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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1902
Page
3
County ticket shows candidates for Auditor Aaron C Noble and Charles Richman for Clerk Charlies H Reesink for Recorder and for Attorney and Supervisors Ed P Ingham Ed P Day M Bernick with other markings unclear. Voters see names across offices and party lines.
A Newfoundland letter by A. W. Lee triggers cross-paper clash over reciprocity with Canada. The Journal notes liberal treaties could aid Canada, while the Register and Leader push Canada’s open market potential for American producers. Des Moines papers weigh whether Canada should join the American Union with shared duties, arguing true reciprocity hinges on mutual goods like wheat and cattle.
An advertisement extols Paine's Celery Compound as a cure for rheumatism and neuralgia, claiming it rebuilds diseased parts of the body through nerve and blood revitalization. It cites Mrs. James Arthur of Spokane Washington detailing relief after three years of pain and immobility, able now to walk long distances.
Washington D C dispatch recounts Second District views on Secretary Shaw denial of tariff talks and comments on Richman s remarks at the Democratic Congressional Convention. The piece notes Iowa political currents, Henderson Boies friction, and Flora Wilson visiting Canton with Mrs McKinley flowers from Capitol gardens.
The piece critiques reciprocity with Canada and tariff policy, arguing that free trade harms Midwest farmers and that import duties can protect American industry. It notes Maine’s protectionist stance, contrasts Republican views in Iowa, and questions political alignment amid wage and market fears.
The Sioux City Journal replies to a Cedar Rapids Republican editor’s question on high divorce rates. It hints the answer lies in the bachelor editor remaining single and suggests marriage as a remedy across communities, noting the drink habit as a key factor.
The bachelor editor of the Cedar Rapids Republican misapplies the column of good office from the Sioux City Journal. Brother Perkins' matrimony editorials trigger headlines as a professor elopes with one of his pupils in the journal’s hometown.
Advertising boast for Lehigh Valley Railroad offering vestibuled limited trains from Buffalo to New York and Chicago via Niagara Falls. Dining car service a la carte. Stop-overs allowed at Niagara Falls on all through tickets to New York and Philadelphia.
Iowa brief notes 35 German papers in the state. Council Bluffs levy rises to 87 mills. Scott county taxes collected near 90000 amid dodges. Robert A Johnson, deputy sheriff, dies by self strangulation in Council Bluffs over a love triangle. Jacob M Funk plans a 20000 hospital in Webster City. Kendall Young funded a library. Iowa City awards street paving contract at 1.63 per sq yd. Forty nine people in the...
Salem hosts an old settlers reunion with twenty five diners at one table. Davis Collett aged 100 and I S Cook aged 91 are the oldest attendees. Judediah Mount dies in Fairfield after long church membership. Washington Illuminating Co seeks injunction to block municipal electric light plant citing ballot technicalities.
A reader from Bagwell Missouri testifies after three years of bronchitis that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gave him relief when other doctors and medicines failed. He thanks the medicine and notes it is sold by all druggists.
Wayne Nebraska residents share travel and home updates as families return from Colorado and Parsons College. Local work includes Peters & Co repairing a barn and R T Jones building a new house. Teachers and ministers visit, with Cotter church announcing a future organizational change to Ainsworth.
Miss Daisy Johnson hosts her mother from Riverside and guests visit from Wellman and Letts. Mrs Eliza D Wright attends the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs W C Evans, fifty years after their first wedding. Local visits include Mr Gatton and Miss Edna Meyers to Fairport and Mrs Ditmars from New Hampton. The West Liberty Floricultural society meets with 18 attendees. A baseball game sees West Liberty defeat West Branch Solon Battery 7 to 12.
Sioux City Journal notes a narrow lawn stump limiting space for Billy Mason and J. H. Funk. Cartoon commentary questions whether the issue is truly the stump or the men.
The Victor Index notes a local option in congressional politics allowing voters to cast ballots for a free silver candidate in districts where they oppose a gold standard Democrat. The choice is presented as voluntary and geographically flexible across Second and Third districts.
Hon John E Craig of Keokuk comes out for the Des Moines Democratic platform while Washington county democrats pledge support only for Kansas City standers. The pivotal stance tests party cohesion as local factions debate allegiance to the convention line.
Henry Vollmer of Davenport, once a gold Democrat, turned free silver advocate at the 1896 convention. He nominated M. J. Wade for congress in a notable speech. Wade, a longtime gold Democrat, praised the party returning to first principles and suggested pepper sauce for the Democratic sore as a sharp remark.
Cotter Ia September 16 Swift of Washington Ia began construction on Cotter Savings Bank and nearing completion of the L O F building. He plans two more structures at Haskins. John Jenkins leaves for Ames to study at the agricultural college. Rosena Johns suffers scarlet fever. J K Blair, ex resident now in Buffalo Kan, arrives with three loads of stock cattle. Humphrey Richards retired to the area from unknown earlier.
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