Publication schedule notes for The Daily Journal
The Daily Journal is published every evening except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal appears in 6 pages on Tuesday and 8 pages on Friday.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
3
The Daily Journal is published every evening except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal appears in 6 pages on Tuesday and 8 pages on Friday.
Terms to Subscribers list daily and semi weekly delivery in the city by carrier with weekly collection of 10 cents per week. Daily one year costs 3.00 dollars. Semi weekly one year price 1.50 dollars.
The document lists New York Office at 140 Assau Street with La Coste and Maxwell in charge and Chicago Office at 750 Marquette Building with Payne and Young in charge. It notes telephones for business and editorial offices and mentions Mississippi Valley.
Journal Agencies lists local businesses for reader convenience. East Hill areas include Clay Kneese Grocery on East 2nd street. South Muscatine stores Morse Washburn's Grocery and end of street car track W. C. A. Busch's Drug Store. Hershey Avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's Grocery.
Engineer Macdonald reports a ditch from South Muscatine across the island to the Louisa county line could reclaim 4,412 acres. At a cost just over 20,000 dollars, the project promises substantial land value gains and relief from standing water in cellars for island homeowners. The plan earned favorable comments for careful design and business merit.
National congress considers a statehood bill with Oklahoma and Indian Territory at the center. Oklahoma’s rapid growth, rising postal receipts, banking presence, and large votes for a 1904 delegate election are cited as factors supporting admission. The outcome remains debated among lawmakers.
Population and economic metrics compare Oklahoma and Indian Territory with Nevada Vermont Wyoming and other states. The text notes vote figures, livestock values, farm product totals, and manufacturing establishments totaling 1807 with capital 13 661 979, plus national bank capital comparisons across multiple states.
A writer argues against abusive attacks on public figures across magazines and newspapers. He notes corruption exists but urges legal, principled reform over denouncing individuals, citing insurance cases and Senate scrutiny as better paths to accountability.
An advertisement touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for Grippe Spring Fever Impure Blood Sleeplessness Indigestion Dyspepsia Constipation Female Complaints Malaria Fever and Ague urging readers to take the first step toward good health with the tonic.
A reflection urges fair judgment amid sensational press rhetoric. It emphasizes studying conditions, crediting merit, and avoiding partisan influence in shaping government beliefs. The piece quotes President Garfield on how core questions are settled at home rather than by yellow journalism.
The Fonda Times urges early forecasts of a late spring and possible corn crop failure. The Clinton Herald calls on friends of state institutions to wake up and warns that some legislators may push closing doors.
The Alta Advertiser defends the governor against demagogism charges, stating it would rather be his kind of demagogue than bear the railroad tag.
The Rockford Register questions if Gov. Cummins should seek a third term, framing the issue as whether the people want him to continue governing them.
The Glidden Graphic critiques the Dobson Hull mixup, claiming it reveals character and methods of some seventh district politicians, highlighting public concern over political conduct in Iowa.
The Mason City Globe Gazette urges that should the state agricultural college lobby complete its task, the governor will disclose who was guilty and who was unduly influenced.
A Pomeroy Herald inquiry questions why the governor, a Republican, denounces the Republican party in speeches yet says nothing against the Democratic party and its leaders. The piece challenges perceived bias and party loyalty in public remarks.
The Emmetsburg Reporter reports that the legislature should supplement the anti pass bill with an enactment forbidding any member of the legislature and other public officials from using a frank over Western Union telegraph lines.
The Coon Rapids Enterprise argues that progressive Republicans have achieved gains by splitting the party statewide. The paper insists the progressives have, beyond that, done nothing else, asserting the claim with skepticism.
The Davenport Times endorses a three board system for education, arguing it better addresses each institution's issues. It concludes that no benefit of a single board is lost with three boards and praises distributed governance.
Boone News notes Gov. Cummins denies chasing Dolliver’s seat yet asserts voters may elect him if they wish. He calls it unlikely but says it would be wrong to refuse the election.
The Winterset Madisonian argues that if Democrats had been Iowa's dominant party the circle would stay on the ballot. It says the circle favors the dominant party and Democrats have not shown they willingly relinquish such advantage.
The Algona Upper Des Moines-Republican editorial denounces a governor campaign as demagogic arguing there is no good reason for spreading suspicion and that recent times have encouraged such sentiment.
The Webster City Freeman Tribune declares loyalty to core principles over personal rivalries between Dolliver and Cummins. It emphasizes support for whichever stands firm on the current advocated policies, regardless of personal preference.
Edna Reynolds of Columbus Junction visited Fredonia on Sunday. Local residents including Mrs. Fannie Wagner Mrs. Earl Bedwell and Mrs. R M Lee with daughter Nellore visited Letts. Several Fredonia ladies traveled to Columbus Junction last Saturday for social visits.
The Deluge published in 1905 under Bobbs Merrill Company credit. The note credits Bobbs Merrill Co as the publisher and holder of the copyright.
Miss Wilma Wilgus returns home after visiting Davenport. Jennie Hendrix and Nellie Trautman of Nichols spent Friday with J. W. Frater. Harry Blizzard returns from Philadelphia. Ladies' Aid meets for all day sewing at Mrs. Will Coxen. Apron bazaar and supper at M. E. church on April 4 invites all.
The unnamed speaker praises his mission to reform industry as God driven and vows martyrdom for his work. He urges daily communion with God to bear burdens and reshape coal and railroad sectors, while noting a troublesome associate named Walters. An office interruption cuts the monologue.
Walters, a railway president, faces removal as Roebuck and a board reveal dwindling freight receipts and conflicts of interest. Walters accuses directors of ownership ties to construction and supply firms, challenging the board to prove the charges amid tense confrontation.
The article extols a natural stomach and liver tonic using glyceric extracts of Golden Seal Queen's root Stone root Bloodroot Mandrake root Black Cherrybark and claims Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery contains no alcohol. It asserts it strengthens digestion and blood by supplying minerals to tissues and nerves, aiding exhausted vitality.
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