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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1901
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal notes Harold J. Mahin as manager and Mahin joins as editor. The paper is entered in Muscatine Iowa as second class matter.
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The Republican delegates from Louisa and Muscatine counties meet in Muscatine Iowa on June 11 at 2 PM to nominate a candidate for Senator and conduct related business. Representation is set by county counts with Muscatine receiving 21 delegates and Louisa 12. County chairmen are urged to call conventions to select delegates.
The Republican electors of Iowa are invited to a delegate convention in Cedar Rapids on August 7 1901 at eleven in the morning. The purpose is to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction Railroad Commissioner and other proper matters. All voters supporting Republican principles are urged to join. Representation ratio to be announced.
The Republican county caucus in Muscatine city calls for delegates to the State Convention in Cedar Rapids on August 7 and to the Twentyeth Senatorial District convention in Muscatine on July 31. Township and ward committeemen will be chosen to form proportional representation for districts and precincts. The meeting, chaired by J. W. McCree, includes call details and local turnout figures.
The Creston Gazette defends its stance amid accusations of opposing Cummins and asserts Cummins is unlikely to be nominated. It credits the Iowa Republican party’s conservatism and the party's prosperity, notes Cummins’s faults, and urges Republicans to present truthful reporting.
Reports from South Africa indicate 8500 to 16000 Boers remain in the field with England fielding about 250000 troops. British casualties through May total 66197. 663 killed in action and 1445 dying of wounds or disease plus missing. War costs reach $755.6 million to May 31 and British public debt rising $575 million as revenues grow $275 million annually. Public opinion shows growing unpopularity, though retreat is unlikely given entanglements.
The Davenport Democrat recalls Col. George Davenport killed July 4, 1845 on Rock Island Island home during a Stephenson celebration. Three of his murderers were hanged at Rock Island. few involved remain alive. The paper ponders if any Muscatine residents joined the Bloomington party aboard the Osprey for the anniversary observance.
The Leavenworth Times editor Colonel Anthony is accused of preaching one thing and practicing another. He reportedly advised a theatrical company that a bad actor should be fired and, when the actor sought discussion, the editor sprayed him with a hose.
Robert S. Finkbine, who supervised the Iowa Capitol’s construction costing 3,090,000 without any taint of robbery, died at his Des Moines home of paralysis aged 73. He previously lived in Iowa City and represented John county in the legislature. He was a good man.
The St Johnsbury Vermont hotel proprietor who attempted liquor sales, served sixty days in Rutland workhouse, and later moved to New Hampshire now declares that prohibition prohibits.
The Des Moines Capital is sent to Cummins delegates as an antidote to independent papers. The note labels the action against the so called independent press and reflects press opinions of the era in Council Bluffs and surrounding regions.
In the Keosauqua Republican outlook a voter questions supporting a Cummins nomination for governor citing his political record and arguing the state has many well qualified men for the role.
Mrs. Eddy welcomed a delegation of about 3000 Christian Science followers at Pleasant View Concord New Hampshire after Boston hosts held the world communion. The founder appeared briefly on her balcony satisfying long pilgrimages of distance and devotion.
English naval circles discuss Vice Admiral Sir John Fisher who leads the Mediterranean fleet and Lord Charles Beresford amid a Malta held prize competition. The annual award, presented by the first claimant, fuels the rivalry with claims of skill and leadership.
The article discusses the value of a clean party record and identifies who would command solid party support at the polls, outlining the potential balance of influence within the movement.
The speaker calls Frank Merriam to resign promptly so the Cedar Rapids convention can name a successor. The charges describe him as a disgrace to the state and demand decency from public officials.
Delaware County Republicans who opposed Merriam’s nomination are vindicated as the state auditor and his wife prepare for divorce next week. The article notes strong backing from some Republicans amid criticism from others.
Ambassador Count Cassini departs Washington for St Petersburg to help ease tariff tensions between the United States and Russia. He has served since 1808 and holds the rank of ambassador, the first Russian diplomat with that title in Washington. cassini born in St Petersburg educated at the Imperial Lyceum and held posts in Berlin Hamburg and Peking. He expects no friction from tariff disputes and hopes his presence will smooth trade relations.
The text notes a ten year rise in beer deportations from France from 47 121 gallons to 2 144 030 gallons. It also reports that engineers of the New York Rapid Transit Commission expect the tunnel to be completed and trains running before the end of 1903.
The Nonpareil notes Cedar Rapids Gazette mockingly favors extending libel protections to allow cruel remarks and escape responsibility. It contrasts calls to curb blackmail with threat to press accountability, arguing rising generations should not be taught tolerance for tattling.
Prof Dr Vant Hoff of Berlin believes a method will soon extract bread from wood. A Moscow correspondent notes Russian police see female students as the most aggressive in student riots.
The Chicago street cleaning superintendent says tipping workers is a local habit that complicates enforcing city ordinances and creates compliance challenges.
The Gideons, a Christian business travelers group in Chicago, avoids alcohol, tobacco, and cards. Founded only a few years ago, the group now counts about 1,600 members and continues to expand.
The Oskaloosa Herald runs a half column editorial praising the advantages of drinking water. It cites Consul Swarm’s Midland Chautauqua remark about excessive pay day drunkenness in Oskaloosa as supporting timely, direct argument.
Advertises comfort for travelers on vestibuled Lehigh Valley trains from Buffalo to New York and via Niagara Falls to New York and Philadelphia with dining car service. Stopovers allowed at Buffalo on through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
The piece argues personnel who spot news opportunities advance in rank, while editors shape policy and value news for increased circulation. It discusses when a story can justify costs like a $5,900 cable toll and emphasizes editors' broader view over reporters in news gathering.
Chester A. Lord used his London correspondent to cable news from England to Boston during a spring blizzard that blocked air communication. The cost was high, but his paper was the only New York sheet to print any Boston news the next day, as noted by Allen Sangree in Every body's Magazine.
Readable anecdotes mix railroad yard life and neighborhood chatter. A yardmaster’s vented steam plan collapses when a coal gauge quips back. A young Sunday remark about stinginess leads to a cartoonish interchange about candy and neighbors. The piece ends noting how words cut deep.
A Chicago Record-Herald poem depicts a weary farmer trudging through drought and dust. He drinks from a cider jug, dreams of fortune, and watches a fading cloud promise rain that never comes. He staggers on, unheeding, as the corn burns and the world stays parched.
In a social tale set around a charity tennis event, Beatrice Beatrice Beatrice Beatrice Beatrice Beatrice Beatrice Beatrice Beatrice. The narrator courts both Miss Beatrice and Miss Kitty Trebearne, wooing them with humor and flirtation as tennis partners are chosen. After a staged injury to avoid choosing, the narrator contemplates tea duties and companionship while striving not to offend either sister.
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