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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal appears every evening except Sunday while the Semi-Weekly Journal prints 10 pages on Tuesdays and 8 pages on Fridays. Daily delivery is by carrier within the city, weekly by mail five dollars a year, and Beml-Weekly one year is priced at one dollar fifty.
New York Office at 30 84 West 33rd Street and Payne and Young in charge. Chicago Office located in the 750 Marquette Building.
The Journal names city agencies for reader convenience including East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon Street Ww C Busch's Drug Store Hershey Iwenge Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery and Wm Yau Zyl Grocery.
Fragmentary telephony and business office text appears, with references to Bell and a stray numeric sequence. No clear event or contact details are readable to form a complete notice or summary.
Sworn circulation statement lists total copies printed and circulated for February 1909. Publisher F D Throop certifies the figures. notary F L Bihlmeier verifies sworn declaration in Muscatine Iowa.
The Muscatine Journal introduces a fashion supplement deemed the most metropolitan stunt for a paper of this size. It notes the costly artistic illustrations in both the reading matter and ads, while acknowledging shared credit for the venture.
Muscatine Journal presents a spring fashion supplement with an authoritative guide and local business directory. Merchants urged hearty cooperation and Muscatine-made purchases to support local shops and economy.
Representative Poindexter from Washington encounters townsfolk pushing naval patents and peace crusaders who call for a billion dollar navy to be wicked. He confesses mockery of the sinking of the Merrimac and note of doppelganger contrast with Mr Hobson. The piece weaves in small town incidents and political caution.
Fifty years ago Sunday and 40 years ago plans for a new agricultural warehouse emerge with Suel Foster leasing a Second and Walnut lot to Reuben Burtner for ten years. A brass band serenade earns thanks, while a toddler sustains a broken collarbone on Walnut and Second. Council cuts marshal's salary to 750, appoints Berry, Kerwig, and Greaser, and Oscar Groschell returns from university for spring break. County seat petition drives in Louisa county. 1800 signers claimed for Columbus Junction. Twenty years ago a mass meeting at Congregational Church features Rev. Robbins, Miss Timm, Elder Stafford, and critiques Muscatine’s stance on law enforcement. mayor Thomas McCulls visits on business.
Amon Hopkinson leaves for Colfax to represent the local lodge at the Iowa Legion of Honor grand lodge session starting tomorrow. The event is noted for several aspirants to grand offices. Night Captain Frazier resigns. Deputy Marshal George McCleary retakes night duties with Hugh Smith filling day shifts. A marriage license is issued to Charles Viner and Margaret Wagner.
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a bill introduced in the state legislature to regulate lumber trusts. The Sioux City Tribune mocks Senator Chapman's bill restricting personal crisis reports as being dead on arrival outside Iowa assembly jurisdiction.
Senator Aldrich sails for Europe on June 1 and many senators and congressmen worry about missing chautauqua dates. This creates hope for earlier tariff legislation passage than if lawmakers faced fewer scheduling pressures.
A physician and former coroner asserts Muscatine residents drink more water per capita than any U S city and that the water is absolutely pure. He claims few typhoid cases, fewer diseases, and notes nurses leaving town for lack of work, praising the community as a first class advertisement.
The Dubuque Times Journal questions William Jennings Bryan on his proposal for Oklahoma to adopt initiative and referendum requiring statewide questions like prohibition to go to the people. It asks if such a plan betrays Jeffersonian local self government principles.
The column asserts Mr. Keltz drew per diem and railroad expenses as a pharmacist commissioner during a Chicago convention to gain support for his removal from the board. It argues Governor Carroll is justified in taking steps to remove him, and that Keltz should recognize the impropriety of staying on the board in opposition to the measure.
Cedar Valley reports Ed Barnhart visiting brother Harvey and wife. Cedarville and Independence schools set start dates with local teachers. Granville Frater celebrated a birthday with about forty friends. supper followed. Various residents, visits, and illnesses noted including Vera Carter and Pearle McLain.
Charles Buettner, a Burlington businessman, has traveled about 106000 miles across the globe. At 65 he plans further journeys through India and beyond, preserving a rich diary, museum collections, and a renowned naturalist reputation.
Mrs Helen Harder and Miss Vena Harder visited friends in Muscatine Wednesday. Henry Nicolaus of Wilton dined with his daughter Mrs Hilbert Johnson Friday. Maude Cummings was an overnight guest at home. Many Laurel Hill residents attended Jennison Wood concert in Wilton Wednesday. Mrs Clark Brown visited her mother Mrs A Cockshoot. Cockshoot improving nicely. Hilbert Johnsons entertained friends Wednesday with dancing and a late luncheon. Ed Mockmore of Wilton visited relatives Friday. Glenn Cummings on the sick list.
Mrs Geo Foster visits daughter Mrs Harry Blizard in West Liberty. A J Mills Horace Koff visit Muscatine. Vera Carter visits Grace Cheese. Mrs Geo Spratford Hills Iowa visits daughter Mrs J L Mills. J L Mills Spratford and Will Pool attend Mr W Schafers Adams Sunday. Jakes Luckenbach operates Muscatine hospital. Dance at Roy Cohoms. Nettie Nora Mills Nichols callers. John Foster ships cattle to Chicago. Florence Smith stays with Mrs Foster during absence.
In a masked dinner scene, Hillard contends with a mysterious signora as they navigate flirtation and danger. The two exchange barbed insights on England, America, and illusion while a line on the table enforces emotional distance.
One Hundred Protrars reward offered for using Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo sell the remedy at 75 cents per bottle. Walding Kinnan Marvin, wholesale druggists, testify to Cheney's honor and firm’s ability. Internal cure claims to affect blood and mucous surfaces. Also promote Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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