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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
3
Tour of The Inter Ocean Building Promotes Civic Pride
The Inter Ocean office invites readers to visit its magnificent Chicago building at 106 108 110 Fast Man Foe street. It touts the paper as a modern marvel, claiming newspapers drive business and community growth, urging people and capital to support a well-patronized local paper.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Chcago
United States Wealth Leads Nations in 1902 Mail Book
The London Daily Mail Year Book 1902 ranks the United States atop wealth among major nations with £16.35 billion, and shows the U S has the lowest debt at £221 million. It notes industrial growth, wheat and pig iron leadership, and contrasts declines in England and Germany. The Ottumwa Courier also recalls a 50 year old local railroad meeting call and Iowa banking history.
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United States
Europe
London Daily Mail
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Russia
Sotera
Sean
Seelawis Owas
Paw O
England
Great Britain
America
Ottumwa Courier
Muscatine Journal
Iowa
John Wannamaker Praises Advertising for Town Growth
John Wannamaker calls newspapers with abundant business advertisements the most effective agent to attract attention and help a town grow, asserting their influence surpasses other means of development outreach.
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John Wannamaker
Merchant Prince
Parolees under Shaw and rising Iowa penitentiary population
The article notes Governor Shaw paroled 473 prisoners over four years while December saw a 22 inmate rise across Iowa penitentiaries. It accuses mulct papers of biased statistics and argues that repeal of the prohibitory law and its substitution increased penitentiar ypopulation and state costs by about half a million dollars.
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Lowa
Mulct
Shaw
Iowa
Des Moines Pushes for New Government Building
Des Moines asks national government to fund a new government building at 1 million dollars while already boasting a capable building. Critics say the city seeks public money for a government complex and military barracks, contrasting with private endowment woes and modesty.
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Des Moines
Muscatine
Railroad Might Fund YMCA Building Plan
Some think the railroad company could finance a YMCA building for 60 000 dollars by contributing 20 000 on the first floor and using 44 000 for the upper two stories, though the location may not be suitable.
Iowa Central Gives $1000 to Oskaloosa YMCA Building Fund
In Oskaloosa money is being raised for a $49000 YMCA building. Iowa Central railroad contributed $1000 toward the fund, while Rock Island has yet to donate.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa Central Railroad
Rock Island
Kid No ble Travels Far Across the Globe
Report from Kid No ble states he is still traveling with good prospects of reaching the opposite side of the world.
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Kid” Noble
Water Works Taxes Remain Unpaid
John Kemble may still own the water works plant as taxes remain unsettled and unpaid, casting doubt on ownership and financial claims.
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John Kemble
Insist on Train Service for Muscatine
Editorial urges Muscatine council to press for improved B C R & N train service. Morning arrivals and evening departures could boost trade. Commercial club urged to back an emphatic request. Now is the opportune time to work toward securing proper treatment from rail lines.
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Muscatine
Rock Island
Stand Made By Council in Muscatine Against Railroad
The Muscatine council seeks firm action against encroaching railroad power and demands protection of city interests. The Rock Island railroad is described as a powerful, unmodest corporation. The Journal urged decisive council action and now reports that the council has formulated demands, likely meeting public approval.
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Muscatine
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island
Rumple
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Davenport
Congress
Musecatine
Congressman Rumple
Arsenal
Allison
Cullum and Mason
Illinois
Berry
Tri-City Labor Congress
National Mechanics' Union
Washington
Blunt
Roosevelt
McKinley
Congressman Jenkins
Wisconsin
President McKinley
West
Jenkins
Capitol
Muscatine presses Rock Island for city rights and fair concessions
In a firm call for city ownership value and future growth, Muscatine urges the Rock Island railroad to meet reasonable demands. The piece argues the council must act decisively to protect citizens and secure a fair settlement, while hinting dissatisfaction with past municipal weakness.
Labor unions press for free text book law in Des Moines
Senator Mossberry presents petitions from Muscatine labor unions to the legislature. The unions support the free text book law and urge lawmakers to hear citizen views. The piece notes petitioning as a right in a free government and praises workers for engaging in lawmaking with informed input.
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Mossberry
Muscatine
Des Moines
Tax ferrets reveal unreleased paid mortgages in Waterloo
The Waterloo Courier notes that tax ferrets uncover many mortgages that have been paid but not released. Many records show released promises forgotten or neglected. The practice is labeled culpable and dangerous carelessness.
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Ringgold
Waterloo Courier
Iowa Delegation in Congress Weighs Federal Pie Distribution
Washington notes discuss Iowa’s delayed action on federal appointments and redistricting, with Hull, Perkins, and Rumple named. The piece covers arsenal disputes involving Berry, Blunt, and labor unions, plus Shaw’s rise and McKinley desks.
Criticism of Iowa Board of Control
The Vinton Eagle criticizes Governor Cummins and the Iowa Board of Control for neglecting schools for the blind and deaf and for prioritizing cheap food costs over mental progress. The piece laments the state’s discrimination between funded institutions and charitable ones and questions appointments to the board. The article ends with a provincial pride claim about Iowa.
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Board of Control
Vinton Eagle
Cummins
Normal School
Agricultural College
University
Iowa
Prohibit the Buyer as Well as Seller
The Clarinda Herald argues that liquor laws should ban buyers too, not just sellers. It suggests penalties and restrictions for purchasers who deprive their families of support by drinking, equating such behavior with other forms of abuse.
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Clarinda Herald
Belle Center church forms hugging society to sell hugs
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes that young women in Belle Center Ohio form a hugging society to sell hugs but suggests there is little demand for paid embraces with free or stolen hugs being the only possible draw.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Belle Center
Hiring Help Faces Rising Pay in Farm Seasons
The article notes farmers plan for hired help and that modern hired men earn around $25 a month. It compares today’s arrangements with the biblical Jacob who toiled fourteen years for Rachel and Leah, highlighting the long wait and the change in wages and choice of partners.
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Jacob
Laban
Rachel
Leah
Famous Rat Catcher Tells Curious Tale and Trials
Richard C. Toner, renowned rat catcher, recounts reporting on rats cannibalism and breeding, a dangerous cellar chase, and a comic arrest in New York when a bag of rats nearly caused a police stir. He describes dangerous work, dogged persistence, and a memorable late-night misadventure.
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Richard C. Toner
New York
Mike
Muscatine urged to match Burlington music school fame
The Burlington School of Music, established three months ago by four women led by Miss Cora Brobst, attracts over 100 pupils and inspires Muscatine to build a similar facility to unlock latent local musical talent and support training.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Burlington
Burlington Institute
Cora Broost
Harriet Phillips
Ednah Dow
Grace Melcher
Brobst
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Advertisement Claim
An old advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a wonderful medical discovery. It claims to be pleasant to the taste and help kidneys liver and bowels, dispel colds cure headaches fevers and biliousness. Boxes priced 10 25 or 50 cents with a guaranteed cure by all druggists.
Rainbow in Siberian Sky All Day Weather Oddity
In the coldest parts of Siberia a rainbow may appear all day in a clear sky. The phenomenon is thought to result from sunlight reflecting off tiny airborne snow particles.
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Siberia
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Perkins
H. G. McMillan
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Governor Shaw
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Haugen
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