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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
3
Muscatine Journal announces subscription rates for daily and semi weekly delivery. Daily per year by carrier and weekly collection. Semi weekly Tuesday and Friday with advance payment. Remittances by draft express or money order payable to Journal Printing Company. Contact by postal card or telephone No 27.
Republicans of the Myth Senatorial District consisting of Louisa and Muscatine counties will meet in a delegate convention at the orthive in Muscatine Iowa at 2 oclock p m Wednesday July 1 for nominating a candidate for senator and to conduct other business. Delegates are apportioned by county with Louisa twelve and Muscatine delegates to be announced. All interested in Republican national principles are invited to participate in the caucuses and county chairmen are to arrange delegate selection. J W Bella and J W Garner are senatorial committeemen for Muscatine and Louisa counties respectively.
A call announces a Republican delegate convention for Iowa in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday August 1901 at 11 a.m. to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Judge of the Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railroad Commissioner plus other business. It invites all Republicans to attend and participate in selecting delegates with representation ratios to be provided.
Mr Hungerford remarks in Carroll Herald that J W Blythe solicitor of Burlington road is a scholar. The Herald notes Bethany College Lindberg Kansas recently conferred the degree of L L D. Blythe has been active in politics and railroad law yet also champions educational welfare and meritorious ventures across the state.
A vintage advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for dyspepsia indigestion constipation biliousness nervousness malaria fever liver and kidney troubles. It claims fifty years of fame with honest American quality and notes the private revenue stamp on the bottle neck.
Ex Senator Mitchell reports Germany harbors hostile sentiment toward the United States. The London Review argues German naval buildup counters the Monroe doctrine as Europe pressures South America. Roosevelt and Lodge defend the doctrine at the Pan American opening and urge a carefully considered national stance.
It recalls Charles A. Towne's earlier fear of plutocrat octopus influence. Now he has paid 25,000 dollars for Texas oil land and aligned with Governor Benton McMillin of Tennessee and ex-Governor Hogg of Texas in a five million nine hundred thousand dollar company.
Charles J. Bonaparte of Baltimore, Harvard overseer, states he opposes granting a Harvard degree to President McKinley citing inadequate public service and character. He argues merit, not wealth, should guide such honors and questions the appropriateness of the award. The article also quotes President Schurman of Cornell and Senator West on education, money, and party unity amid Democratic concerns.
Advertising blurb for E. L. Kemptner offering paper hanging and decorating services at low prices. Located at 314 East Fifth Street with emphasis on best service and low prices.
Iowa to join a wireless telephony and telegraph system promised by Northwest ern Telephone and Telegraph company. First line opened June 4 from Milwaukee to Grand Haven with plans to extend through Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan and Arizona. Joseph S Schwab of Chicago leads the venture and predicts low rates and broad use for business communications.
The West Liberty Enterprise highlights an effort to establish a free public library funded by town taxes after legislative support from Senator Titus. It notes the State Library Commission’s aid, March town election approval, and the library’s thorough cataloging and ready-to-borrow collection assisted by Miss Alice L. Tyler and Miss Priscilla Pickrer.
The Gate City counters a Clinton Ace claim about the flag’s loneliness. It argues that once the American soldier withdraws, the American school teacher and businessman will fill the vacancy.
A city soda shop scene unfolds as a polite patron longs for old fashioned fizz. A clerk laments the phosphate craze and egg drinks vanish while touting the vast array of modern flavors and endless phosphate varieties.
A Victorian style ad describes a family pet dog for sale with humorous warnings about its temperament. The seller notes the animal is partly gentle and partly hydrophobic, dislikes strangers, and hints at danger to children and other pets. He offers a dog muzzle for hunting and directs inquiries to the coroner for price and address.
A Davenport man jokes that rays intended for Southern Florida struck a German village, saying Muscatine deserves the honor. He advertises in the Idler's column for second class snow storms at any price, with Pearl City possibly joining. Even a cool northwest wind and iced tea would be welcomed locally.
The June Ladies Home Journal story by William Perrine traces Kate Chase born 1840, her political drive, and her bid to help her father Salmon P. Chase reach the White House. It covers her early study of politics, marriages, and near influence at the 1868 Democratic National Convention in New York’s Tammany Hall, where she hoped to swing delegates in her father’s favor.
In the convention, Horatio Seymour was nominated while Kate Sprague stood as the unhappy figure that night, hailed as the most unhappy woman in the land.
Settlers along the Des Moines river near Fort Dodge receive payments from the Des Moines River Navigation and Improvement Company claims, totaling nearly 200000 dollars after a long contest. Representative Thomas Kimball dies at 35 in Lamoille. A permanent bar admission commission is formed with W D Evans F H Helsell Lous Blank Finley Burke and E C Ebersole. Interurban rail expansion foresees rapid growth with a 100‑team start on the Des Moines and Nevada line linking Eldora Charles City Waterloo Indianola Winterset and Creston, touted as the world’s greatest electric system.
A poetic fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald evokes lovers wandering at dusk. It references Morgan and Janet with playful phrases about a stroll, marshes, and a tranquil world for lovers, ending with a whimsical note about Morgan not gobbling.
The Ottumwa Saturday Herald presents the name of ex-Mayor Thomas J. Phillips of Ottumwa as the Democratic candidate for governor in what appears to be a formal and authorized nomination. Bryan touts twenty five subscribers in Transvaal but omits details on potential Philippine support beyond Azumalido. Puck offers a wry remark about competition and restraint.
Reports from Birmingham Sunday school show youths fixated on football as a major interest while a Missouri governor tale humorously chronicles Claiborne Jackson's succession of wives. The anecdotes mix sport devotion with a sharp, ironic look at romantic entanglements and family humor from Tit-Bits.
A New York Evening Journal quip notes Smith as a great economy figure, joking that one saves money every time they encounter him, by not lending him funds. The line pivots on a witty misgiving about Smith’s borrowing habit.
Gwendolen chides Maude for lateness as she reveals assisting the Grigsbys at their at home event and trying to appear fascinating, after a long afternoon. The exchange captures light social duty and affectionate teasing in a Punch style vignette.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer blurb notes a stage scene where the hero and heroine exchange sharp lines. The hero retorts with a defiant boast and the heroine issues a bold challenge, capturing a lively, high tension moment from the latest production.
In a witty exchange from the Boston Transcript Banks laments, then reveals his aunt is not dead but his niece has inherited her wealth. The humorous banter plays on sudden loss and unexpected fortune.
A fragment from the Chicago News shows Willie asking about something for his mother. Mr Hippo explains it is face powder for her to wear to the dance tonight.
Mrs Shepley boasts buying a handsome set of books on the installment plan. She pays a dollar and a half monthly. Mr Shepley asks the duration and she forgot to ask itself in a humorous Brooklyn Lit snippet.
Dyspepsia bane of human existence. Burdock Blood Bitters cures it promptly and permanently. It regulates and tones the stomach.
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