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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1903

Page

3

Journal Agencies in Muscatine City for Late Copies

The Journal lists city agencies Kecklerville Chayka's grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's grocery South Muscatine Morse Washburn's grocery near End of street car track where extra papers are sold each night. Subscribers missing deliveries may obtain papers at these locations.

the Journal Kecklerville Chayka’s West Muscatine Sharrar's Grocery South Muscatine Morse Washburn’s

Republican Convention Call for Iowa Delegates

Call issued for a Republican delegate convention in Des Moines on July 1 to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Superintendent of Public Instruction Judge Supreme Court and Railroad Commissioner. Representation by county based on votes for W B Martin in 1902 with detailed county entitlements and large list of counties and shares.

State of Iowa Des Moines Judge Supreme Court Ows W.B. Martin Jefferson Allamakee Johnson Appanoose Jones Audubon S Mookuk Menton Kossuth State Faw Lee Bremer Cse EWR i Buchanan Haena Vista Lyon O Butler Madison Cairggn Mahaska CTO Kinks Marion Cedar Cerro Gordo Mitchell Chickasaw Monroe Clarke Montgomery Cums Scatsdens Eaecating Ciaetor Avenes O'Brien THING Csecsee Dubuque Ringgold Seeeakiss

Republican State Central Committee Ballot Totals

By order of the Republican State Central Committee, R. H. Spence and C. W. Phillips announce ballot tallies across counties including Franklin Fremont Sioux Tama Wapello Warren Greene Grundy Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Henry Howard Humboldt Webster Winnebago Winneshiek Woodbury and others.

Greene Grundy Guthrie Hamilton Hancock Hardin Harrison Henry Howard Humboldt Worth Washington Webster .i Winnebago Winneshiek Woodbury Republican State Central Committee R. H. Spence

Bryan and Cleveland Split Over Democratic Leadership

The Cleveland wing of the Democratic Party faces W. J. Bryan, who asserts control and sows hostility between eastern and western factions. Bryan claims he saved the Chicago platform from disgrace and aims to shape the next national convention, challenging Cleveland allies and asserting influence without being a candidate.

Cleveland Democratic Party W. J. Bryan Bryan Chicago Kansas City Friends of Cleveland

Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Help for Weak Women

An advertisement highlights Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York offering free letter consultations and confidential correspondence. It promotes Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for backache nervousness and other womanly ailments, with a testimonial from Mrs Alma Scholtz of Minnesota.

Pierce Dr. Pierce R. V. Pierce Buffalo N. Y Alvtena Scholtz Lake Washington Lesueur Co Minn

Democrats Seek Harmony Amid Party Divisions

The Rock Rapids Reporter notes Republicans settled differences before their convention and suggests Iowa Democrats postpone their convention or make the postponement permanent. The Burlington Gazette discusses harmony as the party’s paramount issue and offers a new harmony receipt urging focus on future improvement.

Rock Rapids Iowa Burlington Gazette Dem Democratic Party Gazette

Age of Small Savings

The Marshall town Times-Republican argues for thrift as the path to independence in old age. It notes profits of large packing houses come from what was once waste, urging laborers clerks and professionals to adopt a packing-house approach to secure future stability.

Marshalltown Times-Republican

Water levels in Iowa spring unexpectedly rise

Decorah Republican notes Judge Noble’s theory of permanently low regional water failing as spring proves otherwise. South city wells show unanticipated water, old springs revive, and water courses run well. Cresco cellar basements fill with water, yet the condition is described as a cause for thanks.

Decorah Noble South City Creseco

Mountain lawyer and deadshot tale from Kentucky

Col Henry Watterson recounts a battered Kentucky lawyer who chased a land claim in the mountains. A local feared marksman visited the lawyer daily until told to leave. The desperado cried in the street, lamenting he had been drawn out. He confessed he could not shoot a man who was old, lame, blind, deaf, and unable to fight.

Henry Watterson Kentucky New York Tribune Desperado

Runaway Boys Probed by Marshalltown Parents

Marshalltown youths flee home along the truck route toward the west. One father overtakes a son near the rails, pulling him back, while others press on toward Eldorado. The piece argues runaways reflect lack of opportunity at home rather than inherent vice. It notes older youths also wander, and spring rekindles wandering instincts.

Marshalltown Golden West Golden Gate Eldorado Council Bluffs

The Call of Spring and the Boy’s Runaway Spirit

The passage explores a boy’s instinct to migrate toward adventure as spring awakens desire for travel and change. It contrasts rustic freedom with civilization and traces how youth chase imagined horizons from sea to plains to ships, learning through experience that work and self-reliance shape future strength.

Five Hundred Farmers and the Bond of Wealth

A Century magazine excerpt by W. S. Harwood on an Iowa farming firm unique among organizations. It is not cooperative nor communal and is held together by business discipline. The firm, valued near a million, operates on a $25 000 capital with strict borrowing limits and majority director consent for liabilities.

W. S. Harwood Rochdale Amana Iowa

National Educational Association Meeting Boston Train Fare Deal

Special rail offer to the National Educational Association meeting with $19 round trip fares from Boston plus a $2 membership fee. Tickets on sale July 2 to 5 via Nickel Plate road, return travel July 8 to 12. Return extension to Sept 1 costs 50c with ticket deposit. Dining car meals and club plan included. Contact John Y. Calahan at 113 Adams street Chicago for schedules and details.

Boston National Educational Association Nickel Plate Road John Y. Calahan Adams Street Chicago

Des Moines Lawyer Greer Springer Dies After Surgery

Des Moines legal figure Greer Springer, a prominent young attorney, dies following an appendicitis operation.

Greer Springer Des Moines

Paine's Celery Compound Promises Women Quick Renewal

An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for sleeplessness nervous prostration weakness and female ailments urging women to try the remedy. It cites Mrs Jennie Harris of Marlow Indian Territory praising one bottle for relief from rheumatism kidney disease and other troubles transforming her health.

Nau N. M. Church la Grande Oregon National Bank Paine Jennie Harris Marlow

Obituary of Martha E Megrew of Grandview Iowa 1903

Martha E Megrew 1832 1903 born Wooster Ohio daughter of Charles and Mary Huff wife of Elder A Megrew died at home Grandview Iowa Sunday May 3 1903. She moved with family to Iowa in 1851 and lived in Louisa county most of her life with years at North Liberty Johnson county. She joined Church of God early and led a devout life. Funeral at home May 4 then Grandview cemetery conducted by A B Chamberlin with Elder Wood assisting.

Martha E. Megrew Charles Mary Huff Elder A. Megrew Wooster Wayne County Ohio Grandview Iowa Louisa County Johnson County North Liberty Church of God A. B. Chamberlin Wood Evangelical Church

Made Young Again by Dr King’s Pills Claims Teens Reclaimed

D H Turner of Dempseytown Pa says one of Dr Kings New Life Pills nightly for two weeks restored his youth. The pills are described as vegetable and gentle on the liver stomach and bowels and cost 25 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.

Dr. King D. H. Turner Dempseytown Havercamp’s

Special Low Rate Excursions May 5 to 12

The Iowa Central railway offers special one way settlers' excursion tickets May 5 through 12 for Minnesota North and South Dakota Manitoba and nearby regions. Tickets are offered at extremely low rates with details from local agents or A B Cutts G P and T A Minneapolis Minn.

Minnesota North and South Dakota Manitoba Iowa Central Railway A. B. Cutts Minneapolis Minn Los Angeles Presbyterian Assembly Iowa Central R. A Elrick Junction San Francisco Minneapolis, Minn

Miss Bertha Lempcamp Dies After Long Illness

Miss Bertha Lempcamp, born April 17 1879 in Muscatine, died April 9 in Trenton Missouri after a prolonged illness. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lempcamp, lifelong Baptists, who previously lived in Muscatine. Her death follows her father’s passing last September and a period of care in Colorado before returning home. Her memory is honored by her mother and sisters as the family mourns.

Bertha Lempcamp Trenton Lempcamp Muscatine Miss Lempcamp Wm. Lempcamp Miss Bertha Colorado The Baptist Church

Nickel Plate trains offer superior daily express service

Take a Trip Over the Nickel Plate road and be convinced of its superior train service. Solid through daily express trains between Chicago, Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Fostoria, Erie, Buffalo, New York City and Boston. American club meals in Nickel Plate dining cars and a la carte service. Rates always the lowest with no excess fare. Chicago depot Harrison street and Fifth avenue. City ticket offices Adams street and Auditorium Annex. John Y. Calahan, general agent, Adams Street, room 298.

Nickel Plate Road Chicago Ft. Wayne Findlay Fostoria Erie Buffalo New York City Boston Harrison Street Fifth Avenue City Adams Street Auditorium Annex John Y. _Calahan Adams Istreet

IOWA LODGE No 2 A F and A M Regular Meeting

Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M holds a regular meeting on the first Tuesday evening of each month under W M G A Riemcke.

Iowa A. F A. M G. A. Riemcke W. M Lana F. Muscatine Lodge Miriam Lodge D. of R Prairie Encampment Masonic Washington Geo. C. Winn DE Molay Commandery No. 1 K. Te Kh. A. Holmes C. W. H. McCoy K. O. T. M. Muscatine Amsthalter Iowa Avenue EF. G. O’brien J. W. Hahn Bankers’ Pioneer Association Valley Forge Post Maccabee Hall M. W A. Muscatine Camp Woodmen of America Woodman Hall Olds’ Block W. E. Ashton V. C J. A. Leyda Iowa Legion OF Honor Argus Lodge No. 17 G. A. BR. Hall W. W. Millett A. C. Hopkinson

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