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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1909
Page
3
The document lists circulation figures for June 1909 across multiple carriers and routes. Totals show consistent distribution with several entries reporting 6,785 or 6,795 copies, reflecting standard monthly reporting.
I F D Throop publisher of the Muscatine Journal declares the above number of copies were printed and circulated in June 1909. Subscribed and sworn before me July 2 1909 by William R Jayne Notary Public in Muscatine County Iowa.
Washington correspondent J. C. Welliver outlines two futures for the Iowa senators and Taft administration. One path would position Iowa lawmakers as a focal opposition leading possibly toward a broader challenge to the president. The other would keep alignment with Taft, shaping future relations and political dynamics.
The piece argues Iowa insurgents Cummins and Dolliver may shape 1912 party divisions. It notes their opposition to the president on the corporation tax and likely stance on tariffs, suggesting possible future alliance with the administration or a separate Iowa presidential bid amid a shifting Taft dynamic.
The item lists reminiscences fifty years back with Rev. Asa Bullard of Boston to address Sabbath school children. It notes editor John F. Duncombe of the Fort Dodge Sentinel marrying. It mentions an Irish convention in progress and the bridge project moving forward with a start planned by July 15 as Muscatine anticipates a brighter future.
Forty years ago a plan for a street railway from South Muscatine to North Muscatine was proposed as a profitable joint stock venture. The piece invites investors to form a company to build and operate a major city railway, with Major O'Connor heading to Chicago to pursue the venture.
A pet provision has been inserted and is considered certain to be signed into law. The move signals momentum for the bill as support coalesces around the new clause.
Ottumwa Courier notes a Massachusetts professor claiming cheaper beef cuts deliver the same food value as tenderloins porterhouse steaks and sirloins. The reply adds that some cuts demand better teeth than many readers possess.
Marshalltown Times-Republican notes that international visits resemble social calls with polite appearances but limited substantive impact, likening them to polite greetings between a woman with a new car and another who uses a livery stable.
A New York justice denounces police for arresting workingmen for poker games arguing the poor lack protection and need fair treatment from those who aid them. He warns that such actions reveal social inequities and call for due process.
Fred 4G Warren, editor of the Appeal to Reason in Kansas, was fined $1,500 and sentenced to six months in the county jail for attempting to send illegal material through the mails. He likely believes district court Appeal to Reason is futile.
The preacher and theorist William Jennings Bryan advocates both forms of income tax as part of a broad set of popular issues. He aligns with supporters of the income tax and urges action on the matter.
The Sioux City Tribune rebuts the Gate City's use of the term blue for Democrats and argues the current Congress includes many "spotted" ones, framing the session as diverse in party figures.
The president of the Anti-Profanity league has reportedly abandoned her overseas journey. She aims to monitor remarks by Uncle Joe Cannon amid Washington's heat wave.
Reports say Marshalltown shut every saloon as a heat wave hit town. Citizens fear remarks about Billy Sunday sparked unrest and closed establishments in the panic.
In Cedar Rapids Gazette coverage the suggestion is that Taft must wage a fight to preserve party faith and the initial step is to repudiate the Aldrich program.
In Davenport Times discourse, the senate chamber’s heat stirs talk of traveling in crowded cars to attend chautauqua engagements, highlighting discomfort and scheduling pressures for speakers and attendees.
Washington reports stormy Texas Democratic governor contest ahead with Bailey leading senate Democrats on tariff issues. Prohibition and Bailey versus anti Bailey factions loom large as candidates including Attorney General Davidson join the field. Mortality warnings and heated campaign rhetoric color the anticipated race.
Ten years ago in Keota, Wash Standler, living four miles from town, lit a large firecracker, waited, then touched it again. It exploded, tearing away about half the flesh of his two front fingers and nearly tearing off his left thumb.
The fight centers on Davidson who led the Waters-Pierce opposition and could rise to the Senate if he wins the governorship. Bailey faces a likely strong challenge as Campbell seeks re election. prohibition emerges as a major issue shaping Texas politics and possibly splitting the Democratic Party.
Resolutions honor Roy Ryan vice president of the M B Y M C A industrial branch. He was a devoted husband and son, well regarded in his shop, and served faithfully since the branch’s organization. Sympathy extended to Mrs Ryan and relatives. copy to be filed and published in Muscatine daily papers. Signed by the Industrial Branch Y M C A.
A vintage advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease to shake into shoes for tired aching feet. It claims relief from swelling heat sweating corns and bunions and offers a free trial package and a sample corn patch with purchase. Sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
Betty confronts Dick Williard with a scathingly frank dossier accusing him of riotous dinners poker debts and puppet schemes in a tense private mock court. The scene blends political scheming with personal loyalties as Newcomb and Matthews loom in the background.
A conversation unfolds between a couple about politics and personal reputation. The male narrator rejects being a hypocrite while admitting ambition, wealth, and external pressures from public life. He reflects on class, truth, and the desire for a fight, noting his grandfather’s Southern planter background and Newcomb's presidential potential.
Mrs Anna Pugh and two daughters Violet and Edna along with Miss Eliza Eisler of Chicago left for home after visiting the Henry Pugh home. Miss Florence Osborn rode to Iowa City to visit Mrs Ray Beeson. Lin Watters family spent Monday in Atalissa visiting relatives. G L Gleason of Davenport left after a pleasant visit with Mrs S B Osborn and family. J N Chamberlin and spouse returned home last evening after a...
Several days of visits at Moscow are noted with Mrs. Jerry Evans traveling to Davenport to visit daughter Mrs. Thomas Smiley and granddaughter Alberta Smiley. Gause moves into new East Third street home while Linn Pingrey buys East Fourth street residence from Lou Hauer. A ten pound boy born to James and Mrs. Heald near Centerdale. Mrs. Dave Cornwall enjoys a Davenport visit and chautauqua. Frances Pugh and her daughter head to Rowley Iowa for a fiftieth wedding anniversary event. Ada Jack visits Centerdale friends in town.
The White Collar Line operates steamers Helen Blair and Columbia on Davenport Rock Island runs with weekday departures at 7 a.m. Sundays at 7 30 a.m. and Saturdays at 7 p.m. It serves Burlington and intermediate points with weekday service except Saturday at 7 30 p.m. to Keokuk and Burlington. W A Blair manager with W G Block Co agents.
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