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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1930
Page
3
An archival notice describes the Daily Journals distribution, pricing, and delivery. It lists subscription rates, zones, and advance payment requirements, plus publication and telecommunication details for Muscatine Iowa. It also notes Associated Press rights and advertising representatives in major cities.
Poet Douglas Malloch reflects on watching great freighters travel the stream as a mirror of humanity. He contrasts crowds that pass without greeting with ships that offer warnings and welcomes and urges kindness amid crowded lives. The meditation, dated 1930, links each vessel to a personal burden and distant harbor.
Rural and urban profiteers push up prices in milk and eggs while exploiting drouth as a pretext. Government and state officials crack down on abuses including bribery for permits and violence to enforce demands.
Secretary of Labor Davis recommends to the naturalization commissioner that Bernt Balchen be admitted to U S citizenship and that technicalities blocking his petition be waived. Balchen aided Byrd on the South Pole expedition and qualified by time in the United States and presence on American ships. The move underscores Balchen as a valued aviator and the nation’s welcome to skilled immigrants.
Gen Hugh L Scott aged 76 leaves Princeton New Jersey for Montana to record and film the Plains Indian sign language Under congressional appropriation he will assemble chiefs dress them in frontier style and teach the sign system learned in Civil War days The venture aims to preserve a historic communication method and honor pioneer lore with Boy Scouts cheering the mission.
In Winnebago county a ceremonial name change marks Lime Creek becoming Winnebago river. Indians brass bands and conservationists attend the event in force while observers note the community’s interest.
Residents complain the Lime Creek watershed in Mason City carries a foul odor likened to Mad Creek due to a local packing plant discharging sewer-like effluent. The note expresses concern the river will remain malodorous regardless of changes in ownership or naming.
Des Moines mayor speaking to the Iowa League of Municipalities urged a division of gas tax receipts, proposing one third to cities which would give Des Moines nearly 400000 dollars. He argues cities and farms share highway costs and that time will come for a fair distribution when road systems are complete.
The Omaha World Herald notes the American Legion and Mrs. J. P. Jensen of Blair secured $13,200 in back compensation and $100 monthly for Al fred M. Gray of Beatrice. The piece urges reform after a long, disputed denial by the veterans bureau highlighting systemic delays in granting deserving claims.
A literary weekly argues the American habit of constant travel drives a culture of hurry. Journeys to business, opera, or holidays leave little time for calm thought as readers choose shorter magazines, appealing to the masses and filling station newsstands with quick reads.
A Los Angeles Times passage describes bootleggers and drinkers navigating secret routes to obtain alcohol. Prospective buyers face coded doors, mustache men, and hidden orders, while law enforcement pursues secret buyers and the clandestine trade declines in lawful communities.
A Dallas News quip notes the country returning to normal as Uncle Charley Bryan remains in the Nebraska governor race. Milwaukee Journal adds a busy signal metaphor.
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote notes that only a quarter of one percent of men in Arkansas are unemployed, implying that Caraway represents that tiny share. The remark frames him as the near ankle of a rare statistic amid joblessness.
A light tale shows Clowny and the Tinymites following a water boy who shares a playful drink and guides them to the nearby Market Gate. The group rests on a bench then sets off with plans to visit the old gate as they ride toward the Corinth Canal in the next story.
Dr. McCoy's weekly menus begin Sunday August 24 with breakfast fruit and cottage cheese, lunches of salads and vegetables, and dinners ranging from chicken and rabbit to veal roast and sole. Weekly note lists salad combinations pairing fruits, nuts, and cottage cheese with proteins, ending mid list with note on combinations including a protein.
A column offers cures for herpes claiming a systemic acidosis cause and suppliers a cleansing diet course free with a stamped envelope. It also states English walnuts have about 13 percent carbohydrates and mix well with raw apples for lunch, advising two ounces per meal. A query on marking unborn children is dismissed as coincidental with advice to maintain a positive mindset and request Motherhood Series articles.
Washington Aug 22 AP The census bureau will publish a pamphlet explaining unemployment reasons and duration from the door to door census. Census director William M Steuart said the pamphlet will include factors such as occupation and personal characteristics like age color nativity sex and marital status.
New York officials estimate milk price hikes due to racketeering add about 1 155 000 weekly to consumer costs based on testimony in the attorney general's probe of food profiteering.
Des Moines August 22 AP Miss Mary Farris of Des Moines was appointed state supervisor of vocational homemaking education announced by Miss Agnes Samuelson chair of the vocational education board. Farris succeeds Miss Josephine McMullen who discontinued educational work and had been with the home economics division of the Iowa State College vocational department.
A former Drake University graduate who spent graduate study at Iowa State College and taught home economics in Iowa and Colorado will begin new duties around September 15. She previously worked three years at Colorado Agricultural College in Fort Collins.
Ottumwa resident C H Schrider details relief from gall bladder and stomach troubles after using Nu-Tone. The advertisement touts Nu-Tone as a cure for liver kidney and bowel issues and cites testimonials from local residents and doctors. Sold by Havercamp drug store and other outlets for one dollar per bottle.
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