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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
3
The Post-Tribune notes a boy named William Butler Yeats celebrates his birthday. A tale from a stable setting tells of a grandfather, a stable boy, and a poetry book that sparks Yeats’s lifelong love of rhyme. Parents of Jefferson City area urged to list.
Brief notice asks readers to mail children's names under fifteen to the office so they can be included in the Birthday Club. It requests the name, address, and day and year of birth. readers should update changes of address.
A New York taxi driver seized a gunman’s revolver and handed it to a nearby officer, was jailed for carrying a concealed weapon, and later funded bond via an eight year old boy who contributed his entire savings. The Times noted society’s lack of outcry and praised the boy’s act as a spark of human kindness illuminating New York’s collective soul.
Mr. Wm Blackerby of Moberly Missouri credits Hoyt's Compound with curing stomach trouble and insomnia after trying many remedies. He describes a dramatic overall health improvement and urges others who suffer to try the remedy. The ad notes Tolson's Pharmacy in Jefferson City and leading druggists in nearby towns carrying Hoyt's Compound.
A World War II veteran, Robert BE Burns, born in Kansas City, faced a harsh path after escape from a chained punishment for bakery robbery. He rebuilt life in Chicago, rising to own a magazine earning twenty thousand dollars annually, while pleas for pardon tested the justice system and American Legion support. A separate item notes a pilot completing a Kansas City to California river voyage in thirteen hours.
An editorial commentary contrasts lottery wins with massive losses, noting six big winners in a sea of losers while urging readers to question speculative luck. It shifts to Democratic leaders debating chair John J. Raskob's fate amid a $500000 debt and ends with praise for Dorothy Asel's recital.
A reader notes a grandmother soothing a child with the idea that the devil is like Santa Claus and regrets the influence of sensational depictions. The column contrasts superstition with practical ethics and criticizes moving pictures that sensationalize devilish imagery.
The piece argues that farm relief measures, tied to export debentures and a farm board, are stalled by a senate coalition and a looming filibuster. It notes the treasury readiness of $500000,900 and President Hoover's approach, urging swift passage to save this year's crop and develop the bill. It also reflects on Lindbergh's rising fame and modesty after global attention.
Nan Carroll jealously guards her work as John Curtis Morgan’s private secretary while her fiancé Willis Todd confronts the possibility she loves Morgan. Amid accusations of power and control, a tense confrontation ends with Willis storming out as Nan battles fear and guilt. The scene closes on a cliffhanger as Nan pleads for his return.
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