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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1909
Page
2
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday and the Semi Weekly Journal on Tuesday and Friday nights. Daily by carrier in the city and 10 cents weekly by mail rates are listed for daily and Lewi-Weekly subscriptions.
Journal Agencies list established to serve readers across the city. Agencies include East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street Scoth Mnuecatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon Street C A Buschs Drug Store Mershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka s Grocery West Hill J A Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zr Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 82nd Street Telephones Business office and Valley office noted.
The city acknowledges a debt to support its annual chautauqua and expresses willingness to repay when opportunity allows. This year’s assembly drew larger crowds from Muscatine and nearby towns, aided by a strong final push with William Jennings Bryan to steer finances toward solvency.
The Muscatine community's patronage has kept the chautauqua financially solid through the program, with ongoing praise for neighbors who made the event possible. The piece thanks locals for support and pledges to repay the obligation when opportunity arises.
A collage of comments from Clinton Herald Davenport arrest for intoxication of a 12 year old and the masked calls for harsher punishment. Ex shah of Persia offered 25 000 pension if he leaves Iran. Iowa City predicts autos with 36 inch wheels and higher bodies. Wright machine described as gaspy wobble by Washington dispatches. Des Moines paving with good intentions noted. Gertrude Hoffmans Spring Song costume of pink tights eyed as likely fashion if warm weather continues.
Secretary Wilson and Mr. Patten argued about spring wheat quantities and market quotations now support Wilson's forecast.
The Burlington Gazette notes with a sharp tongue that Harry Thaw's sanity seems comparable to that of certain alienists. The remark underscores a provocative view on the Thaw case and psychiatric experts' opinions in the public discourse.
A column recalls events from July 31 and the era a half century past. Dr McAlister breaks collarbone in buggy upset on Spruce street and Morgridge’s gray horse runs away harming a new buggy. Prairie chicken and deer seasons open after August 1 and end January 1. Flies, horse strap failures, and Weedville trips noted. Ten years ago Rev Joseph N Elliott to fill Presbyterian pulpit. Maennerchor club excursion to Tri-Cities.
John O'Brien reports a marriage license issued today to Silas Brainard and Miss Addie Reese. Henry Jayne arrived home this morning with news of the Third ward mail route routine and a note of a notable family change.
A vintage claim promotes Better Health through Bitters, claiming it has stood the test for 56 years and will help sickly folks. The advertisement urges readers to obtain a bottle to bring about improved health.
An advertisement promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming benefits for flatulence heartburn vomiting indigestion dyspepsia costiveness cramps diarrhoea and malaria fever and ague. It notes the genuine bottle bears a private stamp over the neck.
Muscatine gains a permanent Brown's Business College as Miss Sue Browning takes over the old Muscatine Business College. The Brown's system spans 22 private commercial schools with substantial backing, safeguards past debts, and promises high standards and reliable operation in Muscatine.
The faculty for Muscatine based Musecatine are to be experienced teachers transferred from other Brown School campuses to ensure high quality work. The Gregg system of shorthand will be taught, identical to that used at the local High School and other Brown business colleges. The program combines Gregg shorthand with touch typing, a method already successful elsewhere and to be adopted here.
The report notes forty years of growth with no school closed sold or quit business. All branches are now in prosperous condition, illustrating sustained stability and expansion within the Brown's network.
Strict discipline governs the Brown’s schoolroom from start to finish. Energetic, honest students are protected, boisterous activity is minimized, and social functions are limited to keep focus on work. The program is tightly planned to finish tasks quickly, training graduates to be thoroughly prepared and well mannered.
A local business firm announces willingness to employ qualified applicants, inviting job seekers to apply and promising opportunities for capable individuals.
Students at New Browns School Muscatine are assured strong job prospects after graduation with Muscatine firms seeking additional office help. For positions in the Tri Cities, notify any Brown's school and they will arrange careful placement support.
The college office is open for business and student services resumed. Staff welcome inquiries on admissions, registrations, financial aid, and campus scheduling as operations return to full service.
Principal W F Neil will see callers all day to explain the courses of study tuition rates duration free books and other details. The outlook favors a good size fall attendance beginning August 30, finishing in time for next year’s graduating exercises. Call the college office for a full explanation from Mr Neil.
Brown's of Muscatine will offer a winter night school starting Monday September 20. Designed for employed students, it provides full business training with the same teachers, courses, books, and methods as the day school. Sessions run Monday Wednesday and Friday from 7 to 9 pm. full information available at the college office.
The bottom of this page presents a complete outline of courses to be taught at Brown's of Muscatine. Prepared and printed with the school's authority, it ensures accuracy for all interested readers.
The new Brown's School will be managed by Supt. R H Peck of Davenport who oversees five Brown's Schools in Davenport Rock Island Moline Galesburg and Muscatine. Local principal W F Neil has moved to Muscatine and will be in charge. Enrollment begins August 30 with trained Brown's teachers. Any Muscatine Business College debts may be settled with Miss Sue Browning as Brown's assumes no responsibility for other institutions' transactions.
Supt R H Peck has served Brown's Business Colleges for over ten years and oversees five campuses Davenport Rock Muscatine Rock Island. Despite similarity of name to W D Peck of the defunct Muscatine school they are unrelated. Peck is a leading figure among business educators and heads the Central Commercial Teachers Association.
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