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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1903
Page
3
The Journal Printing Company and editors announce daily and semi weekly subscription terms. Daily by carrier and weekly collection ten cents per week. Daily by mail one year and three dollars for semi weekly per year. The paper boasts circulation greater than all Muscatine papers combined and at least three times that of any other daily.
The Journal lists agency points Kecklerville Chayka's grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's grocery South Muscatine Morse Washburn's grocery and a street car track fund where extra papers will be sold each night. Regular subscribers missing delivery can pick up papers at these places.
Lieut. Gov. Henry Roberts notes Connecticut's 90 savings banks hold 214,892,897 in deposits for 444,407 depositors amid 746,897 residents. He cites 1519 as the first bank year and cites a 1873 legislative inquiry affirming solvency and no radical defects. He argues savings banks spur thrift nationwide and highlight strong American savings.
The Creston Gazette accuses its rival Creston American of unkindness in proposing Hon. J. B. Sullivan for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. The Gazette says Sullivan would not take the nomination seriously and notes he understands the current state of Iowa democracy.
A Kansas City platform reaffirmation is losing support in Iowa. The article notes that there is not enough motivation to fight for reaffirmation and the prevailing attitude favors not mentioning the platform more this year than last year.
The Des Moines Democrat calls for plain speaking and declares the Democratic party in Iowa is cursed by cowardice and apathy among quitters. It argues for Spartan virtues of courage and aggression, stating there has never been a greater need for decisive action within the party.
Senator Long notes Kansas delegates favor President Roosevelt and would block efforts to deny his endorsement. He cites positive voter reception at all train stops and says no opposition to Roosevelt is evident in Kansas. He warns opponents would face obstacles if they tried to oppose Roosevelt's instructions.
Nearly all of Fonda residents were fishing along the Cedar River this past week. A score of people lined the banks with poles trying for bullheads as well as channel cats suckers and carp. Men women and children reported success in landing various fish.
Community members, including several housewives, explore making wine from dandelion blossoms. A reported first class wine may cost under 20 cents per gallon. The effort aims to remove 700d from lawns as dandelions spread.
The editor outlines Mormon views on marriage, polygamy, law, and virtue. It asserts plural marriage ended in the church though historically practiced, stresses eternal sealing, sacred family, and strict moral standards including chastity and punishment for sexual crimes. It notes secular licenses and penalties, and emphasizes obedience to law and patriotism.
The notice promotes a home cancer cure by Dr G M Curry of Lebanon Ohio inviting investigations and a booklet with testimonials from bankers ministers and citizens. It cites a Lincolnton North Carolina patient claiming cure in 17 days and asks readers to request the booklet and testimonials. It also includes a religious appeal locating Elders Fairchild and Nibley in Muscatine Iowa for further information.
A religious tract argues marriage as a sacred union ordained by God within Mormon practice, condemning divorce and infanticide while praising large families. It defends scriptural authority, the apostolic church structure, and preaching the gospel free of charge, urging listeners to hear the message before judging.
The June Popular Science Monthly begins a series on Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by A Fleming of University College London. Other articles cover food nutrition by R H Chittenden Yale, municipal hygiene by E O Jordan Chicago, university trends by D S Jordan Stanford, and demographics showing unchanged college graduation ages.
The passage recounts Uncle Joe Cannon in Washington using a clothesline joke about Dolly Madison era waste to mock Representative Gaines. It notes his mock heroic pose and quips about pockets and speechmaking as he ridicules the administration over disposal of a Hayes sideboard.
A two page McClure's June feature titled Comedy of the Catechized exposes how civil service applicants offer freak answers. The piece shows earnest yet humorous responses from otherwise capable people, many aiming for grandiose results that would suit vaudeville.
Eugene Wood writes about a cherished swimming hole in McClure's June edition. Vivid prose evokes memories of a beloved place with Frost’s illustrations enhancing the nostalgic spell.
Table and Hitchen offer food advice rooted in chemistry and cooking experience. The pieces present practical, experience based guidance on what to eat and how to prepare dishes, aiming to help readers apply scientific principles in the kitchen.
The menu lists DINNER items including 4 Hamburg Steak and Barley Beefsteak Pie with sides, plus coffee and soup. SUPPER features Cold Roast Veal slices, Combination Salad and Strawberry Tarts. FRIDAY BREAKFAST includes Fruit cereal cream creamed salt fish baked potatoes griddle cakes maple syrup and lobster with butter and tomatoes.
Instructions and variations for preparing asparagus dishes. Methods include sautéed asparagus tops in butter, asparagus in cream with onion and egg-thickened sauce, baked layered asparagus with gruyere and brown butter, asparagus perspadour with yolk sauce, asparagus in ambush with milk sauce, and a cold plate with lettuce tomato and asparagus topped with mayonnaise.
A Saturday meal list features Okra Soup Brown Fricassee of Chicken Rice Stewed Onions New Peas Fruit Salad Cheese Shelled Crabs Tomato Mayonnaise Butter Cakes. Includes assorted seafood and side dishes.
A reader requests published instructions for making dandelion wine. The method includes selecting yellow blossoms with no stems, boiling water and sugar, adding oranges and lemons, fermenting with baker's yeast, and aging six weeks before bottling with raisins.
An advertisement touts southern lands as undervalued with strong market and shipping access, mild climate, and high returns. It offers free circulars 1 to 19 about lands in Kentucky, West Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana near the Illinois Central Railroad for homeseekers and investors, via J. F. Merry in Dubuque Iowa.
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