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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening on weekdays except Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journal comes 10 pages on Tuesday and 8 pages on Friday nights. Daily delivery in the city by carrier costs 10 cents weekly. yearly by mail is $3.00. Semi Weekly yearly rate is $1.50.
Payne and Young are in charge at the Chicago Office located in the 750 Marquette Building.
The Journal lists city agencies including East Hill area with Hurlbut Grocery on East 2nd street and Toborg Bros. Grocery on South Muscatine Oregon street. W C A Busch's Drug Store on Hershey avenue and Kecklerville with Chayka's Grocery on West Fill. J H H Fuler Grocery and Wm. Van Zyl Grocery are noted. New York Office at 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Fragmentary telephony note references Bell company business and editorial offices in Mississippi Valley area. No clear events or names to confirm a full notice.
Sworn statement by publisher F D Throop asserts the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated 6 850 copies in April 1909. Notary F L Bihlmeier witnessed the swearing on May 3, 1999 in Muscatine County Iowa.
The speaker reflects on living in an era of struggle and striving while aiming toward an age when things are as they should be. The writer notes a possible closeness between present challenges and future ideals, addressing a mourning public.
Jerome Beatty cites a Columbus pennant winner and a Kansas City game to argue that getting mad can turn defeat into victory. In a tense eighth inning Gessler broke the game open as coach Bill Clymer shouted cheer up then berated the batter, who hit a long homer to seal the comeback.
Mr. Bryan voices mild approval of Senators Cummins and Dolliver for their work to ease tariff burdens on the public. He believes further steps may follow.
The court house square will soon be a pleasant meeting place with a loaf and smoke optional. Trees under Mr McCormick’s care show he aimed to do the job properly. The steamer Des Moines made its first Dubuque trip as part of a Keokuk to Dubuque line with Keokuk Blackhawk and Des Moines first class packets. Two men convicted of larceny, John Hickey and Michael McCormick, are jailed awaiting $100 bail.
A long scroll of dated notes recalls Muscatine events from 40 to 20 years ago. It mentions unsettled papers, a Sunday in May, a jail sentence for four tramps who chose to leave town, a Baptist ladies fishing party prank, and shifting scenes with Merridew Hillard and Sonia Grosvenor in Florence as weather darkens and romance threads weave through the fragment.
The passage credits Republican senators from the middle west with leading tariff reform efforts, asking which Democrats matched that record. The quoted line argues the real push came from Republicans, challenging Democrats to point to stronger performers.
Over the past week the Clinton Herald reports a series of serious accidents across the state caused by reckless and careless driving. The public demands prosecution of those speeding or mishandling machines. authorities focus on stricter enforcement to curb dangerous behavior.
The Marengo Republican notes how young men rush to care for cows and horses, inspired by Gov. Carroll's public example of tending his own farm animals. It frames humble service as honorable and stimulates the simple home life.
In Murray Hillson’s remark about a woman wearing an imitation washtub on her head, Howard Streeter identifies her as the wife of the man he spoke with earlier. The Sioux City Journal notes the annual contest between a June bride and a sweet girl graduate, highlighting dressmaker timing as the central contention.
Keokuk Constitution-Democrat notes Cummins and Dolliver delivered speeches and made arguments but Aldrich retains the votes and prevailing position, signaling his continued influence in the Senate.
A terse fiery remark in a Des Moines Register and Leader item stuns readers as a sensational quote surfaces about Congress being told to go to hell, reflecting strong political sentiment and a heated exchange in a regional paper.
Claiming catarrh is a constitutional disease, the ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional treatment. It promises blood and mucous surface action, a $100 reward for failures, and urges readers to contact the firm and buy the remedy.
By virtue of the power in the will, H. C. Struck as executor will sell at public auction on June 15, 1909, at the courthouse door in Davenport Iowa at 2 pm the two hundred and ten acre farm in entine county Section 2 Township 78 Range 1 East. Cash only at no less than appraised value. Henry C. Struck Executor.
Ground has been broken for a new double cottage to be built by Miss Anna Morrison on her Pine and Fourth streets lot. The same lot has been engaged for a residence by Mr and Mrs S F Sawyer and Mr and Mrs Will Hoffman. Friends of Miss Sarah Brown, a Woodside Seminary student in Hartford, Conn, have received invitations to the class of 99 graduation exercises on Monday evening, June 5.
O'Mally, Signorina Sonia Grosvenor, and Pietro discuss danger and escape as they face Italian pursuit. Sonia reveals her true identity and guards whether to flee. Pietro and the gardener speculate on arrest and loyalty as locals warn of authorities and a inspector's arrival.
May 24 Columbus Junction reports the school year ends with teachers dispersing. Miss Collins heads home to Monmouth while Miss Huston travels to Burlington then Fairfield. Miss Runkles goes to Lisbon. Cleveland Duncan of Iowa City and Miss Jennie Kennedy of Iowa Falls visit relatives in the Blair home as O M Cavin and family visit Morning Sun.
The notice argues germs threaten health more than ghosts and urges fortification of the body with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It claims the medicine strengthens vital power, cleanses impurities, enriches blood, and supports digestion, noting no alcohol and 40 years of cures.
At Davenport last week the Iowa State Federation biennial meeting elected Mrs. B B Clark of Red Oak as general federation secretary and Mrs. Horace M. Towner of Corning as recording secretary. Women’s suffrage was lightly discussed with some favoring it and others silent on the issue. Some men predicted a time when men may demand women voters. Laura N Haas inherits 200000 from Chicago relative and plans to settle estate in Chicago with lawyers.
Mrs W J Kelley Mildred and Willie spent Saturday with Miss Lydia Hannan. Calista Carpenter left for a visit with her sons in Lexington and Overton Neb accompanied by her son C A Carpenter. Clayton Morford and Mrs Morford visited Muscatine relatives and returned home. James Colton ill. L A Riley discussed fixing opera house doors to swing outward. Numerous family visits extend through Muscatine Bard Oskaloosa Reynolds Bard and Wapello with several brief trips and doctor visits.
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