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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journals print 10 pages Tuesday and 8 pages Friday nights. Daily mail subscription costs 3.00 per year and 10 cents weekly carrier delivery. Semi Weekly mail is 1.50 per year.
New York Office at 30 8 West 33rd Street and Payne and Young in charge. Chicago Office located at 750 Marquette Building.
The Journal lists local city agencies for readers convenience including East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon Street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chavka s Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zyl Grocery.
Sworn statement by publisher F D Throop and notary F L Bihimeier reporting monthly circulation figures for January 1909. The record lists print runs and distribution statistics with an average shown and includes official sworn affidavit details and notary seal.
The text debates the nature of psycho therapy as treatment through the mind and questions whether the definition is scientifically solid. It playfully distinguishes suggestion-therapeutics and notes uncertainty about technical accuracy.
The piece notes that physicians frequently rely on suggestion therapy to heal, tracing its roots to medieval draughts and leeching. It argues the laity care mainly about healing regardless of method and urges doctors to study mind over matter.
An editorial urges self and social use of auto-psychotherapy to foster health and cheer. It advises greeting others with joy and respect, boosting both personal mood and the wider world, while noting Roosevelt’s presidency as a subject of reflection on effort, mistakes, and humanity.
Theodore Roosevelt retires from executive leadership after seven epoch making years as president. The article notes his enduring influence and the flood of writings about his private life as his White House service nears its end.
An employee reflects on a career marked by decades of public service. The column notes that detailing all achievements would require many books, and suggests a single sentence may best sum up the individual's important contributions.
Mr. Jones takes the spotlight this week with a temporary retirement to Thursday, then returns as Mr. Taft prepares to take over. The Cherokee Democrat praises achievements in a rhythmic verse while Mike Donovan compares Roosevelt’s public life to a boxing career. Alderman Leu times statements with care on the Democratic ticket.
Waterloo Reporter notes a San t a Fe dog found a purse containing 5000 dollars and received a new collar as reward. The Burlington Gazette comments on Taft appointing two Democrats to cabinet posts and keeping Tama Jim Wilson in place, approving the official family.
In remarks aimed at correcting the afternoon papers reports of his tariff views Taft avoided accusing anyone of lying and for the first attempt, admirably succeeded.
In Marshalltown Times Republican readers are reminded that Maxim’s silent gun mechanism will not appeal to young boys or fathers who teach kids about past firecracker use. The column critiques the device as impractical and unsuited to family life and childhood play.
Washington March 1 Special. Rep. Dawson of Iowa defended the Fairport biological station amid a heated fight over mussel conservation and pearl button industry. He showed shells and explained mussels propagate via fish hosts, arguing the station safeguards a growing US industry with 3,000 workers and $10,000,000 annual output.
A legislative hearing recounts a Missouri and Georgia exchange on fresh water mussels used for button making. Scientists recall releasing 25 000 inoculated fishes into the Mississippi near La Crosse, Wisconsin, a year ago and finding millions of thriving mussels now.
A column presents past items from Muscatine with notes on the Columbus City Enterprise’s first issue and local recollections. It mentions Old Brown in Cedar county and a new postmaster at Newton Kansas, plus local nostalgia and recent arrivals in Columbus Junction and area.
40 years ago William Stratton and Louisa Brown married in the city on March 1. Sudden death to William P. Chapman of Seventy-Six township found in bed by his wife after a healthful evening. Col. Kincaid left for Washington to witness General Grant's inauguration yesterday.
Twenty years ago N B Seeley, once of South Muscatine, suffered a house fire in Kansas on January 18. L W Meyvers of the Vanella Republican sent a report today. H C Asburgh, formerly editor of the Wilton Herald, is noted in transition.
The Wilton Advocate recounts Muscatine county’s first school in 1837 taught by George Wit hy gardner and Iowa’s first school in Lee county in 1820 taught by a Berry man Jennings. It notes the log mud schoolhouse with a fireplace and that these were not public schools as today. The first graded Iowa school was in Muscatine in 1851. It also lists Muscatine High School’s A class officers for graduation led by President Harry Asthalter with officers including Vice President Harry Garnes and Secretary Miss May Lane among others.
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