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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1902
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal comes out 8 pages Tuesday and 12 pages Friday nights. John Mahin edits and leads the Lee Syndicate of Iowa Evening Newspapers based in Muscatine.
Terms for city subscribers and by mail with rates for daily and semi weekly editions. Circulation claims Muscatine papers outperform competitors, asserting dominance over all other daily papers and tripling rival circulations.
The fragment notes Logan Payne connected to a listing with ae 935 Marquette Building Chicago and Lacoste and Maxwell at 140 Nassau Street New York, indicating a real estate or brokerage reference.
The Journal announces agency points for convenient access in Kecklerville Chayka's grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's grocery South Muscatine Morse Washburn's grocery End of street car track Extra papers sold nightly at these agencies Regular subscribers missed by carriers may obtain papers at any listed agency.
A historical ballot-style notice lists candidates for state offices including Secretary of State W B Martin Auditor of State B F Carroll Treasurer G S Gilbertson Attorney General C W Mullan Supreme Judge Beott M Ladd Supreme Court W W Cornwall Railways Commissioner A Dawson Bremer County omitted
The Republican party of Muscatine County Iowa plans a delegate convention at the Muscatine courthouse on September 13 1902 at 11 am to nominate candidates for county offices including Auditor Clerk Recorder Attorney and two supervisors. Representation is by township ward and voting history from 1901 governor race. County committee officials J C Coster chair and Chas P Hanley secretary preside.
The piece notes slow South African reconstruction as mines struggle to restart due to lack of black labor. It cites war-time wealth among black workers who retired, white labor reluctance, and opposition to semi-slavery under British rule. It also highlights British concern that Americans and Germans are capturing markets after a costly campaign.
The London Times argues that excluding Chinese from the Philippines is a fatal mistake and criticizes Malay labor as lazy. It contends Americans will not adopt the Dutch system of forcing native labor, urging a different development path for the colony.
The statement notes that policies imitate British rules in the Straits Settlements with unrestrained Chinese immigration. It also states the belief that converting the Filipino to American through education is impractical and will likely fail.
The Keokuk Gate City argues that its former editor S. M. Clark opposed protective tariffs and that his previously published anti protection views were used by opponents in a bid to topple him. It condemns the Des Moines Register and Leader for sensationalizing a 1900 quotation and defends the paper’s current protectionist stance.
National Guard ordered to West Virginia coal fields but soldiers sympathized with strikers and urged workers to join. Detachment recalled as striking grew. Pottsville court tries eight murder cases tied to Shenandoah riots and rioting charges against UMW members. Jury pool heavily UMW.
The Grand Rapids Herald says Michigan may establish a horse-shoers anatomy school at the state agricultural college. It argues a knowledge requirement for the trade and urges state provision if private schools fail to offer proper instruction to prevent lamed horses and injured animals.
The total democratic vote in Vermont on September 3 totaled 7,250, the party’s smallest in years. It notes Bryan’s prior totals of 10,637 in 1896 and 12,849 in 1900, and suggests many Democrats supported the bolting Republican but still ended on the losing side.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat calls the democratic menu for 1902 a warmed over hash of imperialism and free trade, stating it is only a share better than calamity sawdust.
Washington dispatch describes the Newport naval war game as a costly spectacle with ships firing blank rounds and civilians watching from shore. It notes valuations of damages, the town’s social scene, prominent families like Vanderbilt and Astor, and Morgan’s Shanty on a rocky point as the famed magnates’ palaces loom in the background.
The contract for grading sites for the two palaces of agriculture and horticulture has been let. The agriculture palace will measure 600 by 1,600 feet on nearly twenty two acres, with exhibits on foods, dairy products, bees, farm machinery, and more. The horticulture palace will cover 400 by 800 feet, seven and a half acres, featuring rooms for fruits, a conservatory, and horticulture accessories.
A lyric poem by Nelson R. Burnett reflecting on life’s passing years shaping a chain of memory. It speaks of enduring love and truth across time, with links brightened by trust and darkened by sorrow. The poem imagines life as a tempest driven chain that holds fast to love and fidelity.
The Republicans of Fruitland township are called to meet at Lone Tree school house on Wednesday evening September 10 at 8 30 for four delegates to the county convention and to nominate a township ticket. A Hopson, Committeeman.
The Republicans of Moscow Township will meet on September 11 at 7 o'clock to elect four delegates to the county convention per order of the committeeman.
Notice states on Wednesday September 10 at 2 p m in the store of August Schrader Montpelier township Republicans will meet to choose four delegates for the county convention on the 13th and to handle other business as needed. Julius Welsch.
The republicans of Lake township meet in caucus Thursday evening September 11 at 8 o'clock at Lucas Grove schoolhouse to select delegates to the county convention and transact such other business as may come before the caucus. T. J. Hoopes, Com.
The republicans of Seventy-Six township will meet in caucus Friday September 12 at 7 o'clock p m for nominating a township ticket and electing four delegates to attend the county convention per order Committeeman.
A surviving party joker asks which military branch captains of industry belong to. The victim replies artillery because they are all big guns, with a quip about the joke’s punchline. The line is attributed to the Syracuse Herald.
A Des Moines conference of Republican candidates and others resulted in all candidates agreeing to back the Republican platform. It marks a rare instance in Iowa history where such a pledge was sought and obtained from the candidates.
W. T. Davis of Hamburg withdraws due to ill health from the Eighth district race. At the state convention Hon. J. R. Sullivan of Creston was chosen but refuses to accept. The opposition in the district lacks a candidate and faces a difficult position.
E P Heizer resigns as Sioux City postmaster to become editor at the Omaha Bee. Otto Tolliver of Boone fined $18 for attempting to forcibly hug a girl. E G Rude of Cedar Falls suffers near total loss in a fire. A Van Dyke's two children in Iowa Falls have a fatal hunting accident when a younger brother is killed by a shotgun discharge. Sioux City labor unrest shows unions opposing non union workers and scaring officers guarding a Labor Day parade. Local beef trust talks with James Hale promise a $500000 plant expansion to 1000 cattle and 10000 hogs daily, aiming to spur Armour and Swift expansions.
In rebuttal to the old debate on whether the Mississippi can flow uphill the New Orleans Picayune and American Notes and Queries explain the earth’s shape makes river surfaces align with the geoid. The article notes Cass Lake to the Gulf distance, sea level altitude, and that the river’s flow trends toward the Gulf, not Canada, with no factual change in the river’s course.
The superintendent notes no deaths this month and three births, making a net gain of three. He credits the positive balance to the untiring energy of his assistant at the Burgher camp near the cape, according to the Honolulu Mirror.
A humorous item from Town Topics notes a mistress asking for hard boiled eggs she ordered while a butler replies the cook and chambermaid are using them in a game of ping pong. The vignette highlights domestic antics and playful chaos in a household setting.
Exports of manufactured articles ready for consumption in July totaled 15 187 313 dollars, up from 12 421 916 dollars in the same month last year. The gain signals a steady rise in foreign demand for American goods.
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