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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1900
Page
4
The Marion Register contrasts past wartime rhetoric with current sentiment calling it no deception before, now saying “any port in a storm” reflecting shifting public tone toward unity and practicality.
The Democratic State Central committee circulated a confidential instruction urging workers to suppress Republican votes in the Second and Sixth districts. It calls for arrests of doubtful voters, poll watching, and organized get out the vote efforts while warning Republicans to ignore solicitation and remain vigilant at the polls.
In Grandview on October 1 a special report states the button factory will not start cutting until after the election. If McKinley is elected they will begin. if Bryan is chosen president no work will occur. Democrats are advised of the decision.
Riverside reports Mrs. George Hoffman learns from Davenport that her brother-in-law Henry Boggs found her missing brother George Mack in the Klondike after 28 years. The note adds the father’s grief as the tale unfolds.
A grieving father learned of his son but died before the reunion could occur. The heartbroken figure had longed to see his child again, remaining in thoughts until death.
In Portland Indiana on October 31 a circuit court hearing began to determine Samantha Faxton unsound mind and appoint a guardian. The widow formerly Samantha Vincent, 53, married Albert Oscar Faxton, about 25, amid family protests over his paternity and legal status. Authorities allege the marriage violated state law. Faxton was later arrested for marrying contrary to law.
Timothy Worgan an Irish bachelor died of consumption at Michael Murphy's Sioux City home on Sept. 24. In Horgan's will filed for probate Murphy receives all real and personal property including a Woodbury county farm valued at $7,000. Murphy, roadmaster for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railway, had earlier employed and protected him as a foreman while nursing his illness.
October quake in Venezuela destroys Guarenas killing twenty five residents. Caracas residents fill streets overnight as aftershocks recur. Separate items report Norman Brokaw millionaire paper maker dies after appendicitis. The Davenport Democrat quotes Bryan on coinage.
The First Congregational Church held its annual business meeting last night. Officers were elected as reports showed all current expenses paid and key debts liquidated. The Ladies Aid Society reported $635 in principal and interest payments and loaned funds for repairs.
A sewing machine is listed for sale at Schmidt Brothers store. The ad notes available models and price, inviting buyers to visit the shop for demonstrations and purchase options.
A canvass of Harvard Yale Bowdoin Brown and other New England colleges shows 271 professors support McKinley and 20 back Bryan. The piece suggests Bryan may call the professors bought up.
In LaCrosse, Oct 31 a planned elopement was thwarted when authorities located a 15 year old girl from Galesville and her Sparta lover. The father retrieved his daughter in Sparta while she claimed she went to Trempealeau to visit old friends.
G Cleveland has registered but refuses to reveal voting intent. The note suggests rising concern that the country may need to save itself, signaling unsettled political sentiment.
Sioux City Journal notes unverified chatter that Coin Harvey and Fred White may close the Democratic campaign in the Second district. No confirmation published yet.
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