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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1907
Page
3
F. D. Throop serves as publisher of the official city and county newspaper, delivering public notices, local government updates, and community information. The role emphasizes authoritative reporting for civic affairs and regional events.
Representatives in New York and Chicago offices oversee subscriptions and advertising. The Daily Journal appears nightly except Sundays with a semi weekly edition on Tuesdays and Fridays. Mail rates list 3.00 yearly for daily and 1.58 for semi weekly. City carriers deliver daily for 19 cents weekly. Local agencies include Mast Hill Kneese Grocery East 2nd Street and Morse Washburn's Grocery End of street car track plus several others across West Hill Hershey Avenue Kecklerville and West Hill area stores.
An update notes the editorial office shift within the Mississippi Valley area connected to Bell and the business telephones department. Details remain limited in the fragmented OCR fragment.
Readers describe Senator Benjamin Tillman as bright and entertaining yet blunt about the negro question. Some northerners object to his tone and reminiscences of the old war era while others praise his talk as incisive yet pessimistic. Despite controversy, he is seen as a fine gentleman in private conversation.
The speaker suggests abolishing state board equalization and letting the state collect railroad and corporation taxes while counties handle local levies. It argues that equalizing values within each county could render intercounty valuation irrelevant, noting that setting fair statewide values is very hard.
The War Department plans an approx of eighty thousand dollars at the military post in Des Moines and the Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes congressional campaign signals may begin early in the seventh district.
A Michigan minister expresses alarm at the sight of many teddy bears in the arms of little girls. The Kansas City Journal remarks that the scene hardly signals race death by own action, contrasting with adults holding pug dogs.
A colossal theatrical trust is formed to dominate desirable talent. Courts have ruled amusement is not an article of commerce and thus not under government control, prompting public concern and a call to respond.
A young boy attempts to rob a bird's nest by climbing a telephone pole but is spotted by bystanders and taken into custody as police they arrange care and ensure he is safe.
A brief, reflective line notes how a normal Sunday moment becomes a moral teaching. It frames everyday actions as lessons suitable for a modern Sunday school audience.
Readers note a brisk campaign style described as whirlwind with much activity and a notable gust of supporters and events around Colonel Bryan. The remark highlights a rising public attention and the energetic pace of his efforts.
Observers note a surge of perjury lawsuits tied to the Haywood case. The remark implies many capable individuals are not in the eastern United States.
Alton B. Parker resists staying out of sight and uses a recent shooting as a reason to keep his name in the press.
The Davenport Times questions why Fairbanks is named as vice president candidate given constitutional limits and political needs. Cedar Rapids Republican blasts chautauqua driven fame for Tillman and La Follette as sensational fakirs. Sioux City Tribune notes Toledo court jailing lumber dealers for Ohio trust law violations and questions social life distinctions of crime.
The piece argues political opponents misstate the 21 inch water depth on the Yellowstone run and claim Fairbanks avoided getting his feet wet. It notes the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission will ignore these claims as unfounded.
Mayor Russe proposed Judge Mee Ewen as a suitable governor candidate prompting Gov. Deneen to appear in Chicago. Uncertainty remains whether the Chicago organization will oppose Deneen or support his renomination.
The Brighton News ends publication due to nonpayment while the Enoville Express notes no remarkable reason beyond nonpayment prompting questions why it stopped. The Brighton men are described as amateurs or speculators in the commentary.
Town City Republican notes John son county event lacks Tillman and La Follette and would have run smoothly excluding Billy Sunday. The passage suggests a seamless program with no objections if those elements were omitted.
In a Burlington Gazette item, President Roosevelt is quoted claiming he knows nothing about millinery and avoids talking through his hat in a rare display of candor.
Literary notes praise Charles Hanson Towne's The Impulse of the Moment as a intense dramatic short story leading The Red Book Magazine for August. The piece highlights the story as the opening fiction in the August issue.
The Century will include a notable magazine feature in The Woods of Ida a masque by Olive Tilford Dargan author of Lords and Lovers Three color pictures by Sigismond de Ivanowski reproduced in the issue, noted for his sympathetic charm and conception
Indian words such as Muskoka Kawartha Temagami brighten a summer itinerary across North America with high value round trip fares via the Grand Trunk Railway. The line offers a double track from Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls. Free literature and time tables are available by mail from Geo. W. Vaux A G P T A 185 Adams Street Chicago.
A Keokuk Davenport excursion on the steamer Andy Johnson will depart this evening and return tomorrow. Capt. Brolaski commands the boat with B W Clark in the office. Twenty years ago Ed Terry’s span loosened a harness strap causing a lively commotion at the bank corner before the horse was disentangled. Mr and Mrs S E Whicher visit Hastings with sons George and Frank, planning to return to Muscatine for the railroad boom.
J E Griffin on Gordon place west of the Iowa City road found his saddle missing while preparing for a ride to town. Tom Purcell returns from Kansas City with stolen mules captured at Atchison by officers who pursued them after a postal alert. The thief escaped during escort, dodging officers and pursuing shots.
Ten years ago Ellis P. Butler assistant bookkeeper for Fred Daut Grocery Co received an offer from the New York Truth to pursue literature at a fair salary and planned to move around September 1st. Cemetery street car service changed routes due to track work on Third street. only car remaining on that line runs between Spruce Street and Mulberry Street. Chance for success noted in local item.
City council last evening read and approved reports from city officials including the City Recorder for July 16 1907. Finance committee met with Aldermen Eppel Holmes Sander and Richards present. Bills were examined and recommended for payment from the approved funds.
On a ship bound for Nome the fear of smallpox prompts a plan to quarantine a young woman aboard, risking mutiny to protect the Midas mine treasure. Captain Stephens contemplates liability while Dextry Glenister and crew pressure a risky, secret arrangement to reach Anvil Creek before thaw.
A narrator recalls three years in the country with scarce fresh food in Anvil Creek and a plan to host a grand pot luck in Puget Sound. He recounts dockside greed for ship provisions and a cannery diet of pork beans and canned salmon. The tale closes with a dramatic, teasing note of an upcoming continuation.
A dated ledger excerpt lists numerous company and individual disbursements including Iowa Telephone Co nine dollars, The Austin Western Co twelve dollars, The Red Paint Store two dollars fifty cents, Bond Bros forty five cents, Huttig Mfg Co fifteen dollars, Hy Koenig fifty dollars, Police pay roll five hundred fifty nine dollars, City Engineer’s pay roll two hundred thirty five dollars, and multiple small payments to suppliers, utilities, and firms totaling an amount shown as two sums.
A Muscatine 1907 financial ledger and police activity summary shows miscellaneous funds including cemetery and fire funds, charges from Iowa Telephone Co and local suppliers, and bond cancellations. Marshal M. J. Flannery reports monthly expenses, road and sewer funds, and a detailed arrests roster totaling 17 with fines and sentences.
Quarterly statement to Muscatine Iowa city officials shows receipts totaling 6957.65 from water rents meters and related sales through July 1 1907. Disbursements totaled similar transfers to the city treasurer with multiple checks issued in April and May.
Advertisement proclaims ZEMO as a cure for dandruff. It claims the product destroys the germ causing the disease and stops itching instantly while preventing hair loss and leaving the scalp clean and healthy. Sold by A W Morgan at 107 West Secs tareet.
Mary Chapin visits her sister Mrs. Tom Davidson in Nichols. Mrs. Mortimer and Chicago children stay with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery. Thomas Knotek sold his blacksmith shop to Davenport’s Mr. Hanson. Emma Maresh of Iowa City visits Dr. Geo Maresh. Grimzer returns to Hills after visiting daughter Mrs. Wm Sims. Rosa Liska Irma Flynn Marcella Tompson and other girls at Oxford with Miss Laura Clark. Fred Krebs’s barn struck by lightning killing horses cattle calf and hogs. W J Lewis visits Kalona and Wellman. Mary Hosek buys Wolters property for 1350. John Tener in Iowa City.
City Weighmaster J Rosenmund submits June 15 to July 15 1907 transactions from the city scales. City Engineer's report lists collections for July 1907 from firms including Automatic Button Co Citizens' Ry & Lt Co Corry & Vernentin Co and individual permits totaling a stated sum.
A record of numerous Muscatine misdemeanor guilty pleas with fines and costs paid, totaling 528.00 dollars, followed by the police judge’s confirmation and city recording official on July 17 and 18, 1907. Names include Kane, Mamie Daugherty, Grace Carr, Bert Gilbert, W L Lone, Ike Summers, Mercy Fox, Blanche Russell, Chas Strohm, Pearl Wade, Ike Trusty, Boovey, Lillian Lee, and others.
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