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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal asserts it has circulation greater than all Muscatine papers combined and at least three times that of any other daily. It notes AP and Lee Syndicate memberships and lists subscription rates: daily by mail $3.00 per year, semi weekly $1.50, with weekday delivery and weekly carrier charge.
Representatives Payne and Young oversee the Chicago office at 759 Marquette Building, directing operations and handling key regional matters.
The Journal names multiple city agencies and grocery outlets for reader convenience. Entries include Wast Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street Booth Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon Street and others such as Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Bill Fuller Grocery and Wm Van 771 Grocery with an office at 30-34 West 33rd Street in New York.
Fragmentary reading references Bell Telephone in Mississippi Valley and noting offices. No clear event or individuals identified. Further legible text needed for a complete, factual card.
Sworn statement details May 1909 newspaper circulation for Muscatine Journal. Total average copies 6842 excluding 10,000 booster trip copies. attested by publisher I F Throop and notary F W Eversmeyer.
A critic muses on discontent as a force for social justice. He recalls a theorist’s claim that productive discontent can awaken concern for the poor in crowded cities and urges readers to extend sympathy beyond personal comfort, imagining a collective push for lasting reform.
The piece argues American suffragists should focus on persuading the majority of women rather than militant tactics. It cites a London incident where Mrs Pankhurst slapped a police officer, suggesting such acts would harm the suffrage cause in the United States by alienating public opinion.
The Marengo Republican notes hopeful sentiment that the tariff bill will be fairly satisfactory though revised downward. It criticizes protective aims that hurt consumers and cites Mrs. Belmont and editors in a sketched debate. The Mason City Globe-Gazette comments on Col. Lafe Young’s tariff revision efforts, hinting at deeper meanings beyond the text.
A lyric verse by Jessie Davies Willdy rendered in July Pacific Monthly. It evokes a wood-bird song under a summer moon, with pink and white blossoms, crimson roses, and a dreamlike floral mood.
A nostalgic setup recalls Fourth of July exercises with Unger band Glee club and notable speakers like Hugh J Campbell Esq Judge Thayer and a chaplain. Thirty years prior notes mention D W Jackson’s honors Mill West and Northwestern University and Rockefeller Jr as Standard Oil VP amid Iowa political editorial notes.
Forty years ago Lyman Banks left for Montgomery county to look for a home and settle there. The Island M E Sunday school plans a Fourth of July basket picnic in the grove west of the slough next Saturday with no intoxicating drinks or rough conduct allowed.
From the July Bohemian a fragment notes how Grandma’s words grow milder with age while modern Molly uses stronger language. It contrasts long held phrases with shorter sharper terms and reflects changing social speech patterns.
A Cleveland Leader quote recalls a farmer suit against the Missouri Kansas Texas railway where Judge Gantt suggested hiring a lawyer to get justice. The item also notes a cross fire in Senate debate as Senator Overman defends Southern interests against cotton duties amid a Republican gain observation.
Ten years ago Harold J. Mahin and his sister Miss Florence Mahin departed on an evening train to Chicago to join the National Editorial association on a tour to the Pacific coast. The party consists of several hundred newspaper representatives from across the United States.
The exchange centers on Republican protection policy and tariff revision. Senator Smith challenges, Senator Overman recalls pledges and predicts few votes after current revision upward. Democrats and insurgent Republicans laugh, easing the moment for the Michigander.
Ottumwa officials faced political backlash as Mayor Phillips vetoed a council approval for a South Market district saloon license, reversing prior pledges and aiming to keep order after the election.
The Chicago police are overwhelmed counting dynamite bombs thrown in the city over recent months. They have neglected to capture the perpetrators, leaving the case unresolved.
The June month proves mighty exhausting to the newspaper reporter’s stock of adjectives, a reflection on how demanding the month can be for journalistic work and expression.
In face of widespread newspaper criticism, the Burlington Gazette notes that the fly and Uncle Aldrich keep operating from their traditional location, maintaining business as usual despite scrutiny.
Clinton Herald notes a city physician who is a student and believes in direct action against mosquitoes. He started last year with good results and will resume after spring rains, targeting sloughs, ponds, swamps, creeks, and other waters to apply crude petroleum and halt breeding.
A playful excerpt in two styles by Eunice Ward features a legal scene where a judge questions a freeholder. The humor comes from the blunt responses about status and opinion, ending with a light aside about Molly's grandma reacting to a trying day.
In a Sioux City Journal report, Senator Aldrich references Senator Beveridge as counsel for the Iowa senator amid a scrap iron debate. Beveridge denies acting as anyone’s counsel as Aldrich remains quiet and smiles.
The Center Point Journal urges a policy to permit seining shooting and spearing carp in Iowa streams with a bounty on their heads. It argues it is time to reward efforts to reduce carp populations after introducing the fish.
A noted scientist revisits the age old question canines think and ponders what dogs might think about tag and muzzle regulations. The inquiry highlights how animal cognition intersects with public policy on pet control.
In the scene Cavenaugh curses and questions his welcome at home as grandpa constrains him. They move to a tense moment of settlement, while Mrs. Cavenaugh weeps, fearfully awaiting the outcome of a looming confrontation.
A druggist agent Havercamp promotes Parisian Sage promising two weeks to cure dandruff and hair fall with a money back guarantee. Claims the remedy leaves hair fluffy and non greasy, offered at 50 cents a bottle from Havercamp’s Drug Store or by express from Giroux Mfg Co Buffalo NY.
In a tense confrontation at the Cavenaugh residence, Carrington faces off with Grandpa over misappropriated papers and a staged blackmail threat. The elder warns of a multi million dollar case against Cavenaugh et al as a dramatic stalemate unfolds and a cliffhanger ending promises continuation.
Wilton Iowa June 29 delayed reports list residents and visitors making small trips to Muscatine Davenport West Liberty and Rock Island. Names include Moylan McFadden Fuller Wirtz Rininsland Shifler Murphy Rick Ellman Fischer Dunker OShaughnessy and Bannick plus social plans at St Marys church and Schafnit Lake camp event.
Descriptive literature and time tables available free on request from W. S. Cookson A G P A Grand Trunk Railway System 135 Adams Street Chicago Illinois. The routes connect Chicago Montreal and Niagara Falls to New York via Lehigh Valley and Chicago origin.
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