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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal lists JOHN MAHIN as editor and HAROLD J. MAHIN as manager. It details subscription rates, delivery by carrier, and weekly collection, with semi weekly issues on Tuesday and Friday and advance payment options. Remittances should be made payable to Journal Printing Company.
Republicans of Louisa and Muscatine counties meet at the Muscatine court house at 2 p m on the listed Wednesday in July 1901 to nominate a candidate for Senator and transact other business. Delegates allocated by county. all Republicans who support national principles are invited to participate. county chairmen to call conventions for delegate selection. J W Beila and J W Garner named committeemen.
The Republican Electors of Iowa are summoned to a delegate convention in Cedar Rapids on August 7, 1901 at 11 a m to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railroad Commissioner The call invites all Republicans to unite in electing delegates with representation based on county and votes for John N Baldwin Elector at Large in 1900 The precise representation allotment to counties is listed in the call
The Spirit Lake area sees window lights smashed at Carson Mills' Arnold Park cottage after he circulated a remonstrance against a multi saloon petition. Ex Senator Funk's Spirit Lake Beacon prints a sheepish notice that implies Mills may lack motive, sparking calls for better journalistic standards.
The St Louis Manufacturers' association proposes a 250000 capital venture to form the Manufacturers and Merchants' Packet Company. It aims to establish passenger and freight boats between St Louis and New Orleans with a focus on reliable schedules and safety to boost demand across the Mississippi.
Iowa in brief reports a Missouri Valley beet sugar company with a million dollars capital formed, a Perry shooting death by a tramp of A D Daugherty, Lone Tree raising saloon tax to 2500 dollars, Methodist conferences dates, N S Ketchum as a railroad commissioner candidate, Iowa penitentiary tobacco policy reversal for convicts, and prison policy aims at better order and work.
A compilation of editorials from small papers commenting on Bryan’s political stance, imperialism, and party platforms. The column notes varying opinions and includes remarks on slang usage, biblical references to kick, and a misprint of a minister address in Worcester. It ends with a prompt to send circus tickets.
The Star and Hope published by the prisoners claims editors are absent in their midst since inception. It contrasts the presence of preachers doctors and lawyers with the lack of editors and questions why editors have not resided among them.
A collage of satirical items mocks Sunday golf caddies, suffragists, doctors, and lawyers. Highlights include an Ohio court clash over love, Charley Towne's pipeline role, Mrs. Nation at a Kansas City gallery, a Chicago divorce plea about excessive whiskey, a tank marriage typo, a South Dakota saloon lightning strike, and a racily mistaken Carrie Nation reference.
A humorous pastiche recounts children misstatements about death and dust, a memory of a coffee mill, and a witty letter from Muscatine Iowa about divorce advice sparked by a husband’s golf fever. The columnist imagines an expedited solution via backyard golf and gadgets, critiquing golf as harm to marriages.
Proponents of government control cite Britain where telegraph lines operated last year at a loss of 3.5 million. Rates are not much lower and service not as good as in the United States.
More than forty thousand names have been added to the pension rolls within eleven months. The report lauds the nation’s generosity to its veteran defenders as unmatched by any other country, highlighting the record as evidence of extensive support.
The Cedar Falls Gazette argues that U.S. patience on Cuban independence is warranted as long as Cuba itself can proceed toward independence, framing the issue as a measured stance amid regional upheaval.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes a Vassar girl clearing a 13 foot 7 inch mark and speculates she may have seen a mouse, framing the event as a curious incident in the local pageant.
Editor shares a playful tale of a young man who proposed to a Muscatine queen who calmly refused. He jokes about being rejected by a girl who owns a $500 bulldog. The verse by Edna Kingsley Wallace brims with June imagery and lyrical nostalgia.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil notes a paradox where those eager to extend the constitution to Porto Ricans show less enthusiasm for applying it to southern colored citizens. The observation highlights a struggle over equal rights and political theory in American governance.
Colonel J. S. Tam of Des Moines surfaces as the latest figure mentioned in discussions around the Democratic nomination for governor. Tam’s name appears amid evolving strategies and endorsements shaping the race in the state capital.
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