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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
3
The Official Paper of City and County asserts circulation guaranteed to exceed all Muscatine competitors combined and at least triple that of any other daily publication.
Terms to Subscribers describe delivery schedules and current rates. The Daily Journal issues every evening except Sunday while the Semi Weekly Journal runs 10 pages Tuesday and 5 pages Sunday nights. Rates: daily one year by mail 3.00 and semi weekly one year 1.60.
The notice lists Payne and Young in charge at the New York office 3034 West 33rd Street and the Chicago office at 7500 Marquette Building. It identifies their roles and addresses in two regional offices.
The Journal presents a directory of city agencies for reader convenience. Listings include East Hill Harbourt Grocery on East 2nd street, Toborg Bros. Grocery on Oregon street, W C A Busch's Drug Store on Hershey avenues, Chayka's Grocery in Kecklerville, and J H Fuller Grocery in West Hill.
Editorial and business offices of Bell in the Mississippi Valley region are referenced, noting telephone operations and local communications infrastructure in the area.
Sworn report by publisher J. F. Throop shows October 1908 average circulation 6786 copies. Notary F L Bihlmeier attested on November 2 1908 in Muscatine Iowa.
A reminiscence questions how to measure right and wrong and the role of personal bias in judgment. The narrator invites patience while recounting an old story about a day’s judgment of fright and wrong reflecting a young man’s surroundings.
A New York City lecturer tells the Nero tale to slum youths noting the audience’s silence. He asks if Nero is good or bad and peer Mike evasively replies he never harmed him. The piece ends reflecting on fools in the tale and hints at a broader moral.
A Journal correspondent Critical Observer argues Muscatine should replace closed saloons with a practical civic gathering place for men while women shop. He notes hundreds idle on Saturdays and urges a liberal, nonoffensive substitute run as a civic experiment to fill the gap without mollycoddle constraints.
Recaps from five decades ago noting a Sunday in 50 years past, a death in Iowa City of Prof. D. F. Wells, a well attended Lucas Grove festival, a Des Moines congressman elect F. W. Palmer visit, local business openings on Mulberry, and postmaster appointment for F. C. Conant of Wilton. Also brief notes on 10 years past about Fred Rowe’s tragic train death, bridge work across the Iowa River, and travels of Mrs. N. M. Meyers.
30 YEARS AGO. Yesterday at P A Brumfield's office Samuel Bedwill and Flora Crow of Louisa county were married. Joseph Biles of the Washington Democrat took a partner in his business and the firm will be Biles & Kellogg editors and publishers.
H. G. Reeder has opened a new feed yard on a site previously occupied by another operation. Details on location and capacity are not provided in the fragment.
The writer argues that closing saloons should be pursued from the start and urges the responsible forces to act wisely and well. They express cautious hope that duty will be performed effectively.
The Burlington Gazette notes a cold day as France cannot ignore a growing scandal shaking the republic's foundations and prompting questions about trust in institutions.
Wapello Republican endorses Carroll as the likely first native born Iowa governor. Early signs point to him being among the best in state history.
Norman Hapgood, New York editor, nearly went over a 500 foot ravine while driving in the Oregon mountains. In the future he will know if thrill story authors understand their craft.
In Connecticut the race for governor ran up large expenses. Republican George L. Lilley reported campaign costs of 23375 dollars while Democrat A Heaton Robertson spent 33900 dollars to lose. The governor's salary is four thousand dollars per year.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette item notes a college man claiming that if the present birth-rate decline continues for 150 years there will be no children left. He asks if he has informed President Roosevelt of his fears.
A Chicago resident publicly protests cigar smoking at banquets while opposing restrictions on such gatherings. He argues the habit is a simple pastime during speeches and should be allowed for attendees.
Washington Iowa Democrat notes Champ Clark likely next minority leader in Congress. Cheer for Clark, contrasting with Folk. Clark praised as prompt and effective, while Folk is disliked.
The Iowa City Press argues that Senator Cummins would be a genuine boon to the consuming population of Iowa and the West if he fights the Aldriches and the Hales, praising his courage and disposition.
A letter questions whether eggs would be more plentiful under Bryan than Taft, but the writer diverts to note Republican spellbinders claim credit for Iowa’s agricultural prosperity and urge them to show results by stirring up the hens.
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Fabian Dare contemplates suicide amid a fog of fear and fate. He recalls Oxford memories and a gaudy barmaid as motives for death, weighing the river, a train, or poison, and finally seeks a decisive end in a night of existential doubt. The scene centers on his cold, analytical resolve and the spectator’s surgical gaze.
In this scene a second man approaches the young man, bending over a large walking-stick as he speaks with him, answering an unspoken question about their confrontation or situation.
A foreign visitor named Abdul von Tarsenheim introduces himself as an occultist to Dave in a tense street scene. The exchange reveals class tension and a plan to help Dave, who contemplates death, with smoke and talk of wealth. The passage shifts to a reflective poem from George Meredith, “On Come,” about a night voyage, cosmic sights, and a kiss amid darkness.
General Kuropatkin writes in the Christmas McClure's on why Russia lost to Japan. He condemns the Russian high command for lack of initiative, poor attack leadership, and insufficient persistence, noting this as the key deficiency in the early campaign.
Ministers in eight Missouri and Kansas towns urged divine aid for a protective tariff on zinc ore during union Thanksgiving services. The Zinc Ore Tariff Club staff argued before the Washington Ways and Means Committee to shield the zinc mining district from collapse.
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