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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1900
Page
3
The schedule lists street car departures for South Muscatine and nearby locations with times starting at 5:50 a.m. and continuing every 20 minutes to various end times. Additional Sunday service begins at 8:00 a.m. with half hourly then 20 minute increments. No passenger deliveries occur after 11:10 p.m. due to car switch.
A public notice announces Osteopathy as taught at Kirksville Missouri. It promotes a drug free treatment method for both men and women, citing health as natural and disease as unnatural due to mechanical obstructions. Free consultation and exam for thirty days, limited hours listed.
Rates shown for daily and semi weekly delivery by carrier with weekly or advance payment terms. Order by postal card or telephone. Remittances by draft, express or money order payable to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
Irregular or tardy delivery should be reported to the business office. Each copy should arrive before 6 30 p m. Complaints about late delivery urged. Subscribers are asked to provide secure drop locations or weatherproof mailboxes.
The Daily Journal offers summer vacation home delivery. Notify the Journal business office in person, by mail, or by telephone. The paper will follow you to your destination and the address can be changed as needed.
The Journal states ads changed on the day of hand in only if copy is in office by 9 a m. It notes daily sale at three news stands R A Homes E E Davidson and C W Hodges and offers service to all customers.
The ticket names William McKinley of Ohio for President and Theodore Roosevelt of New York for Vice President.
Admiral Dewey announces he is out of politics, a move others find ambiguous as it appears he may have never fully left the arena. The remark leaves observers unsure whether he intends actual retirement or a strategic retreat.
A $100 prize was offered for the best answer to the question What is the most dramatic incident in American history The winning reply identified Benedict Arnold's treason as the event.
In New York City last week four hundred slot machines were smashed to pieces with axes at the police headquarters. Officials described them as gambling devices and said the law requires their destruction.
The administration's vigorous drive to ready Cuba for self-government is praised, making the Cuban plank in the Democratic platform appear as a hard‑won, sun-warped step forward rather than a simple promise.
The Railway Age editorial notes total U S railway mileage near 193000 miles with about 300 roads under construction. From Jan 1 to Jun 30 track laid totals about 1655.07 miles. Texas leads, followed by Iowa, then New Jersey and Maryland at the rear.
Illustration in the New York Tribune shows William Jennings Bryan hiding behind a straw-stuffed imperialism figure with a crown, while Bryan wears a kingly robe marked 16 to 1 and a plume declaring I am the Democracy, and holds the mock figure aloft.
Regents meeting on the 21st passed a law based rule: any student seen buying or in a liquor-selling place shall be suspended. They added reliance on police for evidence, a move criticized as aligning with lax enforcement and echoing Ethan Spike’s Maine law stance.
In a July 20 letter to Judge Thayer published July 22, William Jennings Bryan asserts the silver question is an issue in the campaign. He defends Sells' Kansas City stance and says the party’s platform is stronger with the current silver position, despite Republican claims of a dead money question.
The Salt Lake Tribune rebukes silver proponents who call this year a flop. It recalls four years ago when silver remonetization was argued for victory, notes price increases and wage gains since, and warns the issue is revived only as a campaign ploy.
Davenport Republicans note the Dubuque Telegraph alone assails Senator Gear, while most Iowans and other papers praise his life and service. They urge editors to set bias aside and honor the late senator’s contributions to the state.
The Hiawatha World cites a case where a young man on sixty dollars a month spent a larger portion on candy, flowers, and books for a girl who chose a fiancé who bought her an engagement ring. The plug then loaned money to others, and now the girl, gifts, money, and interest stay with him while the borrower has nothing.
The Carroll Herald notes it as singular that none of W. B. Allison’s Iowa Senate colleagues from 1873 remain alive. It lists George G. Wright S. J. Kirkwood Judge McDill James F. Wilson and J. H. Gear as former colleagues who have died.
The Cliton Herald says imperialism, as critics define it, means disbanding the army and selling the navy and urges turning from duty and hiding until the danger passes. The piece frames opposition to imperialism as withdrawal.
General Francis V. Greene argues that McKinley and Roosevelt face opposition that he frames as perpetual protest against prosperity at home and prestige abroad, reflecting wartime-era political rhetoric.
The snippet notes Fox President Cleveland remains displeased with the Democratic party over its 16 to 1 plank. It mentions his views on his former partner Adlai Stevenson running on that plank are not recorded.
The Algona Republican counters Democratic talk on imperialism calling it a fake label amid broader debates on foreign policy and national power.
An advertisement claims a new ammonia salt based recipe can freeze ice quickly and cheaply, and even freeze ice cream in minutes. It touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as unchanged for fifty years, perfect for indigestion and related ailments, and warns buyers to ensure a private revenue stamp seals the bottle neck.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure as safe for children and effective against lung trouble and consumption. It claims quick relief with prices of 25 cents and 50 cents and directs readers to ask their druggist.
260 acre stock and grain farm three miles from Wellman with large 10 room house and bank barn plus sheds and yards. Water in house furnace and full conveniences. Excellent stock farm ready to begin profit with no upfront expense. Also 203 acre Illinois farm stock farm fair improvements. will take small property in exchange. Hotels for exchange or sale, Cedar county 184 acres for exchange on small farm, plus a good $4,000 residence for exchange with cash difference. Call for properties for sale, exchange, or purchase opportunities.
A collage of editorials and notes from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines and Council Bluffs discusses the Democratic convention, Senate prospects, editorial editorial stances, pigion ranch plans, paving ideas, court fees suit, pearl divers, and a Fairfield crackdown on hop tonic.
The Dolliver Clark debates in Spirit Lake and Des Moines last week drew partisan praise from both sides. Both congressmen, close friends, preserved a friendly tone with witty exchanges and mutual compliments. Clark credited Dolliver with influence at the national capital while Dolliver praised Clark's quick quips and humor.
Commissions are prepared in the Governor's office for Iowa delegates to the national Farmers Congress meeting in Colorado from August 21 to August 31. Not all district delegates are named yet. Delegates at large are Benjamin F. Clayton of Indianola and Eugene Secor of Forest City, with alternates C. W. Norton of Wilton Muscatine county and John Fr. Duncombe of Fort Dodge.
A vintage advertisement promises health benefits from Cas carets for any ailment by curing the bowels with a 10 cent start. It touts Cas ecarets Candy Cathartic as the genuine product in metal boxes with each tablet stamped c. c. and warns readers to beware of imitators.
The first national race congress in the history of the negro began in Montgomery Alabama and will run through July 27. Prominent speakers include Bishop Turner Booker T Washington and Prof Council with representation from all sections of the country.
A fragment advertises a candy cathartic for constipation sold as a medicine. The text mentions a price of 10 cents and hints at a claim of permanent relief. The readable part is promotional in tone with misspelled phrases and unclear branding.
The Grand Haven Leather Company has closed its plant and may not reopen soon if at all. The permanent shutdown threatens a severe blow to Grand Haven as Fourth Ward residents and many others rely on the payrolls and local commerce.
Reports note six inches of rain flood Solomon Kansas, while a German steamer Deutschland nears Atlantic crossing. Drowned include Mrs. Byron H Wiley, A Wiley and two children during a lake rafting accident near Ventura California. Also multiple deaths in rail wrecks and other losses across the country.
Entries to the international rifle match closed in Paris with several American marksmen added. The event will be held in August with prizes totaling 7 000 francs up for grabs.
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