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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1900
Page
3
The item discusses the Clarinda hospital and Dr. Witte noting early treatment prevents chronic illness. It reflects on insane asylums, epileptics, and care standards. The piece criticizes the Herald and Journal for alleged fabrications about Republican defeats and municipal water works debates.
The Clinton Herald defends its editorial stance and denies fabricating claims about Northwestern Railroad influence on Gov Shaw and others. The Muscatine Journal is challenged over a disputed Hubbard story and a $25 betting wager, while the piece accuses the Herald of misusing language and hints at Republican remarks from Muscatine.
The Indianapolis News charts Prohibition Party presidential support from 1880 to 1896, noting yearly vote totals for candidates Dow, St John, Fisk, Bidwell, Levering, and comparisons to Populists led by Weaver. It shows peak third-party strength in the 1880s and a decline by 1896.
Mr Dolliver returns to Iowa with praise for Roosevelt saying the vice presidency is not disparaged and he has no regrets about the convention. He notes widespread support from friends and colleagues and calls Roosevelt the ideal candidate better suited for the role.
Muscatine friends congratulate Captain Vansant brother of Postster Vansant of Wilton on his Republican nomination for Minnesota governor native of Rock Island and long tied to Mississippi steamboating. The piece notes Minnesota may gain a capable leader with a reputation for integrity amid platform references to trade figures and political slogans.
An old patent medicine ad promotes No-To with claims of vitality and vigor. It offers 50c or 1 for a cure and samples free, inviting readers to address the company in Chicago or New York.
Ottumwa Courier questions why a saloon license cut can raise 8100 annually without protest, while a 50000 library gift demands a 5000 yearly maintenance. Des Moines Capital notes John R Lean’s 25 dollar donation to the Democratic National Lean fund, praising patriotism and honest government.
An advertisement extols the American flag as a symbol of liberty and equality. It promotes Ilostetter's Stomach Bitters, claiming it strengthens the stomach and nerves, aids sleep, and fights indigestion constipation and biliousness, with added note on rheumatism through kidney action.
Paris millionaire Henri Menter who bought Anticosti Island in 1895 for 250000 plans to evict its 400 residents. He aims to convert most of the island into a game preserve and establish French colonists, while the government considers deportation options and transportation offers from Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
A claim promises permanent constipation cure using Cascarets Candy Cathartic. The ad asserts a zero cent option or refund if the product fails, noting druggists refund money.
The world's Postal Congress opens in Berne on July 2 with a plan to erect a monument for Dr. Von Stephan of Germany, longtime head of the German postal service who proposed the Postal Union. Japanese delegates study the U S system. American delegates include Shelienbarger and Capt. Noah M. Brooks, both Pennsylvanians.
Teresa Urrea popularly known as Santa Teresa was shot at Clifton Arizona by her new husband G N Rodrigues who had married her two days earlier Thousands of Mexicans pursued Rodrigues into the mountains where he was captured after a fierce fight He was beaten but not lynched and the young woman will live
In Girard Illinois a bitter anti saloon campaign sparked a holy war as two evangelists lead revivals. A key anti license alderman lost support when W C Horton voted for license triggering a family split and a public boycott. Horton sold his business under pressure amid looming damage suits.
A Chicago telegram claimed R. E. Walsh of Clinton Indiana is dead, prompting his wife to seek confirmation at Union Station. Officials found no record and the sender reportedly returned for an answer but received none. The piece also contains a testimonial about Mull's Pioneer Cure from Mrs Groves in West Virginia.
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