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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journal publishes 10 pages on Tuesday and 8 pages on Friday nights. Daily delivery in the city by carrier and weekly collection is 10 cents. Annual by mail is £3.00. Semi Weekly annual by mail is 1 50.
The Journal presents a directory of city agencies for reader convenience including East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J He Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zyl Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Representatives Payne and Young run the Chicago office located in the Marquette building. The firm handles telephones, with distinct business and editorial Bell offices noted. Mississippi Valley operations are referenced in association with the office.
Sworn detailed circulation statement for April 1909 shows total circulation figures around 6,850 across multiple listings with repeated daily, Sunday, and monthly totals. The report includes sets of 6,850 and scattered entries, concluding with a general total of 178,100.
Publisher F D Throop sworn to the monthly print and circulation figures for April 1909. Notary F L Bihlmeier attested on May 8 1909 in Muscatine Iowa.
The second national peace congress sits in Chicago with hundreds of notable attendees. Speakers condemn war as hell and urge alternative peacemaking methods beyond battleships and new weapons, warning the arms race could topple social structure if unchecked.
The writer laments naval arms spending by Germany and England, warning that millions spent on battleships could fund schools, hospitals, and public works. He envisions peace as the flowering harvest of peace congresses, with the dove of peace covering the world and mankind no longer living only to endure.
Waterloo Courier notes Sweden is revising tariffs via a tariff commission. The issue splits not by party but by common sense, reflecting policy debate in the country. The item highlights how economic reform tensions echo across nations.
The Keokuk Launch Club shows strong public spirit and aims to park and beautify the riverfront transforming it into a lasting city asset that reflects well on its members and benefits Keokuk.
Reporters note Elwood Scott broke a rib while bidding Lola Wescott good night at Pungoteague Virginia. Local corset sellers report demand for double-strength body frames and ticket agents say several tickets sold to Waterloo maids of questionable age bound for Virginia City.
Miss Alice M. Robertson of Muskogee Oklahoma stands as the nation’s sole woman leading a first class post office. The Muskogee post office is valued at 2500 to 3000 dollars annually. Despite political pressure to replace her, the rule to keep capable postmasters prevailed and she was reappointed for another four years.
Sioux City Journal quotes Col Watterson fearing history may repeat as Republicans split Democrats on prohibition as they did on free silver. He cites Grant crediting Democrats for their own blunders yet notes blunders were used to save the country at critical moments.
A letter to the Muscatine Journal dated May 4 1909 complains of a newspaper article claiming available jobs in Muscatine paying two dollars daily or more for every man who seeks work. The note critiques the veracity and scope of the claim.
An advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters promising relief from stomach liver kidney and bowel disorders. It urges immediate use to avoid suffering and asserts the remedy’s convenience and effectiveness.
The advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with 56 years of experience and claims relief for dyspepsia indigestion bloating heartburn constipation and malaria urging readers to try it.
Recalls flour shipments from Nevada mills to Mt. Pleasant with Waters and John and notes better flour provisions in river cities. The May Day Festival by Miss Washburn’s school featured a Sec ond street parade led by MHattick’s brass band, flowers banners and children’s recitations and songs.
A large drove crosses the bridge at Mad Creek near Second street when the eastern end fails. Several cattle tumble into the water but no injuries or drownings are reported. In other notes, a hog value report notes a $75 purchase. the steamer Keithsburg covered Davenport to Muscatine in about two hours and seven minutes, a 32 mile run at roughly sixteen mph.
A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge sessions and related meetings will convene next week with A. O. T. W. in the Fagle Lodge room and D. of H. in the Woodman hall. Delegates and Grand officers arrive Monday morning, including Grand Recorder Rehkons of Des Moines.
The text discusses wage disputes in Muscatine sparks labor concerns with workers earning one to two dollars daily amid factory costs. It also covers political racing involving Senator Hale facing possible opposition from ex-Justice Powers or Edward Ricker, with talks of брать leadership changes upon Aldrich’s retirement affecting Senate dynamics.
Washington reports that a Maine movement to unseat Senator Eugene Hale in 1910 faces stiff resistance within the Republican ranks. Hale, longtime Senate leader and head of the appropriations group, would leave a leadership vacancy and alter the party’s inner balance if defeated. The battle ties to Maine politics and the 1911 end of Hale’s term.
An advertisement claims Zemo and Zemotone draw germs to the skin and destroy them to cure any skin or scalp disease. It cites E. W. Rose Med. Co. of St. Louis and notes samples and displays at A. W. Morgan's Drug Store.
FRUITLAND I A May 4 F A Martin of Wilton spent Sunday with parents Mr and Mrs C Martin of Hopewell Mrs Frank Shoultz hospitalized with pneumonia at Hershey hospital friends hope for quick recovery Mrs Walter Hoyt Muscatine caller J W Newkirk transacting business in Muscatine Mrs Walter Snyder ill Miss Helen Parmalee teaching north of Muscatine visited her parents Mr and Mrs R F Parmalee Mrs J Frizzell visiting daughter Mrs Smith of Wapello returned home Monday Harry Webster Muscatine caller Monday evening Mrs James Strouse recovering health C Fowler and son John visited friends in Muscatine Saturday
Worth, O'Mally, and La Signorina confront credit fears after a blunt demand for the source of guarantee. The scene shifts to a hotel parlor as Worth presses for a concrete assurance and a manager is summoned to settle the bill.
The California Fig Syrup Co states that their Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna meet strict purity and uniformity standards. They claim proprietary manufacturing methods ensure ethical laxative quality and that figs provide pleasant taste while active medicinal principles come from beneficial plants.
Mercer Pa May 4. James Boyle stands trial for kidnapping Willie Whitla while his wife Helen Boyle or Anna McDermott sits in jail awaiting developments. She has used many aliases and led a colorful life from a Chicago convent student to a jail inmate.
In a tense hotel scene Worth and two others press for a claim. The manager reveals a diamond pendant worth at least a thousand dollars as security proving La Signorina’s credit, which she asserts is hers and asks to wait until tomorrow morning.
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