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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening through the week except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal is issued 10 pages Tuesday and 5 pages Friday nights. Daily delivered in the city by carrier and collected for weekly ten cents per week. Daily one year by mail three dollars. Semi-Weekly one year thirteen fifty.
The message lists office locations with names and addresses. New York Office at 30 3 West 33rd Street and Payne and Young in charge. Chicago Office at 750 Marquette Building.
The Journal lists local city agencies for readers convenience including Past Hill Hurlbut Grocery Fast 2nd Street Booth Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W. C. A. Busch's Drug Store Hershey Avenue Kechlerville Chavka s Grocery West Hill J. H. Fuller Grocery and Wm. Van Zyl Grocery.
A fragmentary entry references Bell telephone offices including Busthene and Factorial offices with scattered mentions of Mississippi Valley. details are unreadable and no events or dates are confirmed.
Publisher F D Throop swears the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated 6 666 copies in February 1909 with listed daily figures and totals. Notary F L Bihlmeter confirms sworn statement dated March 2, 1909 with official seal.
The Ottumwa case involving John Junkin, who confessed to killing Clara Rosen, should be handled by regular arraignment and a fair trial. Governor Carroll is commended for insisting on lawful procedures and rejecting mob violence to uphold the dignity of law and order in Wapello County.
The article notes a very discouraging week for the honest radical as public sentiment shifts. It cites Judge McPherson’s Missouri rates decision and Judge Anderson’s ruling to throw out the suit, signaling setback for reform efforts.
A mix of reminiscences, election results, and local notices spans decades. Washington Williams brings a 21 pound pike to Muscatine. school officers elected at the courthouse include Jos Bridgman as President and Alex Jackson as Vice President. other posts listed. Also noted are property deals, a 25th wedding anniversary, a dog bite, and plans for a new Iowa Investi gator newspaper in Ottumwa by Col Nate Reed.
Thirty years ago Mr and Mrs Jacob Silverman of Cincinnati formerly from Muscatine were celebrated in a notice noting their lasting ties to the community and family milestones.
A reflective article debates Uncle Joe Cannon's possible speakership, Taft's tariff drive, and Rooseveltian footprints in the House. It notes a tentative radical backlash, fears over rules power, and hints at wartime revenue taxes and repeal echoes. It cites 1898 revenue act proceeds and calls for prudent tax restoration.
The Dubuque Times Journal reports the new tariff bill would halve duties on steel and lumber and impose taxes on inheritance.
The Marengo Republican notes President Taft places McVeagh and Dickinson as long term appointees while naming Knox Dickinson and Wickersham as notable lawyers. It praises the cabinet as courageous, clean, and capable under the president’s leadership for a splendid administration.
Iowa City editorial argues educational boards have mostly secured building funds from the legislature while salaries lag. As the construction phase advances, lawmakers should give greater attention to increasing teacher and staff pay to accompany the new facilities.
The article notes Hughes and Root will share influence in state politics rather than a single boss. It praises returning power to the people and marks the decline of the old boss system with cooperation as a wiser arrangement.
In Cleveland the city does not sell its aged horse off to a cartman but instead sends the faithful animal to a 2,000 acre city owned farm to pass its final days in peace and comfort.
The president intends his secretary of war to convey a pacific attitude toward the south and the administration's generous disposition toward peace. He aims to continue his policies in the war office in a general sense.
Des Moines Capital notes that Mr. Roosevelt will not pursue Africa, limiting potential fatalities to wild animals rather than the Adirondack deer hunters.
Copperas Creek residents report travel to Davenport on Sunday with plans to settle there. Several families and visitors are listed visiting relatives in the area including Martins, Hesser, Beeney, Vanatta, and Mewes as they relocate or spend weekends with kin.
Warns against untested medicines and urges use of Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Advises buyers to verify ingredients and avoid dishonest dealers. Offers free 1008 page medical adviser by mail from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo, New York. Mention of Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
In the café Dan Merrihew confesses he offered to marry Kitty Killigrew and was rejected. Hillard mocks his friend’s vanity while Merrihew laments money worries and his flashy life. The scene ends with Merrihew admitting he is a “jackass half the time” and the note “To Be Continued.”
Mrs. Henry Lehms is ill with Dr Bowser attending. Otto Bohnsack, William Bohnsack, and Leslie Wagner elected to school board terms. A spring term teacher sought starting March 15. Mrs Hattie Mark returns to Boulder after visiting Pleasant Prairie. Local trips include Henry Dipple Antone Braun to Muscatine for the Jones trial and various family visits around Blue Grass March activities.
State of Iowa Muscatine County MAURER v ADAIR STARNES STERNES STEARNS STEARNS DAVIS GRUNDER and others. Plaintiff seeks to quiet title to parts of sections 1 and 12 in township 78 north range 2 west with open possession over 30 years and asserts no interest by certain heirs. If defendants fail to appear by April 6, 1909, default and judgment will ensue. The notice is published in Muscatine Daily Journal for four weeks.
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