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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1926
Page
3
A lively hometown column argues public schools are good but not perfect. It praises modern methods in reading and classroom activities while urging teachers to improve arithmetic instruction and maintain high standards for students.
A New York pupil who chose commercial high school training at 12 laments the lack of flexible education paths. He notes he cannot enter college next fall due to insufficient credits and urges tests or broader admission rules to avoid penalizing youth for early specialization.
Dr Charles William Eliot, longtime Harvard president and editor of Doctor Eliot's five foot shelf of books, dies at 92. A lifelong student, he graduated Harvard at 19, taught at MIT at 24, led Harvard for forty years, and shaped access to education for masses.
An editorial titled Bulging the State Budget reprinted in the Journal was wrongly credited to the Mason City Globe Gazette. It originally appeared in the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The piece notes American concertgoers hiss rather than cough, marking a shift in audience reaction.
The column riffs on modesty and power with lines about Mussolini's $400 salary and the freedom to raise it, hints at social norms for women and friends versus enemies, and includes quips about tired businessmen, Coolidge, and state papers. It blends humor with contemporaries to sketch 1920s attitudes.
The Journal announces Mr. Gillilan will publish only on Mondays and Thursdays for now as he travels home from Europe without completing his assignment. The syndicate notes he may return later and that existing pieces will appear on the two weekly days until exhausted.
A dense listing of radio stations and programs for Sunday August 29. Mentions multiple venues including Calliaphone Twilight and Wavelength 333 with Orville Foster, Irene Connell, and various orchestra and vocal acts. Includes times from 6:45 p m to 8:15 p m with numerous station call letters and program types.
In the Times-Republican opinion piece Senator Capper and Julius Rosenwald urge price stabilization for farm products, advocating McNary-Haugen style fixes, while others fear price fixing could backfire. The piece notes bipartisan support and forecasts the issue returning in Congress, with the president unsure of effective action beyond aiding foreign buyers of surplus commodities.
The Kansas City Star reports a sharp exchange between Iowa denouncer Smith W. Brookhart and former Kansas governor Henry Allen over the McNary Haugen bill. Allen, calm and witty, counters Brookhart’s invective, hinting at further exchanges to come and praising Kansas as the true arena for political combat.
A Saturday evening schedule lists WNYC WGY and WRC broadcasts featuring the New York Philharmonic Pryor's band New York Symphony and musical acts. Detroit WCX hosts Schmenman band while WEAF offers Musical Comedy hits. Cincinnati WLW presents Apollo Club quartet and Chicago WGN airs Light Opera Pinafore.
Figures from the British and Foreign Bible Society show 1925 English Bible sales reached a record high with ten and a half billions produced. Increases occurred in China Japan and the Far East while Russia declines to acknowledge the Bible as a positive influence.
Radio listings detail 5:00 to 6:00 PM programs across WAAM WBZ KYW WCX WEAF WENR WGY WJZ WNYC WMAQ WMCA WOK WOR WRNY WGN WGBS WTAM CNRO KFAB WCAE WEAF WHAR WLS WMAK WOC WPG WRNY CNRO KYW WAAM WDAF WEBH WEAF WHAD WHT WIP WJR WLS WLW WMBB WMCA WNYC etc offering dinners, orchestras, ensembles, lectures, markets, and children’s programs across stations.
A detailed timetable lists radio station calls, programs, and times through midnight. Entries cover WRC WKB KNX WJJD WCCO and others with dance music orchestras orchestral shows and weather and market forecasts.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover outlines a national plan for water resources emphasizing inland transportation irrigation reclamation flood control and power. He argues for coordinated development to benefit all regions and notes population growth strengthens the case.
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