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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
3
Editor. Brems to subscribers outlines daily newspaper delivery details and pricing for Muscatine Iowa readers. It notes weeknight delivery excluding Sunday, 15 cent per-week bundles, and mail subscriptions with zone-based annual rates. Also lists post office classification and contact avenues for advertising and syndication.
Milton Bronner reports Britain now shows a sharp rise in divorces due to law changes allowing fault divorces and press censorship. He notes easier grounds and limited publicity drive couples to seek dissolution, asking whether a companionate marriage or concealed fraud is worse.
A university co-ed testifies that modern youth shuns vice as gossip claims. She notes few girls smoke, many find smoking distasteful, parties exist but academics remain a priority, and drunkenness is not universal, contradicting Mrs. Grundy’s warnings.
The Prince of Wales trips over his sword delaying the lord mayor’s parade, causing tittering across Parliament and a street scene of hurried pursuit as the pomp clashes with human mishap. The episode suggests even rigid ceremony can verge on the ridiculous.
A Western plan envisages motor trucks replacing caravans on the Caspian Sea to Teheran route. The camel and donkey caravan, long the engines of East–West trade, may fade as American ingenuity boosts a modern caravan. The shift signals a new era for ancient routes once linked to Silk Road commerce.
The passage argues that travel modes hardly change, comparing caravans and modern motor trucks. It predicts that within twenty years the rise of motor transport will drastically alter landscapes and culture, making even Marco Polo unrecognizable when returning. It asserts transportation will spread western civilization into the east.
In a reflection from the Philadelphia Record, the author laments the loss of traditional window shutters once common in homes and business façades. He contrasts sturdy country shutters with ornamental city ones and notes their disappearance, save for iron storefronts and decorative remnants.
Chicago Journal of Commerce reports Henry Ford estimates the new Model A will drive 800 million dollars in labor and material spending in 1928. The piece notes Ford’s influence on national business and his drive to create and manufacture.
The Jefferson Bee argues the McNary-Haugen bill divides Brookhart supporters and farmers. If McNary-Haugen is right Brookhart harms farming. if Brookhart is right the bill is dead wrong. The two stand at a crossroad with no middle ground.
Cedar Rapids Gazette notes a Council Bluffs dealer admitted mixing kerosene into one third of his gasoline while paying gas tax. Inspectors report price wars expose inferior fuel and say Iowa lacks standards defining gasoline quality, urging stronger consumer protection laws.
Frank Howard in Elma Newra recalls Major Frank J. Lund praising Frank O. Lowden and the Haugen Bill at a Lourdes picnic by displaying the July issue of the Review of Reviews. The article cited does not mention the Haugen Bill, exposing Lund’s insincerity and implying farmers may not have read the magazine.
Taxpayers face a rapid shift in state property tax from about seven million to two million four hundred eight thousand. Secretary Dammann frames the change as a net saving of over four million while Governor Zimmerman challenges the necessity and blames political maneuvering. Senator Blaine’s intervention halted the seven million plan, with unclear reasons. Politics is a great game.
Dr McCoy outlines diaphragmatic breathing to aid asthma and better voice tone. He instructs checking posture in a mirror, breathing from the upper abdomen, exhaling with the abdomen held firm, and practicing during rest and light activity. He also notes singing helps exercise the diaphragm and invites readers to request his breathing article.
A vintage ad touts McCoy's Tablets to restore weight for underweight individuals. It claims the ironclad guarantee covers any purchaser who does not gain at least five pounds after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes, with a full refund if not satisfied. The ad urges asking for McCoy's Tablets at any store.
The text notes relief after meals but states a true cure requires removing the underlying cause of heartburn. It emphasizes that lasting relief comes from addressing the root issue rather than temporary remedies.
petty thefts in Morning Sun Iowa over several days spark citizen plans to aid detection. Thieves stole 35 to 40 jars of canned fruit from Fred Carlson’s northeast home, four men were involved with Miss Gussie Goudie, a jar of lard 18 jars of fruit and several rows of corn were taken from Ollie Oakley, and a large flock of young chickens vanished from C A Peterson’s southeast farm.
Advertisement urges anyone with a rupture to write for a free trial of a stimulat ing application that allegedly tightens muscles and closes the opening without surgery. It claims to end the need for belts or trusses and warns of gangrene risks from leaving a rupture untreated.
A decision anticipated in Lincoln Nebraska favors the city in a case where a suit by a private filling station set argued municipalities cannot sell gasoline and oil at cost to residents without infringing constitutional rights.
A new government bonded warehouse begins operation in Panama, expanding storage capacity for imported goods under customs supervision. The facility aims to streamline duties processing and support regional trade activity.
A newspaper notice touts Allenrhu Number 2 as a rapid cure for rheumatic pain. It claims swift relief within hours and a full regimen over days, with a refund if satisfaction is not achieved. The ad warns against imitations and urges customers to buy only from reputable drugstores.
A vintage advertisement claims Pape's Cold Compound can knock a cold out in a few hours with no after effects. It markets a plain white pleasant tasting tablet sold by druggists for 35 cents.
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