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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
3
Representatives listed for New York at 203 West 33rd Street and Chicago at 750 Marquette Building staff duties assigned to Payne and Young.
The Journal catalogs city agencies for reader convenience naming East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Toborg Bros groc street Oregon W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H W Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zyl Grocery.
A fragmented OCR item references Bell telephone offices and a business office in a city notice. Details are unreadable, but the context suggests an official communication about telephone services or office locations.
The Muscatine Journal presents a sworn circulation statement for February 1909. Publisher F D Throop certifies total copies printed and distributed, with notarized verification by F L Bihlmeier on March 2, 1909. The document lists multiple daily circulation figures and totals across the month.
Walter Wellman claims a conspiracy among senators to block real tariff reform. He argues the Taft tainted tariff bill is unimportant because a senate ring will force it to mimic the old Dingley law under another name.
The piece weighs the senate’s resistance to tariff reform against Taft’s pressure and insurgent hopes. It notes reform-minded new senators and a strong-willed negotiator who pledges real tariff revision, while labeling Walter’s predictions as pretentious but intriguing reading for workers.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil asks what congressmen will do in a session without appropriations or scandals. The Oskaloosa Herald notes Keokuk county’s last term had one jury trial but hints at big cases to be settled as jurors plan spring planting.
Ottumwa Courier notes the Muscatine murder suspect Harry Jones and remarks on the scene of his alleged suicide with torn bed clothes forming a makeshift noose, highlighting visible suspensions in the image.
The state senate sent the resubmission resolution to the committee on constitutional amendments and signaled opposition to re submission. It is not certain the question will reach a senate vote, and organizers say that may be for the best.
The New York World criticizes the cabinet as too legalistic and notes some readers called Roosevelt a failure for not being a lawyer, highlighting the divide over qualifications and performance.
Sioux City Tribune notes Judges McPherson and Anderson challenging rate and anti rebate laws. The piece argues if their laws are good they warrant better law, and if not, a dire need for stronger judges to prevent stagnation in public opinion.
The Farmington column opposes the Byers plan of law enforcement as centralizing, dangerous, and contrary to the state’s form of government. It warns design by fanatics could misuse legal power and calls the plan a step toward party tyranny and political revolution.
The Cedar Rapids Republican critiques a Muscatine legislator’s plan to pay women $1 for each child born. It questions if motherhood would be cheapened and mocks the idea of prizes for childbirth while asking what rewards would be offered to fathers.
City officials in Los Angeles appear uncertain as the Journal questions Jones death by his own hand. A leading Democrat in Congress defends Cannon as a valuable political asset for the party.
Some victims of the May Bray gang protest the use of the term mikes in public reports. They argue there are more humiliating labels that could apply, and object to casual naming in coverage.
A yesterday print cites George W. Wickersham as the probable attorney general in Taft's cabinet. After reflection the certainty of the prediction is considered conservative.
A correspondent to the Ottumwa Courier argues that officials must trust the people by placing Junkin in the Wapello county jail pending trial. The letter suggests that public trust in officials often falters, reflecting recent Ottumwa events and a general pattern of fragile mutual confidence.
The March Sports Afield issue features Pad dock's Reelfoot Lake piece and Winter Fishing on Lake Erie, plus Jimmy Legs naval tale and Overland from Dakota to the Ozarks. Other features include A Rabbit Hunt with Patsy and outdoor life essays. News dealers can order by sending 15 cents to Sports Afield, 358 Dearborn St. Chicago.
La Grippe coughs can become pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar stops cough and aids lung healing. Genuine product in a yellow package with no harmful drugs. substitutes refused. For sale by A. W. Morgan.
Merrihew and Hillard are drawn together by romance and risk as Merrihew contemplates a run at Monte Carlo while their Italian hosts plot across town. The scene shifts from club talk to a breakfast with a scarred Venetian, hinting at future danger and intrigue.
Thirty years ago March 12 1879 Henry Schaefer a Tribune printer married Frances M Balmos in Lake township by Rev H Hetzler. A wedding anniversary for A C Mayes and wife was celebrated the previous evening. William Huttig returned from Keokuk after attending the Knights of Honor grand lodge convention.
President Storms and other State college delegates from Ames testified to the senate appropriations committee on Friday, presenting detailed needs. One unnamed college man lamented feeling humiliated and urged officials to be invited rather than intruding when facts about the college's work are presented.
The Iowa legislature reviews a pharmacy board per diem padding issue, discusses replacing pay with salary, and notes the Goss vacancy. It contrasts state versus municipal regulation of public service franchises, with Lee urging targeted state oversight and White-Grier vs Smith-Lee approaches. A New York example shows costs of central franchise regulation, favoring local handling where possible.
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will showcase minerals from the British Columbia exhibit. The best collections obtainable on the British side will be exhibited at Seattle's great exposition.
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