Muscatine Journal Post Office Entry Notice
The Muscatine Journal is entered at the Muscatine post office as second class matter.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1900
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal is entered at the Muscatine post office as second class matter.
Public notice lists subscription rates for the Journal in Muscatine Iowa. Daily and semi weekly options are offered with weekly collections and advance payment by draft express or money order payable to Journal Printing Co. Subscribers may order by postal card or telephone No 27.
Irregular or tardy delivery should be reported to the business office. Each copy must arrive before 6 30 p m. Report late delivery promptly and provide a secure place for drop off.
The Daily Journal invites readers to have the paper sent during summer trips. Notify the Journal business office in person by mail or phone. The paper will follow you, with address changes allowed as often as needed.
The Journal guarantees ad changes only when copy is in the office by 9 a m. The newspaper is sold daily at R A Holmes E E Davidson and C W Hodges Bews stands. All customers can be supplied.
For President, WM. McKINLEY of Ohio and for Vice President, THEODORE ROOSEVELT of New York.
The Republican Electors of Iowa are called to a delegate convention in Des Moines on August 1 at 1 o clock a.m. Delegates will nominate candidates for Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Supreme Court Judge Railroad Commissioner and electors at large and per district. Weaver and Phillips sign the notice as chairman and secretary.
The piece argues that hostility to foreigners in China is largely political rather than religious. It cites Lord Salisbury, discusses state churches in territory seizures, indemnities paid to protect missions, and notes US government and American missionaries mostly avoided political clashes while achieving successful work.
The article notes Mr. Bryan suggesting Democrats would take votes from those without prosperity and leave Republicans with prosperous voters. It cites Bryan’s 1896 property value of 270 dollars rising to 4550 dollars this year as evidence of general prosperity benefiting Bryan and implying he should vote for McKinley.
Mr Eckles ex comptroller of the currency under Cleveland joins thousands of prominent Democrats nationwide denouncing Bryanism and supporting McKinley repudiating every populist feature in platform and ticket hoping to see the Democrats regain unity and strength.
A fragment discusses calls for reformation within the party and criticism of its handling of dissent. The text references leadership, unity, and the need to avoid becoming a safe harbor for discontented elements.
The Central Christian Advocate notes Presbyterians and other denominations in North China maintain large overseas missions with hundreds of missionaries and native helpers. It describes disrupted church services, schools turned to barracks, and Christian martyrs proving steadfast amid uprisings, refuting enemy claims of failure.
The Republican county delegates meet July 21 at 1 30 p m to elect 17 delegates to the State convention in Des Moines August 1 and 17 delegates to the Congressional convention in Davenport August 16 and to elect a county chairman. Representation is one delegate per township ward and one for every twenty votes or fraction of twelve or more for Shaw in 1899. Lists of townships and Muscatine wards show the allocation and names. Committeemen will arrange early calling of canons. Per order J Scott Blackwell Chairman County Com.
A vintage ad touts Allen's Foot Ease powder as a cure for painful smarting feet, toenail issues, corns, sweating, and calluses. It claims instant relief and easier shoe fitting, with trial packages offered by mail from LeRoy New York and availability at druggists and shoe stores.
A saying describes the true American as content with a daily newspaper and a slice of pie, able to feel at home anywhere on earth. The phrase highlights hospitality and simple comforts as hallmarks of national character.
Manila reports four troops of native cavalry to be formed from the Macabebes under American command with Major Batson leading. Objections arise over discipline and tribal tensions, while counterfeiting flourishes as Mexican dollars are recast as American silver dollars for 100 percent profit.
Simon Lake demonstrated the Argonaut in Long Island Sound with thirteen guests onboard. The 66 by 10 foot, 100 ton submarine dived to 30 feet for over four hours, served dinner underwater, and used its suction pump to lift a sunken coal buoy. Some passengers felt mild headaches. Lake aims for a government test if the Navy shows interest. Burlington shooting case follows.
A man resists doing something he wants to do simply because another person instructs him to do it. The dynamic shows defiance against imposed authority and the pull of intrinsic motivation.
London reports from Bombay show 9 028 cholera cases in famine districts for week ending July 7 with 6 474 deaths and 9 526 cases in native states with 5 802 deaths. Relief work deaths total 5 870. Rain improves some regions while Punjab remains rainless for dry land sowing. No relief reduction expected as village aid replaces relief works.
Fifteen lives are known to be lost after sudden flooding from record rainfall in Coleman Texas. Ten bodies have been recovered with only two identified Joseph Spath a leading merchant and John Fuleisstineg. Two men swam horses to safety after rescuing two children before perishing as the swift current swept away horses and the rescuers.
The ad asserts health depends on digestion and pure blood and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a quick solution for stomach and blood disorders. It claims numerous cures including scrofula salt rheum catarrh dyspepsia rheumatism and more. It also touts Hood's Pills as the favorite family cathartic.
M. N. & 8S offer very low rate round trip tickets to Clear Lake and return with optional Whitaker's Lakeshore hotel board and lodging. July 27 to Aug 10 the Northwest League Assembly meets at the lake. Rev Thomas Harrison conducts Iowa State camp July 17 to 26. Gen O B Howard to attend with grand camp-fire. Further details at M. N. & 8 depot.
A ten year old writer from LeRoy New York thanks Genesee Pure Food Co for Grain-O noting it replaced coffee at home. The parent reports coffee cessation and weekly Grain-O use benefiting the family.
Nickel Plate Road advertises connections at Buffalo with eastern lines and at Brocton for Chautauqua lake points on trains 4 and 6, with early morning and evening arrivals. Up to date drawing rooms and sleeping cars on all trains. Dining cars offer club meals from 35 cents to one dollar with no excess fare. Contact Mr. J. Calahan, General Agent, 111 Adams Street, Chicago.
R O Childs of Peoria New Jersey touts Beggs German Salve as the best general household remedy. It cures cuts burns scalds old sores and all skin diseases and is claimed to permanently cure piles. Available at J J Havercamp's.
A small classified item notes Baker's Monaca Coffee is for sale by C B Fuller. The notice lists no further details like price or contact information.
A public notice from Elizabeth Harlan and Lan announces Osteopathy as taught at Kirksville A and O. The method claims health as natural and disease as a mechanical obstruction. Consultation and examination are free for thirty days with office hours 9 am to 5 pm, except Sundays.
Illinois Central will sell round trip tickets from all stations north of Cairo and Paducah to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Ogden and Salt Lake City and western points on July 3 9 and 17 and August 1 7 and 21 at one fare plus two dollars. Colorado and Utah tickets allow continuous passage to the destination with stopovers allowed within final return limits and thirty day Utah return limits. South Dakota and Wyoming points permit west of Missouri River stopovers in either direction within fifteen days. Final return is October 31 1900.
Full particulars concerning the above can be had of agents of the Illinois Central and Connecting iines, 4d. F. Merry, AG. T. A., Dubuque.
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