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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
10
The Daily Journal and Semi-Weekly Journal outline their pricing. Daily by mail is 3.00 per year with payments in advance, while the Daily paper is delivered in the city by carrier for 10 cents per week. Semi-Weekly subscriptions cost 1.50 per year.
Representatives in New York at 2034 West 83rd Street and in Chicago at 759 Marquete Building are listed as Payne & Young in charge of both offices.
The Journal has established agencies for reader convenience at Hill and East 2nd Foot, South Muscatine Toborg Bros. groc Oregon street, C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue, Keckerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zyl Grocery.
Instructions for callers list operator contacts and department numbers including 1-F D Throop publisher 2 managing editor 3 city editor 4 society editor 5 composing room 6 mailing room 7 H E Dreier advertiser For business office call numbers 26 or 27.
Muscatine welcomes the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Iowa and state patriotic groups for initial encampment activities. The city recalls its Civil War record with local regiments and notable deaths while offering guests full city honors and freedom of Muscatine.
The S J Clarke Publishing Company releases The New History of Muscatine County edited by Irving B Richman. It arrives for local subscribers in two bound, illustrated volumes. the first covers county history and the second features biographical sketches of prominent residents. Credit for assistance is given to Edward L Graham and Phil J.
The article outlines a forthcoming Muscatine historical volume honoring contributors including Mackey Fultz Walton Beatty Chevalier and Heinz with work by J Walton Suel Foster and Judge Richman. It notes pages from The Journal and News-Tribune informing the history and lists chapter topics such as Historic Iowa A Beautiful Country Law and Order Story of the Rocks The Mississippi Civil War and Journalisms.
A E Roberts international Y M C A secretary told a Columbus Ohio meeting that country schools are degenerating and country churches shrinking in activity. He lamented schools being run by women, challenging his claim with a demand for proof.
The Albia Union reports a yearly gathering at Oskaloosa drawing hundreds who follow strict Bible based beliefs on salvation. Despite mixed approval, attendance rises as adherents stay devoted to their worship.
In the ninth district farmers oppose a strenuous reciprocity bill, showing more interest in cultivating crops than in facing distant competition. The outcome suggests farmers value a big harvest over national trade policy concerns.
The Boston society girl who just married a Navajo Indian may have erred in judgement. The groom is Carlisle graduate and a government lecturer, though likely to do little lecturing about his wigwam in the future.
A Swiss scientist reports reviving goldfish frozen for three months and suggests the method could eventually help humans escape summer heat.
The Sioux City Journal notes that Mr Taft claimed to have begun as a free trader under Sumner at Yale, but has since modified his views. Reading his Chicago talk on the Canadian agreement, Sumner's ideas appear to resurface, with early impressions proving lasting.
Clinton Herald reports Dubuque authorities arrested another suspect in the recent fires. It remains uncertain if he is the arsonist behind the disasters, but officials say they are pursuing all leads and leaving no stone unturned.
Oskaloosa residents consider erecting a statue of Chief Mahaska opposite the park to honor Mahaska county's Civil War contribution. The proposal urges community generosity to fund the memorial.
The Vinton Eagle notes significant Republican party distress in the state with thousands discouraged, while Democrats appear notably energized and hopeful, signaling a shifting political climate.
A claim that regular cleanses with a trusted laxative improves aging health. The ad touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as physician approved, natural and gentle, suitable for all ages. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with clear branding on the package front.
A blind man in Iowa gains sight through an experimental procedure while a deaf man regains hearing through a novel therapy. Both cases highlight advances in sensory restoration within the state.
The Des Moines Capital questions why any Iowa editor would support reciprocity with Canada, contrasting with the Cedar Rapids Gazette stance and reflecting editorial disagreement on the issue.
Mrs. T. B. Cavender of Denver, a bride of five days, died after injuries from a Short Line train wreck near North Cheyenne Canon, nine miles west of Colorado Springs. Nine others were seriously hurt as the observation car left the rails on a curve. her husband survived with minor injuries.
The Augustana Synod council in Duluth announces a $150,000 pension endowment for ministers funded by a $1 per member assessment nationwide. Also presented is a $200,000 library building for Augustana College at Rock Island Illinois, with the college and publishing house reported flourishing.
A practical promotion urging households to have Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand especially in summer. It emphasizes reliability, low cost of a quarter, and availability through all dealers.
The sixth annual convention of the Iowa Retail Jewelers association opens in Des Moines with several hundred delegates arriving daily. President N Neilson of Harlan presides as officers are to be elected Thursday afternoon and a series of entertainments is planned for delegates.
Week ending June 13 1911 unclaimed mail at Muscatine post office includes a men's list with Busch Cochran Collins Fuller Gillum Horton Holmgren Meddows Mills and others and a ladies list with Day Kans Ostrander Thomas Whitman Lilly plus hotel names Merchants and Metropolitan. Parties must state advertised. Robert S. McNutt P. M.
F. S. Rexford of 615 New York Life Building Kansas City Missouri reports a severe cold settled in his back and kidneys causing great pain. A friend recommended Foley Kidney Pills and after using two bottles he states they have done him a world of good.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Edward E. Clarke will marry June 28 in Washington D C to Miss Agnes Barnes of Selma Alabama a Census Bureau employee.
The Tafts plan a June 19 Silver Wedding reception at the White House to mark their twenty fifth anniversary. Washington reports 3000 invitations sent with estimates up to 4000 attendees, promising the largest White House function to date.
Fifty years ago notes report Capt Mackey s Fontenoy Guards accepted in the Irish brigade forming in Chicago and set to depart next Tuesday. The company numbers over ninety men and is praised as brave soldiers. Wheat prices fell to 55c cash with buyers slow, some paying 60c in trade.
Forty years ago in Police Court George Bornet a French national who lamented his homeland's state tried to drown sorrow in drink. Policeman Pocock arrested him and he was jailed overnight before being arraigned before Judge Williams and released on costs. This marks his fifth calaboose in recent months.
A rascal set fire to a box car on the sidetrack in front of the Commercial House Saturday night. Colonel Warner first saw the light and thought a brakeman with a lantern was nearby. Sparks flew and he dispatched two employees with water buckets to the car.
A large blaze fed by oil-saturated waste piles was driven by gale force wind. Firefighters battled the flames amid heavy smoke and burning debris, with the wind complicating efforts to control the fire and prevent spread.
Twenty years ago a landmark disappeared as John Will tore down the Sam Lucas residence on Lucas Grove road and began building a modern house in its place. Miss Annie Musser hosted a social gathering for the Jolly club and guests in honor of Mr and Mrs James H McKinnell of Rio Janeiro Brazil. Attendees included McKinnell Mull Jackson Dillaway Garlock Fitzgerald and many others.
Ten years ago Francis J. Brandt and Miss Hulda M. Ludde wed at the German Baptist church in Burlington Iowa. The ceremony drew many friends and relatives who offered felicitations. Earnest Harber, thirteen, narrowly escaped drowning after falling from a sand barge near Iowa avenue at 4:30 p.m.
A. J. McIntosh of Atalissa, 76, a Civil War veteran, broke his left knee cap while climbing stairs in the Ger man American Bank building during encampment week. Dr. Husted treated him at the emergency hospital and he was driven home. no serious complications expected. He had walked three miles to the depot and planned to visit his son L. A. McIntosh, but the accident ended his reunion visit.
The final arrangements for the grand parade at the G. A. R. encampment in Muscatine are set. Governor Carroll and staff will ride, with the line of march closed to driving teams. Formation includes Police, Pauchet's Band, 54th Regiment Company C, Drum Corps, visiting posts, and ladies of the G. A. R. finalizing the procession tomorrow afternoon.
Miss Lestie Gipple has been quite ill. H S Wildermuth of Necedah bought Pearsall photo graph galleries at Wapello and Letts. Mrs William Hendrix continues to benefit from Burlington treatments. L H Dickerson and Vera visited D H Westbrook family. Anna Norris missed post office duties. Bell Knott covered. Gipple and Davenport trip notes. druggists meeting referenced.
Bids for constructing a school house in Atalissa Independent District No 1 are due by June 27 at 8 p.m. Plans and specs available from John B. Van Horn within 10 days. A certified check of $800 must accompany bids, and the board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a trusted teething remedy used for sixty five years worldwide. It claims to soothe pain soften gums cure wind colic diarrhea and calms fussiness for children sold by druggists with a price of twenty five cents per bottle.
Ira Grammar a well known Birmingham horseman was killed near Fairfield Iowa when his horse reared and fell backward crushing him under the saddle pommel. He had stopped to talk with O S Hall while horses purchased by Mer Winslow were being moved toward Birmingham.
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