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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1902
Page
3
The Daily Journal is issued every evening on weekdays except Sunday. The Semi-Weekly Journal appears on Tuesday eight pages and Friday twelve pages.
Terms stated for city subscribers: daily delivered by carrier, weekly collection ten cents per week appears. Rates shown for daily one year daily six months daily one month. weekly one year. semi weekly six months. Circulation claim asserts dominance over all Muscatine papers combined and at least three times that of any other daily.
The Journal lists agencies for reader convenience in Kecklerville Chayka's grocery West Muscatine Sharrar's grocery South Muscatine Morse Washburn's grocery. Extra papers sold nightly at these locations and misdelivered subscribers may pick up papers there.
Bishop Hartzell reports on postwar life in the Transvaal after the Boer conflict. He traveled a thousand miles through war country and finds hopeful harmony between Dutch and English under British rule, citing credible surrender terms and Boer resolve to face the future.
The Des Moines Register and Teacher labels the Iowa Democrats plan as ominous suggesting they would unveil the free silver skeleton if money becomes scarce. The piece frames the platform language as a covert warning intended to exert pressure during an economic crisis.
The report describes volcanic activity across the globe with craters bursting in Martinique St Vincent Mexico Central and South America while Vesuvius Stromboli and Etna erupt violently. Kilauea erupts loudly as other distant fires rage, suggesting the planet is in fever heat.
A New York Independent editorial urges united action among small denominational bodies led by bishops including United Brethren in Christ, Methodist Protestant, Evangelical, United Evangelical and Cumberland Presbyterian churches. It cites potential combined membership over 800,000 and discusses practical and theological hurdles to consolidation.
A quotation urging enlargement of a field and stressing the project is too grand to remain modest. The speaker argues for broader invitation and a more ambitious scope to match the scheme’s ambition.
Republicans won in Vermont and Maine on state and national issues. Democrats faced losses as campaign dynamics shifted, signaling a tough year ahead.
The Clinton Age laments smoke nuisance and calls for more chimneys amid calls for free trade and a revenue tariff, tying town concerns to 1902 03 economic mood and suggesting the paper favors industrial growth despite pollution worries.
The Burlington Journal reports a 25 percent population rise since 1890 and cites figures on bank deposits streetcar travel coal lumber postal receipts and births. Projected growth includes railroad extension from Elrick Junction and expansion of the Mississippi valley pearl button factory to 400 workers.
The article notes the city council is near an agreement with a railroad company on a favorable proposition. Critics may attack the process by questioning what more could have been obtained, while supporters see the outcome as clearly beneficial for the city.
The year’s top political sensation is Speaker Henderson’s declination to seek Congress in Iowa’s Third District. He says he could not conscientiously represent some party views and prefers to stay out to avoid embarrassment. Voters may renominate him, which would allow him to pursue his ideas clearly.
School board members emphasize vigilant attendance as truancy rises. When needed, a truant officer will be appointed to locate and return stray students to the classroom.
Next week the Crocker brigade reunion will be held with plans by the local G A R veterans to deliver a top quality gathering noted for its high standards and notable participants.
Beiter warns residents not to delay tax payments until the final day. Citizens report spotting a coal man in the area, prompting questions about fuel deliveries and winter shortages.
The Fort Dodge Post argues the shelter plank and Republican money stance since 1896 align with Democratic doctrine. It predicts within five years the Republican platform will reflect only democratic policies, claiming the party must embrace democracy to sustain success.
The Dubuque Times ponders the identity of Horace Boies and questions which Horace Boies the public refers to, reflecting on the ambiguity surrounding the exiled figure and political associations.
The passage argues that Horace Boies embodies the district party platform by recounting his actions in 1896 and 1902. It notes his role writing and repudiating key party positions, asking if he remains the sole platform for Iowa democracy.
The Carroll Herald denounces the Panama hat as a delusion and a fraud likening it to obsolete fashion items. It mocks the hat’s promise of renewal and notes the impracticality of altering it to fit another season.
The Davenport Democrat comments on a split in Colorado politics noting populists refuse to fuse with Democrats. The piece argues neither path leads in parallel directions and contrasts populist and democratic strategies amid losses.
A Iowa City Republican notes that some Republicans complain about their state platform while some Democrats fault what is omitted from theirs, expressing broad dissatisfaction with the platform scope.
The Spirit Lake Beacon criticizes the large treasury gold stock as damaging to Bryanism, noting the persuasive energy has long since faded and the current wind of support has exhausted.
The Mason City Globe-Gazette endorses Vic Dolliver for president in 1904 citing his role in saving both Oregon and Maine as the ground for recognition.
The Marshalltown Times-Republican declares prosperity the central issue for voters and urges keeping economic progress in the public mind as the campaign progresses.
The Keokuk Gate City quips that political offices seek a candidate, yet usually when he has little chance of winning. The comment highlights strategic considerations in choosing strong contenders and the realities of electoral politics.
The Boone Republican asks if readers know a sweet lovable kind of girl who argues that women should propose, framing the idea as a provocative topic for discussion.
The Rockford Register notes that former Governor Boies has agreed to serve as the funeral vehicle driver in a ceremonial capacity.
A compendium of editorials mocks Henry Watterson’s clashes with Newport society and Grover Cleveland. Various papers remark on his fiery rhetoric about the four hundred and his sharp put downs of socialites and figures tied to Newport, Kentucky, and national politics.
The Hartford Post notes that once Peffer of Kansas finishes the novel he is writing, other remedies for insomnia will likely be driven from the market.
Dr Wiley to run two six person boards under congress authority to study preservatives and colorants. Volunteers will be weighed and tested daily, diaries kept, foods mixed with hidden and announced samples, with potential bans on harmful additives and tighter drug testing.
A London librarian recounts two incidents suggesting dogs sense human events. An uneducated farm horse closes a barn door with dramatic care. A neighbor's ordinary dog, after his master's death, appears to recognize a stranger and stares with a puzzled, reasoning gaze.
A local mystery centers on a dog who recognizes a stranger as the dead man's brother, an individual who had not been seen by the dog before. Neighbors recall tension and a hushed atmosphere as investigators probe the kin’s connection to the deceased.
R F C Long analyzes how literacy and education affect peasant economics in Russia. He notes that early literacy aided prosperity post Emancipation, cites Moscow Zemstvo gains lowering illiteracy, and highlights obstacles like climate, distance, and Zemstvo poverty.
The piece explains how grain corners arise from cash scarcity due to drought, export demand, farmer stock, and large buyers. It cites the 1881 wheat corner run by a syndicate linked to the 1887 failure, noting 30.9 million bushels and a $1.40 price, later exceeded by ten cents, as a peak example.
John Y. Calahan of Chicago advertises round trip to Boston October 7 to 11 via Nickel Plate with Brotherhood of St Andrews meeting. Tickets deposited at Boston and a 50 cent fee extend return to November 12. Vestibuled sleeping cars and first class service. cheap rates to all New England points. For details write 113 Adams St Chicago.
Washington editorial comment discusses the party’s stance on sacred issues and the Kansas City controversy. It questions whether the party should celebrate departing from old dead issues or acknowledge the ongoing tensions within the faction.
The Fairfield Ledger notes Democratic papers mock Republicans over tariff revision while their own state convention shifts to Republican positions on the money question profits and policy.
Ottumwa Courier argues democracy exaggerates trusts and blames tariffs as their mother. It contends the party pledges to overthrow protection, calling the proposed cure far worse than the disease and could cripple prosperity and trade.
Milton portrays the Open Board as a curious offshoot of the Board of Trade where failed speculators gamble on grain with small fry traders. He contrasts it with the real Board where fortunes are won and lost in a larger, somber market picture.
A photograph from the royal yacht captures the Shah of Persia seated beside Queen Alexandra while the Prince of Wales watches nearby at an event reported by the Boston Globe.
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