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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
3
An editorial urges Iowa voters to evaluate candidates by character and ability amid war. It condemns pork-barrel politics, stresses unity, and insists the main issue is victory over Kaiserism. The piece calls for courage, patriotism, and decisive voting next Monday.
A World War era appeal urges immediate coal purchases to stockpile for next winter. Officials warn prices will rise and freight charges increase June 25, urging households to act in fuel week to lock in lower costs.
A speaker warned buyers that freight rate increases will raise coal costs materially. With a car shortage and Illinois coal shipping slowed, production is being curtailed. He urged customers to order now to lock in old prices before new rates take effect, emphasizing not to delay.
A critique argues Chicago cannot compete with smaller cities in bonds, Y M C A contributions, and Red Cross funding. It blames misrepresentation, deprivation, and wealth gaps, noting that many residents lack surplus and that press coverage neglects most residents, leaving the city vulnerable to failure.
In the upcoming primary race, Maquoketa Sentinel endorses Mr. Manville for Congress. It cites his merits, clean record, and fitness, urging Republican voters to support him while noting other contests for district judge sheriff and county attorney, and a Democratic contest for a representative.
Hester Fay, with ten cents left for spending money after meals and fare, buys a single rose or small bouquet from a basement flower shop. She forgoes candy, preferring flowers for their lasting sweetness, and often gazes at grand florist windows on her walks home, admiring blooms she cannot name.
An advertisement claims a hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood based remedy. It asserts 35 years of use, promises relief on mucous surfaces, and urges immediate start with testimonials available by mail from F J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
Hester, an office worker, spends fifty cents on a flower show and discovers a Dutch cottage display by the Pope tulips. She is approached by Vernon Pope but learns he is really Tom Dawkins, the gardener’s son, who offers love and a simple life over wealth, and she hesitates no longer.
A Stephenson Michigan resident says two years of facial scales pimples and itching vanished after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment for three months. The notice offers free samples by mail and lists prices 25 cents for Soap and 25 and 50 for Ointment.
Fern Howard asks if your current work calls out all your powers and energies. The piece urges finding a vocation that fits one’s nature, cites artists and leaders who followed their soul, and encourages trying different paths, embracing change, and realizing oneself through meaningful work.
The New York Globe hails Ambassador Gerard film adaptation as powerful and truthful, showing Germany’s plots and brutality, Kaiser arrogance, and America’s stance. It frames the Knickerbocker debut with scenes from the Zabern incident to the ambassador seeking passports, urging readers to face war realities.
Gerard argues the book is a vital diplomatic disclosure that exposes the German mind and the system that turns honorable individuals into dishonorable schemers. He aimed to present a clear, sober picture of what America faces in German rule and its implications for the nation.
A compact reminiscence column recalls past events from 60 to 10 years ago. It notes two railroad bridges washed away and a court square improvements by Judge Thayer, a death by suicide of Victor Smith found in the river, new buildings by Dr. S. M. McKibben, a moonlight steamer excursion, a lightning strike on a Cedar town household, and local family notes. Also mentions the Columbian Cadets fundraising, Sheriff Wiley’s Colorado trip, a bereavement, khaki uniforms for Company C, and Mississippi River-induced Muscatine slough flooding.
On the war anniversary a group of eighteen American professors of German descent, including I. A. Fath formerly of Muscatine and now at Redfield College, condemn the German government’s actions and reaffirm U S entry aims. The letter stresses unalterable loyalty to the United States and support for the war ends.
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