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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal lists JOHN MAHIN as Editor and HAROLD J. MAHIN as Manager and notes it is entered at Muscatine Iowa post office as second class waiter.
The Republicans of the 20th Senatorial District comprising Louisa and Muscatine counties will meet at the Muscatine courthouse at 2 p.m. on the list day of July 1001 to nominate a Senator and conduct other business. Delegates: Louisa 12, Muscatine 21. All who believe in Republican principles are invited to participate. county chairmen to arrange delegate selections. J W Eells and J W Garner are the senatorial committeemen.
Republican electors of Iowa are called to a delegate convention in Cedar Hoapida on Wednesday August 7 2001 at eleven in the morning. The meeting nominates candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Judge Superintendent of Public Instruction Railroad Commissioner and other business. All Republican voters believing in party principles are invited to join. Representation ratio to follow.
Judge Springer acting for the Kiowa Indians filed with the Interior Department a petition urging the president to delay opening 2,000,000 acres of the Kiowa reservation in southwestern Oklahoma to settlement. The filing accuses the move of cold-blooded fraud, noting a prior treaty at Medicine Lodge, Kansas promising perpetual possession of 3,000,000 acres in Oklahoma unless three fourths of adult male members sign a cession. The text condemns the method used to slip the opening into a broader bill without debate.
The Kiowas protested a treaty eight years old, claiming it had not been properly ratified. A petition signed by 571 of 629 tribe members shows fierce opposition and alarms at possible coercion. The piece urges the president to delay proclamation until a full investigation concludes.
The New York Journal sponsors a world race for boys as a flashy enterprise with unclear public benefit. The Herald runs a wireless telegraph station to relay ship news and aid travelers, a practical enterprise versus the Journal’s attention grabbing stunt.
The Atchison Topeka Santa Fe contemplates substituting oil for coal on Texas lines after success on the California division. Oil proves cleaner and cheaper, reducing smoke and cinders, with a prediction that within eighteen months all Texas railroads will switch to oil powered locomotives.
Bishop C. C. McCabe and wife, with Miss Brouse, arrived in New York from Genoa on May 22. His South American tour, where he presided over two conferences, covered 19 600 miles. He reached Chicago in time for the burial of his brother Robert R. McCabe on May 27, the bishop’s absence.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes that the Titus amendment blunder likely postponed a summer respite. The remark frames the setback as a consequence of legislative misstep, highlighting ongoing political contention and its effect on plans.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the death of Theodore S. Parvin, longtime grand secretary of the Iowa Masons. In a bedside reflection he recalls state history, laments the inability to write memories, and thanks brethren for support. He regrets missing the Davenport grand lodge session, but sends his blessing to all Masons at home and abroad.
A public column section invites signed communications from readers for unrestricted sharing. The Journal designates space for diverse opinions and community voices, encouraging participation and free expression within the newspaper’s pages.
J. M. Lane of Columbus Junction Iowa critiques T S Pool Letts article on Mormonism polygamy and the Reorganized church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Lane argues Smith did not make Mormons, cites sources on polygamy and Spalding manuscript claims, and defends the Reorganized church while urging freedom of worship and constitutional law adherence.
The Grand Trunk Railway System allows a ten day stopover at Niagara Falls or Buffalo under specific conditions for eastern destination ticket holders to visit the Pan American expos. Full information is available from the City Passenger and Ticket agent at 248 Clark Street, Chicago.
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