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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
3
Almost 500 people attended the Muscatine school caucus signaling scrutiny of the board’s new methods. Voters rejected a Fulham faction backed ticket, endorsing the incumbents and asserting the past year’s policies. G Logan Payne was among the nominees with strong support.
Readers are invited to visit The Chicago Inter Ocean offices at 106 108 110 East Monroe Street to tour the building and inspect the newspaper’s mechanical and scientific improvements of the age.
The piece notes a rising lottery demand amid economic distress with $47.6 million in lottery transactions for the year ending February 1. State lotteries dominate, government returns 7 percent to holders and 30 percent to revenue, yet warns that lottery wealth is fleeting and harmful. It contrasts with wood sawing as more profitable long term and comments on local school politics and opposition to radical manipulators.
The Manson Journal laments Republicans delaying tariff concessions to Cuba. It warns voters that memories of the last Democratic administration's tariff adjustments will deter trusting the party again, noting it will take generations to fade.
The Muscatine school bond issue to expand capacity faces voters Monday. The article notes three disapproving actions by Director Fulham at the convention, including attempts to nominate a chairman and influence ballots, while directors Morgridge and Appel were renominated by large majorities.
The piece urges careful watching of the school board schemers Monday. It notes caucus nominations do not guarantee election and another ticket could win. A large Monday vote for Directors Morgridge and Appel would signal public attitude toward the schools and board.
Last night the Muscatine caucus revealed the town’s need for a bigger public gathering space as the city hall filled with voters. The stairway filled and the crowd spilled into the street while the line moved slowly and voters passed out to make way.
A cold with chest or back pain can lead to pneumonia. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy used as directed is advertised to prevent pneumonia. The ad claims thousands have used it with no pneumonia cases and notes it is sold by all druggists.
A March Woman's Home Companion passage discusses the inherent goodness in children and the need for nourishment of virtue to guide lifelong growth toward beauty and enduring purpose. It emphasizes the importance of early moral nurturing for a wholesome, lasting character.
Frank J. Stillman reports from Washington on Iowa interest in federal irrigation policy for arid western lands. Tongue favors a cautious start with Lacey experiments, while Newlands and other western reps push for broader action. The piece notes Rural Free Delivery reform, post office politics, and sugar tariff tensions shaping Iowa’s congressional posture.
Proceedings list numerous state cases led by JPs Howe and Rowan with defendants Edwards Ludi Williams Baker and many others. The record records witnesses, constables, and amounts tied to each prosecution entry, spanning dozens of docket items and participant names.
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