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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
3
The Day Journal publishes each evening except Sunday and offers a semi weekly journal. Circulation guaranteed greater than other papers and carriers deliver and collect weekly. The paper lists subscription rates and delivery details for city circulation.
Representatives listed for Newark on Westford Street and Wayue & Young in charge, and for Chicago at Marquette Building bkayue & Loung oversee operations.
Jdourna announces a directory of city agencies for reader convenience listing Huribut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon Street Busch's Drug Store Hershey Avenue Meculerville Chayka's Grocery West Lil and J. J. Buller Grocery.
A fragmented business notice appears from Bell Office in Mississippi Valley region. The unreadable snippet references a corporate or advisory office with partial identifiers and code like 2cceeeee and .ccceeeeee. Further details are not legible.
Publisher F. D. Throop swears the above number of copies of the Muscatine Journal were printed and circulated during October 1908. Notary F. L. Bethlmeter attests on November 2, 1908 in Muscatine County Iowa.
The piece argues Cooper’s expressed remorse cannot restore Carmack or ease grief. It blames a culture of honor and concealed weapons for the fatal quarrel, noting all three men were armed and predicting no one will be hanged for Carmack’s death.
The fiery road gang killer paddles against insult to murder Manuel Spaghetti and ex Senator Carmack alike. The piece argues criminal nature rests on act, not status, noting both the Dago and the gentleman share sorrowful, purposeless fates.
A critique of sensational evangelists led by Bryan and a Nebraska preacher. The piece argues fame and wealth tempt moral compromise, noting Bryan’s stature but denying him apostleship. It frames a serialized moral about power, conscience, and the ultimate price of sin.
The Journal begins publication of The Soul of Croesus a bizarre tale framed as factual fiction. The narrator calls the story strange because it cannot be imagined more than it is real and promises a fascinating, daring, well told narrative.
A historical column recalls a Tremont hall lecture by D C Richman at the Literary Institute and previews Judge Dillon's Nov 23 talk. It notes Unger's brass band, railroad directors elected in Tipton, and other era items including a 1878 birth, a brewery blaze, and a 20 years ago marriage near Fredonia Iowa.
A 1908 work by Gerald Villiers-Stuart entered at Stationers Hall is noted as copyrighted. The fragment presents a title and author with traditional rights reserved statement.
Two young men enter the Cosmpolis Club as midnight refugees flee a city decree. The younger, restless and pale, jokes about New York nightlife while the elder muses on early bedtimes as a protest born from childhood habit.
Ten years ago Judge Feichelberger formerly of Muscatine won re election as judge of the Ottumwa district by a 500 vote majority. The Muscatine Journal notes the political results and local business moves including a transfer of the minting department.
In a late night club scene Vandraken and An cestor debate desire and duty as a waiter offers a wine-list. The discussion turns to wealth and detachment with a remark on corked wine and the limits of the best of everything.
The ad extols Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a long selling honest medicine with printed ingredients and no alcohol. It argues its superiority for weak stomach liver and blood conditions and notes its continued front rank status over two decades. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are praised as original effective and easy to take.
An assortment of text including an old Scott's Emulsion advertisement claiming cough and consumption benefits. The remainder lists local social notes, travel, visits, moves, church activities, and minor injuries from the Muscatine area, dated 1908 with multiple residents and nearby towns mentioned.
Various brief updates report visits and business calls by residents and travelers. Names include John Grimm Willis Dickerson Aaron Kemp Rev C F Moger D J Higley and Henry Thompson with activities in Wapello Muscatine Mediapolis Arden and Winfield.
An old column explains dyspepsia as improper stomach churning and promotes Mi o na tablets from Havercamp's Drug Store. The ad claims Mi o na cures indigestion seasickness and pregnancy vomiting, with a 50 cent price and money back guarantee.
Much sickness is due to a weak nervous system. Dr Miles Nervine soothes irritated nerves and aids recovery. Testimony from John James of Riverton Nebraska claims great improvement after using Nervine. Your druggist sells Dr Miles Nervine with a guarantee to refund the first bottle if it fails to benefit. Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind
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