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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1900

Page

3

Osteopathy treatment by Dr Elizabeth Harlan in Muscatine

Elizabeth Harlan D D graduate of American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Missouri treats women and children without drugs. Established in Muscatine December 1899 osteopathy seen as a scientific method with many cures after other methods failed. Office and infirmary 212 Linn St Muscatine Iowa.

Elizabeth Harlan D. D American School of Osteopathy Kirksville Muscatine Harlan

Muscatine Journal Subscription Rates Note

Rates for daily and semi weekly mail delivery are listed with payment details. Remittances should be made to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa by draft express or money order. Subscription figures show weekly carrier collection and advance payments.

Journal Journal Printing Co Muscatine Iowa

How Bryan's financial problem would work

A hand bill describes a banker moving $106,000 to Wall Street in 1900 to buy 200,000 Mexican silver dollars at 53 cents each. By March 1901 the dollars are minted into 200,000 American coins, and depositors are paid their $106,000 while $94,000 remains to the banker. The banker asks who to thank for the gift.

Bryan Wall Street United States Europe Mr. Bryan

Under the Ban on Cigarette Smoking in Chicago

A Chicago trend shows a cigarette smoking ban by employers including a railroad firm and three large merchants. Reasons cited include customer annoyance from nicotine smell, demoralization and honesty concerns, nervousness, impairment of memory, and reduced service quality. The stance is framed as business minded.

Chicago

Faith in Our Country Speech by Senator Dolliver

Senator Dolliver delivers an optimistic address urging Americans to keep faith in the nation and its people. He speaks of a guiding wisdom beyond human reason and a century dawn promising civil liberty for all within borders and across distant possessions.

Dolliver

Trusts and Tammany Hall in New York

The New York Sun brands Tammany Hall as a perfected political trust under current management. Voters at primaries have no real say in conventions and Croker wields power like Jove to push outcomes. The piece condemns representative government as a farce and attacks anti trust allies elsewhere for backing Bryan and a free silver Congress.

N. Y. Sun Tammany Hall Croker Muscatine West Bryan Free Silver Congress

Oklahoma saloon keepers shift to speedy trials

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a saloon held up by legal delays must close until trial. Saloon keepers previously delayed trials to run the operation, but now must cease until the case concludes, a move described as a conversion toward speedier justice.

Oklahoma Edo Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Registration Deadline Urges Muscatine Voters

State law requires every Muscatine voter to register this year or be barred from voting. The registry board will meet Thursday Friday and Saturday October 25 26 or 27. Do not delay registration and attend to it at the earliest moment.

Muscatine Registry Board

Railways Earnings: Passengers Contribute Little Share

The Railway World notes that in the United States overall railways earn only a small fraction from passenger traffic, with most revenue coming from other sources. It cites that passenger earnings constitute just over one fifth of total railway income.

United States

Editorial on political flip flops and party loyalty

The writer criticizes a speaker for inconsistencies and shifting positions on Bryan era issues, military policy, and European entanglements. It questions trust in a candidate who dodges clear stances, praises soldiers and patriotism, and urges voters to judge by deeds at Congress rather than promises.

America Congress Lake Michigan Bryan Europe Willie McKinley Manila Speaker Euporean Philippines Vollmer Davenport Straide

Rail lines face losses over crowded routes and freight rates

Officials note passenger trains run with too few passengers to cover costs while serving the public, and competition forces frequent service. The situation links to high local freight rates prompting complaints.

Mark Twain Sails for New York Winter Residence

Samuel L. Clemens known as Mark Twain sails from England to New York where he plans to spend the winter after abandoning lecturing. He is at work on a new novel.

Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain England New York

Calf chase ends with taunt as farmer vows to catch dinner

A farmer pursues a runaway calf and, unable to overtake it, stops and shouts that the animal will learn the difference when dinner time arrives. The exchange underscores his frustration and determination to reclaim the herd.

Republican Meetings in Various Towns and Dates

Campaign gatherings announced for Oct dates and Nov events feature speakers including John Herriott J R Hanley Lawrence and Giesler Giesler Kemble Rumple and Carpenter Richman at locations in Conesville Goshen Lake Township Nichols Cedar Center and Lucas School House.

Cedar Township Cedar Center Carpenter and Richman Lake Township Lucas J. L. Giesler John Kemble

Debs and Barker Split Votes as 1900 Race Emerges

Debs campaigns for himself and is described as more eloquent than in 1896 while Wharton Barker also siphons votes from Bryan. The note suggests Democrats may shrink from 6.5 million in 1896. Also mentions Crews about phosphate diving in South Carolina and various political notices and events from the era.

Debs Bryan Wharton Barker St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Press Opinions From Multiple Papers On Tariffs Money And Imperialism

A compilation of editorial stances contrasts Bryan and Iowa corn crop frost timing and national money stability. It notes the Des Moines Leader opposing imperialism while urging sound national money, plus a Kansas City Journal recollection of Hanna using a farmer’s dinner pail story to illustrate working conditions.

Sioux City Dem Des Moines Fred White United States Kansas City Journal Ohio Hanna Depew

Cheap Round Trip Fares from Chicago to Southwest Routes

Tickets sold on first and third Tuesdays at one fare plus two dollars for the round trip. Valid twenty one days with stop over privileges. Information from Bissell Wilson District Passenger Agent 111 Adams Street Chicago. Read The Journal. 10 cents a week.

Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain Arkansas Texas Louisiana Missouri Kansas Arizona Bissell Wilson Dist. Pass. Agt Adams Street Chicago

Ward Club Meeting Schedule At K P Hall

West Liberty and Atalissa notes list ward club gatherings with dates October 17 through November 3. Attendees include Roach Titus Detwiler Lawrence Lane Curtis James M Brenton and other local figures. Meetings occur weekly in various halls including Stewart's Hall and the K P dance hall.

McKinley Test Captures Guests at Lone Tree Hotel

A three day register test at The Grand in Lone Tree records McKinley 18 guests and Bryan 3, with another on the fence. The experiment aims to gauge traveler's interest among visiting men and challenges Bryan's complaints to this crowd.

Lone Tree McKinley Bryan

Must Have Cork Helmets Featured in China Dispatches

Army officers connected with the Quartermaster department note reports about Americana troops in China wearing cork helmets while campaign hats are said to have been discarded. The piece extols Hoestetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for digestive troubles and general ailments, claiming fifty years of success and purity of the system.

Quartermaster’s Department Americana China Hyat Hoestetter

For sale in Muscatine by the following druggists

For sale in Muscatine by Havercamp's Pharmacy and Wm. C. A. Busch druggists. The notice states availability through local druggists in Muscatine with potential terms and purchaser details to follow from the listing.

Muscatine Havercamp’s Pharmacy Wm. C. A. Busch John J. Havercamp Kuechman McBride & Cope J. J. Coady Nesper & Co

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