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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1913
Page
3
Circhiatén offers greater than rivals with three ties. The Daily and Semi-Weekly Journal claim broad coverage, with weekly editions on Tuesday and Friday nights. Local sales list shows 20 cents per week, daily or annual mail options, and rates for subscriptions.
An OCR fragment notes numbers 2h and 27 with exchange references and names like Hopertment nimben wrested, Nanelnag, Traem, and Pitchferih, Adv. Mer. It suggests a call to use numbers 26 or 37 for contact. The text is garbled and contains misspellings and unclear context.
A Muscatine election set for one week hence will let residents vote on bonds for a new city hall. The piece stresses women’s pivotal role in passing the proposal, arguing men may fail to grasp city needs while women can ensure decent housing and proper offices.
Across the nation women press for complete suffrage, presenting a dignified, effective bid as a demonstration of their willingness to claim equal rights. The city hall issue is framed as vital, with women urged to heed the call of duty and participate in the election.
Col William Gorgas, sanitary officer of the Isthmian canal commission, argues in a Johns Hopkins University address that tropical regions can sustain healthy, productive White civilizations. He cites Panama with 10,000 Caucasians living healthily for six years, attributing it to sanitary protection from yellow fever and malaria, and predicts global emigration to tropical zones where labor yields greatest returns. He links health advances in the tropics to the rise of future great civilizations in those regions.
Clippings recall anniversaries from fifty to ten years ago. Items note a watch stolen from a blacksmith shop, a military service replacement, plans of Pliny Fay to California, ship Minneapolia’s first voyage, a fall at Kemble House injuring Jimmy O’Brien, and a cursory update on underground telephone ordinance discussions in the city council.
Frosty mornings favor cleanup of dead canes after bearing fruit. Remove canes to ground with a sharp push or pruning shears, burn all waste to destroy insects, and trim new growth to two to three feet for raspberries and blackberries. Tie canes with muslin or wires from stakes to keep plants upright and accessible for harvest.
The segment details bills affecting insurance administration, state auditor oversight, and a plan to shift insurance handling to a separate department. It notes governor appointments, a convict labor highway project proposal, and a tax commission debate. It cites Brindlay and Hull, and discusses laws on threshing machine grain liens and a reform for personal injury negligence defenses.
In Des Molnea March 22 a radical temperance measure triggers heated discussion in the senate. It would require druggists to file duplicate prescriptions with every liquor sale to prove sales were by prescription, increasing clerical work and resistance from pharmacists. Senator Hilsinger faces questions amid this controversy.
Washington observers note President Wilson governs with democratic simplicity. Since March 4 the White House has avoided pomp and military display. Public entertainments have been civilian and low key with no grand processions or unveiled boxes. The First Lady and Miss Jessie remain unaccompanied by official retinue, marking a restrained tone in national affairs.
The article details an afternoon visit to the Capitol where the president’s party was admitted after recognition. Mrs. Wilson tours Washington slums with Federation members, pledges agency to improve conditions, and the president plans frequent Capitol residence during Congress. It notes precedents set by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, and mentions Iowa figures, Rock Island arsenal, and field artillery production plans.
In Bloomfield a fight for the postmaster position looms as Rep Kirkpatrick announces support for F. K. Bildridge of the Bloomfield Democrat. The Bloomfield office remains vacant for over a year, with Grinnell also contested by W. J. Nelson J. R. Cramer and a Mr Wesen.
Clara Brammeier visited from Atalissa and joined a birthday gathering at Frank Budelier home south of town. About twelve relatives and friends attended. Mrs. K Ruff Mrs Geo Bannick and others shared fane work and a luncheon. Donald Whitmer visited Durant yesterday after 190N.
Mayor Conrad Koehler proclaims a special election in Muscatine Iowa for April 7 to decide on erecting a City Hall with a cost not exceeding ninety thousand dollars. Voting will occur at ward polling places from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and the seal of the city will be affixed on March 26.
A 19th century advertisement claims mixing sage tea with sulphur and alcohol darkens grey faded hair, hides gray strands overnight, and restores natural color after a few applications. It promotes Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur as a ready to use tonic sold around 50 cents a large bottle, with local druggists pushing it as an effective, natural look enhancer.
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