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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1900
Page
3
The Muscatine Journal announces subscription rates and delivery options. Daily and semi weekly service are listed with advance payment terms and order methods. Remittances should be payable to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
Revenue Collector J. M. Kemble forecasts a strong Republican showing in the Second district and nationally. He projects McKinley and Roosevelt at 290 electoral votes, cites Muscatine County surveys, and argues farmers and workers back prosperity over Bryan.
A reader denounces the Chicago American for exploiting workers woes and condemns liquor traffic as the root of most troubles. The piece accuses the editor of demagoguery and notes copied articles by the local Democratic organ.
The American National Red Cross under new congressional powers starts India's famine relief. Clara Barton appoints a New York committee at 156 Fifth Avenue to oversee funds, with deposits sent to North American Trust Company 135 Broadway. Citizens urged to donate. special invitation to Spanish-American War Red Cross auxiliaries.
Barkeepers selling liquid disturbance in a soldiers canteen at Harrisburg Pennsylvania are jailed to test the Anti Canteen law. Court action may reach the Supreme Court as financiers back the case. Judges must determine if the plain language means its stated intent or the opposite.
The Chicago Chronicle labeled Bryan as a paid agent of the silver trust and claimed he was nominated by the trust and funded by its money. The article notes Bryan now presents himself as an enemy of the trusts to voters.
The Burlington Hawkeye notes Bryan’s return to dinner pail rhetoric after prosperity under McKinley and suggests working men prefer the full dinner pail to 1892 conditions. It cites Indiana Debs votes potentially swiping to Bryan and hints McKinley’s re election would hurt Debs’s cause. New York Tribune mentions George E Roberts from Iowa as mint director and signals clear Iowa political dynamics.
A Democratic paper publisher quips that operating a Democratic newspaper in Iowa is like selling peanuts in a graveyard, illustrating political press challenges in the state.
A Kansas woman took arsenic to whiten her complexion and died. friends at the funeral recall her as a pale corpse. The item notes shock at this act amid other society bits and oddities from Dowie’s wealth to a Massachussetts girl’s suicide linked to superstition.
Fairfield prospectors sink a shaft for a mineral paint bed and plan a large factory. The 7th and 7th Iona plan a reunion in Oskaloosa October 10 11 with lodging and breakfast. A head end collision on Burlington road near Afton killed Engineer Pete McAloon and Fireman Lyman Saprowl plus a tramp. fifteen cattle died and total losses reach $5000. A Brockway reunion involved E F Brockway and wife E A Brockway G A Brockway Letts Mary Brockway at John Smeltzer’s on Sept 23 24.
B K Wintermute is highlighted as part of a prominent colonial family in a new comprehensive family history by J P Wintermute of Delaware Ohio. The work traces the Windemuth line to 1736 Germany, with 3000 descendants across the U S and Canada and honors Civil War service. Also reviewed is Alice’s Visit to the Hawaiian Islands by Mary H Kront, a young reader illustrating Hawaii’s scenery and industry in accessible prose.
The note lists campaign events for Republicans with speakers and dates across Davenport Muscatine West Liberty Wanpello Louisa Hopewell Fairport Lucas and Lake Township. Train schedules and round trip fare details accompany the notices for Oct 6 9 10 12 17 18 24.
Three ward clubs meet weekly at local halls. First Ward meets Monday and Fourth Ward meets Monday at Stewart's Hall. Second Ward gathers Friday and Third Ward convenes Thursday.
Advertising World argues that vague claims fail to pay for ad space. Specific facts about goods, clear descriptions, and definite prices attract buyers. Special offers and focused appeals by professionals yield better returns than broad promises like “we sell everything.”
Jell O unveils a new dessert lineup with four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at all grocers. Families are encouraged to try the product today.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific routes set fares of 12 dollars to all points in Kansas and Nebraska and 11 dollars to all points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Tickets go on sale October 2 and 16. J. W. Weidlein serves as emigrant agent.
Inland travel notices list excursion rates in Kansas and surrounding districts with a noted fare of 14 dollars to nearby destinations. The fragment hints at regional price comparisons and schedule notes for rail or bus lines serving multiple towns.
This family question inspires a quick dessert solution Jell O ready in two minutes no baking needed just add hot water and cool flavors include Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry available at grocers for 10 cents
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