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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
3
Terms to Subscribers. The Daily Journal is issued every evening in the week except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal is issued 10 pages Tuesday and 8 pages Friday nights. Daily delivered in the city by carrier and collected tax weekly in cents per week. Wally, one year by Mail $5.00. Semi-Weekly, one year by Mail $1.00.
New York office at 3034 West 33rd Street is led by Payne and Young with duties in client relations. Chicago office resides at 150 Marquette Building as part of the firm’s regional presence and management structure.
Journal Agencies list multiple city outlets including East Jill Uribut Grocery on East 2nd Street and South Muscatine, Tovary Bros grocery on Oregon Street, W. C. A. Busch's Drug Store on Hershey Avenue, Hecklerville Chayka's Grocery on West Lill, and J. H. Puller Grocery.
Fragmentary notice reports a telephones and business office locating event in the Mississippi Valley. Readable fragments reference Bell company and editorial offices in a historical context.
Sworn statement by F D Throop publisher estimates total copies printed and circulated at 25 2220 6 800 with daily and Sunday circulation figures. Notary F L Bihlmeier verifies under Iowa law in Muscatine County on October 2 1908.
The text argues for regulated industry against unchecked competition in the pearl button trade. It cites wage suppression, high finished-product prices, and tariffs, contrasting Republican policy with Bryan’s socialist critique. References to Mr Walsh, Mr Wolingman, Allan L Benson, and interstate commissions appear amid a polemic on trade and labor.
The Republican candidate Dr. Webster of Fruitland Township is urged as the choice for state legislature. Voters in Muscatine County are told this year’s primary will affect the selection of a United States senator. The party will choose next Tuesday whom the caucus endorses for January.
Politician D. D. Webster, described as an honest industrious farmer, asks Muscatine City and County voters to reelect him to the Iowa House of Representatives. He cites past laws including the two cent fare law and primary election law as indicators of his work and emphasizes his record as clean and dedicated to public welfare.
A bluff sea dog in Paid in Full declares it is good to be decent, arguing that humanity’s embrace of culture, refinement, morality, and religion keeps evil at bay. The piece urges daily decency as the path to ongoing happiness and mutual trust among all people.
Voters are urged to choose good men in local affairs and cast a straight ticket by marking every square in the Republican column from top to bottom. The message stresses wise judgment, avoiding petty grievances, and voting for the party's candidates to serve taxpayers' interests.
The Journal features T. W. Stoops a respected West Liberty Republican candidate for sheriff. Stoops has lived in Muscatine County all his life and is praised as a clean capable leader. He believes he will win by a large majority and urges voters to support Tom Stoops.
James Wilson secretary of agriculture and a revered Iowa figure endorses A F Dawson in a district speech. The remarks portray Wilson as a trusted national statesman whose praise signals strong support for Dawson among public and private life in Washington.
West Liberty resident T W Stoops is praised as a capable and reliable Republican candidate for sheriff. The article highlights his brick making and farming background in Wap sinsonoc township, his community involvement, and fitness to lead Muscatine county law enforcement.
The quotation extols Dawson as peculiarly fitted for congressman noting his training integrity and growing ability. It claims he will be among the strongest in the house if elected and that voters should decide whether to keep him or replace him with an inexperienced candidate.
New Era Iowa reports the New Era Ladies Aid met at Mrs. Otto Fitchner s home. The Twenty three club members were hosted at the parsonage. The young girls club met with Miss Tillie Henke. J D Letts made a business trip to Muscatine. No 4 school closed for a short vacation. Miss Breta Freberg traveled to Fairport. Rev Olander conducts services at Montpelier Sundays and Wednesdays.
The ad touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood purifier and tonic for stomach and liver issues. It lists ingredients and urges sending for a free medical booklet, plus mentions All Healing Salve and Pleasant Pellets for digestion and bowel function.
A 1908 copyright notice notes Horace Annesley Vachell as author and registers the work at Stationers Hall with all rights reserved.
Hugo at his club opens a sealed letter from John accusing him of tearing a cheque six months ago. He chooses to cash the cheque himself for journey funds and hires a motor car to travel toward Pekin or Timbuctoo. He plans routes via Easthampton Saint Malo Brittany to La Vendée. Pixton is sent to Saffron Charteris for May air and exercise.
In Westminster Hugo, of the Hope of the New Brooms, lodges near Saint Stephen's Tower and Saint James's Park. He walks through the park on a warm midsummer morning, observing loafers sunbathing as a man asks Hugo for sluts.
Hugo observes the city’s hurry and wastes while a pale image of politics and work looms. He meets a tired man, envies Burgess’s purpose, and sketches London’s riverfront glare as steamers lie idle amid public hopes and failed aims.
The article notes that excess eating harms digestion and stunts growth, causing weakness and languor in children. It emphasizes malnutrition or non digestion of food as critical concerns impacting child health.
A vintage advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as nourishment and medicine for digestion. It promises a free "Complete Handy Atlas of the World" by mailing name, paper, address, and four cents to Scott & Bowne at 409 Pearl Street New York.
A fragmentary scene shows a man briskly visiting Burgess's lodgings after a strain of labor. He appears pale from overwork yet admits being busy with construction, a lighter task than reconstruction, while Hugo quietly probes for progress amid a looming failure.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications as disease is constitutional. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, targeting blood and mucous surfaces. Marketed as a non quack remedy by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio with testimonials available, price 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills suggested for constipation.
Miss Agnes Chalofant wed Earl Corbin of Iowa City in Fruitland with Rev. Ireland presiding. The couple will live in Iowa City where Corbin works in theatre. Several local residents were noted traveling or visiting relatives during the period.
Half a century ago readers recall a $10 reward for information on vandals who damaged the Hatch Humphrey and Co and G Stein buildings by chiseling their front pillars. The note also mentions St Louis flour sought for bread quality and a Washington Lyceum board meeting in Muscatine, with a Denver visitor noted.
Dispatches report Kirkwood captured the first trotting premium at the Ohio state fair. A Keokuk telegram notes printer John T. Kerr formerly of the Journal office has died with few details. Ingersoll spoke to Muscatine audience after addressing a crowd at Rock Island. Prolific corn from Concord township yields 32,200 kernels from one stalk with fourteen rows per ear. Freemax B. Crocker, formerly of
Twenty years ago D P Johnson joined an organ concert at the Presbyterian church in Iowa City on a Wednesday evening. J H Weisse left for Lone Tree to spend a few days with friends. Washington Judd, an old soldier living with Charles Bahr in Montpelier, was found dead Sunday morning in his bed after retiring the night before in good health.
Roy Barkalow and Miss Rose Kephardt were united in marriage today at the court house by Judge W F Brannan. Frank J Brandt left for Connecticut this morning to visit his brother and perhaps settle there.
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