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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1900
Page
4
Subscription rates per year delivered by carrier collected weekly. Tri weekly delivery on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays and payable in advance. Remittances by draft express or money order payable to JOURNAL PRINTING Co Muscatine Iowa.
The Wapello Tribune argues for a unified Iowa school system linking district and higher education to streamline funding. It supports Gardner Cowles's high school bill to raise standards, provide $400 yearly aid per compliant school, limit to 190 schools, and reduce local taxes. It cites Minnesota success and notes the bill’s aims and costs. It also highlights a Cornell address on territorial expansion boosting U S trade and critiquing Monroe doctrine limits on commerce.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat notes a possible 1900 split as many major Democratic papers including the Brooklyn Eagle and Richmond Times push expansion. They argue national expansion was a Democratic principle in the party’s heyday and warn against opposing it or risk large defeats.
The Hanna Payne Frye ship subsidy bill grants 10 cents per ton for the first 1500 miles of voyage and 1 cent per 100 miles thereafter for American built vessels in foreign carriage. An extra 23-10 cents per 100 miles rewards steamers at 21 knots. Foreign built ships owned by Americans may qualify if American built tonnage is later constructed. Critics say benefits to Standard Oil and International Navigation are prejudice, but supporters urge aiding American shipping.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat reports eight months into the fiscal year the surplus of receipts over expenditures at 37,763,000 dollars, with a February public debt decrease of 6,756,168 dollars, noting Republican times are easily distinguished from the other kind.
The Dubuque Times reports Senator Allison’s birthday with notes on his long service from Ohio to Iowa and his Senate leadership. It highlights his 36 years in Congress, race for reelection in 1878 1884 1890 and 1896, and his role as Senate Nes tor while praising his constructive statesmanship and Iowa pride.
Burlington Hawkeye laments Democratic congressmen who opposed relief for Porto Ricans and warns after voting. Dugabue Times warns against Duluth lumberman cutting Calaveras great trees for private property cash. Fairfield Ledger reports H Clay Caldwell may join fusion ticket as Populist. Clinton Herald critiques State printing bids and inflated costs, noting Democratic job offices pay higher rates.
A historical notice invites readers to send 10 cents or stamps to have their name listed in an Agents Directory. The directory targets publishers, mail order houses, agent suppliers, and country agents, with claims of abundant mail and various sample propositions related to ware, jewelry, silver, novelties, and books.
An advertisement touts Mull’s Lightning Cough Cure for immediate relief. The product is offered at 25 cents, promising quick dampening of coughing symptoms.
In a Philippine setting Margaret awakens as bugles sound and guards rally. Rollin Latrobe confronts Billy Gray, a struggle ensues, Latrobe knocks the corporal from the stairs, escapes through a window to the beach, and the Calle Real erupts with calls to arms.
Wild day in Manila as shots at a vagrant dog trigger a full harbor city alarm. Soldiers seize vehicles, civilians flee, and battalions rally while residents seek refuge as news spreads by wire to front lines. The episode ends with calm restored and officials reviewing the incident.
A dusk raid on the shore leads to a panic as a private slips through guards, escapes with letters, and triggers a mistaken alarm. Gray clashes with a jealous officer while Margaret Garrison governs with cool nerves as chaos unfolds in the household.
An old newspaper ad touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure as safe for children and effective against coughs. It promotes 25 cent and 50 cent bottles with a guarantee from all druggists.
Poem fragment seeking a perfect sweetheart with romantic imagery. A single speaker desires a beloved who resembles a rose, with red and white cheeks and a thornless bloom. The verse ends with a comic line invoking tender beef and names Fred Penobscott.
A reader defends vaccination skepticism from memory of a Literary Digest discussion and questions state authorities and a vaccine certificate. The letter complains of mandated medical authorizations, urges medical reform, and criticizes school book changes and local politics. It contrasts past bleeding with modern medical policy and calls for broader public accountability.
A letter condemns lawmakers who may bypass merit in book selection and warns that public schools could run themselves with less ribbon and more sense, expressing sympathy for officials serving the public good.
An old time ad promises instant relief for pain with Mull s Licht ning Pain Killer described as infernal or external and guaranteed pure. Priced 25 cents and 5 cents and available at all druggists.
Weekly list of remaining mail at Muscatine Iowa includes men and women names and a foreign list. The notice asks recipients to say advertised when calling for letters and is signed by W L Roach postmaster.
In San Francisco the widow of General Lawton faced a flood of letters from people asking for loans and gifts from a fund to cover her mortgage and support her family.
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