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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
3
The article asserts the Muscatine paper has circulation greater than all rival local papers combined and at least three times that of any other daily publication.
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal appears Tuesday and Friday nights. Daily delivered by carrier in the city and weekly collection 10 cents. Daily by mail one year 3.00 dollars. Semi-Weekly one year 1.00.
The Journal lists city agencies for reader convenience including East Middistrict grocery on East 20d South Muscatine W F Miksch's grocery Oregon street KecKierville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery plus representatives New York Lith Ridg La Coste Maxwell Chicago office 750 Marquette Payne Young and Bell telephones for business and editorial offices in Mississippi Valley.
F D Throop publisher assures the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated the June 1908 issue. The affidavit sworn July 1 1998 before Notary Public F L Bihlmeier confirms total copies and distribution within Muscatine County Iowa.
The ticket lists James S Sherman for Vice President from New York William B Allison for United States Senator from Dubuque County and John L Bleakly for Auditor of State from Ida County on the ballot card.
For Township Clerk, J. E. COE. For Justice of Peace, H. B. HOWE, J. H. CARL.
The congressional convention speech by Mr. Walsh in Davenport lauded party lines but sharply attacked the mulci law. He urged dislike holders to vote for Democratic state ticket while signaling national ambitions. Critics note the Sioux City plank defeat and party split.
The passage comments on how supporters and opponents of mulct law can vote freely without affecting outcomes, noting that both sides may act independently of their stated aims. It mentions Mr. Bryan and general tendencies but provides no concrete event or outcome.
Muscatine boosts its hometown spirit with a strong push for chautauqua success and team support. The Maennerchor and supporters travel to La Crosse Wisconsin for the Saengerfest, waving banners to gain publicity for Muscatine at every stop and station.
The Marshalltown Times-Republican argues against a state convention to nominate a Supreme Court candidate, saying 1,100 to 1,200 men would be like a mountain laboring to bring forth a mouse and suggests waiting until after the election for gubernatorial appointment.
A Washington Democrat says New York may become enthusiastic later but currently no New York newspaper is aiding Bryan. He wishes for a time when the south and west unite and tell the east to go to thunder, though that time is not yet at hand.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald denounces Mr Hearst for vindictive hate toward Nebraska’s Bryan. It says his motive is to pave his own path to the White House and to defeat Bryan’s election.
The Cedar Falls Gazette cautions readers to prevent heat by planning ahead for coal in winter. It urges considering stocking strategies to avoid a cold shock when supply is tight.
Fifty years ago last night a barefoot intruder took seven pairs of shoes from Mr. Wilmering’s Second Street shop using a trap door. Edward R. Barnard, a Chicago man with a wife there and elsewhere, was arrested for bigamy at the Ogilvie house and jailed. Unger's brass band returned from St Paul after a wheels-locked accident. a horse suffered serious injuries. Albert Sibley just returned from a business trip to New York and Boston via Canada. Thirty years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Betts and daughter headed home from the north. Miss Anna Musser fell ill but was resting easier. The McColm store rear extension was abandoned for now.
Mr William Parkins will succeed W S Richie in coal wood and lime. His office is at the stand of the old Bennett mill. Snell Fosters horse and buggy plunged from Mad Creeer bridge on Water Street last night.
Twenty years ago on July 21 Samuel Day age 28 son of Elmus Day of Sweetland township was noted as visiting in the city at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Mahin while Rev. G W Gray of the Methodist Freedmen's Aid and Education society was the guest of the Mahins.
The note marks a decade since a July 24 Sunday occurrence. It briefly anchors a historical date without additional context or events.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes Mr Kern struggles to be interviewed and wonders what to say. The Mason City Globe Gazette predicts Taft will win Ohio with a whoop if Foraker influences the black vote.
A serialized tale by S. R. Crockett from 1907 about miners and peril in a rugged mining landscape. The narrative follows rugged protagonists navigating labor, danger, and loyalty amid harsh industrial life.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes widespread pity for Illinois and reports a gubernatorial candidate delivering twenty-one speeches in a single day as the campaign ramps up in full blast.
The Charles City Intelligen cer laments that saloons in river towns have not considered obeying the mulci law, suggesting widespread noncompliance or ignorance of regulatory expectations in local establishments.
The Davenport Times suggests the average voter will bypass Hearst sideshows and proceed into one of the main tents, implying a shift in public attention and engagement during the event.
Des Moines Tribune notes Charley Walsh as a presidential candidate drawing a smile from a tombstone. Burlington Hawkeye says reluctant fund donors may object to publicity. Dubuque Times Journal concludes Bryan’s cause without Hearst aid is hopeless.
The column urges fat folks to avoid indulgence and follow a strict regimen or try the so called Detroit Idea a cheap harmless plan claimed to shed fat rapidly. It prescribes Marmola Cascara and Syrup Simplex with meals and at bedtime. It also reviews The Ring of Princess Margarita a Gunter's Magazine serial about German court life and an American railway contract.
Public remarks highlight Gold Medal Flour as a tangible indicator of robust economic activity with prudence urged in financial discourse.
Zemo a clean liquid for external use draws germs and toxins to the surface and destroys them leaving skin clear. Two to six bottles will cure any case for pimples and blackheads. For sale everywhere write for sample E W Rose Medicine Co St Louis.
Vida confronts Phil about family tensions and life at the Kirktown shaft while Silas Milton's gossip hints at upriver hazards. A loyal pilot, romance with unspoken fears, and the influence of a miner’s father shape a tense moment aboard the Incubus vessels and at the Row.
Bloominton and surrounding towns feature church service plans with Mrs Bessie Collins from New Providence Ia taking charge next Sunday. Israel Negus death in Seattle announced. remains expected in Bloomington for burial. Local residents host visitors including Mrs Robert Jewett and granddaughter Dorothy Norton of Keokuk and others from Cedar Valley Muscatine Sweetland and Des Moines. Mr and Mrs Arthur Hadley and son Charlie dine at Hoopes home. Jennie Rynearson buys a piano. Anna M Pinkham visits Hoopes residence.
The Rock Island timetable shows trains going east and west with multiple numbers for passenger and freight service. Daily operation excludes Sundays and agents at Davenport Chicago and other depots process mail and express, with specific departure and arrival times listed.
Wilton branch trains operate daily except Sunday with multiple services listed by number and time. Some lines indicate daily operation with no stops at certain points and others show irregular timing notes and partial service details.
Timetable snippet lists departures and service types for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Mentions Westbound No 2 freight and No 91 freight with passenger service, with times around 2:30am and 7:19am and 5:50pm listings.
Railroad timetable lists north and south bound trains with arrival and departure times between Muscatine Grandview Wapello Fruitland Round House Elrick Junction and connections. Notes indicate No 4 and No 3 run daily with exceptions, and No 6 on Monday only, plus connections to Town Central and C R I P lines at Wapello and Elrick Junction.
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