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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1918
Page
3
The Daily Journal circulates evenings except Sundays with in city delivery. Subscriptions cost 12 1/2 cents weekly or $3.00 annually by mail, all in advance. Publisher is Thomas, City Editor is Folktor, with a general advertising representation across Chicago New York Kan sas City and Atlanta.
A poem describing farewell aboard a transport ship as flags and sun illuminate a secret love. The speaker trusts love will endure through distant war, with flowers birds and banners signaling the parting, while the sea and stars carry the story toward battles and sacrifice.
The largest rail rate hike in U S history passes with little public outcry as McAdoo and the administration are trusted. Government ownership is seen to fund needed rehabilitation and added rolling stock while war burdens justify higher charges for improved national transportation and military efficiency.
A 1918 tax plan advocates substantial increases on war profits to fund the war. It argues those profiting from munitions and war industries should bear most of the costs, with reforms to ensure a fair, proportionate burden. It warns against stifling enterprise and calls for a just levy that targets enriched war profiteers.
Ottumwa Courier asserts loyal Irishmen should accept conscription and support Great Britain in the war. It questions pro German plots but argues only a few Irish citizens are implicated and stresses that home rule for Ireland requires loyalty to the government. The piece calls for justice for American and Irish plotters and weed-out of German agents.
Jane Wonderly curates a new color rose in a greenhouse while a tall anxious man observes. Her memory shifts to childhood with a democratic, reckless boy as a danger looms from a past that may collide with her rose filled present.
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the remedy has been used for thirty five years and works through the blood to heal mucous surfaces. Includes testimonials and urges immediate use. states the product is sold by druggists.
Carlton Esmond survives a polo injury and a romance rekindles through a brown velvet rose. A nurse preserves the bloom as Esmond eyes Ona, the girl who prayed for his recovery, and years later a Flower Show reunion seals their renewed bond.
A collage of snippets from Bathroms F B Crocker’s bathing room ad to Fiftieth Anniversary politics, church cornerstone ceremonies, a Franklin Thurston funeral, academy papers, and a reader letter from J B Fyrgeson. The items span sixty years of local events, opinions, and obituaries with names and places like Jerome Crocker New York Maine Muscatine Des Moines Hawk Eye school.
J Scranton, a Millersburg merchant, visited the city to oversee publication of the Millersburg News, a paper printed at the Muscatine Journal's job office, thirty years ago.
A note from Miss Anna Mahin says she has nearly recovered from fever and can ride out daily. Old settlers of Cedar county will gather at the Tipton court house on Friday June 10 for their annual convention with Judge Farratl of Iowa City delivering the principal address. Ten years ago contractors began setting granite at the new post office, with all blocks on the ground except the steps.
A fragment describes a man guiding a woman toward him and seeking connection as she does not resist, conveying a tense romantic interaction through this damaged text. The scene centers on intimate proximity and consent cues without further context from the source.
Fern Howard extols happiness as a product of forgetting self and helping others. The piece urges mindful reflection, gratitude, and accepting life as it is to achieve lasting contentment, noting joy grows from giving pleasure and releasing vain longings.
The Muscatine Welfare association reports 259 new cases this year bringing total tabulated cases to 565. About 2018 office interviews and 2036 home or employer visits supported by Day Nursery efforts. Disposition includes Juvenile court cases, placements to industrial and private homes, plus two sent to the county farm and three prosecuted for wife desertion. A Case Committee formed last December with diverse community representation.
A Cleveland company promotes Zemo as an effective antiseptic liquid for eczema, itching, and skin problems. The preparation claims to heal sores burns and wounds, penetrating to cleanse and soothe. Available from druggists at 35 cents or one dollar for extra large size.
The Trades and Labor assembly reports aid provided by the relief committee to address sickness, shiftlessness, and wartime economic pressures. Assistance included clothing for 285 families, groceries for 143 families, fuel for 43 families, shoes, milk, furniture, and lodging totaling $1425.99 plus minor office costs.
Families fear a missing physician during illness and pain. The ad urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to treat stomach and bowel distress promptly, claiming no physician can prescribe a better medicine and that home use may save life.
Notice is given that on May 27 1918 a document purporting to be the last will and testament of Peter Schmitt deceased was opened for hearing. The hearing for proof is set for June 24 1918 at the June term of the District Court. Any interested party may appear and show cause why it should not be admitted to probate. R G Tipton Clerk of the District Court Muscatine May 27 1918.
A brief exchange features a woman asking for the blotter as a souvenir while a man declares that the criminal's excuses have been wiped away. The fragment hints at a crime context and a desire to preserve records.
An old advertisement promotes Get-It-2 as a simple corn remover. It claims immediate relief, painless corn removal, and positions it as the world’s best remedy. Mfrd by BE. Lawrence & Co of Chicago and sold locally by Muscatine druggists.
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