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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
3
The Daily Journal publishes five days a week excluding Sunday with daily city delivery and mall subscriptions. The Semi-Weekly Journal appears on Tuesday and Friday nights. Rates include 10 cents per week in city delivery, 3.90 per year by mail for daily and 1.50 for semi-weekly.
The Republican electors of Iowa announce a delegate convention in Des Moines on August 1 1906 at 10 30 a m to nominate candidates for governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general supreme court seats clerk of supreme court superintendent of public instruction reporter of supreme court railroad commissioner and other business. Delegates are apportioned by county and by votes for Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 with invitations extended to all GOP supporters to unite in the convention.
The Muscatine Journal will install a 16 page Goss straight line press by September 1. The upgrade reflects growth driven by a large subscription list heavy ad patronage and a commitment to thorough news service in this city of 18000.
Muscatine native Ellis Parker Butler emerges as a leading magazine writer famed for Pigs is Pigs. The Reader notes his success with a book adaptation and a biographical sketch recounting his Iowa roots, move to New York, and early career as a humorist.
A Philadelphia jubilee celebrating fifty years since the Republican party’s birth draws nationwide notice. The Burlington Hawk-Eye editorial extols consistent adherence to founders’ cardinal principles from Fremont onward and lauds the party’s long grasp on government affairs. The piece highlights the party’s enduring record over half a century.
The Burlington road seeks to build a new depot in Mt. Pleasant but needs land. Adjoining landowners demand three prices for the same parcel, likely moving the depot two or three blocks from its present site, as greed harms the town.
The author notes Fairfield’s Chautauqua meetings have prospered, leading the town to buy a fifty acre natural park for future gatherings under their vine and fig tree. The piece suggests Muscatine Chautauqua could mirror this success.
If this kind of weather continues, summer resorts won’t see strong business. With pleasant days at home, people question the need to seek better locations.
A Washington item jokes that real work on the Panama canal is about to start, deeming the notion wildly optimistic and almost too good to be true. The quip hints at bureaucratic delays and the persistent dream of a completed waterway.
The city envisions a monument honoring Carl Schurz, commemorating his public service and legacy in New York. Plans outline placement in a prominent civic space with expected dedication dates and funding considerations to be determined.
The article suggests that funding depends on the country supplying the money. It notes unresolved questions about budget sources and the timeline for disbursement, highlighting potential delays and political hurdles.
The Mason City Globe Gazette notes politicians in Iowa are in a fever over every sign of Allison’s illness while the Cedar Falls Gazette doubts truth read in the Des Moines Register and Leader. The Mason City Times-Herald pledges the state committee to direct responsibility for a square deal.
Anthony Kelly and family visit Kinross leaders. triplets now over three years old. A N Strain and county officials plan county convention details after senate vote. Various residents travel for work, education, or relocation to California Oregon and other towns.
Raoul de Chatignac sails to Quebec with a mission to woo a woman but is betrayed. Soldiers in two canoes arrest him in the king's name after a covert pursuit. The Governor confronts Raoul with a New York commandant letter as tensions rise toward a dramatic outcome.
A doctor misdiagnoses uterine symptoms as unrelated ailments causing wasted time and costly treatment. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is pitched as a remedy addressing the root cause, described as safe for the feminine system and helpful for nervous exhaustion and related conditions. Pleasant Pellets aid digestion and liver function.
An old newspaper advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers eczema scrofula blood poison cancer eating sores itching skin pimples boils bone pains swellings rheumatism and catarrh. It offers free samples by mail and states doctor’s advice in sealed letters with prepaid medicine and a local Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as a retailer.
An advert claims sleeplessness weakens the nervous system and that Dr A W Chase's Nerve Pills restore blood and nerve force. It promises visible weight gain and overall organ benefit, priced 60 cents a box or six for $2.50, sold by A W Morgan and other dealers.
Mrs H P D Winnedge and son Hewitt visit relatives in the area from Philadelphia. Mrs Lenecker of Mt. Pleasant visits sister Mrs C R Zimmerman. Mrs Wm Bell leaves for Manchester to see daughter Mrs Diti mer. Miss Margaret Huffman attends summer term at Chicago University. Local clergy and residents return from Hopkinton. Presbyterian lunch on show day. Mrs J J Swan returns from Chicago hospital improved. Mrs Spear birthday surprise at Marshall home. Ida Paisley visits Crawfordsville. Lois Trumbull returns to Burlington. Mrs Chas Cooke returns to Murry. Lola Clawson visiting Woodhull Illinois.
New towns arise on the railroad extension into central South Dakota offering excellent business opportunities. For full particulars address Thomas A. Way, Townsite Agent, Watertown, Dakota.
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