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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
3
The Daily Journal appears each evening except Sunday. The Semi Weekly Journal is 10 pages on Tuesday and 8 on Friday nights. Daily delivery by carrier costs 10 cents weekly. Subscriptions: daily by mail eight dollars per year, semi weekly one year one dollar fifty.
The Journal lists city agencies for reader convenience: East Hill Hurlbut Grocery East 2nd Street, South Muscatine Toborg Bros. grocery Oregon Street, W C A Buschs Drug Store Hershey Avenue, Keckerville Chayka's Grocery West Hill J M Fuller Grocery Wm Van Zyl Grocery New York Office 30 34 West 33rd Street.
Representatives Payne and Young are identified as in charge at the Chicago Office located in the 750 Marquette Building. The note references a Bell business office and contact details, with scattered garbled text detailing a bicycle or address fragment and Mississippi Valley terminology.
Publisher F. D. Throop swears the Muscatine Journal printed and circulated 1909 August copies. The statement details daily totals, averages and distribution figures, sworn before Notary Public W. R. Jayne on September 1, 1909 in Muscatine Iowa.
The Sioux City Journal notes David E. Mack refused the Republican nomination for the Illinois district bench. The piece questions whether the paper understands how Mack received and declined the nomination, suggesting bias in media coverage and speculation about motive.
The Journal questions motives behind Judge Mack and notes his refusal to be foisted as a Republican candidate. The move stands as a critique of the old convention system, highlighted by the fourth judicial district’s recent convention in Illinois.
The New York World urges milder remedies for auto mania and suggests removing high speed gears from cars. It argues driven speed beyond legal limits makes the manufacturer accessory to lawbreaking and warns that reckless drivers violate laws as plainly as daylight robbery. It notes most drivers are careful but a few regard highways as their personal prerogative.
Mrs Elizabeth Dickson Jones Wood Jones Baird of Des Moines files for her fourth divorce seeking to match a Chicago opponent who began the contest and remains active and undaunted in the matter.
A note from the Mr. Pleasant Free Press requests readers to avoid obituary poetry, arguing it delays production as a woman compositor weeps over such pieces, hindering timely newspaper output.
Des Moines supplied 15000 of the 35000 attendees on Monday Des Moines day at the state fair. The piece notes such patronage could enable future construction from net profits.
Reginald Kauffman states in a magazine that women's hats cost the United States billions of dollars annually. He notes the burden on the average man asked to liquidate millinery bills and hints at surprising figures.
Fifty year ago Farnsworth showed an unknown apple weighed nineteen ounces grown in Mrs Phoebe Ballard’s orchard across the river. Frost last night killed buckwheat in the region. The Silver Wave trip to Davenport left at eight with about two hundred passengers including the Social Cornet band. H F Bodman to move his grocery into the Tapper store room on November first.
A horse hitched to the Nissy and McDonald delivery wagon on Sycamore near Third bolted this forenoon after breaking its halter. It tore down the street for about a square before being caught. The wagon and harness suffered considerable damage.
A group of fakirs arrived for the county fair but left town after Marshal Hartman judged them. The Oatmeal Company plans a two story addition, 30 by 35 feet, to the northeast corner of the mill.
Aunt Ray, Louise Armstrong, and Halsey grapple with love and danger as rumors of a WalkerArmstrong marriage swirl. Rachel recalls a past telegram and asks Sam Huston about a Casanova house, while Jamieson tightens the Bailey case with ongoing bank payoff suspicions.
Gertrude informs Louise of her stepfather's death after announcing his illness. Louise absorbs the news with surprise as Gertrude reports to me, describing the sequence of events the next day.
Davenport Times warns that would be robbers must tell the difference between a sack of pennies and gold pieces to make a good haul, implying caution about avrebbe figures and safe planning.
Burlington Gazette notes a humorous take on extending the five foot library as books on oceans and polar expeditions flood readers, claiming Eliot will live to implement the plan.
The Marengo Republican hopes Luther Burbank stays away from watermelons as his meddling could worsen the crop. The remark reflects local sentiment about influential horticultural figures and fruit cultivation.
A quirky line from the Keokuk Gate City discusses switching from ice cream to oysters as the preferred treat and suggests those who avoid both do not suffer any harm.
The Iowa City Republican lauds the National Guard men calling them gentlemenly under all circumstances and a credit to the state.
Ottumwa Courier reports a dismissive line about wage raises tied to passive presence. The quip notes individuals should seek opportunities beyond inertia to secure higher pay.
A reader pamphlet protests Alex Miller's control over news criticism and urges broader commentary. The text mocks editorials on Taft Knox golf rivalries, urging coverage of the president's golf games and local celebrity matches to satisfy readers.
A. W. Morgan announces he has secured the agency for Zemo a remedy for eczema pimples dandruff blackheads and skin diseases. Zemo is a liquid for external use that claims instant relief and cure by destroying the germ. Bottles sell for $1.00.
W C Hoth and Alf Anderson have bought Pettit harness stock and will combine inventories to form Hoth and Anderson. Pettit plans to move to a farm north of town by March. Hoth is a skilled craftsman and Anderson will actively run the business with his family relocations. Also notes on marriages, visits, and local travel.
The A. N. Bowen family plans a short stay in town to visit friends while Mr. and Mrs. Bowen attend the state fair.
Sunday visits and dinners mark social life in South Cedar Iowa. Raymond Taylor and family visits in Burlington. Elsie Black visits Genevieve Mathews in Atalissa. Joe Bowman family dine with Henry Bowman in Downey. N C Heacock rents Hinkhouse farm near West Liberty. Fred Ridenour travels to Seattle for exposition. Maude Rockafellow begins second year of school in Atalissa.
Foster Illinois public notes list threshing work by William McGreer and local visitors. Families like Gillett Blankenburg Boney Miller Freyermuth and Reynolds are mentioned with trips to Iowa Atalissa Wilton Lone Tree and Muscatine. Lightning struck William Peitsch home but no one was harmed.
A brief endorsement notes Yellow cornflakes made only from yellow corn offer a rich corn flavor. It invites readers to try them and promises no return to the old kind.
Miss Minnie Kelley and her Rock nephew visit Fred Kelley’s home. Stella Thomas visits Sadie Feldman in Foster. White Lily School opens August 20 with Daniel Schmidt as teacher. Lulu Maude Morehead and Laura France attend teachers institute in Rock Island. Margaret Fuhr and Mabel Mandarin of Germany visit Kathryn Thomas. Lulu France stays with Mrs. Clayton Brubaker in Rock Island. Isabelle France of Omaha visits local friends. George Johnson leaves for an indefinite trip to Colorado. Mrs. Frank Thomas visits mother Mrs. O. McNall in Copperas Creek.
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