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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
15
A jumble of 1852 Muscatine Journal clippings recount oddities from the British Museum skull tale to a cartoonish French relics episode. It notes Arab uprisings in Algiers against France and muses on reputation and character with quotes on Patrick Henry and Washington.
Cards list H J Jennison a forwarder and grocer. John Lemp dealer in produce. Crane forwardi ng and commission merchant. T Bennett wholesale and retail dealer in foreign and domestic dry goods. Patterson & Barclay at law Muscatine Iowa appear on the page.
John A Nellis writes from Wilton Iowa praising the Muscatine Journal and editor John Mahin after 50 years at the paper. He credits Mahin with steadfast principles and justice and urges Mahin to be elected governor of Iowa. He notes his long subscription since 1858 now age 82 and a life subscriber.
John W. Millar, a reader of the Journal, offers words of congratulation on an anniversary in Garnett Kansas dated July 6.
A long-time reader offers praise for fifty years of service and expresses continued support for the Semi-Weekly. The letter notes steady updates about changes in the old home and sends best wishes for the anniversary.
In Perry Iowa on July 8 a son reflects on H D Hendrix who settled ten miles southwest of Muscatine in 1843 and lived on the same farm for 51 years. He notes the Bloomington Herald as the first Iowa paper in the family and that his father died in 1894. The writer’s own subscription started about 47 years ago.
A citizen writes praising the Muscatine Journal for its independent stance and fearlessness in reporting, expressing admiration and wishing the paper continued success regardless of popularity or finances. The letter closes with respectful regards from Cc. M. Hendrix.
A Muscatine reader writes July 11 praising the Journal as a clean paper that upholds justice and morality. He explains his loyalty through decades of subscriptions and notes editor John Mahin as a principled, fearless leader.
Myra Townsley Adams writes from Lyons Nebraska noting a quiet Fourth amid diphtheria quarantine and firecracker reports. She reports 16 years of reading the Journal and her father Cyrus Townsley’s long Muscatine county subscription as crops look fair and harvesting may be abundant despite dry spells and recent June rains.
Eph Shellabarger of Letts Iowa testifies that his family has owned and run the Muscatine Journal for over 50 years. He recalls the paper began as the Bloomington Herald in the 1840s, continued through his father Thomas Shellabarger’s 1876 death, and notes the publication has always supported right causes and county papers.
Mrs Nina Barkalow Melick writes from West Liberty Iowa praising the Journal as a staple in her family since 1861 62 and for nearly twenty five years in her own home. She views the Evening Journal as part of their family and wishes continued success.
Mr John Mahin editor journal receives a subscription renewal from J H and Maggie Hutchison of Guthrie Center Iowa dated July 4 describing payment of $2 for one year and four months in advance and asking for a receipt and best wishes for the paper s anniversary.
Dana Iowa July 5 A reader Reuben Snyder praises the Journal calling it the old reliable, noting thirty years of regular delivery and first place among his periodical choices.
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