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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
3
A garbled OCR notice provides partial details of a local event with scattered words and no clear names or dates. The readable fragments hint at a municipal or community item but lack sufficient context to identify place or outcome.
Full page note lists candidates for local offices including Auditor Clerk and Recorder with supervisor positions. The text names Charies Richman as a key figure for Clerk and as part of the slate alongside other未specified candidates. The document reflects an election slate and official designation of roles.
Muscatine today welcomes back veterans of Crocker’s Iowa Brigade and the 35th Iowa Volunteer Infantry in a fourteenth reunion. The city recalls four decades since the Civil War draft and honors two thousand local Union soldiers who served. The gathering unites regiments and their families as one blue-clad family across ranks.
Hearts have long been your wives and your sons and daughters to feel at home. Muscatine is proud of you for wearing the blue and for marching with Iowa soldiers in every fray from Wilson's Creek to Mobile, with old glory unfurled by no enemy. Muscatine bids you welcome.
The nation hopes for Roosevelt's swift recovery after a trolley car accident in Pittsfield. He began a western tour with stops in Cincinnati Des Moines and Indianapolis, but plans are canceled as doctors treat his injury. He conveyed a tariff trust and reciprocity message and supports a bipartisan tariff commission and public scrutiny of trusts.
The Burlington Hawkeye quotes the Des Moines Register and Leader to show Secretary Shaw voiced the west’s sentiment that citizens should be protected as producers, contrasted with Gov. Cummins in Minneapolis who says protection as consumers matters more. The piece notes the odious nature of such comparisons.
The Chicago Times-Herald calls Henderson dilatory for failing to contact constituents on tariff changes to curb extortion. It demands naming a specific trust benefiting from the tariff and argues for concrete tariff modifications, warning readers that the paper and its followers act as dangerous agitators until facts are stated.
The Burlington Hawkeye reports the Iowa Republican factions mend fences with the Des Moines Register and Leader, endorsing President Roosevelt and Secretary Shaw on tariff and trust policies. Peace returns to the party.
The article argues that free trade remedies do not curb trusts and that the public seeks effective alternatives. It stresses that common sense Americans want policies protecting welfare over political power maneuvers and prefer leaving tariffs untouched while addressing trusts.
The Indianapolis Journal says a revenue only tariff could destroy trusts by the same theory as burning a wheat field to remove Canada thistles. It argues this would punish broader crops to eliminate a weed.
A southern exchange comments on democratic calls to place all trust funds on the free list and to add American laborers to the idle and starving lists, recalling 1892 to 1896 actions. The remark frames political debate over labor and welfare.
The Montezuma Republican questions returning to conditions of five years ago and claims Democrats are urging voters to adopt that past framework. The exchange frames the policy debate as a bid to revert to earlier rules and standards.
Opinion argues that restricting trusts by cutting down raises pity for Britain. The piece questions the effectiveness of such a method and suggests alternative approaches to curb corporate power and protect national interests.
The excerpt notes opposition to tariffs as trusts overwhelm industry and calls for cutting or abolishing tariffs. Free traders express willingness to remove the tariff entirely, arguing that the current schedule harms competition and economic balance.
Journal extras report the postponement of the president's western trip because of illness and a necessary operation. They were eagerly demanded and street sellers distributed them after the wire service carried the alarming news.
Des Moines area ministers decide reporters may attend their association meetings after reports suggested excluding them would worsen trouble. The move aims to balance transparency with church matters and ease ongoing tensions.
Early morning drum corps performance near the Journal office drew cheers and kept the whole city force marking time all day. The spirited display impressed residents and officers alike with rhythmic music echoing through the streets.
Comrades from 40 years ago congratulate former soldier William Hoffman on his nomination for Congress and wish him success.
It resonates with soldiers and civilians alike as bands play and drums beat. The cadence of music stirs patriotic sentiment and bolsters morale during times of conflict.
Lafe Young criticizes the president and national leaders stance on tariffs and trusts, asserting he predicted the current policy and its consequences.
Muscatine assures her soldier guests she did not order last night’s weather. She notes a good quality order is prepared for tomorrow and hopes it will arrive in time.
A Thursday parade is planned and praised as a rare event since veterans of the Civil War fade from view. The article notes the parade will be memorable while veterans who fought in the war recede with time.
The Iowa climate and crop service will release no more bulletins this year aside from a single report on corn prospects scheduled for September 20.
Indianapolis wins the pennant to cap the season while Louisville finishes a close second in the standings.
Kansas City won the Western league title with Omaha finishing close behind. The race featured tight standings and a decisive effort by Kansas City to secure the championship.
Opinion from the St. Louis Globe Democrat argues rain is essential to check cholera in Manila and endorses water as the right remedy.
In Des Moines Capital editorials condemn practices of shipping cattle and hogs across the line. The piece argues opponents favor Rock Island stock watering and oppose laws to curb it.
Davenport predicts Christmas turkey demand will rise while meat prices stay near normal. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson notes turkey, not beef, drives holiday buying and turkey supply remains unaffected by farming combines.
A commentary extols Colonel Hendersons letter to his constituents as a remedy for political fatigue with a nod to President Roosevelts Cincinnati speech as equally effective.
The Sioux City Journal recalls earlier GOP divides on temperance, noting in 1889 and 1891 leaders John Henry Gear and John Mahin along with D B Henderson and J H Funk stood together. The piece asserts they were not hypocrites but Republicans.
John Y. Calahan of Chicago offers a round trip fare from October 7 to 11 to Boston with a 50 cent deposit and extended return to November 12. Travel includes vestibuled sleeping cars and first class service. Cheap rates to all New England points. 43 down.
The Davenport reunion honors Mrs. Francis L. Ackley of Davenport for her actions during the Sultana explosion near Memphis in 1865. She aided rescued soldiers, administered stimulants, dressed wounds, and helped move men to safety, with eyewitness accounts from U S S Tyler crew and the Sultana survivors association later naming her an honorary member.
A Chicago Tribune essay traces early forms of trusts to 16th and 17th century Dutch fishing companies. It highlights the Company of the North and the Company of Greenland, detailing output limits, fixed prices, and centralized control that foretell modern monopolies without tariffs or party backing.
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