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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
3
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The Journal guarantees ad changes only when copy is in office by 9 a.m. Daily sale at R. A. Holmes E. E. Davidson and CC Hodges news stands. All customers can be supplied.
About 1200 mourners gathered at First M E church in Burlington to honor Senator Gear. Rev Dr Salter delivered opening remarks, Congressman Hedge gave a moving eulogy, and Rev Tr Hurlbut concluded with benediction as neighbors and officials bid farewell. The scene drew state leaders, including the governor, to pay tribute.
Bryanites faced headlines predicting distress with talks of strikes lockouts and falling prices. The writer mocks optimistic views of local politicians, noting a hypothetical locust plague in Iowa as a disastrous omen.
The New York Tribune image shows Hill and Croker in a duet of Harmony. They grip a shared book while Croker brandishes a hatchet of the Tammany machine and Hill wields a dagger of the democratic state machine. Croker taunts Hill as a sulker.
The platform shows missing civil service and government ownership planks along with an income tax plank. Analysts note the discovery of absent policy points points to gaps in the party's program.
Local column quotes Hon. J. Sterling Morton editor of The Conservative critiquing the Kansas City convention, Bryan and democratic platform. It argues political monopoly vs competition, condemns imperialism, notes Bryan’s control and the era’s boss politics with sharp partisan tone.
The piece condemns the Nebraska boss for overpowering a convention with a 16 to 1 imperialism plank. It argues Bryan exploited imperialism at home to aid ratification of the Spain Philippines treaty and warns anti imperialists to voters. It joins criticism of demagogic, partisan tactics and calls for principled judgment at the polls.
The Sioux City Journal notes Dave Brant hints at a possible congressional bid without anger. Sac Sun questions Democrats praising McKinley after decades. Fairfield Ledger mocks party lines on federal consent and Filipinos. Nonpareil satirizes silver as an issue as Dubuque Telegraph downplays free coinage. Wapello Tribune reports Lane’s withdrawal clearing the field for Roach or Titus. Titus may seek Senate instead.
Col Hepburn criticizes the administrations policy on China arguing 6000 troops to China are not patriotic but grotesque He warns China could mobilize 60 000 000 men with arms and predicts rapid expansion of arsenals The piece argues Congress must act and favors a prompt allied advance on Pekin per the Dubuque Times.
An army of Cuban teachers hosted by Harvard relaxes in Cambridge and Boston. A fund of 68,090 dollars supports their entertainment and instruction during the vacation. Daily lectures are given by Spanish interpreters, and dances and social receptions fill leisure time for the hundreds of guests.
The best Hill could say at Kansas City for the platform was that if issues Democrats do not desire to present as strong as others they can at least talk about something in this platform worthy of approval. The feast failing would leave mustard and toothpicks as not half bad.
Municipal ownership has run to seed in Brunswick Maine. The town owns a thousand acres of land and plans to plant it in white pine as a public investment.
Telegraph cost set at 1.65 dollars per word for the New York to Shanghai line with no extra charge for address or signature, affecting international messaging prices.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Pain Killer as curing internal and external pain instantly. It claims absolute purity and offers 25¢ and 50¢ sizes available at all druggists. The ad uses a strong, timebound sales tone typical of early 20th century analgesic promotions.
The Democratic State convention will meet at Cedar Rapids August 16. Judge Hubbard's dairy barn near Cedar Rapids burned Monday morning, with a loss of 7000 dollars and 2000 dollars covered by insurance. Harry S. West of State Center, a Cedar Rapids student, drowned in the Cedar River while bathing with companions. the body was recovered shortly after.
Mull's Lightning Pain Killer advertised as a pain reliever sold by druggists for 25 cents in Australia.
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