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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1908
Page
3
The Vaiuy jourcal is issued every evening in the week except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal is issued 10 pages Tuesday with eight pages. Daily delivered in the city by carrier and collected for weekly 10 cents per week. Daily, one year, by Gideon. Semi-Weekly, one year costs 1.60.
The document lists New York and Chicago offices with numbered addresses and in charge partners Ridg La Coste Maxwell in New York and Payne Young in Chicago, indicating the firms responsible for operations.
The Journal prints a neighborhood directory of city suppliers for reader convenience. Listings include East Hist durbut Grocery on East 2nd Street, South Muscatine, W. E. Miksch's Grocery on Oregon Street, W. C. A. Busch's Drug Store, Vershey Avenue, Hecklerville with Chayka's Grocery, West Hill J H Fuller Grocery, and contact notes for the editorial and business offices at Bell.
The piece traces Democratic reactions to a letter claimed from Grover Cleveland about the 1908 campaign. It notes New York inquiries into forgery, Times purchase of the letter, and actions by District Attorney Jerome to establish truth. The article details Hastings and Brandenburg assignments regarding the Cleveland article.
The Times publishes letters from executor Hastings defending the Cleveland article while Hastings later disavows the piece as unauthentic. The dispute casts doubt on the article’s authorship and raises questions about forged evidence amid political and personal intrigue surrounding Joy Vennable, Hugo Charters, and others.
The text claims Bryan and his supporters will persist in attacks on President Roosevelt. It states that defeating Roosevelt and reversing his policies is the central democracy driven campaign aim this year.
The line compares current events to a three ring circus, appealing to sports fans of baseball and football. It conveys a chaotic or juggling situation without detailing specifics.
A reader asks how a man can justify paying 50 000 dollars for a 15 000 dollar job claiming it reflects a scam or oversized charges. The question explores ethics and value in contractor billing practices.
In Hernshaw Hugo recalls Tisdale’s growing feelings for Joy Burgess while weighing risks to her father and the Burgess clan. He notes Bur gess’s poaching warning and ponders the awkward bond between Joy and her cousin, hinting at deeper complications.
An old advertisement notes Dr. King's New Life Pills promise to relieve bilious headache and purify liver and bowels. The 25 cent patent medicine claim is linked to Harver camp's Prescription Drug Store.
The Iowa Bank commission plans a meeting in Iowa City to decide on state bank branches. Frosted but not damaging. corn crops are safe. A Republican meeting at Miller's hall drew large attendance with speeches by Cloud, O Conner, and M McGrew to support the ticket.
The narrative reviews Andrew Jackson era actions shaping the 1836 campaign. It covers the bank veto, financial crises after bank charter cancellation, foreign policy gains with Britain and France, and the rise of the Democratic Party machine. It details the 1835 Baltimore convention adoption of two thirds rule, Van Buren’s nomination, and the Whig challenge with Harrison, plus vice presidential contests and electoral outcomes.
W M Hensleigh and W A Cubit returned from a Kansas and Colorado trip. Isaac Mellinger is reported improving after illness. D D Brodie appointed trustee of George Peterson bankrupt estate who recently moved to Oskaloosa. M E church societies held social afternoon. first quarterly Methodist meeting next Sunday with communion and preaching by Dr J M McClelland. Quarterly conference to convene Monday morning. United Presbyterian Ladies Missionary bank offering meeting at Mrs E L McClurkin’s. light refreshments and good profits. Mrs Sam Wilson and Mrs J J Wilson improving. No U P preaching next Sabbath due to pastor’s absence at Tarkio Iowa Synod. Rev Eliott, retiring moderator, preached opening sermon. Rev D L McBride of Winfield returned.
West Liberty Iowa items list residents traveling to Lone Tree Nichols Seattle and Iowa City visits. Visitors include Harry Clark and sister Lucy, Miss Emma Horney, Mrs John Ackerman, Oliver Woolman, Miss Lorane Allison, Dr L A Royal, and Mrs Charlie Knapp. Local movements cover new home purchases, arrivals, and social visits.
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