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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1900

Page

3

Tariffs Cited Amid Trade Flows From Local Exporters

The piece argues tariffs are irrelevant as paper exports to England continue. It condemns a presidential candidate for peddling falsehoods to win votes.

England

Victor Index Praises Rumple Photo Series

The Victor Index commends its enterprise and Republican spirit for sending button photos of Capt. J. N. W. Rumple to subscribers. The note says the paper and the photos are all right.

Victor Index J. N. W. Rumple

Press Opinions Echo Across Newspapers On Local Pranks And Fairs

Sioux City Journal lauds Vollmer for refusing to discuss platform pranks and questions militarism in the Second district. Wapello Republican notes Dan McKay’s hog story boosts his price and profits since 1896. Muscatine Journal blasts Muscatine street fair for gambling and immoral shows, prompting other papers to praise candor and denounce carnivals.

Sioux City Journal Davenport Democrat Vollmer Kansas City Platform Sioux City Davenport Rock Island Arsenal Wapello Dan McKay McKay Washington Gazette The Muscatine Journal Clarence Sun Muscatine Journal

Congressional District Members Listed by District

The document lists members for each Iowa congressional district including Hedge in Burlington Rumple in Marengo Henderson in Dubuque Haugen in Northwood Cousins in Tipton Lacey in Oskaloosa Hull in Des Moines Hepburn in Clarinda Smith in Council Bluffs Thomas in Storm Lake.

Thomas Hedge Burlington J. N. W. Rumple Marengo David B. Henderson Dubuque Gilbert N. Haugen Northwood Robert G. Cousins Tipton John F. Lacey Oska Loosa John A. T. Hull Des Moines Wm. P. Hepburn Clarinda Walter I. Smith Council Ry@ts Lot Thomas Storm Lake

Favorite Base Burner Heating Efficiency Claim

The Favorite Base Burner is promoted as having more heating capacity and being the most economical stove. It is claimed to feature 1-3 more radiating surface than comparable base burners and to be mounted and fitted perfectly.

Coal heating shows efficiency with large radiating flues

The article argues that 212 tons of coal can heat a space as well as 4 tons in other stoves due to flue construction with greater radiating surface, which provides advantages over competitors.

Electors-at-Large Named for Congress Second District

Electors at large listed: John N. Baldwin of Pottawattamie County, Ole Roe of Johnson County, and J. N. W. Rumple of Iowa County. This slate designates choices for the Second District congressional election.

John N. Baldwin Pottawattamie County Ole Roe Johnson County Congress J. N. W. Rumple Iowa County

County Ticket Names Auditors and Clerks for Election

For Auditor A. C. Noble of Goshen Township. for Clerk Charles Richman of Muscatine. for Recorder C. H. Reesink listed among county ticket candidates.

A. C. Noble Goshen Township Charles Richman Muscatine C. H. Reesink

No-To-Bac Promise of Easy Tobacco Quit

Ad promotes No-To-Bac as a wonder-worker to quit tobacco easily and forever. Claims it makes weak men strong with magnetic vigor though presented as a cure advertised by Sterling Remedy Co. The ad lists druggists and offers a free booklet and sample with address in Chicago or New York.

St. Cure Sterling Remedy Co Chicago New York

Col Watterson Criticizes Bryantean Rhetoric On Galveston Rebuild

The colonel argues Galveston will rise again despite storm debris with hopeful metaphors about the mind and heart of man. He contrasts his own practical clarity with what he calls meaningless rhetoric from Bryant.

Colonel Watterson Galveston Col. Watterson

Bryan on So Called Paper Trust Speech Contends Editorial Defense

In a St Joseph Missouri speech William Jennings Bryan attacked editors for defending paper trusts and claimed rising paper prices are caused by trusts. He implied tariffs created the trusts and argued broader factors raise paper costs beyond trust actions.

Bryan Paper Trust St. Joseph, Mo

Davenport Democrat Rebuffs Bryan in County Convention

The Davenport Democrat criticizes Scott county Democratic delegates for abandoning sound money and endorsing Bryan and Populist financial theories through the Kansas City platform and Chicago platform. It vows to back only genuinely Democratic nominees and rejects the Saturday convention resolutions. It defends its anti Chicago platform stance and urges a true Democratic union.

Davenport Bryan Vollmer Scott County Kansas City Chicago

Is the Young Man Absalom Safe

The Cedar Rapids Republic contrasts William Jennings Bryan and Emilio Aguinaldo with Absalom from Samuel. It depicts Absalom as a demagogue whose beauty and eloquence mislead Israel, then parallels his fate to Aguinaldo and warns that the Democratic mule may abandon him.

Cedar Rapids St. Louis William Jennings Bryan Second Samuel Absalom Mr. Bryan America Bryan David Maachah Geshur Emilio Aguinaldo Samuel Hdédw Absalom Israel Aguinaldo Hebron Jerusalem

Random notes and polemics from local papers

The Corning Union-Republican jokes about found umbrellas while the Mapleton Press pledges a paramount issue during the election period. Mr. Watterson criticized Bryan in 1866 as a dishonest dodger daring adventurer political fakir and not of the material of which the people of the United States.

Corning Union-Republican Mapleton Press Mr. Watterson Mr. Bryan United States

Politicians Repurpose Historical Figures in Debates

The article notes William Jennings Bryan attacking Absalom as unsuitable for president while others revive long-dead political ideas. It reports editorials in Orange City Herald and Alvord Democrat reacting to errors and promising audacious news coverage. Speakers praise Thomas Jefferson for timely quips across varied issues.

Substitute for Coal Promises Cheaper Bright Future

Article extols a chemical substitute for coal claiming it is cheaper and better. It forecasts major future changes in the new century. The piece praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for stomach ailments and digestive issues and urges trial to prove its efficacy.

Hostetter

Real Estate Transfers On Sundays Urged By Quote

A terse, period tone note urges that all real estate transfers be conducted on Sundays. It opens with a maxim about favorable days and includes a quirky aside about a red headed man who dislikes baldness.

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Hershey Muscatine, IA S. G. Stein S G. Stein E. P. Day’s Second Street First Nation's Bank Iowa D. V. Jackson S. M. Hughes G. Stein J. B. Dougherty Chas. Page J. Carskaddan F. P. Sawyer S. M Hughes Foreign Exchange Cook, Musser & CO State Bank and Trust Co Banking and Cor Iona Ave Second St Muscatine, Iowa Hershey State W Francis Henry Jayne L. G. Burnett Sara Hershey Eddy Radiershey P. W. Francis Henry Jaynee J. Carskaddan Pres J. B. Doughert Posits First National Bank the Muscatine Journal John Mahin and Sons Muscatine Iowa Journal Printing Co WM. McKinley Ohbio Theodore Roosevelt W. B. Martin Adair County G. S. Gilbertson Winnebago County W. Mullan Blackhawk County Fr. F. Merriam Delaware County Supreme Court Emlin M’clain D. J. Palmer Washington County Congressional E. P. Ingham Wilton D. D. Webster Fruitland Thompson Bros Bryanites Lee Electric Light &Power East Second Street Orange City Herald Alvord Democrat Cromwell Fort Dodge Post Thomas Jefferson
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