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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
3
Daily delivered in the city by carrier and collected for weekly rates. Demi Weekly Journal issued on pages Tuesday and five pages. Sunday edition issued weekly with biweekly updates. By mail rates: daily one year two dollars. semi weekly one year one dollar fifty.
The Journei lists agency offices to serve readers: East Hil Gumbut Grocery East 20d street south Muscatine W B Miksch’s groc ery Oregon street W C A Busch’s Drug Store Hershey avenue hecklerville Chayka’s Grocery West Hill J H Fuller Grocery with offices and telephones in Chicago and local cities.
The ticket lists William Howard Waft of Ohio for president James S Sherman of New York for vice president Thomas T Anderson Warren County John T Anundson Cerro Cordo County B F Carroll Davis County Geo W Clarke Dallas County W W Hayward Scott County John L Bleakly Ida County W W Morrow Union County H Byers Shelby County John F Riggs Keokuk County H L Bosquet Marion County Nathaniel S Ketchum Marshall County Silas M Weaver Hardin County Scott M Ladd O Brien County Albert F Dawson D Letts D D Webster A Lawrence A C Shiflet W S McKee T W Stoops.
Anonymous writer recalls a powerful gathering praising Theodore Roosevelt's honesty and leadership. The speaker contrasts past party charges with present accountability, praising a young activist who spoke with earnestness about a party he cherishes, urging thoughtful, nonabusive discourse.
Henry Farnham ex Superintendent Tracy and other railroad men rode today for the west amid expected talks to extend the M. and M. R. R. from Washington to Oskaloosa. Brent of Muscatine Island donated sugar cane molasses. A boy returning from Chicago visited relatives. L McAllister departs for Iowa City for a three year medical course. O G Jack learns of sister Ellen Elkins illness in Galva Illinois.
A. M. Winn, Esq., home after several weeks traveling through northwest Ohio. Though a Democrat, he notes a Republican tide in the east. The St. Louis fair opened yesterday drawing a large crowd of Muscatine residents.
County coroner John Beard is disabled from duty after fracturing a rib in a slip on a wet sidewalk two weeks ago. He plans to travel to Quincy this evening to visit his son there. M. J. Hopkinson, an old Musca-
A vivid account describes a local political gathering in Ardon that supporters claim moves toward a genuine popular rule, amid debates over Theodore Roosevelt’s influence and the value of honest, plainspoken opinion in campaign times. It notes personal tensions as Joy Vennable and Hugo deepen their uneasy relationship, amid social scrutiny and medical warnings as the influenza epidemic lingers lightly in the background.
Questioning who claimed the Young Men's Democratic club lacked representation. The debate centers on red oil-cloth for Walsh white for Haskell and blue for November 4 and which individuals or factions are asserting the issue.
A business puzzle asks how one might justify purchasing a role with a yearly wage of 7 500 while the total investment in the job reaches 50 000, implying hidden earnings, long term gains, or strategic value beyond immediate salary. The answer may hinge on overlooked benefits, tax considerations, or future opportunities driven by the position.
A reflective query on whether John D. Rockefeller would fit as a congressman and if risking divided loyalties is acceptable. It also hints at finding alternative paths like humming a melody when singing proves difficult.
In a lingering scene Hugo visits Joy and her father at dinner as Joy reveals her father's disappointments and a desire to protect him. She insists Hugo has done him good and compares him to Aladdin, while acknowledging a wall of unspoken dangers and broken dreams in their past.
Twenty years ago Mrs Parvin slipped and fell downstairs, suffering severe probable serious injuries. Miss Herrick has been summoned to Wapello due to a friend's serious illness.
Cards from Muscatine announce the marriage of Rita Estella Stewart to Ed B Wilson of Iowa City on Thursday September 29. The bride is the niece of Mr and Mrs M M Stewart and daughter of the late C C Stewart. J L Horton of Marshalltown visited Muscatine and heads to Rock Island to stay with relatives. Corporal Ralph Lillibridge is ill with higher fever today.
Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo reveals the full ingredient list on the wrapper of his Golden Medical Discovery and offers a free booklet endorsing each component. The pamphlet notes no alcohol narcotics or poisonous agents and cites native medicinal roots including Squaw Weed used by Indians for various ailments. Favorites Prescription is praised for regulating female functions easing displacements and nervous debility.
Prof. Frankland of London reports cod liver oil yields about two and a half times more energy than starches or sweets, illustrating how foods supply power to the body akin to coal fueling an engine.
Cod liver oil based tonic combines hypophosphites of lime and soda to form fat, strengthen, enrich the blood, energize nerves, and repair tissues. Send ad text plus paper name, address, and four cents to receive a Complete Handy Atlas of the World from Scott and Bowne at 409 Pearl Street, New York.
The aunts debate second marriages as Joy grows intrigued by Hugo whose golf skill eclipses Joy and whose silence leaves her uncertain. Sir Giles insists on moral clarity in politics and religion while Esme Burgess rises as a reforming hopeful whose Norfork bye election gains broad attention.
Rheum atism attacks grow harder to control yet many let them pass awaiting weather changes. Chamberlains Liniment offers a simple remedy that provides prompt relief and often permanent results. Immediate relief is typically felt after the first application and it is sold by all druggists.
The English class meets Tuesday at 7 15 for those planning to join next week. A new gym floor was finished yesterday and will have a hard finish added for a solid surface. Geneva club will meet at Miss Elizabeth Bridgman’s home tomorrow evening by invitation of Miss Bridgman and Miss Blanche Kline. Topics at the YWCA include the day and gym classes, with a junior committee meeting this afternoon at 4 o’clock.
The 1844 race centers on Texas annexation with President Tyler backing the treaty. Clay leads the Whigs while Van Buren falters for Democrats until Polk rises as dark horse. Polk wins 65 electoral votes as Texas annexation accelerates, shaping the union amid Mexican War.
A Wisconsin father says his three year old son suffered severe constipation and high fever. After two doses of Foley's Orino Laxative the next morning the fever disappeared and the child recovered completely.
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