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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
3
A fragmented timetable shows the Limited to Omaha departing at 12:10 p.m. and arriving in Chicago by 7 a.m. An Express service is also referenced with incomplete times and routes.
Central link between Omaha Fort Dodge and Minneapolis St Paul joins the Minneapolis and St Louis route. New through schedules show a fast vestibule night train with through Pullman sleeps and couches and an express with parlor car and coaches. Daily service includes arrivals at St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha with morning and evening departures.
Notice from the Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa listing second class post office entry, daily yearly carrier delivery, tri weekly Tuesday Thursday Saturday options payable in advance. Rates shown include 22.00 for annual delivery and 5.20 for a separate remittance option.
A Des Moines rally on May 10 1900 at 11 am will elect four delegates and four alternates to the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Congressional district delegates may be chosen May 10 at 9 am, with representation based on county votes for Governor Shaw in 1899. The piece argues economic improvements under Republican policies and cautions against a Democratic return.
The piece argues that Democratic newspapers published costed cartoons during the 1892 campaign implying heavy tariff taxes on farmer goods. It suggests these depictions influenced voters and contrasted with current Republican rule benefiting farmers and laborers.
The Burlington Hawkeye cites Fraternal Congress data showing nearly four million dollars monthly in death benefit payments and insurance in force for members, arguing these middle class groups fund normal schools and curb corporate greed while protecting families and discouraging communism.
The author warns that easier rates tempt members to switch to new fraternal insurers, leaving older societies with aging members and higher costs. This cycle sustains itself as new firms become old over a decade, squeezing remaining members. He calls for legislation to curb new company proliferation to protect established, reliable insurers.
The Populists in Kansas push unconstitutional laws affecting express rates scrip wages and labor rules. Courts strike down measures as class legislation while Republicans seek to repeal remaining statutes amid ongoing clashes with populist leaders.
The Carroll Herald mocks a hypocritical moral stance while urging vigilance over petty theft. The Council Bluffs Nonpareil mocks editor feuds between Sioux City Journal and Des Moines Register. The Montezuma Republican prefers restoring the old cross mark scratched ticket method to avoid voter confusion.
An old advertisement touts Mull's Lightning Cough Cure as safe for children and effective against coughs and consumption. It claims relief and urges purchase from all druggists with prices 25 cents and 50 cents.
The grand lodge of the P E O society meets in Oskaloosa on May 9. Sigourney votes 20000 in bonds for a new school house. Illinois Central renames Wall Lake station to Dalkeith. Odebolt man plans a twelve acre chicken farm raising about two thousand chickens this season. Iowa City Republican notes East Iowa City jewelry factory project stalled as W F Main has spent 35000 beyond pledges and needs 50000 more to finish, risking another manufacturing failure.
An advertisement touts Grain-O as a delicious grain drink that replaces coffee. It claims Grain-O benefits children’s health, costs about four times coffee, and is sold by grocers at 20 cents per can.
Dr Ingratus C Brown 65 died Wednesday after a one week pneumonia illness. Born March 10 1835 in Roane County Tennessee he trained at Maryville College and Jefferson Medical College. He practiced in Iowa since 1863 serving Columbus Junction and Clifton and was an elder in the Presbyterian church and member of K P A O U W and U S of H. He aligned with the Whig party early and later supported the Republican party.
Dr Brown dies leaving a very ill wife and four city residents Mrs O J Hall William T Harry H Hadley C mourners. Funeral Friday with Rev Munroe Drew presiding Interment Columbus city cemetery. Local politics heat up with three ticket race mayoral contest: G W Brineman Republican B F Van Dyke Democratic H D Rifenberg Citizens' faction anti ring and ward heelers.
The Social Democracy faction, a Bryanite offshoot, held a national convention in Indianapolis and endorsed E V Debs for president with Job Harriman as vice president. The group reported 33 545 votes for its candidate last election, with notable support in Massachusetts Wisconsin Missouri and New Hampshire.
For all sores ulcers wounds burns and skin diseases Reges German Salve praised by C H Lidell Nevada Missouri for immediate relief and permanent cure. Endorsed by physicians and sold by McBride Cope and Haverkamp's pharmacy.
A traveler trades sleepers with a man guarding a box of rare snakes bound for a museum. The keeper would not trust the valuable reptiles out of sight, prompting a berth swap to ensure safety.
A shopper laments that the worst part of poor deals is the lack of sympathy from others. The speaker voices frustration with support for flawed bargains and the social sting of bad choices.
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