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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
3
The Journal announces new reader convenience agencies across the city including East Hill Hurlbut Grocery Fast 2nd Street and South Mnuscatina Toborg Bros grocery. Offices in New York at 80-84 West 32nd Street and Chicago at 750 Marquette Building oversee the operations.
Fragmentary telephony note references Bell Telephone offices and Mississippi Valley region with unclear details and stray terms.
Sworn report shows daily circulation figures for February 1909 with totals around 6,600 to 6,745 copies. Publisher F D Throop swears to accuracy. Notary F L Bihlmeier confirms on March 2, 1909, with official seal.
The Kansas City Journal editorial Railway phobia's End is reprinted here as An Encouraging Message from Missouri. The column argues against antirailroad sentiment and presents a fair view, noting many railroad men see the piece as a reasonable expression of the situation.
Recap of long ago reminiscences notes W. L. Ewing shipped one thousand barrels of pork and lard to St. Louis, the season’s largest inland shipment. Muskrats, minks, and coons provide fur prices from seventeen and a half cents to two fifty per skin as locals hunt along river sloughs and ponds.
The concert last night on the Island was a grand success with the church full to capacity. O S Terry directed the event and Miss Anna Robbins played the organ, producing $62 in receipts. Street workmen repaired bridges at Chestnut Fourth and Linn Fifth, noted as previously dangerous.
The piece argues that reform measures targeting railroads mostly stemmed from hysteria. It states the public should welcome the waning of anti-railroad sentiment. Railroads are urged to avoid actions that could revive hostility and reminds them they helped provoke the initial hysteria.
A reflective piece on the value of making good over merely earning money. It uses Blumstein & Rosenberg and a salesman Richards as a parable, arguing true success comes from doing one’s stunt better than others, earning loyalty, and avoiding dishonest tactics. It warns against rigid rules and celebrates personal reliability and bold initiative.
Judge McPherson declares Missouri rate case a turning point in opposing recent rail tariff reductions. He suggests legislatures and state commissions created costly, impractical policies that the courts will strike down. Taxpayers face bills for salaries, expenses, and futile efforts, including $120.
In a moonlit parlor, an American gentleman debates nobility with a European confidante as she plays Grieg. He defends American gentility, contrasts it with continental pursuits, and muses on money, marriage, and identity amid music and memory.
A narrator sits and listens as a butterfly light fades into a musical piece. Hillard imagines a lonely sea and twilight, a gull over the coast, a small cottage on the cliffs, and a white moon rising in the east.
The text discusses funding for a physical valuation of railroads to set rates, noting Governor Stubbs’ $25,000 yearly proposal. It cites the U S Supreme Court’s stance that physical valuation is not the sole factor in rate fairness and warns that courts may dismiss cases relying on physical valuation, with taxpayers bearing costs.
The Kansas City Journal argues that fear of rail policy harms western prosperity. It urges Missouri and Kansas businessmen to form regional federation to counter demagogues and attract investment, citing Oklahoma's success and Canadian Alberta and Manitoba rail bonds. It warns continued stagnation would hurt farmers, merchants, and manufacturers.
An old advertisement proclaims Bucklen's Arnica Salve heals wounds from razor cuts gun wounds or nails. Guaranteed. Sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Sioux City Journal notes talk of laws making it a crime to pay kidnappers. Waterloo Times Tribune suggests male registration would accept taxes on new style hats.
The editorial argues women must rise to the ballot by embracing changes in headgear and fashion that reflect election booth designs. It laments the narrowing and lowering of booths with modern styles and urges adaptation to voting practices.
The Waterloo Courier reports the Duke of Abruzzi has made a will giving most gems to Miss Elkins. The tale suggests he may marry the American girl or perish in pursuit, but the likely conclusion is that the narrator of the story is lying.
Iowa City Republicans advocate appointing Warren Garst of Carroll county to the state board of control. They praise his record as state representative, senator, lieutenant governor, and interim governor, arguing the board’s importance requires the best leadership.
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