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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
3
Rates list a daily yearly subscription delivered by carrier with weekly collection. A semi weekly option on Tuesday and Friday is offered with seven day advance payment. The notice asks orders by postal card or telephone No. 27 and requires remittances by draft, express or money order payable to Jourua Printing Company. Amounts shown include 526 dollars.
The Republican Party of the th Senatorial District will meet at Muscatine’s court house at 2 p.m. on Wednesday the 3rd of July to nominate a Senator and conduct other business. Delegates: Louisa 7, Muscatine 12, with 21 total. All who support Republican National Principles and wish to affiliate may attend caucuses. County chairmen urged to attend. J W Eells and J W Garner named committeemen.
A delegate convention of the Republicans of Iowa is called to meet in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday August 7 1901 at eleven o clock a m to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction Railroad Commissioner and other business. All Republican voters who support party principles are invited to unite in the delegation formation with a specified representation ratio.
The Minneapolis Journal shows Depew in cap and bells springing his third term joke while President McKinley stands grave with a large elephant beside him, suggesting the presidential party does not smile upon it.
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Deemer states an editor may freely criticize any public performance provided there is no malice. He remains level headed on this subject in the Cherry sisters ruling.
Federal and liquor journals show national per capita intoxicant use around seventeen gallons, while Kansas averages two. Government license revenue cites about $2 per capita nationwide versus 20 cents in Kansas, suggesting prohibition is not a total failure in Kansas as some papers claim.
A sharp line from an Old Brown era column mocks a young man’s brag of future deeds, capturing readers with a wry, period voice about ambition and practicality in the community.
The Dubuque city trustees released their first annual report for the water works covering the year ended May 31, 1901. Net costs exceed former private service by more than double, with annual sinking fund payments of $25 000 and betterments classed as repairs, while the Globe-Journal estimates a $200 000 to $250 000 excess over private costs over ten years.
Al Swain, con sul at Montevideo, returns to Iowa on vacation. He is not a candidate for governor and now sports short hair.
Dave Brant remains perched on a fence as a back yard scrap between Cummins and anti Cummins cats continues, illustrating a domestic dispute scene observed by Rockford Register.
Keokuk Gate City reports Mr Cummins likely to win 600 to 700 first choice votes on the first ballot at the Republican state convention and considers his nomination almost certain. Times-Republican shows 378 delegates as first choice and 121 as second. History records precedents where strong showings still failed to secure the nomination.
The Milwaukee short line from Dawnport to Ottumway will bypass Columbus Junction and go north through Washington, a change the town accepts without regret while congratulating Conesville and other towns set to gain the new line. Engineers' work and a recent letter from the Milwaukee general superintendent confirm the north route choice.
A Brooklyn Life humor piece contrasts a wedding service with a rummage sale, noting the exchange of vows as better or worse. The dialogue mocks traditional roles and ritual gravity through a comic, satirical lens.
In a fever dream the old squire relives bold charges and hunts through Crimea and Africa as death rides beside him. A fierce midnight wind roars outside while a hunter’s thrill ends in death, leaving the squire smiling in delirious triumph as he dies in the Rocky glen. Nickell
Des Moines will host the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in 1902. An adopted child of W L Craws of Cherokee drowned in a tub while praying. Frank Butson of Geneva died instantly after a muzzle loading shotgun discharged in his head while squirrel hunting. Sheriff Law of Black Hawk county arrested five counterfeiters in Waterloo with dies for making coins. Suspects Will English Will Feinstermaker Frank Raphael and Mike Hubbard aged 16 to 18 hailed from unknown origins. Marshalltown judge Burham ruled Iowa cigarette tax law constitutional and tax authority may seize sales assets. Iowa City reports 135 law graduates passed the recent exam. praise for Judge Emlin McCain’s leadership.
A report from Pumpkin Hollow suburbs details a newly married couple in a wedding tour two townships long. In Muscatine they entered a hotel and, aiming to appear discreet, the husband filled out his first registration as Mr. and Mrs. Mary Thompkins with an almost old married man indifference.
A reporter strolling down the avenue overheard a father and son arguing lightheartedly about money for a storybook. The boy asked for 10 cents and the father retorted with a quip about being as wealthy as Andy Carnegie, earning about $35 a month.
The Des Moines Leader argues that cummins is an orthodox republican in a lengthy editorial. It questions why a leading democratic paper would defend him to bolster a gubernatorial candidate. The piece ends by asking who will endorse the Leader in return.
The Reverend Dr Edward Everett Hale recounts a translation error in the Delaware Indian version of the Lord s Prayer. An English knowing assistant misheard halloo as hallow, yielding Our father who are in heaven hallooed be thy name.
A brisk exchange depicts Mrs. Fijjit plotting to expose Tommy to neighbors' children to spread measles. The dialogue contrasts a veteran reminiscence with revenge as Mr. Fijjit notes the new neighbors, while Mrs. Fijjit admits intent to infect to teach them a lesson.
A poet’s new verses are slated for publication. Images of June's pledge, woodland flush, hedge song, and meadow glow evoke renewed life and tender emotions. The lines describe heartbeat thrills, rapture, sighs, and tears in joyful eyes.
A narrator recounts an evening fishing misadventure and a colleague Bert Hurlbut’s tall joke about the Suttons catching fish on the Mississippi. The yarn spirals from playful mischief to a punchline about a hand being bitten by a fish, then returns to practical plans to head home after dark.
A journal page notes a readers signed communications column is reserved for unrestricted use by the audience. The notice invites submissions from readers and marks the column as open for public messages and opinions.
Editor Journal argues Muscatine county outside Muscatine is broadly temperance aligned and urges readers to affirm district views on prohibition. The letter recalls Iowa’s 1900 prohibition vote, railings against liquor, pension costs, and notes shifting mulet law debates amid county openness debates. Alice Walton Beatty.
The Moline Chautauqua assembly prepares for a profitable session from July 11 to 22 at Prospect Park. Prominent speakers are expected to entertain Muscatine visitors. Tents cost 2 to 4 dollars for full stay, season tickets are 1.50, single admission 25 cents.
Travel specials highlight summer excursions to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Glenwood Springs Salt Lake Ogden Deadwood Hot Springs Lead City St Paul Minneapolis Duluth via Iowa Central railway. Tickets on sale at all stations at very low round trip rates. Inquiries to agents or Geo S Barry Marshalltown Iowa.
Tommy asks where the Merrimac rises and empties and laments that his teacher will punish him for his father's ignorance. The exchange appears in Harlem Life as a humorous domestic vignette reflecting schooling and shame. The line emphasizes parental absence and a boy blaming a parent for lacking knowledge.
President James O'Connell of the Machinists' International Association is highlighted as a leading labor figure. He helped prepare for a nine hour workday strike that drew about a quarter of a million workers, with many employers conceding quickly. O'Connell, about 45, learned machinist trade young and serves as vice president of the American Federation of Labor.
A world wide traveler recalls a daylight encounter off Cape Cam Peche with a 14 foot long devilfish that rose beside the ship, wings rising from the water, then vanished with a thunderous splash. He describes the creature’s fearsome eyes and the haunting memory, noting night splash sounds persist. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Harper's Magazine recalls George Washington quietly leaving the Macomb house on August 30 1700. Servants carried luggage to the Paulus Hook ferry as Mrs Washington children and secretaries gathered by candlelight. The crowd watched in awe while Washington bade farewell with a tremulous voice, moved by the people's affection.
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