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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
3
The notice lists publishing details and pricing for a weekly newspaper. It states delivery daily in the city by carrier and weekly payment options. Subscription costs include daily, semi weekly, and yearly rates with values such as 5.00 and 1.50 mentioned.
Representative New York office at 45 W 340 St, Monolith Building, La Coste and Maxwell in charge. Chicago office at 750 Margutte Building, Wayne and Young in charge.
The Journal lists city agencies for reader convenience. In East Hill East 2nd Street South Muscatine Oregon Street and West Hill it names grocers drug stores and a greenery. It notes business and editorial office telephones and outlines the Mississippi Valley contact.
The list names candidates for Vice President Electors and state and county offices. Each entry includes the office, candidate name, and county or district. Notable names include B F Carroll Davis County Governor and Silas M Weaver Hardin County Supreme Court Judge.
A reader letter argues Mark Hanna’s political tactics saved the nation from free silver and praises Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, and a nonpolitical campaign. It urges voters to judge Taft on his official acts and to weigh modern republicanism against historic methods in shaping future prosperity.
A historical tract laments the gold standard as a foe to farmers and citizens. It blasts the 1890s debate, recalls William Jennings Bryan and 1896 rhetoric, and questions Bryan’s current stance while urging persistence in anti gold standard advocacy.
An Iowa opinion piece argues that Taft's enlightened administration would stop unwise legislation that could destroy forests before fires reach them, urging cautious policy changes.
Eugene V. Debs declares he would not run for president if he believed he could be elected. The remark likens his stance to a Nebraska-born distinguished citizen noting skepticism about electoral outcomes.
A brief note recalls how Cubs and Sox, once interred, seem to wiggle and imitate living players, offering entertaining echoes of Bryan.
Miss Lula Beck left for Lake Andres South Dakota to visit Miss Sue Meerdink. Mr Jas Gibbs is on the sick list. Mr and Mrs John Parks bought a Cedar street house to make their home soon. Mrs Ed Barnard Jr and kin spent Sunday with Ed Barnard Sr. Geo Shields has a cistern day this week. The Dorcus Sewing Society will meet with Mrs A Houser next Wednesday. Mrs Geo Shields and Mrs Harry Shields and Mrs Ollie Barnard visit Mrs Washington McGreer.
Fifty years ago H A Law son of Frank Law of Louisa county was killed in Denmark when a runaway team struck him as he tried to grasp the bridles. The item also notes two marriages in Muscatine city and a new live hog firm formed by Norman W Butler and two brothers named N W Butler and company.
Yesterday J N G Hoel sold to Edmund Bond a lot on Third street near Chestnut for 650 dollars. Bond sold to Luke McLaughlin the south half of the west half of block 9 for 300 dollars. The railroad cut grain freight to Chicago to 25 cents per hundred for wheat and 22 cents for corn oats and rye, likely due to lower rates to St Louis.
In the Park drawing room the Vennables debate Joy’s influence and debt, with Sir Giles opposing motors and money, while George asserts duty. The cabinet, a family heirloom, becomes a battleground as Mollie’s letter hints at a costly risk, and the scene hints at fading years and unsettled futures.
An advertisement claims ZEMO as a clean external liquid that draws germs and toxins to the surface and destroys them, offering instant relief and permanent cure for skin and scalp diseases. It notes samples from E. W. Rose Medicine Co. in St. Louis and sales via A. W. Morgan at 107 West 42nd Street.
Thirty years ago S. Ruby formerly piloted the Louisa and has sold charge of the craft. Capt. Jones left for Chicago on an extended business trip. Messi's Chambers McKibben and Van Horne confronted greenbakism to the South Muscatine residents last evening.
Twenty years ago Rev. C. L. Stafford bought the C. L. Cable property at the corner of Orange and Fifth streets. John C. Wilson received a telegram from his wife in New York announcing her safe arrival from Ireland where she had spent months. He then left on the afternoon train for Chicago to meet her.
Instant relief from inflammation burning itching and eruptions promised by Dr Hale’s Household Ointment. Available at all drug stores for 25 cents or sent by Kenyon and Thomas Adams New York.
A brief quip links Adam Bede to Eve in a joke about his expulsion from Congress. The remark implies a lighthearted explanation drawing on the biblical pairing of Adam and Eve to suggest a reason for the political departure.
A literary note reflecting on the Rockies haunting draw for travelers with memories of camping and hiking. The writer recalls a planned summer journey after winter work and rereading Walter A. Wyckoff's The Rampart Range ten years after as published in Scribner's October issue.
The October World’s Work features Frederick Todd recounting experiences in air travel via dirigible and aeroplane. It includes first hand accounts of aviators learning to fly and solving travel challenges, with an intimate interview of Orville Wright highlighting recent achievements.
The October Century will publish Robert Hichens final pap er on The Spell of Egypt with Jules Gerin color photos of Philae and a plea to spare its nainted chambers. The work will become a book Egypt and Its Monuments with twenty of Guerin's photographs. A supplementary paper Old Cairo by Hichens appears in the November Century.
A note introduces an October Woman's Home Companion series on home earning versus house renting. It suggests the articles may offer interesting suggestions and guidance for readers planning household finances.
An old advertisement for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve claims rapid healing for wounds whether cut by razor or gunshot or pierced by a nail. The product is marketed with a general guarantee and priced at 25 cents through Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
Downey Iowa residents attended the Penn picnic at West Liberty grounds on September 19 1908. Several families shared dinners in Downey with Gates Jenkinson Secrest and others. Volunteers and social visits include Miss May Compton hosting Fancy Work Guild and Mrs Mabel Schenck leading the Ladies Aid Society.
State of Iowa Muscatine County to whom it may concern notice is given that on September 9 1908 the clerk read the instrument purporting to be the last will of Emma D Lundy deceased and it will come for hearing October 9 1908 at the district court any interested party may appear and show cause why it should not be admitted to probate Muscatine Sept 9 1908 W S McKee Clerk of the District Court.
Friday evening gatherings featured refreshments. Mr and Mrs James Heald were Tuesday. Miss Jessie Cornwall shopped in Iowa City Wednesday. The Secrest and Seaton improvements were noted as Irwin Compton and Isaac Seaton recover slowly from accidents. Edna Clifford and Homer Oyler planned Cedar Rapids visit. Everett May bought a new Story and Clark piano installed Wednesday. Mrs Ethel McGregor and baby visited relatives in West Liberty, with Dr McGregor attending. Fern Miller stayed with Jessie Cornwall, while Grace Huff visited her parents Will and Grace Wiggins in Milan Iowa.
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