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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1907

Page

3

Office Representatives for New York and Chicago

The New York office at 140 Nassau Street lists La Coste and Maxwell in charge. The Chicago office at 750 Marquette Building names Payne and Young in charge.

Subscribers Terms for The Delly Journal

The Delly Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journals are issued 10 pages on Tuesday and 5 pages on Friday. Daily delivered in the city by carrier and collected for weekly 10 cents per week. Daily, one year by mail 3 dollars. Semi-Weekly, one year 1.50 dollars.

Delly Journal

Journal Agencies List City Grocers and Stores

The Journal prints a directory of city agencies for readers convenience including East Hill Clay Kneeze Grocery Fest 2nd street South Muscatine Morse Washburns grocery End of street car track W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avyenne Kexterville Chayka's Grocery West Hill Sharrar's Grocery.

Journal East Hill Clay Kneeze Fest

Bell Telephones and Editorial Office Listing

A clipped notice lists business office locations for Bell Telephones and the editorial office designation. The fragment names Walley and pemminsipel among the unreadable text, indicating a directory or notice segment with contact points.

Bell Walley Ekasbess

Bear interrupts railroad traffic in Bryan Wyoming nature tale

A mother bear locates two cubs at Bryan Wyoming station after hunters sold them. Two operators hide upstairs while the bear roams the sema ore and locks up a telegraph room until the train crew realizes the line is dead. The Bryan correspondent calls the tale a nature faker.

Bryan Wyo Brain Bruin Iid Harriman’s Railroad Urs

Kansas City Eyes Water Link With St Louis Via Missouri

Kansas City has not abandoned plans for water communication with St Louis via the Missouri. A company has formed, two banks purchased, and the trade will be opened at once. The enterprise is expected to influence railroad freight rates in a positive way.

Ansas St. Louis Missouri

Hard Season Strains Hotel Operators at Resorts

The item notes that hotel keepers and summer resort operators faced hard times as orders failed to arrive. Many gone broke and some borrowing to stay afloat amid a cold, backward season.

Champ Clark Eyes Bryan On Political Horizon

A southern paper notes Champ Clark may only glimpse Bryan’s figure now but predicts extended Chautauqua circuit exposure will reveal more about the political backdrop and future possibilities.

Champ Clark Bryan Champ Chautauqua

What is so rare as a day in June

The passage notes the familiar quotation and calls a June day a genuine summer rarity. It suggests there may be rarer moments, but finding them would be uncertain.

Presidential Booms Stall Like Walter Wellman Airship

The piece compares many presidential boom efforts to Walter Wellman’s airship, noting abundant media hype yet little substantive progress and launches that never take off.

Walter Wellman

Reformatories Overhauled Cited as Excessive by Cedar Rapids Figure

An Iowa press commentary from Cedar Rapids criticizes the reformatory system as overreaching. The piece argues state efforts in reformatories have reached absurd lengths, reflecting concern over policy and implementation.

The Man With Dandruff Cures Offered By ZEMO

A Victorian era advert announces ZEMO as a cure for dandruff. It claims the germ causes the disease is destroyed and the product relieves itching prevents hair loss and keeps the scalp clean and healthy. Sold by A W Morgan at 107 West Second Street.

Zemo Stense A. W. Morgan West Second Streat

Reforming criminals with stern punishment in mind

The speaker argues for firm, merciless truth in punishment, stating reform efforts are as illogical as taming a Bengal tiger. He calls for no cruel methods, but insists the real criminals deserve prisons that inspire awe.

If the state needs a young senator candidate

The Cedar Falls Record argues for Nate Kendall as a young senatorial option and questions Cummins near sixty as suitable youth. It urges selecting a “real thing” who can deliver results, opposing old campaigning choices.

Cedar Falls Nate Kendall House of Representatives Cummins

Iowa Senator Supports Cummins Entry for Senate Prize

The Waterloo Courier notes Iowa's senior statesman accepts Governor Cummins may enter the race for the senate seat. Editorials largely deny the governor's right to run. The senator is judged wiser in the matter.

Waterloo Iowa Cummins

Pennsylvania Republican Platform Praised Yet Awaiting Authorship

The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes the platform has favorable elements but urges withholding final judgment until its author is definitively identified.

Cedar Rapids

Young Bride, Sixty-Year Groom Tie Knot After Missouri Match

A 20 year old girl wed a 60 year old man in Missouri last week. The Clinton Herald notes the union may reflect perceptions formed by the current spring weather.

Missouri Clinton Herald

Lordly graduate departs as bills come one by one

The Marshalltown Times-Republican notes a seasonal departure of a lordly graduate and comments on mounting bills arriving successively, urging fathers with weak hearts for endurance amid rising costs.

Marshalltown Times-Republican

Philosopher Perkins Testifies on Beer and Wants

A Sioux City Journal report notes philosopher Perkins testifying that a non intoxicating beer does not satisfy a long felt want. A medical professional warns that sleeping cars harbor microbes and are near coffins, suggesting health fears in travel.

Perkins The Sioux City Journal

Senator Allison Drawing Fire From Marion Register

The Marion Register asserts that all arrows aimed at Senator Allison will break and fall at his feet, signaling strong political critique.

Allison Marion Register

One Man State Quoted as Motto by Eagle Grove Paper

The Eagle Grove Eagle quotes a claim that Iowa is a one-man state but insists the nation is not a one-man nation, highlighting a call for wider civic participation and collective effort.

Iowa Eagle Grove

Foley's Kidney Cure Restores Man's Health After Illness

A Branchton Pennsylvania man recalls being unable to work and unable to bend to tie his shoes. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, he reports becoming a new man and wishes success to the remedy. Letter from A W Morgan, 107 West Second Street.

L. C. Rodgers Branchton Foley A. W. Morgan Second Street

Local Notes from Conesville Barnstorming Visits and School News

Mrs Clarence Askins and her son from Lone Tree visited her mother Mrs Frank Creizer before heading to Wapello. Grace Stickney and Ransom McKee return from Cedar Falls where they attended the state normal and will teach and serve as principal respectively. Miss Jennie Reeder, working in West Liberty, spent Saturday night at home. Kelly and Eva McKee of Columbus Junction visited relatives here. Mr and Mrs R G Tipton and son Ballard came from Muscatine for a few days with friends. Anna Gay attended the Iowa City commencement. Maxwell returned from a Kansas trip. The junior boys ball team bought maroon suits with Cone on the shirts and beat the senior team to start their season />

Conesville Clarence Askins Lone Tree Frank Creizer Wapello Grace Stickney Ransom McKee Cedar Falls State Normal Grace Ransom Jennie Reeder West West Liberty Kelly Eva McKee Columbus Junction Wm. Nelson Iowa City R. G. Tipton Ballard Muscatine Mmes Martha Horton Sarah MsCurdy Frank Mt. Pleasant Arthur Horton Scott McCurdy Anna Gay State University Maxwell Kansas Iowa

Misses Buline Host Friends in Lincoln Social

The Misses Buline entertained several friends Sunday afternoon. Clarence and Charles Burr were guests of their uncle John Burr and family. Mrs. Wm. Timmerman and Miss Leona attended events in West Liberty and Lone Tree. Wilma Nichols finished the No. 5 spring term. The Reformed church choir offered a song service in Lone Tree Sunday evening.

Lincoln Buline Clarence Charles Burr Jno. Burr Wm. Timmerman Leona West Liberty Frieda Schuessler E. Waener Jno. Barr Vernon Emma Alice Iowa City Claus Wiese Wilma Nichols Lone Tree Geo. Reiland Fover Coralville Reformed Church

Reminiscences of Long Ago and Township Delegates

A weekly note recalls A. J. Warren rowing a skiff across the river in 16 minutes, alongside township delegate tallies for a republican convention. It also mentions a boy saved from a well by J. L. Grubb’s daughter and the transfer of city offices, with a 20 years ago item on Muscatine mail routes and Wilton Willie School graduates.

A. J. Warren Bloomington Sweetland Wilton Montpelier Goshen Fulton Wapsinonoc Pike Cedar Moscow Seventy- Six Russell Muscatine Joseph R. Anson Wm. M. Ewing John W. O'Brien Chas. J. Rosenmund Substitutes John M. Callahan Louis Bernhardt Willie Grace Wallace Mamie Bacon Edwin A. Wise Mollie F. Scott William D. Porter Mary Sharp Miss Nettie M. Ross

Gubernatorial nominees debated at county convention

Delegates from this county show split views on the gubernatorial race with likely support for Grinnell Merrill Cattell or Williamson if their names reach the state convention. E Greenough resigns as principal of school district No 2 and plans a trip to Europe.

Grinnell Col.Merrill Cattell Gen. Williamson E. Greenough Greenough Europe

West Liberty elects Miss Lizzie Clark principal

Miss Lizzie Clark was chosen principal of the West Liberty schools succeeding P. N. Miller at an $800 salary. She had served as assistant in the high school during the past year. The piece notes the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Cooley of West Liberty honored in grand style on Saturday evening the 2nd inst.

Lizzie Clark West Liberty P. N. Miller

Blinded by Passion Ends in Intense Romantic Climax

A fragmentary line hints at a dramatic romantic encounter with heightened emotion and a dramatic close. The exact setting and characters remain unclear in the text.

December town shadows and covert talks in a western

The party moves through a quiet town with closed shops and open saloons as they seek discreet footing. In a December dusk they meet Dick Thatcher at a livery stable and discuss potential business while avoiding disclosure. A special train arrival prompts tension as Abrams scouts the station.

Lockhart New England Fitzhiveh Dick Thatcher Thatcher Fitzhugh Wilton Mr. Wilton

Pretty Smalley Mansion Wedding Unites Esther Smalley and Joseph Eells

Last evening at 7 30 o clock a home wedding was held at the Smalley mansion on West Second Street as Miss Esther Smalley married Joseph W Eells. Earlier Fred Lumpe Jr was kicked in the face by a colt causing nasal fractures and Mrs Oscar Paulin was thrown from a runaway wagon after her horses frightened.

Smalley West Second Street Esther Smalley Joseph W. Eells Fred Lumpe, Jr North Mulberry Street Oscar Paulin

Station Platform Conspiracy Riddled With Silence

On a quiet station platform Fitzhugh and companions search for a train and reveal a tense setup as Abrams and Abrams’s crew report the engine and fireman refuse to speak while the engineer remains tight lipped about the mysterious movement.

Lockhart Fitzhugh Abrams

Train Wanderer Returns to Niles After Quiet Ride

A passenger reveals the man intends to return to Niles for further orders from the superintendent. The engineer, briefly silenced by the man, resumes speaking as the locomotive regains speed, the car left deserted on a siding. To be continued.

Niles

Arden News: Ladies Aid Elects Officers and Social Happenings

The Ladies Aid society of Arden elected officers for the year: President Mrs. David Legler, vice president Mrs. Dewey Timberlake, secretary treasurer Mrs. J. T. Downer. A July picnic dinner was planned. Numerous visits, shipments of hogs to Chicago, and social gatherings followed, including a Muscatine party visiting Arden and a Saturday dance drawing a large crowd.

Gladwin Trader Sells Stock to Columbus Junction Buyer

E C Kauffman has sold his stock of goods in Gladwin Iowa and will move his family to Columbus Junction soon. Edgar Rabinold of Columbus Junction bought the stock. Mrs R F Hancher and son Claude are mentioned in the notice.

Reliable Epilepsy Elixir Rosine Promised Remedy

W M Federmann of Kansas City endorses Elixir Rosine as the only guaranteed epilepsy remedy. The alcohol free tonic is advertised with a $1.50 price and a money back guarantee. Rosine Co of Washington DC and A W Morgan in Kansas City handle mail orders and trials at no cost.

W. M. Federmann Kansas City A. W. Morgan Rosine Company Washington, D. C West Second Street

Fairport Notes on Local Visits and Movements

Fairport, June 11, 1907. Mrs Nellie Kline returns from country visits and plans to stay with her father William Reeves. Dr Barton of Illinois City home after a brief visit. Mrs Geo Moore called to Rock Island for her mother’s illness, returned by boat. Elizabeth Hershey improving slowly after illness. Cyrus McPike sells his button factory interests to Bert Hershey and plans westward travel via California. J B McCullough and wife visit granddaughter Mrs Geo Feustel in Wapello then return. Glen Brewer travels to Andalusia on the Firefly for a few days’ visit. Miss Pearl Leach visits Miss May Beem. Miss Myrtle Gress to close her.

J. B. McCullough Wapello I. McCullough Geo. E. Feustel Glen Brewer Andalusia Pearl Leach May Beem Indianola Myrtle Gre

School Picnic Friday With Songs And Recitations

A local school plans a Friday program featuring songs recitations and dialogues for children. Jim Lewis has fitted a canopy top on his launch the J. L. Lewis for the event.

Jim Lewis J. L. Lewis

Downey Notes Highlight School Play and Visits

Downey notes report the high school play had a successful second showing with a large audience. Nearby visits include Retta Smith to Iowa City, Mrs. Kaufman at a Rebekah lodge in West Liberty, and Miss Anderson visiting Downey from West Liberty. Teachers are sought for local primary and high school rooms.

Edna Cliffords Methodist Aid Society John Cornwall Vinnie Wilson West Liberty Fern Miller Ethel Miller Downey Will Herrington Iowa City Iona Hunter Anthony Kany Charlies Secrest Ah Lown Chas Mother Springdale Ida Thiele Laura Thiele Lewis Dress Myrtle Lodge

Superb Service to Niagara Falls and nearby resorts

Special low round trip fares apply to summer travel on the Grand Trunk Railway system from Chicago to Niagara Falls New York and numerous resorts including Georgian Bay Temagami St. Lawrence River Thousand Islands Algonquin and Atlantic coast areas. Copies of tourist publications and fare details available from Geo W Vaux 35 Adams St Chicago.

Niagara Falls Muskok Kawartha Lakes Temagami St. Lawrence River Thousand Islands Algonquin National Park Wang Mountains Atlantic Sea Coast Grand Trunk Railway Chicago Montreal N. Y Geo. W. Vaux, A. G. P T. A Adams St

Kidney Cure Claim by A W Morgan Ad

An old advertisement claims F leys Kidney Cure cleanses blood and cures all kidney and bladder diseases. It asserts stronger health and an overall system boost and lists A W Morgan at 107 W. Second St.

Fley A. W. Morgan W. Second St

Steamer Schedules For White Collar Line Steamer Columbia

The White Collar Line lists steamer Columbia runs to Davenport Rock Island on Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 30 a m and Sundays at 7 30 a m. To Burlington voyages on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 30 p m. After May 1 Helen Blair will replace Columbia on Sundays, returning to Muscatine that evening and going to Davenport Monday morning. W A Blair Manager. v G Block Co Agents.

Columbia Davenport Rock Island Burlington Helen Blair Muscatine W. A. Blair Mgr

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