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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
3
The Journal lists city groceries and drug stores with names and streets, consumer ads and advertising agents, building firms, and telegraph exchange numbers. It notes subscription options and rates, delivery details, and a city editor contact, indicating the paper’s advertised circulation and service areas.
The Marion Register editorial stresses that true city greatness isn t measured by census figures but by the quality of its citizens. It argues the debt to past generations must be repaid through better schools opportunities and moral character, and condemns foretelling verdicts while condemning a judge s actions.
The Commoners editors face editorial pressure under the present administration while a Los Angeles liberal candidate wins mayor amid newspaper opposition. Plans begin August 1 on a $45,000 Rock Island passenger station at Moline with conduct of a Muscatine depot pending. Oblique remarks critique common sense and public discourse.
Cedar Rapids Gazette warns Cedar Rapids will be the main U S plant site as Quaker Oats expands marketing globally. Sioux City Journal cites 1300 lobbyists over four years on tariff issues. North central papers discuss Roosevelt brandy milk drinks and aging Civil War veteran Gaylord Sallzbarger. Clinton Herald and Centerville Journal debate tart duties and temperance, Muscatine Journal touts its status, Marion Sentinel praises the Iowa Journal, and Utah and Vermont spelling reform is mentioned.
Clippings from the Muscatine Journal recall events 40 and 20 years past. Strawberries near the city road attract attention. a Baptist festival at Tremont hall draws many. Charles H. Carrell joins Hillsdale Normal Musical Institute to lead theory and voice studies. Canning industry shifts as Hershey Lumber buys Moacating property. Royal remains the lone canning plant. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Thomas Watson at Freeman’s. A calf with five legs intrigues Elias Wolfe near Latta. Rev J P Clyre resigns from Ridott pastorate to lead Muscatine Congregational church July 1 followed by a Davenport trip with Mrs Crity and Mrs Mosqua aboard the Helen Blair.
A whimsical scene follows Jock MacDonald and his master as they watch a carnival of pigs, sheep, and a courting minister. Ellie ties a ribbon as a girl appears injured, and a past romance with a minister is recalled amid talk of land sales and a charity plan for the old. The tale weaves small-town life, affection, and community quibbles with a hint of romance.
A dramatic scene unfolds as Eleanor's ankle injuries slow her escape. Tim carries her, while a minister defends his sheep from being harmed. Freddie Fairfax offers money, but Eleanor and Hugh privately confess a lasting love and a plan to marry, despite the chaos around them.
Corning society pages list Mrs Davidson of Emimetsburg visiting her sister Mrs J Woliday. Mr and Mrs Cans Reynolds host children from Fairfield visiting relatives. Mrs Newberg and Mrs D W Wil Jining visit Mrs Cochran. extended visit planned. Ruth and Blue Orchard of Cedar Rapids visit Grant Schutler. Mrs Mary Kirkpatrick returns from Warehamit Minnesota where she taught. Mrs Miller of Omaha visits sisters Mrs Smith Huffman Mooreitt. T G M Smith visits Pt Madison friends. Rev Parly family leave for St Louis then Oakdale Illinois for two weeks. no services at United Baptist church during absence. Martha Gus visits sister in Muscating. Will McRichnness and twin grandsons of Omaha visit.
A flurry of social activity as residents visit relatives and attend graduations. Numerous attendees travel to Cedar Falls and Coe College events while local teachers, nurses, and students are noted for recent milestones.
Agricultural note by K A Kirkpatrick discusses lice on Rambler roses around Muscatine. Recommend water spray to knock off insects, repeated every two to three days, plus kerosene emulsion made with soap and kerosene or a sour milk mix for broader control. Emulsions should be applied to both leaf surfaces for best effect.
A historic guide describes using dissolved whale oil, tobacco decoction, and soap mixtures to control pests on asters, plums, cherries, chrysanthemums, and other flowering plants. Soak the soil around affected plants overnight, then water down to a weak coffee color to improve effectiveness.
West Liberty Iowa June 6. Miss Branch Shipman returned home from Rockford Iowa after teaching two months. Mrs McCregor Cedar Rapids and baby visited. Mrs Della Yves home from Des Moines for summer. Mrs Grant Nichols returned from Lawn City. Mrs Houghs of Burlington died recently, sympathy from many. Brank Carson Iowa City visited parents. James Pickering Cedar Rapids visited Levi’s family. Mr Horn and daughter visited in town. Frank Pierson West Branch with Alye Pierson family. Mrs Okiridith attended Solon commencement. Linzie Cowan arrived from South Dakota due to her father’s illness. Mrs E J Jackson Perry Iowa visiting. K of P, T O F, Rebekah lodges decorated graves. Floriculture last meeting before September with election of officers and program. Children’s Day at M E Church. Presbyterian Sunday school program included.
A school program features Chorus Faith in God and multiple recitations by primary girls and students. Students perform pieces including What Little One Can Do, Follow the Master, The Message of James, and When Samuel Led the Singing with an address by FP M Dowlin and an offering.
In York New York on June 1 a test demonstrated a high pressure fire protection achievement by shooting water from the fifty fourth floor of the city’s tallest building. The test used the building’s fire standpipe system at 767 feet with a pump pressure of 450 pounds, retaining over twenty pounds at the hose handle on the fifty fourth floor.
London July 9 George Wyndham once chief secretary for Ireland from 1909 to 1910 in Arthur Balfour's Conservative cabinet died today in Paris private dispatches report. He was in his seventy sixth year.
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