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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1900
Page
3
Col D W Jackson contrasts 1896 and the current campaign. He argues Bryan distorts republican motives, attacks imperialism, and predicts a Republican victory with McKinley. The piece calls voters to reject Bryan and Stevenson and favor sound policy amid postwar growth.
The record lists congressional nominees by district. First district Thomas Hedge Burlington holds. Second district J N W Rumple Marengo. Third David B Henderson Dubuque. Fourth Gilbert N Haugen Northwood. Fifth Robert G Cousins Tipton. Sixth John F Lacey Oskaloosa. Seventh John A T Hull Des Moines. Eighth Wm P Hepburn Clarinda. Ninth Walter I Smith Council Bluffs. Eleventh Lot Thomas Storm Lake.
Electors at large listed include John N. Baldwin of Pottawattamie County Ole Roe of Johnson County and J N W Rumple of Iowa County for Congress Second District.
The ticket features A. C. Noble of Goshen Township for Auditor, Charles Richman of Muscatine for Clerk, H. Reesink for Recorder, E. P. Ingham of Wilton for Attorney, and D. D. Webster of Fruitland for Supervisor.
Local druggists advertise a cure named for rheumatism claiming effectiveness in all stages. Names listed include John J. Havercamp Theo Kuechman McBride & Cope J J Coady and Nesper & Co. The ad promotes this remedy as the most effective known.
Notice states that the item is entered at the Muscatine Iowa post office as second class matter.
The piece argues that William Jennings Bryan cannot shed a reputation he never earned, calling him a false prophet and noting his past prediction of national ruin under a sound money system. It suggests his current acceptance speech reveals mournful undertones and mocks his prophetic stance.
A compilation of Democratic leaders' reasons for backing McKinley over Bryan. Praises McKinley’s prosperity, expansion stance, and leadership while critiquing Bryanism, party disunity, and anti expansion views. Belief in Republican governance and objections to Bryan’s alliance with Populists are cited.
Col. Bryan speaks at Morgan's Grove arguing fiscal policy and economic value. He notes a bushel of corn buys 2 percent more coffee than in 1896, illustrating price changes. He mentions wheat buying less, using farm values to critique party alignment.
A dialog and calculations compare 1896 prices to current values for items like gingham cloth, corn, oats, wool, and wheat. It notes how many bushels or pounds buy various goods such as a binder plow, wagon, calico, sails, or clothing, illustrating broader living-cost shifts. The exchange hints at a political nod and closing social chatter.
A dialogue from the New York Sun features a colonel and a farmer debating empire culture money and liberty. The farmer jokes about furniture and money trusts while resisting the octopus metaphor and mortgage pressures as they discuss banks and land.
The Towa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church adopts temperance pledges in Bloomfield. It denounces the Anti Canteen Law expansion, calls liquor traffic a plague, urges school area restrictions, endorses Gospel temperance revival, and supports law enforcement with gospel partnership.
The piece notes the approaching twentieth century and lauds Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a landmark invention in the nineteenth century. It claims the tonic supports digestion and general health, recommending purchase of the genuine product with a Private Revenue Stamp over the neck for authenticity.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway offers round trip tickets to Indianapolis for the Quadrennial Convention of the National Association of Democratic Clubs on Oct 3-4. Tickets are at a single fare plus $2 with service from all points to Chicago for the connection. Agents of the Cedar Rapids Route provide full rate and schedule details.
The Chicago Rock Island & Pacific announces excursion fares of 12 dollars to all points in Kansas and Nebraska and 14 dollars to all points in Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Tickets go on sale October 2 and October 16. J. W. Weidlein serves as emigrant agent.
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