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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1901
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal lists subscription prices and address data for readers. It notes daily and semi weekly delivery with weekly or advance payment terms and acceptable remittance methods. The notice includes editors and office handling details for Muscatine Iowa.
Republican delegates from Louisa and Muscatine counties will meet at the Muscatine courthouse at 2 o clock PM on the 41st day of July to nominate a Senator and conduct related business. Delegates per county and party members are urged to participate. county chairmen to call conventions. J W Eells and J W Garner are the senatorial committeemen.
The Republican Electors of Iowa are urged to attend a delegate convention in Cedar Rapids on August 7, 1901 at 11 a.m. to select nominees for Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Superintendent of Public Instruction and Railroad Commissioner and to address other business. The call invites voters endorsing Republican principles to unite and participate with representation based on a specified ratio.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds common law that combinations to restrain trade are indictable. The case stems from a dispute between Milwaukee Journal and News and Sentinel over boycott against advertisers. Court remands for trial, rejecting lower court's view that such combinations could be lawful for business purposes.
Indiana and Iowa have no common law jurisdiction of conspiracy while Wisconsin aligns with the majority. Courts nationwide are adopting a vigorous approach against conspiracies and combinations aimed at injuring others.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri, a steadfast Democrat, praises the Republican Cuba and Philippines policy while opposing the so called trouble-makers. He links them to deaths in the Philippines and warns they push distrust of the United States among Cubans. He notes allied Americans dismissed from General Wood’s staff and predicts the amendment will be delayed but not stopped.
The Madison County Republican Central Committee provides a method for voters to register their choice for governor at the primaries calling it a good scheme and urging adoption elsewhere. The note attacks scheming politicians who have allegedly bartered counties to particular candidates and claims the plan would empower rank and file party members.
The prospect for a strong wheat crop across the United States stands as the best in twenty years. Kansas leads with 100 percent success and Nebraska close behind at 99. Foreign conditions suggest prices will stay solid despite a large domestic harvest, while the western farmer continues to ride a favorable streak.
The Globe-Democrat reports that Mr. Bryan will not accept a third nomination unless a feasible method appears.
An old record notes Croesus, long deemed exceptionally rich, now calculated at a net worth of seven million dollars. This reevaluation reframes the famed financier's financial stature and legacy.
Davenport claims there is more ready money in the city than any others, with bank statements confirming the abundance. Few funds flow into New York stock deals Chicago corn pits or Texas ventures, as investors prefer local home investments seen as the safest option.
Alderman Coughlin of Chicago known as Bathhouse John plans to enter banking. The move quenches hopes in musical circles that he would continue to create verse and song. Observers say finance work will replace his artistic focus, ending a period of poetic industry.
The Philadelphia Record reports Mrs Mary Baker Eddy may name a successor at the head of Christian Scientists possibly Alfred Farlow head of her publishing house. Farlow says a decision this lifetime would be her choice though he notes no expectation of her early death. The piece contrasts Eddy’s stance with followers who claim death must be resisted and finds a contradiction in planning a posthumous leadership.
Henry H. Caldwell, General Organizer of the American Federation of Labor, notes a rising trend in both capital and labor organization. He argues labor must keep pace with capital in organization to secure progress for workers.
J Russell Gubbins of Lima writes that Peru enjoys eight years of stable government, but predicts the longevity of the gains remains uncertain. He notes revolutions tend to be nonfatal and quickly yield improvements or at least no worse conditions than before.
The text notes a 41 degree temperature fall in 15 minutes in Chicago marking a record. It mentions travel from the country to Europe this summer and hints at American activity facing no coordinated opposition from powers.
Admiral Dewey and his colleagues marked May Day with a banquet in Washington. The event recalled an episode and carried a reminder to remember past events.
Tom L. Johnson says of his house on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland that he never lets politics or business cross the threshold. He claims this rule keeps him healthy and free of partisan thoughts.
United States Steel Corporation adopts a policy to centralize operations by closing smaller or uneconomical plants and transferring work to more efficient facilities. If implemented in Pittsburgh, the move could bring 56,000 millien jobs or workers into the district within a year.
Excur sions to Buffalo by Nickel Plate Road offered from Chicago on May 7 14 21 and 28 at 13 for round trip good returning five days from sale. Three through trains daily with vestibuled sleeping cars and first class dining car service. For details write John Y Calahan general agent 111 Adams St Chicago Depot Van Buren St and Pacific Ave Chicago on Elevated Loop.
A proverb compares a man's character to a fence that cannot be fortified by whitewash, suggesting true virtue cannot be improved by mere surface treatments.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm provides fast relief for stiff necks and soreness, claimed to effect a complete cure. Sold by J. J. Havercamp and W. C. A. Busch druggists.
A brief note lists all wants in the Journal section under four columns, detailing items sought by readers. The terse itemized notice marks the classifieds tone of the page and indicates cross references for purchases and exchanges.
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph presents a playful piece about sprigg and doodads with misspelled phrases. The poem exaggerates comic mispronunciations and goofy imagery of birds, hills, and blooming buds while lamenting a forgetful, slippery track of a spring outing.
A Muscatine reader reports two kidney trouble episodes improved by Doan's Kidney Pills after purchasing at a local drugstore. The testimonial urges others to ask Havercamp's drug store for customer reports and notes Foster Milburn Co. distributes the pills nationwide for 50 cents.
Inez Batchelor profiles the Christian Workers' Training in Marshalltown Iowa a Bible centered program for ministers evangelists and mission workers. Founded by Edgar and Emly Ellyson the school invites donations to Edgar P Ellyson at 802 West Main Marshalltown Iowa and offers a catalogue for more information.
The article promotes opening fishing season at Spirit and Okoboji Lakes on May 15. It highlights northwestern Iowa lakes as premier fishing spots with reasonable hotel and boarding house rates. A BCR&N transfer bus will meet trains at Spirit Lake and Arnolds Park, transporting passengers to The Inn. For rates and train times contact BCR&N agents or Jno G Farmers, AGA, Cedar Rapids.
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