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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
3
The Ohef Journal lists John Mahin as editor and H J Mahin as manager. It notes the paper’s mail class and schedule, with the Daily Journal issued every evening except Sunday and the Semi-Weekly Journal published 8 pages Tuesday and 12 pages Friday nights.
Daily delivered by carrier and collected for weekly ten cents per week. Terms by mail postage paid. Daily one year. Semi weekly options and six month rates listed. Circulation claimed to be greater than all other Muscatine papers combined and at least three times that of any other city.
G Logan Payne lists the 935 Marquette Building Chicago and 140 Nassau Street New York for client or business matters. The names LACISTE and MAXWELL appear as associated entities in this historic record.
The Journal lists agencies in Kecklerville Chayka's grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's grocery South Muscatine Morse Washburn's grocery. Extra papers will be on sale each night at these locations and regular subscribers missing by the carrier can obtain papers there.
The Republican electors of Iowa call a delegate convention in Des Moines on July 30 1902 at 11 a m to nominate candidates for state offices and to conduct party business. Delegates are apportioned by county and 200 vote increments from the 1901 Cummins gubernatorial vote with 1233 total delegates. RB H Spence chairs and V Phillips serves as secretary.
The Republican delegate convention for Iowa's Second District will meet in Clinton on August 20, 1902, at 11 a.m. to nominate a candidate for congress. Delegates are allocated by county plus one per 200 votes or fractions from Cummins 1901 gubernatorial votes. Joe R. Lane, chairman, 2nd Dist. Com.
The Louisiana Press Journal compares Gen J H Smith to pirates and guerrillas for orders to kill and burn and take no prisoners. It notes his success in Samar has prejudiced some newspapers against him and calls his conduct brutal.
The Washington Press mourns recalling the shrewd merry wise old Chinese figure Mr Wu. It calls him a bright man yet a miserable heathen and pagan, comparing him in color to a peacock’s tail and deeming him equal to Li Hung Chang.
The passage accuses the Democrats of failing to pass antitrust legislation while in power and criticizes the Democratic platform, citing Senator Gorman and the Wilson bill as stalling factors in the Senate.
The author laments a laboring man voting for candidates from a party other than the Republicans, arguing such votes undermine the protective policy the party upholds. The piece frames this as a self-damaging choice that weakens his own house.
The Dingley tariff law marks five years of operation, with advocates arguing marked growth in American industries and broad prosperity unseen before. They question the need for any legal change given these results and ongoing economic strength.
The piece argues that tariffs do not create trusts but foster domestic industries and capital formation. It contends protection raises competition and efficiency, enabling large corporations through consolidation while benefiting independent producers. Removing duties would threaten industry, allow foreign competition, and threaten smaller firms and overall competition.
The Davenport Democrat calls Bryan’s jab at ex President Cleveland gratifying noting his description as a Benedict Arnold. It adds that a leader of a lost cause at this stage is finished and headed to obscurity in the wings.
In Des Moines it is warmer, but Muscatine County Republicans prepare for fall action. Lafe Young states his platform clearly and will be respected for his decisive stance on whether he wins a seat on the resolutions committee.
Citizens weigh where Muscatine should place its new post office noting relief at securing a building but disappointment if not on the preferred corner. The article captures local debate and optimism about the coming federal project.
A Des Moines discussion focuses on a brief platform item concerning tariff schedules. The debate centers on whether to include the exact clause about preventing tariff changes that would shelter monopoly, a narrow but potentially influential policy point.
Citizens urged to donate to a fund for Weed Park improvements. The editor notes Weed Park is a cherished city asset and urges timely contributions to enhance its value and future enjoyment for residents.
A Muscatine farmer sold a hog for 37.44, illustrating the era of Republican prosperity highlighted during Bryan's campaign. The auction underscores the view that livestock prices resist downturns and reflect favorable farm conditions.
The Journal publishes Chairman Smith of the state convention ringing words that inspire Republican confidence to meet today’s issues. Democrats also gain political education by reading the speech. Congress Smith of the Ninth district rises as a leading Iowa delegate and his words carry weight.
Commentaries note some people misread Muscatine's condition while praising the city administration for tightening saloon restrictions. The piece argues impressions shift as local cleaning efforts continue, and citizens protect the city's moral welfare.
Washington dispatches report millers in the northwest firm on Henderson opposition while diplomatic moves seek indemnities from Turkey and Bulgaria. Admiral Dewey and Miss Roosevelt attract society attention as they visit Newport and Oyster Bay with planned dinners and socials.
Washington July 26 special dispatch reports President Roosevelt favors a leadership change in the house after a disappointing term with Speaker Henderson. Littlefield of Maine is unlikely to be chosen, while New York's James Y. Sherman and Illinois' Uncle Joe Cannon emerge as possible rivals in a forthcoming speakership contest.
Iowa commercial groups plan to recruit European immigrants by distributing multilingual circulars and establishing agencies in major northern European cities. Officials predict large, thrifty newcomers, highlighting Iowa’s farms and housing, and will promote Iowa’s industrial and mineral strengths at the 1904 St Louis exposition.
The speaker calls for showing 30 000 acres of gypsum near Fort Dodge and explains each eighty acres could host a highly productive plant for fifty years. He cites iron in Allamakee county lead and zinc in Dubuque coal across central Iowa and urges commercial groups to highlight these assets beyond corn and hogs to a global audience.
Correspondence notes visits and social happenings in West Liberty and Wapello Iowa. Mentions Lucy Evans Annie Miller Mr and Mrs C J Pratt and children visiting Princeton Illinois and Geneva Nebraska. Includes a marriage at the M E parsonage Francelia Burnett and Chester Coleman and a land title suit filed by W W McFarland.
Local items from Wellman Iowa and Orono include rail travel by Ralph Hull and a Dakota trip by land agent, visits by W F Reed to Minneapolis and St Paul, a birth, upcoming church and missionary events, a divorce case with non support, and community updates from residents such as Cecil, Black, and McCarmic. Also listed are farm labor notes, harvest progress, and social gatherings at Mrs Bruce Gardner and Mrs J H Krider with family visits and local commerce.
The Rock Island line runs a special train from Muscatine to Iowa City and back for the event leaving Muscatine at 7 30 a m and returning from Iowa City at 10 p m The round trip price is one dollar and valid only on the special train Hon Wm J Bryan will give the address C M Gould agent
Niagara Falls trips via multiple rail lines offered for early August 1902 with round trip from Muscatine at 12.15. Also up for I.O.O.F. Des Moines session tickets, Iowa State Fair Aug 22–30, Columbus Junction county fair, and other city-to-city excursions with on sale and return dates listed. Rates vary, some special side trips to Toronto Thousand Islands and Montreal. Gould, Agent, notes additional details and ticket inquiries.
The Iowa Central Railway launches a new sleeping car line from St Paul and Minneapolis to Kansas City St Louis and Peoria with the Limited departing Elrick Junction daily at 7 57 am for Peoria and east. Special round trip excursions are offered from Muscatine via the C R L and P R R for events in Des Moines the Epworth League in Colfax and the Catholic Total Abstinence Union in Dubuque with one fare round trip. New York City and Atlantic City trips go on sale July 31 to August 7 and 14 with a 23 35 round trip rate and 12 day return limits.
In Bloomington on July 30 Mrs Ettie Barnhart and two children dined with Mrs Mary Negus amid whooping cough concerns. Mrs Wm Page and daughter Florence visited Miss Lizzie Greiner. Mrs Wm Shellabarger returns from Chicago. Hon I B Richman’s children spent the week at Judge Richman’s home. Chicago couple Mr and Mrs John P D Gross welcomed a new baby boy.
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