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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1928
Page
2
Local reading matter and notices include resolutions, obituary poetry, cards of thanks, and classified listings. The brief item highlights community updates and personal notices among local LOCALS and classifieds.
A short excerpt questions the line between goodness and vice in men labeled divine, noting that praise and gin share space in human nature and reflecting doubt about separating sacred from profane traits. The text centers on moral ambiguity and personal judgment.
Midwestern delegates feared Hoover nomination but now see strong gains in his record. The article cites Hoover's long Washington service, war record, relief work including Mississippi flood aid, and foreign experience. It argues he would replace the McNary-Haugen surplus control with clear relief in agriculture, reflecting his Iowa roots and understanding of farming.
The piece laments that post offices, telegraph services, printing, flowers, and gifts focus on Mother's Day, while Father's Day sees little additional effort or expense. It notes fathers often receive only a necktie and a brief church tribute, with the author wishing Fathers Day had been celebrated more as a standalone occasion.
An Iowa weekly reprints an editorial criticizing the absence of capital punishment in Iowa and citing cases like Michigan’s Hotaling and the California Hickman murder to argue that sentimentality weakens justice. It contrasts court decisions with the harsher outcomes believed possible under capital punishment.
A 1930s voice questions the rush toward 75 mph intercontinental highways and 400 foot wide roads, arguing speed may not equal pleasure. The piece notes air travel soon surpassing cars, television cutting need to travel, and sociologists’ view of increasing leisure time. It warns of frantic drives transforming evenings into brief, panoramic passes.
An old corn cob pipe is praised as a helper to farmers in Sur neighbor Hamburg. Farmers market ripe corn for pipe making, packing about 300 cobs per sack at roughly a half cent each. The piece blends rural nostalgia with whimsical projections about national Hutonships and curious social notes.
A few weeks ago Andre Cooper levied fines totaling 2306 against three liquor law violators. One faced a liquor nuisance charge, another an intoxicated driving count, and the third possession of liquor with jail terms of three months. The Indianola Record notes this as a pruning of drunken boozing.
The piece argues that current law allows buses to use unlimited road space and speed. It cites a trip along Lincoln High Way and compares a Yelloway bus to a Northwestern flyer, noting both travel at high speeds. The author urges stricter rules to curb bus operation.
The Oakland Acorn argues real tax cuts should avoid harming progress and needed improvements. It says cut nonessentials, experiments, and political hobbies that raise government overhead without proportional benefits.
In Des Moines an elderly woman was murdered by a felon living at Fort Madison, with parole possible in a few years. Ottumwa mourns a husband and father killed by a crank who sought to avoid hanging, now in an insane asylum. The Winterset Madisonian notes sentimentalists opposing capital punishment and questions sanity trials in Iowa.
The Carroll Herald notes Wilbur Glenn Volivia of Zion City warns Commander Byrd may fly over the South Pole and reach a boundless cavern, a belief tied to flat earth lore. The tale recalls Columbus facing flat earth skepticism as he set out to discover new lands.
The Chariton Leader argues that political health requires at least two numerically balanced parties to prevent extremes and avoid one-sided rule. Uncontested authority leads to polarized factions and national scandals. A balanced system should avoid “solid” regions and predetermined regional loyalties.
The petition of Marjorie Vae Foster requests an absolute divorce from M Clinton Foster on grounds of wilful desertion. The August term begins August 28, 1028 in Cleuwood Mills County Iowa. Defendants must appear by the second day of the term or default will be entered. Attorney Pleas signs.
Editors journeyed through Maury County visiting Columbia, Mount Pleasant, and nearby phosphate fields. The trip highlighted Will Ridley plantation, Old Massah, Polk family heritage, St. Johns Episcopal Church with a Confederate monument, and Columbia’s First Monday mule market.
A recommended test for corn whiskey involves placing a ten penny nail into the liquor and leaving it for a period to assess quality. The method reflects historic methods used to gauge purity and composition in spirits.
The piece quotes a rustic proverb about nails and self reliance, noting a humorous remark from Ralis County Missouri Record and an American Magazine line on money as a tool. It adds a quip about golf, suggesting the better player often travels farther than the low scorer.
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