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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1901
Page
3
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Republicans of Louisa and Muscatine counties meet at Muscatine Court House at 2 pm on the listed date for nominating a Senator and handling related business. Delegates: Louisa 12, Muscatine 21. all supporters of Republican national principles urged to participate. county chairmen to call conventions for delegate selection. J W Eells and J W Garner update committee roles.
A Republican delegate convention is called for Iowa in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday August 7 at 11:00 a.m. It aims to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction Railroad Commissioner and other proper business. All Republican voters are invited to join the delegate selection, with representation by county plus additional delegates based on Baldwin votes.
The Dubuque Times argues agriculture is the basis of Iowa's prosperity and that factory development is unnecessary for state growth. It contends factory growth is essential for river cities and that closer farm markets benefit farmers, with workshops needed along water routes.
Comment says physicians who supported the army canteen merely remind of the proverb that doctors disagree. It argues that increasing opportunities for indulgence does not diminish vice and that professional resolutions cannot alter this natural law.
To Black Hawk Tower announces ticket pricing for groups of ten or more at 75 cents each. A management change introduces a new, accommodating manager, improving visitor experience and making the park visit more pleasant this year.
The New York Christian Advocate explains the Tammany Society as a New York political society named after a Delaware chief. Founded May 12 1789 by an upholster Mooney its charitable facade covered a political aim. It became a dominant force in city and state politics during Tweed era. Tweed’s flight and return, Nast cartoons, and the prison episode shaped its reputation. In recent times its standing is seen as deteriorating despite defenders.
The spread of steam traction engines and autos in California and western prairies dramatically speeds farming. A single large machine plows 50 to 75 acres daily, plants 50 to 75 acres, harvests with a wide cutting harvester, and stacks the grain. A crew of about six men can operate the engine and equipment, achieving work that would require many horses and laborers.
A prominent scientist warns the sun is cooling toward extinction though centuries remain before it ends. He urges everyone to enjoy life while healthy, touting Hastetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and constipation and promising regularity, with a claim of 50 years as a standard American medicine.
A Danish member of Congress enjoys free service at Turkish bath establishments in the kingdom, a peculiar prerogative noted among other member privileges.
The Keosauqua Republican argues Cummins cannot credibly claim party loyalty if nominated for governor given his past actions. He allegedly deserted the party to win legislative seats and to defeat loyal Republicans Hutchison and Wheeler. The piece cautions Republicans to consider his record, hoping for unity. It also notes a Paris Academy dental device for painless extractions and a German gas liquefaction factory supplying Zurich, Berlin, and Vienna.
Manchester Press notes there is concern about a Cummins bolt if he is not nominated and recalls that Mr. Cummins has bolted two or three times before, suggesting it would not be a new sensation for him to bolt again.
Washington Post reports Col Samuel Parker, wealthy Honolulu resident and former Hawaii delegate candidate, arrived in the city and checked into the Shoreham. He praises Hawaii’s future, notes steamship plans to boost Pacific traffic, and says he is out of politics since his defeat by Robert Wilcox.
Richmond Indiana reports David Nation, 73, husband of Carrie Nation, will not live with his wife. He plans to spend his remaining years with his daughter and her family in Marion. He said the crusade was too laborious and fast for him and that she can take care of herself.
Tax assessors in San Juan raise property valuation from 9 million to 15 million as owners celebrate. Madrid imposes a beard and hair shaving penalty on habitual drinkers every four weeks. Crime cost per city resident set at 3.50, while fire insurers face 1.96 million annual loss from steel trust self-insurance. Kansas farmers save 490 600 on binder twine by buying from penitentiary factory at 8.5 cents a pound, against 11 cents from the trust.
A regional report compares residency mobility with ten per 1000 in Europe living abroad, 137 per 1009 in America, and 300 per 1000 Australians born elsewhere, highlighting global displacement trends and cross border ties.
Paris considers changing part of its municipal ambulance fleet from animal to mechanical traction. New York has used several self propelled vehicles of this type for nearly a year.
A monument marks where Colonel Harry Clay Eebert fell while leading his regiment on the trenches before Malinta Luzon in March 1899. It is crafted from ordnance captured from Filipino forces.
In Stories of the Day, Phillips Brooks offered a fresh version of the Jonah tale to a doubting skeptic who questioned if a whale’s throat could swallow Jonah. The bishop replied that there was no difficulty, noting Jonah was one of the minor prophets.
A Chicago News recounts a Pullman sleeper incident where a witty bachelor wakes to a playful scene. Across from him a handsome woman and her 23 year old son laugh as curtains part. He grabs a toe and recites a rhyme, prompting the woman to claim the foot as hers amid a roaring trainful silence.
Reverend D M Steele recalls a wedding anecdote from the Ladies Home Journal about a couple who refuse the word obey in the marriage service. The bride and groom spar, the pastor resists removing the line, and the groom finally yields while the bride prods him with a meek look, restoring order.
In South Muscatine a pale needy infant prompts a weary father to seek baby foods. He visits a Second Street drug store, asks for samples, hoping one kind agrees with the child. A clerk provides seven kinds to last a month as the father plans future purchases.
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