Representatives G Logan Payne and firm addresses listed
Representatives G Logan Payne at 935 Marquette La Cost and Maxwell at 140 Nassau St Building. Names and locations appear in a business notice segment.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1902
Page
3
Representatives G Logan Payne at 935 Marquette La Cost and Maxwell at 140 Nassau St Building. Names and locations appear in a business notice segment.
The Chicago Inter Ocean invites readers to tour its majestic Monroe Street building The description promises a glimpse of the newspaper’s modern mechanical and scientific improvements and a view into its industry needs for a great paper Visitors are welcomed for inspection and sightseeing within the offices and facilities.
The Des Moines Capital urges reduced railroad rates to aid mines and factories and backs Teachout amendments to taxation of railroads. It notes a twelve year lack of rate cuts, while the Vinton Eagle recalls campaigns centered on railroad taxes and warns higher valuations will follow.
J S Trige predicts farm product prices for the coming year will depend on crop yields and tightened storage. He notes robust prosperity with high wages and rising consumer demand, suggesting land values may steadily increase as producers face strong markets through the year 192.
In Mt. Pleasant Iowa a so called lodge under the Kansas Utopia Association offers ten cent life insurance to secure intoxicants for members. Ed Deal runs the lodge and dispenses liquor. The Dial of Progress vows to publish member names, hoping to expose the den of darkness and test legality in court.
Testimony argues against starvation claims, noting full employment, favorable balance of trade, and a sizable class of “gentlemen of ease” as Cuba avoids any imminent financial collapse.
A February census of the unemployed in Berlin shows 75,000 persons totally without employment and about 40,000 partially unemployed as the count proceeds.
Editorial notes praise for Depew on ship subsidies and urge action to bolster American shipping. It questions local calls to change judicial nominating processes and reports Roosevelt’s exchanges with Emperor William. It defends Henderson against anti Cuba tariff claims and warns of European diplomats influencing U.S. defense and prestige amid wartime tensions.
A brief exchange shows a kind elderly woman asking a young urchin to come home with her. The urchin responds with a terse retort about a parlor smoke, highlighting a tense, ambiguous social moment.
A guest with a poor memory approached a tired host at a reception. The guest suggested going home and learned the host could not leave, as he lived there. The stranger then rushed to the dressing room and followed the host’s idea.
The Alger Gazette explains it did not publish last week because the editor became a parent. A ten pound baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. L M Richards last Wednesday. The note ends with playful pride and asks readers to forgive the omission.
A farmer declines a newspaper subscription, noting his father left many unread newspapers after his death. The exchange captures a humorous moment of a pitch meeting in a rural setting.
The verse portrays a poor man bound to his caste from start to finish and mocked for his clothing choices as he strives to fit a rigid social order. It uses playful rhyme to critique class norms and selfpresentation.
Weary Willie notes Mr. J Pierpont Astorbilt lost six million dollars yesterday. Strawfoot Charlie remarks that such a loss is bearable for him but questions what the poor would do if they suffered the same fate.
Jimson asks if Jagway is drinking. Jagway denies. In a terse New Year exchange, Jimson questions joy or celebration while Jagway replies that he is broke and cannot drink.
Washington report notes Senator Allison doubts Cuban sugar issue deserves wide alarm and urges patience as Dolliver favors reciprocal ties with Cuba. It quotes Speaker Henderson denying opposition to Cuba concessions and highlights Iowa figures entertained in Washington over Cuba policy and rural free delivery debates.
The Journal provides a medium for reader signed communications and does not approve or disapprove the sentiments expressed. This column is offered for the free use of its readers to express ideas within the paper.
The article argues gambling spreads through social circles including church festivals and progressive euchre parties. It blames early indulgence for ruin and urges a nationwide ban on card tables and prizes, plus moral action and enforcement to stop gambling’s spread.
The remark asserts that honest faithful application of remedy will end the evil, attributed to M. D. Murdock. It presents a concise moral stance without additional context or details.
The article argues that thorough education benefits practical skills like mechanics and cooking and asserts that developing one mental faculty strengthens all. It compares intellectual growth to physical development and urges young people to pursue full education early without harming health to prepare for work and life.
Dexter Gardner of Vincennes Indiana may die from injuries after a Chicago and Florida limited train seat accident on November 21. A fellow passenger reversed the seat crushing Gardner’s foot. surgeons amputated his great toe and blood poisoning threatens the leg. Gardner wants to meet the man who caused the injury and may sue for damages.
The giant locomotive number 989, built at Schenectady New York for the Santa Fe line, weighs 130 tons and stands sixteen feet tall to the stack. It measures seventy five feet in length not counting its tender and has ten drive wheels. It can haul a train about a mile and a half long on level track, transporting grain from a 10000 acre farm.
The largest needle manufactory in the world operates in Redditch Worcestershire England producing over seventy million needles weekly highlighting its massive scale and global reach in textile supplies.
Judge Remley declares the county board cannot appoint a county physician for a year without bidding. The county may solicit bids for any or all medical attendance for the poor. Cherokee county scores another win against the saloon as license supporters fail for a third time to drum up 65 percent backing for a petition.
Prospective investors and business people are urged to examine lands along and near the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Railway before purchasing. The railway offers round trip sale on the first and third Tuesdays of March April and May to numerous western and midwestern points at low rates with full rate and schedule information available from railway representatives G Farmer A G P T A and the Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A child at a neighbor's house attempts prayers without her mother present. Polly apologizes for forgetting her prayers and asks for pardon, saying she is staying with a lady who does not know any prayers.
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