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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1901
Page
3
Daily, per year, delivered by carrier and collected weekly. Semi weekly Tuesday and Friday, payable in advance. 150 Remittances by draft, express or money order should be made payable to The Journal Printing Company.
The Republican delegates of Louisa and Muscatine counties will meet at the Art Home in Muscatine Iowa on Wednesday June 6 at 2 PM to nominate a candidate for senator and conduct other business. Delegates: Louisa 12 Muscatine 21. Party members supporting Republican ideals are invited to participate. county chairmen are urged to arrange delegate selection. officials include Bellas and committee members from Muscatine and Louisa counties.
A notice invites Republicans of Iowa to Cedar Rapids for a delegate convention on Wednesday, March 7, 1901, to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Judge Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railroad Commissioner. Delegates allocated by county and votes for John N. Baldwin.
The Chicago Chronicle notes Hon. J. C. Mabry's Iowa State Bar address urging judges avoid accepting railroad passes. An attorney claims no objection to accepting transport if offered by railroads, but others warn the appearance of influence harms judicial integrity and public trust.
A disjointed note argues a judge must enforce integrity and avoid bias in a case involving a railroad company. The writer contends a judge cannot risk reputational harm and questions why Tom, a party in a suit, should receive anything of value from an interested party.
Detroit dedicates a granite fountain in the public square before city hall as a memorial to Mrs. Thomas W. Palmer's father. The Merrill Humane Fountain serves people horses and dogs and is designed as a lasting civic art piece to honor an esteemed Detroit citizen. Muscatine is urged to follow with a similar benefaction for a public fountain.
Mrs Ormston Chant of London denounces current women in politics and argues true political involvement requires a crystallized conscience of the nation. She asserts men keep women out and that when politics are purified women may join.
W O Telford of Columbus notes the Ohio Democrats abandon old free silver ideals and pursue victory this year. He says both gold and standard democrats share a single aim to win, regardless of platform details, echoing Charlie Towne on western sentiments.
John D. Long asserts he has never criticized Admiral Schley over the Santiago fight. He notes Captain Cook ordered the Brooklyns famous loop and took responsibility. Long says his criticism would focus on Schley's conduct near Santiago and his decision to coal at Key West rather than at sea.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer poem playfully portrays Old King Sol as a funny old guy who warms the earth with rays, skylarking in a roast that fans mirth rather than anger. The verse humorously notes the sun’s blaze and the laughs it inspires.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes editors struggle to protect readers from errors and deceptions as news comes from many sources. Reporters, cables, telegrams, wires, and word of mouth complicate the hunt for facts and exact justice.
The annual Iowa Camp Meeting is in session at Clear Lake Iowa through July 28 followed by the Northwest Epworth League Assembly from July 29 to August 8. A splendid program of speakers and entertainment is planned with low round trip rates via M N S and Iowa Central Route for individuals or groups. Write Geo S Batty Marshalltown Iowa for a booklet.
The clippings mix heat woes with humor from Minneapolis and Ottawa. Prohibition voices oppose thirst and drought, while Pat in Minneapolis banters about shade and sprinkling. Ottawa describes Arctic cold scenes with polar bears and ice, closing with a joke about taking one's temperature.
A fragment from The Reporters Note Book features inflammatory language and disjointed notes about politics and public behavior. The piece mixes remarks on elections with alley conversations and a toilet cellar anecdote, reflecting a hostile, provocative street tone.
A fragmented scene shows a girl and a boy exchanging postal jokes and pressed flowers as a budding romance mutters through misread words and shy confessions. The exchange hints at a future marriage and includes mention of a distant war and distant lands.
A quick cartoon shows Muldoon requesting a ten by fourteen pane of glass. A fresh clerk offers a fourteen by ten alternative and Muldoon agrees, joking about rotating the pane to fit. The scene highlights comic stubbornness over a simple window need.
An Iowa-born meteorologist, Willis L. Moore, former Burlington Hawkeye compositor, rose from a Bureau of Meteorology subordinate post to chief in 1895 after studying at Georgetown and achieving a flawless Chicago forecast record. Born 1856 in Binghamton, NY, Moore is praised for his career and Burlington ties.
Cavell Trueman discusses how ads fade from memory and fail to trigger purchases unless seen repeatedly. He notes readers forget ads between exposures, benefits of varied wording, and the persistence needed to build authenticity and demand.
The article argues that trusts may soon control most of the nation yet asserts health cannot be controlled by trusts. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a reliable cure for stomach and liver troubles and claims it helps dyspepsia indigestion constipation flatulence nervousness and also prevents malaria fever and ague.
A correspondent from Greenville, Ohio reports two wheat samples grown on M. B. G. Edison’s farm show differing moisture characteristics. Both samples came from the same seed and field, yet one sample weighed seven pounds more than the other, indicating inconsistent grain handling or storage conditions.
Otto Wilson a German rigging worker carries out a perilous daily grind across Bay Counties Power cables spanning the strait near C Quinez, suspended on a small swaying platform at about 200 to 250 feet above water. He works for hours daily without landing, the rope and chair-like platform swaying with the wind as spectators marvel at his nerve.
A governor’s column recalls a past stock tip involving Missouri Pacific stock offered at a discount. The narrator notes missing the opportunity after a friend advised buying on the ground floor and losing a potential million as the stock fluctuated from 50 to 190 cents.
Reduced rates apply for meetings via B C R N and Iowa Uniform Bank encampment at Rapids Iowa August 11 and other events. Triennial Conclave in Louisville Kentucky national encampment in Cleveland Ohio September 10 14. Round trip rates from all stations. Home seekers excursions on the first and third Tuesday each month. Call G Farmer A GO P and F ac Ban for territory and rates.
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