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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1908
Page
3
The Daily Journal publishes every evening except Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journal delivers 10 pages Tuesday and 8 pages Friday nights. Daily by city carrier and weekly collection is 10 cents. Annual mail rates are 3 dollars for Daily and 1.50 dollars for Semi Weekly.
Newark office at 38034 West 33rd Street with Payne and Young in charge. Chicago office located at the 750 Marquette Building.
The Journal names city agencies and merchants with locations: East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Keckierville Chayka's Grocery West Lill J H Puller Grocery.
Telegraph lines and office operations at Bell and Mississippi Valley are mentioned in fragmented OCR text. The readable fragments imply a report on telephone services or administrative offices, with entities including Bell and regional lines. Further readable details are not available.
Sworn circulation statement for October 1908 shows total editions and daily figures. The report lists daily counts, Sunday totals, and overall circulation hovering around six to seven thousand for the Muscatine Journal.
Average 6,786 copies of the Muscatine Journal were printed and circulated in October 1908. F. D. Throop, publisher, swore to the statement before Notary Public F. L. Bihlmeier on November 2, 1908, Muscatine County, Iowa.
An English observer in Harper's Weekly counters claims that Taft lacked personal magnetism. He describes the president elect as good-humored, unconstrained, and powerful in presence. The piece notes many Americans never met Taft and questions the nation’s delay in recognizing his true worth.
The piece extols Taft as immensely likable and trustworthy with clear integrity. It praises his frank politics, disdain for partisanship, and unpretentious demeanor. The observer notes Taft’s calm, decisive presence, predicting he would navigate obstacles like a steady, humane “steam roller.”
Obituary tribute notes Dean Frederick Howard, dean of Drake University music, as a leading figure in Iowa's musical circles. The Des Moines Capital lauds his public service and influence, portraying his death as a tragic blow to the state’s artistic life and a loss to its cultural standing.
The article notes season endings with gratitude and customs. Uncle Joe Cannon hints at tariff revision for children while urging people to clear decks for Christmas shopping. It advocates shopping early to mock late shoppers, urging readers to become wise and busy.
A terse historical note questions who understands that the war has ended, contrasting opinions among contemporaries on the status of peace and admission of victory in Missouri and beyond.
A terse note from a sports column recalls a prompt asking if Stanley could defeat Ketchel, signaling a boxing context and a debate over a potential bout.
Clippings recount 50 years ago steamship Challenge departure from this place to St Louis with pork, potatoes and goods. Ogilvie House closing for spring renovation. Three carloads of hogs moved from Davenport to Muscatine for slaughter. 30 years ago Pommerania passenger loss and a four year old boy missing hunt ends in celebration.
Forty years ago the Swiss Aid society elected officers today with John Leutzinger as president Chris Opplinger as secretary Jacob Schafflutzel as cashier and Jos Bauman Christ appointed as solicitors.
Two horses owned by Eliza Adams were killed yesterday at Adams. Arthur Franklin of Muscatine, a graduate of the class of 1888 at Muscatine High School, is teaching the Nolo school in Fulton township.
The piece reflects on a civic scene as many residents contemplated swapping places with the playful turkey mascot during yesterday's afternoon and last evening events, highlighting community spirit and seasonal cheer.
A governing body has refused to issue an injunction to halt prize fighting in San Francisco, marking a setback for opponents of government by injunction and signaling continued availability of prize bouts in the city.
The upcoming fourth confrontation between Stanley Ketchel and Billy Papke is expected to favor Papke. The article notes Papke's chances and frames Ketchel as the opponent to beat in the anticipated match.
The Sioux City Journal highlights its early role in promoting harmony as a core civic value, emphasizing a long standing commitment to peaceful community unity and cultural appreciation.
A spirited note argues that critics still rally against wind energy, likening inaction to tilting at wind mills. It frames ongoing efforts to promote or resist turbine power as a modern adversarial quest.
The Dubuque Times Journal reports that the movement to create a more attractive city environment has extended its influence to Muscatine, signaling growing civic interest in beautification efforts and public spaces.
In Muscatine a delegation of pearl button makers urged Payne & Co to resist tariff changes that would hinder their price advantage. The buttons come from clam shells and overharvesting along the Mississippi threatened supply, prompting a government river-restoration proposal.
Fairfield Ledger notes pearl button makers from the Mississippi Valley appoint a delegation to Washington to urge tariff protection. One member is Mr Moir of Burlington linked to Geo S Tracy who ran for Congress in the first district. If elected Tracy would have supported a tax on shirt buttons despite his party’s stance.
The Cedar Rapids Republican quotes Senator Elkins on revising others tariffs as a keynote to tariff talk. It notes Massachusetts seeks to revise leather and hides tariffs but not manufactured shoes. The piece argues economic self interest drives trade, not always nobly.
Keep Off the Corns. Letts Record urges restraint and empathy. It warns against knocking others down to gain status or wealth. The piece emphasizes that climbing social ladders by harming people fails and cautions against claiming sole virtue.
The Marion Register notes that only four Republican lawmakers will come from Iowa's second congressional district, yet Mr. Dawson won the congressional seat despite an active Democratic candidate and a campaign fund of $10,000.
Officials in Belgrade Servia report solving the deposit guarantee issue by relocating seventeen car loads of bank coin to a guarded fort.
A Davenport judge issues a careful injunction ruling that limits actions by a local entity. The decision reflects measured judicial restraint and clarifies permissible conduct under prevailing public order rules.
Fabian Dare, an heir to aristocratic pretensions, leaves Buckbarrow’s Hotel and seeks a literary path after his adoptive father’s failed mining ventures drain the family. He faces hunger, rejection by employers, and the brutal lesson that modern society spares no one in a struggle for existence.
Advertising copy asserts all itching scaly burning and de forming eruptions are cured by Dr. Hare's Household Ointment a soothing balm. First application brings relief with availability at drug stores for 25c or from Kenyon & Thomas Adams N Y.
Instructions urge using a three cornered sieve over a metal frame with fine netting to trap solids. Daily cleaning includes dissolving Gold Dust powder in hot water and washing the basket, then scrubbing the sink and flushing hot suds to loosen grease in the trap.
The Muscatine city council issues a call for sealed bids to light streets with boulevard mantle lights for five years. Lights may be gas or gasoline, total not less than 300, on iron posts, 60 candle power, from sunset to sunrise, with bond of 5000 if required, bids due December 17, 1908 at 7:39 p.m. Gustav Weis, City Recorder.
An old newspaper ad touts ZEMO as a clean liquid for external use that draws germs and toxins to the surface and destroys them. It claims instant relief and permanent cure of skin or scalp diseases and notes availability everywhere with samples from E. W. Rose Medicine Co. in St. Louis and A. W. Morgan at 107 West 2nd Street.
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