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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1900
Page
3
A brief notice describes the new Omaha to Minneapolis and St Paul limited express service named The Limited. The item notes the route and launch context, highlighting the introduction of faster passenger rail between the cities.
Muscatine Journal informs readers of subscription options including daily annual rates delivered by carrier and tri weekly service on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. Remittances should be sent as drafts express or money orders payable to JOURNAL PRINTING Co Muscatine Iowa.
The Republican National Committee calls a delegate convention of Iowa Republicans in Des Moines on May 10 1900 at 11 am to elect four delegates and four alternates at large for the National Convention in Philadelphia June 19 1900. It outlines district delegate rules, representation by counties and votes, and emphasizes bipartisan turnout.
A historical analysis notes Democrats repeatedly used regional prejudice in campaigns. It cites slavery era alignment with slavery, tariff fights portraying New England as tariff beneficiaries, and claims the tariff harmed the West. The piece closes by signaling a change in strategy.
The piece argues that policies favoring the west shifted wealth dynamics with the 1896 gold standard. It notes the west, once dependent on eastern capital, now funds its wheat movement locally. It contrasts a stock market squeeze with western grain shippers securing money locally at low rates.
The Des Moines Commonwealth notes February findings by City Marshal Johnson showing saloons open 15 days and closed 13. Drunkenness arrests fell about a third, while arrests for all crimes rose just over one half. The piece critiques politicians and newspapers for ignoring such lessons.
The Journal editor attended Williams's Wednesday eve talk in Red Oak Iowa and found his Scriptural revival discourse practical. He argues press criticism in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids is unfair and urges young men to heed Williams's advice to avoid expensive and vicious habits for betterment. Williams attracts listeners from all levels of intellect, though faults may exist.
The exposition will open on Sundays with all exhibits accessible except the American exhibit which will close per President McKinley's wish. The American section will observe the day while other nations are not. The move is seen as credit to the United States and shame to others.
Shake into your shoes with Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure painy smarting feet and growing nails, ease corns and bunions, and stop sweating. It helps tight shoes feel easy and offers relief for hot tired feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores, or by mail with stamps. Trial package free. Somerville.
A humorous exchange contrasts city and town notions with a farmer’s quip about butter eggs and chickens. The dialogue highlights class and urban rural stereotypes in a compact, witty vignette.
Wade Trimble, a boy missing from Ottumwa for three years, has been located with the Thirty-fourth United States Volunteers in the Philippines. Other notes include February jail populations at Fort Madison 495 and Anamosa 500, a Webster City shooting injury from a brother's accidental gun discharge, a Burlington man severing a thumb while carving a turkey, Davenport shipping a carload of horses weekly to Chicago for three months, Iowa City Y M C A debt of 8000 dollars with fundraising planned, storm cave contracts let in Green county Washington township, and Fort Dodge public schools reopening after a smallpox scare.
The April term will open April 3 with Judge Wolfe of Clinton presiding. A long docket includes 7040 Chesebrough vs Osborn attachment, 7041 Heinley vs Fidelity Insurance law, 7042 Barewald executor vs Brussel attachment, 7043 Smith vs Smith equity, 7044 Muscatine Improvement Co. vs Goldsberry and Republican Iron and Steel Co. equity, 7045 Smith vs Adams equity, and numerous other attachments, replevins, laws, and equities across a wide range of parties and firms.
The Wapello Tribune notes a decline in litigation as the country ages. Justice court fees have fallen, district court dockets shrink despite population and wealth growth, and prosperity reduces neighbor disputes and informal trading.
The author reflects on social behavior, noting both friendships and quarrels in the past. They contrast aging views of "good old times" with present stronger coldness and formality, while suggesting current days hold value and compensation despite changes. The piece defends modern social dynamics as the "golden days."
Ex Speaker Thomas B Reed visited Washington for supreme court business and spent time in the Ways and Means committee room. He joked about the Manila newspaper and refused to be quoted on the Puerto Rico tariff muddle while chatting with Payne Dalzell Tawney and Allen.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record quotes the idea that success comes to those who create opportunity. The line emphasizes personal agency and proactive effort as the path to achievement.
The passage extols advertising as essential to proper business conduct and success. It argues that will and wit fuel progress, and that wise advertising accelerates growth while avoiding obscurity.
In Chicago on March 24 the so-called Judas Iscariot at Armour & Co. was butchered after eight years as the leading sheep driver. He rebelled last week and his execution was ordered.
Captain Thomas Wilson, president of the Central National Bank of Cleveland and noted vessel owner, died in Jerusalem of pneumonia. He had left Cleveland weeks ago for an extended overseas trip.
West Superior Wisconsin residents faced penalties as the hotel management paid 25 dollars plus costs for serving quail out of season. A county resident was fined 100 dollars for keeping a deer carcass in his home in the same case.
In Racine Wisconsin on March 24 a meeting for the widows and orphans of English soldiers drew about fifteen hundred attendees. The principal speaker was John Johnston of Milwaukee.
A vintage advertisement promotes Grain-O as a coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is delicious nourishing and made from pure grains. The copy notes it costs about the same as coffee and is sold by grocers in two sizes.
Mrs Haugateigh recalls a tense moment on a Chicago trolley as a conductor misreads a waved hand and questions whether it was a kiss or a signal, reflecting social tensions in the city during wartime.
The advertisement touts Dr Dix Tonic Tablets as a nerve and blood remedy that relieves nerve pressure pain and unsteadiness, aids excretion of poisons through skin liver lungs bowels and kidneys, and claims compatibility with bodily conditions. It urges trials for various symptoms and offers full sized boxes for 50 cents via Hayes & Coon Detroit Michigan.
A testimonial from E A Spring of Detroit endorses Dr. Dix Tonic Tablets as a genuine remedy for health. He urges an honest trial for those seeking recovery and extends blessings to the sellers Hayes & Coon.
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