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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1900
Page
3
Daily except Sunday timetable shows eastbound travel from Montezuma with passenger and freight departures. Passenger trains leave at 7 10 p m and 8 10 a m for Montezuma, with freight at 6 00 pm and 6 a m respectively.
The Davenport Rock Island and North Western Railway Co announces a June 10 1900 start for short line service linking Davenport to Clinton Dixon Chicago and Sioux City with multiple through No lines and daily or Sunday services listed. Passengers to and from Davenport Iowa connect via Clinton Dixon Omaha Denver and Chicago with times noted for several trains.
The schedule takes effect 12:01 pm Sunday June 17 1900. Southbound trains No 3 and No 1 No 2 No 4 stop at Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Jct with daily operation except Sunday. Trains 2 run with or without 1 and 4 with or without 3. Connections available to Burlington and Iowa Central lines.
The next annual meeting of the stock holders of the Illinois Central Railroad Company will be held at the company office in Chicago on Wednesday September 26 1900 at noon. Stock Transfer Books will be closed from the close of business September 11 to the morning of September 27.
Item stamped as second class matter indicates standard mailing status for periodicals in Muscatine Iowa.
Rates listed for annual subscription by carrier payable weekly. Semi weekly delivery on Tuesdays and Saturdays with advance payment. Orders accepted by postal card or telephone. All remittances to be made by draft express or money order payable to Journal Printing Co. Muscatine Iowa.
The list names district representatives for Iowa in the first through eleventh districts with the districts and winners including Burlington Marengo Dubuque Northwood Tipton Oska loosa Des Moines Council Bluffs Storm Lake and candidates Hedge Rumple Henderson Haugen Cousins Lacey Hall Hepburn Smith Thomas.
Electors at large include John N Baldwin of Pottawattamie County and Cle Roe of Johnson County. Also listed is J N W Rumple of Iowa County as a candidate for Congress in the Second District.
Candidate slate lists A. C. Noble Goshen Township for Auditor Charles Richman Muscatine for Clerk C. H. Reesink for Recorder E. P. Ingham Wilton for Attorney D. D. Webster Fruitland for Supervisor offering residents choices in county posts.
The Western Advocate highlights Mr Coler, city comptroller and New York reformer, as a church member and former Tammany insider who became a persistent foe of bosses and political corruption. The piece praises his brave fight and questions what fate awaits a reformer within Tammany.
S H Burnham president of First National Bank of Lincoln Nebraska reports 64 percent growth in local bank deposits over five years. He notes lower interest rates and easier farm mortgages, with many mortgages paid or refinanced. He predicts a political shift this fall as farmers trend toward McKinley while some supported Bryan previously.
In a San Francisco Examiner piece dated April 27, 1899, William Randolph Hearst argues that American expansion is necessary for national vitality. He says the public supports expansion, not Bryan's anti imperialism, comparing it to Jeffersonian expansion and past gains.
The Liquor Trade Review notes growing support for prohibition and local option, predicting liquor sales will concentrate in large cities unless the trade responds with education. It cites Ohio as evidence and calls for open discussions to present arguments for the trade and against saloons. Agitation is seen as a purifier.
A political overview contrasts Republican unity and prosperity with Democratic calls for disturbance. The piece casts Prosperity as the Republican watchword and Calamity as the Democratic refrain, framing the two parties by economic outcomes and industrial stability.
The piece weighs the courage of Galveston property owners and businessmen to rebuild after the disaster and contrasts it with Chicago. It notes wind and water threats in Galveston, the high cost of dikes, and the challenge of convincing others to risk lives and property to rebuild.
A year of marriage licenses and divorces in Woodbury County shows 400 licenses and 250 divorces, suggesting a 62.5 percent failure rate. The editorial notes the figures are alarming but unlikely to deter potential brides and grooms. It cites local commentaries from Sigourney News and Burlington Hawkeye on risks of marriage and labor disputes.
Senator Allison addresses Republican campaign in Clinton arguing imperialism should not overshadow currency and free silver. He warns that Bryan could shift Senate control and back policies, emphasizing continuation of Republican prosperity under McKinley and past three years of legislation.
Fragmentary remarks describe a political faction that thrives on national disaster and views calamity as profitable to its aims. The speaker contends the party sustains itself by promoting fear and disaster to bolster its cause.
A Davenport Republican quips about Bryan using an epitaph puzzle and a dig at his personal life. The passage mocks Bryan’s alleged elopement with imperialism and militarism while noting a New York report that Judge Abraham Marks is dying in Chicago.
The passage recalls Mrs. Stowe naming her lawyer after him on her brother Henry Ward Beecher’s suggestion. Since the book’s appearance, he’s known as Marks the lawyer and has received many gray cotton umbrellas from friends. It lists tall tales about his fame with various historical figures.
The article argues coal will not vanish soon and introduces a chemical substitute cheaper and better. It touts Opstetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal benefactor, claiming it cures indigestion constipation dyspepsia biliousness liver and kidney troubles and strengthens a weak stomach and appetite. The piece urges trial to prove its claims.
The Black Diamond Express departs Buffalo at noon on the Lehigh Valley Railroad and is scheduled to arrive in New York at 10 98 p.m. The line offers pining car service a la carte throughout its history.
A man muses on self perception as he examines his reflection in a mirror. The thought turns on identity and the clarity of self knowledge in ordinary moments.
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