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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
3
Scott's Emulsion is promoted as a remedy for coughs colds and consumption. It claims quick relief from cold or cough and stronger health with every use, building up the body's strength simultaneously.
Representatives listed for New York at 3034 West 33rd Street and Chicago at 150 Marquette Building are in charge of Payne & Young offices. The notices outline the firm locations and leadership responsible for operations in both cities.
The Journal notes agency locations for reader convenience including East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd street South Muscatine Toborg Bros grocery Oregon street W C A Busch's Drug Store Hershey avenue Kecklerville Chayka's Grocery West Still J H Fuller Grocery.
Fragmentary text from a Mississippi telephones business office mentions Beaty and a sale in the 1950s era. Content is garbled with no clear event, date, or names to confirm a specific item or outcome.
The Journal aligns with the push for change within the Republican Party yet reserves opinion on arguments from party figures. It cites Theodore Roosevelt’s impact and asserts support for leaders who continue that reform, arguing a true change benefits society and history.
The article argues against voting for the Democratic Party in 1904 and for continued Republican progress. It rejects Bryan’s changes as retrograde and warns against stagnation, urging voters to support a party delivering advancement amid suffering and want. It cites opponents tied to politics and emphasizes change aligned with Republican administration achievements.
The piece defends printing the endorsement of Bryan and the Democratic ticket by President Urick and President Gompers while noting not all labor groups align. It argues railroad brotherhoods and miners show diverse politics with many leaders favoring Republicans and predicts Democratic sentiment among railroad workers may be widespread but not universal.
Summary of items from the local paper recalling events 50 40 20 years past including a lost pocket book on a train worth 272 dollars and a drowning incident with a reward offered for Martin Brow’s body. Also notes a theft by William Davis aka William Theobaldt and a church dedication October 25 with Rev F W Evans. Additionally reports A J Greiner opening a real estate office in Kansas City and a St Mary’s bazaar plus a Boys Republican Club meeting at Olds Opera House for youths 11 to 16.
Mr and Mrs G Sanders of Davenport, formerly Muscatine, plan a fiftieth birthday anniversary celebration next Wednesday. Invitations are out for the affair. John Howe, former assistant at the Y M C A, resigns to join the Waterloo Y M C A building staff. Hershey mill shuts down temporarily due to log shortage.
The piece reports on mixed labor reactions to William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan in 1908 politics. It cites Thomas L. Lewis, John F. Mitchell, Norman McPhail, and Willis L. Moore on labor votes, party loyalty, and the risk of delivering union votes to a single candidate.
A Knights of Columbus banquet speaker shared a lengthy funeral cortege story to illustrate political points ahead of the election. The tale, told with apologetic humor for its rough form, invites readers to consider who might be in the procession and why.
A Wilton rally highlights Hon. Mark A. Walsh’s claim that he vilifies opponents, omitting mentions of his Republican rivals and avoiding broad attacks. The piece notes Democrats acknowledge his defense of his record and contrasts it with past labels and issues.
In the district race residents debate whether campaign bars are needed. The issue centers on local practices and community access to fundraising venues as contenders argue for or against such spaces.
A brief notice notes copyright for a 1908 novel by Horace Annesley Vachell. The work is registered at Stationers Hall and all rights are reserved.
In a hushed Hernshaw drawing room Joy confronts Hugo Charteris over a scandal labeled by society as worse than cheating at cards. She declares she would reject him if he had known the truth, yet she leaves hopeful to test the bond as Hugo grapples with guilt and longing, sensing a developing, unspoken connection.
As the Pierce era ended a rising sectional divide produced a northern anti slavery coalition. A Jackson Michigan oak grove convention formed the Republican Party to oppose expansion of slavery with Fremont as the leading candidate and Dayton as VP nominee. The Pittsburgh convention set June 17 for the nominating ballot. The new platform denounced slavery and polygamy.
The piece details the 1856 party conventions with Fillmore of the Know Nothing ticket and Fremont opposing slavery, the Democratic choice of James Buchanan and John Breckenridge, and the North versus South divide. Buchanan won 174 electoral votes to 114 for Fremont and eight for Fillmore, keeping the Union intact for a four-year postponement of secession.
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