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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
3
Subscription rates for the Muscatine Journal are listed: daily per year delivered by carriers paid weekly, semi weekly Tuesday and Friday payable in advance. Remittances by draft or money order should be made payable to the Journal Printing Company. order by postal card or telephone No. 27.
The Republican delegates from Louisa and Muscatine counties meet at the county courthouse in Iowa City to nominate a candidate for senator and to transact other business. Delegates are apportioned by county and specific chairs are named for Muscatine and Louisa counties with invitations extended to Republicans aligned with the party’s 1900 platform.
The Republican Electors of Iowa are invited to a delegate convention in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday August 1901 at 11 AM. The meeting aims to nominate a Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Justice Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railroad Commissioner. All veterans of the state who support Republican principles are urged to attend and participate in the delegate selection. The method of representation will be announced.
The New York World extols U S prosperity as led by strong pillars such as vast wealth and industrial output while cautioning Europe against challenging it. The piece endorses tariff restraint and reciprocity treaties to boost foreign trade without harming domestic interests. warns against new tariff reductions.
Clatinda Herald mocks B F Clayton of Indianola for backing Cummins to oppose corporations. The piece questions Cummins as a reformer while noting his history as a corporation lawyer and his past ties to saloon interests and the bio distillery battle.
The Republican Party of Muscatine County calls a convention at the Muscatine Court House to select twenty-one delegates for the State Convention in Cedar Rapids and to choose electors and ward and township committeemen. Delegates are apportioned by district votes, with meetings in Muscatine on July date and August 7 for statewide and senatorial district selections.
Chicago trial results convict Dr Unger Smiley and Brown of conspiracy to defraud an insurer. Mooney & Boland detectives who handled Muscatine arnalite cases allegedly employed men in a gruesome scheme to induce a coma like trance, morgue death, cremation, and insurance payout. all three conspirators sentenced to five years in prison.
The piece argues nature cures most ailments if obstacles are removed and emphasizes cleanliness as key. It promotes antiseptics for sores and urges families to keep a remedy box stocked with antiseptics and druggists’ items.
A National Stockman note advises farmers to keep cows for year round milk and to raise and fatten pigs in two broods per year. Keeping brood sows and feeding pigs for use reduces costs, while light weight hogs bring higher market value. The writer suggests breeding and utilizing pigs with efficient dairy support and mentions cost comparisons with horse raising.
A short essay by J. M. Terreil argues farming keeps people from extreme wealth or poverty, urges pride in the occupation, and says farmers should dress well, beautify homes, and provide good reading for families. It calls for elevating farming so any person can proudly say I am a farmer.
At a North Dakota experiment station nine months tested oats and barley feeding to three horses and two mules. In all paired work, barley fed animals gained less flesh or lost more weight. switching animals showed the same result. Barley-fed animals sometimes refused barley after several meals, while timothy hay remained the same. Conclusion: barley is not as valuable as oats when fed in equal weights.
The American farmer cannot afford a common or small horse. Ranchers can raise small horses since they are easy to raise and hardy and cheap to sell. Yet as a business proposition for him the small horse lags behind.
Press opinions note Cedar Rapids Republican calls for peace makers after years of Democratic faction within the Iowa GOP. The Sioux City Journal mocks smallpox framing and urges restraint as delegates debate convention strategies and candidates.
The Nonpareil notes Senator Allisim avoids claiming youth but cites others as saying he is not old. It argues that denial of aging helps a man feel younger and maintain vitality. The piece emphasizes perception over biography in aging.
Creston Gazette notes that Mr. Cummins will deliver the Greenfield Fourth of July address, but will enjoy a rare day of rest amid fireworks and holiday bustle with no strong objections to his respite.
The park announces a management change this year with a new manager offering a hospitable visit experience. Large parties of ten or more can obtain tickets at Ticeach as part of the visitor program.
Mow Canada thistles in July while they bloom. Cut stems a few inches above ground and prune only flowering stems. Non blooming plants should be cut next year when they bloom. After seeding the plant dies. use a light scythe for best results. In poor ground the thistle often cannot regrow.
Instructions prescribe Bordeaux mix with copper sulphate lime and paris green for potato spraying. Use Paris green only in June and in July and August. Apply two or three times monthly. Ten years of trials at Vermont station showed 206 bushels per acre with spraying versus 173 without.
The farm owner should determine required power and buy a boiler and engine with double that capacity. Although costly initially, it proves economical as engines readily take on more work, avoiding immediate inadequacy. Director Cornell Experiment Station notes this approach.
The guide emphasizes keeping newly hatched chicks vermin-free and away from water, and feeding them as much as they will eat without excess. It notes success with either dry or wet feeding methods if these precautions are followed.
Garden guidance recommends regular jar red application on plum and peach trees for the next three to four weeks to prevent fruit injury by the curculio. Beetles should be collected on sheets and destroyed to reduce damage.
Handie cautions readers to store Paris green and other garden poisons locked away during spraying season to prevent accidents and misuse.
The Central Iowa Association of Spiritualists opened its annual camp meeting in Marshalltown. Sterling's Keystone Manufacturing plans a four story warehouse in Council Bluffs. Clinton liquor dealers fined 10 dollars plus costs for Sunday sales. L. N. Speigel topped the Chicago hog market with 74 head averaging 299 pounds. Nine Clarinda residents join Epworth League trip to San Francisco departing Creston July 9. Wolf hunters establish a camp near Janesville in Bremer county, claiming several kills. British government agents in town buying horses for Boer War service. Milwaukee Road to build a 20000 dollar depot at Mason City. Lafe Young to speak July 4 at Cedar Falls. Iowa coal output ranked seventh nationwide at 5237634 tons worth 7202986 dollars. Carroll Herald denounces demoralizing shows tied to Carroll’s fireman tournament. Frank Gunn, son of a banker, found dead in a Fremont grain elevator after drunken sleep.
At the request of the Alumni Association of the University the Weston Passenger Association has given visitors at the annual commencement a fare of one and one third for the round trip over its Iowa roads.
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes June brides as the season of romance with orange blossoms and fine gowns. It praises brides for beauty and charm while acknowledging grooms play a cheerful supporting role in weddings. The piece expresses hope that June records will surpass all others.
A clay tablet from Megara, dating to the second to fourth century, preserves eight lines of the Lord’s Prayer in Greek letters. Professor Rudolf Knopf reconstructs the inscription, noting the missing doxology and a monogram cross symbol helping date the artifact.
A Muscatine man applying for life insurance insists on seven children in his family. After multiple recitations, the surgeon notes six and the office girl wryly points out the man forgot himself. The teller calls it a memorable moment and promises to keep names out.
In extreme heat two boys, one rural and one city, lingered at Tom Davidson’s restaurant and refused to move. They commandeered milk from Ed Will and Nequs milk wagons after consuming a quart each, then sat in shade with a chunk of fire between them. They finally wandered off around 11:30 a.m. after being teased.
The Memphis Scimitar explains that a hunch is an inspiration rather than a superstition and recounts a hotel clerk who loses a bet after ignoring a hunch about Ita Water at Nashville. The piece ends with Rev Dr Leighton Parks famed for repartee outwitting a profanity prone guest who blasphemes near him.
A carload of Oregon horses will be sold at public auction at the Rock Island sales Friday June 23. Don’t miss this sale. Best lot of horses ever shown here.
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