his parents for two days. Jim McCelops of Muscatine is sawing wood locally. Miss Clara Brandt from Davenport visiting her brother A C Brandt for a week.
Judge H. H. Trimble and Palmer Trimble of Keokuk transfer part of their Keosauqua area farm near Mount Sterling to Charles W. Rand of Burlington for 22000 dollars cash.
A recent Chicago police order prohibits street advertising deemed freak or disruptive. Officials cite public safety and orderly streets, outlining penalties for violators and directing enforcement across districts.
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