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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
3
Entry at the Muscatine post office shows second class matter for the Journal. Subscription rates include Daily 520 per year and Semi Weekly 150 payable in advance. Remittances to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa by draft, express or money order.
The slate lists Alderman candidates for the first ward Robert Seiler the second ward Fred Clifford and the third ward R C Schenck with a note for John Diercks.
A Clarinda Herald remark warns against western mining stock selling at fifty to sixty cents a share with promises of future gains. Creston papers report money leaving Creston for Cripple Creek and similar projects. The Ollie case prompts looming lawsuits, bad blood, and widespread investor losses.
Congress votes 5 million dollars toward the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1963 in St Louis. Citizens have invested 10 million, bringing initial funding to 15.9 million, with hopes returns will repay all stock and yield dividends. Debate over future world fairs stresses decennial timing and nationwide progress exhibits.
Secretary of War Root provides congressional figures on global military capacity. Russia leads with 22 million possible manpower, Germany 12 million, Britain about 12 million, France around 9.5 million. U S militia 110,000 plus regulars 10,000 could muster about 10.4 million in an emergency, with the American soldier praised for mental superiority.
The Cedar Falls appearance of the Cherry Sisters prompted a Waterloo Courier critic to note Jessie the youngest shows real talent yet warn she should curb ambitions or risk harming the act's unique appeal.
A Carroll Herald note discusses the misuses of the word only in scholarly writing. It argues that writers often misplace only and urges placing it next to the term it modifies for clarity.
The Alexandria Herald reports Kyle supporters rally to spotlight him as key to a revenue district for the two Dakotas. They hope to turn the two time accident into a future senatorial bid in two years. The state is implied to favor a Republican nominee who has long stood in the party.
The Marion Register mocks editors of the metropolitan press for concealing the seventh letter of the alphabet in the name of the Sioux City Journal editor. It jokes about spelling variations and urges fair treatment, urging no partiality in naming public figures.
In a terse exchange, detectives reveal a skeleton key unlocked a hidden family scandal. March Smart Set notes a sharp discovery that exposes private misdeeds within a household.
The column reports J. Pierpont Morgan as an Episcopal and possibly denying Lent sacrifices, notes Congo mail bags stolen for wives’ petticoats, recounts Edgerton of Madison sticking a hand in a horse’s mouth, jokes about Senator Tillman naming Beveridge “the wasp of the Wabash,” and mentions a New York Battery skyscraper housing a major trust with clerks seasick in a windstorm during a top-floor sway.
Franklyn Fyles recalls Edwin Forrest being asked about a rehearsal storm. The tragedian quips that the outside thunderstorm was the real thing, prompting the manager to admit they could do better, but nature supplied a louder clap.
A wealthy man plans to give almost all his fortune to charity, prompting debate on the impact of such gifts. The piece promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a proven tonic for digestion, nerves, and general health, urging readers to buy it and ensure a private revenue stamp on the bottle.
Every Tuesday in February March and April the Iowa Central railway sells one way settlers and colonists excursion tickets to California Oregon Washington Montana Idaho and British Columbia at very low rates. California tickets bought on Tuesdays are valid for passage in tourist cars on Wednesdays. for details contact local Iowa Central agents or Geo. S. Batty G P T A Marshalltown IA.
A Rudyard Kipling line urges readers to persevere in duties with courage and wisdom. It extols men who stand firm in labor and pen amid a world of men, not children or gods, but beings of merit.
Washington notes lawmakers weigh countervailing duties as a remedy to European sugar bounties. An assistant explains that domestic sugar protection supports agriculture, manufacturing, and rural life while Germany’s bounty model influenced global markets. The writer urges Europe to end subsidies to avert U.S. retaliatory duties.
A grandmother recalls two boys named I Wish and I Will. I Wish dreamed and sighed while I Will acted with diligence. The tale contrasts longing with effort showing how persistence yields blessings. The poem ends with a moral on balancing wishful thinking and work.
A reader from Brooklyn submits a verse list recounting U S presidents in order from Washington to McKinley. The poem traces each leader’s term length and notes events such as Lincoln's war and Garfield's assassination, ending with McKinley’s “four years more.”
Mrs J Bremen of Rifle Cole reports Beggs Cherry Cough Syrup cured her of a long standing threat and lung trouble. The product claims to treat coughs colds asthma bronchitis la grippe pneumonia whooping cough croup and consumption.
The verse asks how the New Year should present itself and whether to lavish promises or begin redeeming obligations left by the Old Year. It ponders actions over words and the pace of renewal.
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