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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.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1907
Page
3
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette notes the platform has favorable elements but urges withholding final judgment until its author is definitively identified.
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.
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.
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.
The Marion Register asserts that all arrows aimed at Senator Allison will break and fall at his feet, signaling strong political critique.
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.
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.
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 />
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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