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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1910
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal appears 10 pages on Tuesday and 8 pages on Friday. Daily delivery in the city by carrier costs 10 cents weekly. By mail, daily one year is $3.00 and semi weekly one year is $1.50.
The Journal has established agencies across the city for reader convenience. It lists East Hill area including Hurlbut Grocery on East 2nd Street and South Muscatine with Toborg Bros. grocery on Oregon street. W. C. A. Busch's Drug Store on Hershey avenue is named and Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery on West Hill is noted along with J. H. Fuller Grocery and Wm. Van Zy’s Grocery on Kecklerville.
Payne and Young run the New York office at 30 34 West 33rd Street with Chicago operations at 750 Marquette Building.
The notice lists private branch exchange numbers 27 and 30 for Iowa telephones and Mississippi Valley No 5. It directs callers to state the desired person or department when an operator answers, listing staff numbers 1 through 7 including Throop publisher and editors, and advising business office calls to 27 or 30.
The article details Theodore Roosevelt's 15 month absence in Africa and Europe, his triumphant reception in New York, and the nation’s eager anticipation of his role as a moral leader and political influencer. It notes ongoing debates over Rooseveltian policies and the unity of the country behind his enduring goals.
The piece argues conservatives and progressives both claim to be true Rooseveltians and anticipate Roosevelt removing the ban on politics. It asserts public admiration for Roosevelt as citizen and leader and calls for a constructive program aligning with Roosevelt ideals, whether he lends official or private influence.
An exchange notes Mrs. Mort Sullivan presented her husband with either a boy or a girl last week. The Jonesville Mo Bugle’s line prompts Toledo Blade to call it poor newspaper work and Houston Post to label the stunt as not newspaper work.
The Keosauqua Republican quotes Folk of Missouri claiming he is about the right size to fill the president’s chair. It notes that many Missourians may share this view.
Des Moines report notes Denver judge Lindsey aligning with a rising movement backing human rights over property rights, signaling a shift in regional political alignments.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Mr Doliver will travel to Arizona for health reasons. Some readers wish he would choose a warmer country instead.
Iowa City readers learn that the Chicago school of domestic science has removed doughnuts from the indigestibles list. Those made ill by eating them before may now safely partake, the report states, easing concerns about the pastry.
The Waterloo Reporter notes alleged bribery confessions linked to the Illinois senator election, suggesting the scheme is profitable and underway on multiple fronts.
The article notes Sir Hiram Maxim mockingly proposes turning to roulette as a national revenue source for the United Kingdom. It suggests he has prior gambling experience and implies awareness of the game’s perceived luck.
A New York coffee importer told a house committee that the middleman's profit on coffee in the United States runs about 15 cents per pound, versus Germany's 7 cents. He noted that over many years New York delivery averaged 7 cents profit, 2 to 2.5 cents roasting, yet consumers pay 25 cents a pound and more.
Cranston notices list visitors from Jonesboro Indiana to see Ruth Shellabarger and relatives for about ten days. Mrs. Fry and Miss Howe return from Muscatine. Hafner sisters visit Conesville. Dr L W Gates leaves for Muscatine after visiting Warren Meeker family. Warren Meeker and daughter head to Cedar Rapids to see Howard Meeker. Verink brings cattle from Washington. John Carpenter travels to Buffalo to visit parents. A fishing party includes Jas AoE Geo AoE and Rev Percy and families.
Rev J W Potter recounts a travel visit from Constantinople through Smyrna and Beyrout to Baalbek Damascus and Galilee. He notes Smyrna’s beauty shadowed by narrow streets and bazaars, the Syrian Protestant School’s growth under Daniel Bliss, Baalbek ruins, Damascus sights, and the Jordan valley voyage to Tiberias with vivid landscapes and local life. He promises a future letter about a wedding tour.
A 25 cent package of Lane's Family Medicine, described as a famous tonic laxative herb tea, is promoted as cleansing the bowels and restoring them to proper function. The ad urges readers to try it regardless of prior remedies.
In a River Bluff grocery, Miss Cynthia prepares a comically disastrous dinner for eight, mistaking oatmeal milk and a pantry scramble. Mr. Alan Kent arrives with milk and manna, rescuing the scene and prompting a hesitant dinner offer.
Reminiscences from the Masculine Journal recount a District No. 1 picnic in a grove north of the city with swings and arrangements for children’s enjoyment. The reporter notes a harmonious afternoon with happy, sparkling eyes and laughter. Musser and others return from Iowa City. Miss Charlotte Brecken comes home from Chicago to visit family. Will Howe returns to Rock Island. Mrs. J. H. Munroe and daughter and Miss Anna Betts depart for Prior Lake Minnesota.
Forty years ago the Philadelphia mint issued new silver coins in ten, twenty five, and fifty cent pieces. They were submitted to the treasury and valued to match current currency, planned for immediate use instead of ten, twenty and fifty dollar notes.
TWENTY YEARS AGO Mrs. Peter Musser and Mrs. P. M. were mentioned in a brief column noting past local events and people with no additional context.
The city council directs the recorder to publish data on the negotiated sale of the Muscatine Water Works plant to the city for 100000 dollars. The release covers the negotiating law and the forthcoming election on approving the contract of purchase.
If you suffer from bleeding itching blind or protruding Piles send address and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home by the new absorption treatment and will also send some of this home treatment free for trial with references from your own locality if requested Immediate relief and permanent care assured Send no money but tell others of this offer Write today to Mrs M Summers Box P Notre Dame Ind
Local items from Rochester Iowa reflect returning families from Sigourney camp meeting visits in Moline Tipton and Wilton. Anniversary joy at I C Wood home prompted gifts. Miss Bonmey nurse left Davenport. Sophia Miller wrapped up South Union term with school program and picnic. a long list of visitors attended.
Mr B F Kelley of Springfield Illinois reports kidney and bladder trouble lasting a year. After taking Foley Kidney Pills for a few weeks his headaches eased and bladder action returned to normal, removing distress. A W Morgan, Druggist, confirms the testimonial.
Laurel Hill column notes visits and travels among residents. Mrs Schaeffer and daughter Sophia of Wilton, Willis Rynearson of Muscatine, Henry Angerer and family, and others are listed with weekend different gatherings and trips to West Liberty Pleasant Prairie Iowa City and Muscatine. A school term for District No 6 ended with a picnic and program.
An old time remedy revived as a modern product Wyeths Sage and Sulphur for darkening hair and stimulating growth is now sold in ready to use form by druggists. Available in 50c and 1.00 bottles from Wyeth Chemical Company New York with local sale through A W Morgans Pharmacy.
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