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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal, official paper of City and County, issues each evening all week excluding Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journal publishes 10 pages Tuesdays and 8 pages Fridays. Delivery in city by carrier costs 10 cents weekly. yearly by mail 3.00 for daily and 1.50 for semi weekly.
The Journal lists distribution 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 H Fuller Grocery and Wm Van Zy Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Payne and Young oversee operations from the Chicago Office located in the 750 Marquette Building.
A terse OCR fragment shows Bell Telephone business and editorial office references in Mississippi Valley area with scattered symbols and numbers. The legible portion hints at a telecommunication note or notices affecting operations. Further context is needed for a precise item.
I .6 850 copies printed and circulated in April 1999 for the Muscatine Journal. F D Throop, publisher, swears to the statement. Notary F L Bihlmeier notarized on May 3, 1909 in Muscatine County Iowa.
The Red Wing Republican urges Mississippi river towns to build wharves and loading facilities to boost river traffic. It argues that neglect and lack of local business, not navigation, drive decline, and calls on river towns to stimulate freight volume to attract improvements and rail connections.
The article argues river freight hinges on landing places, warehouses, cranes, and rail access rather than channel improvements. It cites Curtis and the Chicago Record Herald on outdated steamboats, calls for modern vessels with loading gear, and suggests selective government investment in profitable boat design before massive dredging, citing Europe as a model.
Wyoming Journal reports Senator Dol liver urging a downward tariff revision as a pledge to the people while Senator Aldrich defends trusts and campaigns as aimed at financial interests. The debate centers on whether the Republican Party will cut tariffs or favor the trusts.
Gen. F. D. Grant told a peace conference that large armies and navies help preserve peace but warned extremes have been reached by European nations. He says the United States is building a sizable navy and is spending much to construct and maintain it, and that the nation has gone far enough in this direction.
Nations pay for damage when mobs unleash violence as foreign powers demand redress. The lesson echoed from China after Boxer damages signals future collectors may visit Turkey and Persia as well.
Reminiscences recounts from 50 and 40 years ago include M. E. Judson establishing a match factory in the city powered by steam at Dunsmore & Chambers mill with operations at the old carding mill on Sixth Street. Other items note a postponed S. S. celebration, Lt. W. B. Brunton visiting Davenport and New Orleans before rejoining his regiment, and Thomas Beatty’s non serious horse kick incident. Also mentioned are a Meth dist conference in Lettsville, Radish and asparagus shipments by Middleton Hoopes Holcomb, and an excursion plan by the Washington YMCA with a potential steamboat ride or parade viewing next Wednesday.
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes Senators Dolliver and Cummins receive congratulatory letters from Iowa Republicans for efforts toward tariff revision. The letters illustrate Iowa GOP support for the tariff change and reflect party alignment on the issue.
The piece notes Senator Dolliver as a talker on tariffs and suggests that some older senators realized this in his two day Senate speech last week.
A nostalgic collage presents two pieces. The first mocks a sly fox figure in a dog chase with painted bravado and hawk hound pursuit. The second poem guides readers along a seasonal journey from March toward June through vivid natural imagery and hopeful announces new blooms.
Gladwin Iowa residents share weekend and weekday visits with relatives and friends. Elmer Orr and Mamie Orr hosted and traveled relatives from Muscatine and Lone Tree. Surnames Havens Hancher Rickey Wilford Garrard and Dennis appear among gatherings and visits.
Drs. G D Lezotte and E K Tyler plan to depart tomorrow evening for Keokuk to attend the State Medical society meeting. The Oatmeal company's new elevator is rising with George D Magoon directing a large workforce. Muscatine County Teachers Association meets for its fourteenth quarterly session at Wilton next Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. Miss Lillie Hacker from this city will replace Miss Margaret Twomey on the program to discuss American Literature. The event is expected to be a pleasant gathering with many locals attending.
Washington reports the Kendall bill to raise the annual government liquor license fee and bar licenses in areas where local laws forbid alcohol. Proponents say the change would support local option enforcement, while opponents warn it burdens federal police powers and contradicts state prohibitions. The measure, likely to shape the coming session, aims to curb interstate liquor traffic into dry areas.
The party trails a cunning guide O Mally through a ruined pavilion near Villa Ariadne as he hawks trinkets and spins stories about Nero and Caligula while a staged Hadrian mosaic and a hidden princess elevate the tour. Two riders arrive, sharing plans for Verona to Florence, as La Signorina contemplates a final romantic canto to Florence.
Two travelers race down the road and a woman frees a trapped rose from a thorn. She walks back to the villa unbothered by the sting, while fate again brings a man to cross her path in a tense encounter.
Dan questions Hillard about his odd behavior and absent mindedness as he suspects a woman is affecting him. Merridew mocks the situation while Hillard relights his cigar, and the scene ends with a promise to continue.
The Sew and So club hosted a farewell visit for Mrs. Morrow at her Wapello home before her move to Winfield. The town saw numerous visitors and local events including K P lodge activities and booster game attendance.
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