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Newspaper
Manitowoc Times
Location
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1928
Page
12
A critical editorial questions Manitowoc’s city administration and the People’s Electric Plant profits. It argues profits should fund upgrades without bonding, warns against high interest bids, and urges careful accounting to avoid a $200,000 deficit and high taxes.
The Manitowoc Times debuts a new reader friendly type across the paper to reduce eyestrain. Readers can compare the old and new faces on page one as the paper continues its pledge to serve the public with improvements.
The excerpt ponders personal adjustment to the world asking if one is at odds or in harmony with life. It warns that lacking a philosophy or having a wrong outlook fuels inward conflict and frames the self as the own worst enemy. It invites readers to take stock of their beliefs.
A request for information to Frederick M. Kearby editor of the Manito Times Washington Bureau invites readers to mail questions with two-cent stamps for extended research. Personal replies are limited, letters are confidential, and the service welcomes frequent use.
Washington correspondent Charles P. Stewart reexamines the presidential campaign, arguing it has evolved into a grudge fight. He compares the conventions and rhetoric to a prehistoric clash, noting growing ill will and the charged atmosphere surrounding the race.
Fragmentary essay contrasts a puritan guardianship with a cavalier liberty in a debate over tariffs immigration water rights and moral questions. It recalls historical rivalries, argues disagreement is inevitable but fighting persists, and hints at a campaign of moral conflict shaping public life.
A reader discusses Margaret Culkin Banning's novel Money of Her Own, noting a plot where a heroine inherits a vast fortune and the husband must not spend it. The reviewer compares fictional outcomes with real cases, observing how wealth can strain or stabilize marriages depending on dynamics and context.
Wilfred Jones, an American student returning from Tokio, Japan, reflects on improved international relations through overseas study and Rhodes scholarships. A humorous Indianapolis driving arrest and a Chicago clown’s tragic end frame a meditation on life’s seriousness versus whimsy and the voter’s reliance on personality over issues.
A Scotsman tells how he bought a small lamp set and, when friends ask his verdict, he replies that while it’s pleasant to listen he finds the bulbs not so good for reading. The story uses humorous dialogue about domestic life and a cross husband.
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