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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1930
Page
15
The text lists the Journal Tribune News merged dates and association with the Associated Press and Lee Newspaper Syndicate. It also provides telephones for Iowa and instructions on directing calls to departments. It notes AP rights and local news republication policy.
Edward Cabot Stocker, vice president of the Muscatine State Bank, dies at his Muscatine home at age 64. He served as county treasurer and county auditor and was active in church and fraternal life, leaving a legacy of public trust and integrity. The Journal notes his long association with the newspaper and his contributions to the community.
The Muscatine Journal invites residents from nearby towns and Illinois territory along Highway 84 to visit for a road opening celebration on Wednesday, December 3. The edition promos a visitor-friendly program, stressing stronger ties, new friends, and mutual prosperity through improved transportation.
The Davenport Times notes Iowa’s shift from mud roads to a statewide hard road network. The Iowa Good Roads association, praised for progress, announces a future plan to complete the system. Secretary Glenn Haynes endorses the program, arguing adoption is needed despite prior opposition.
A 1930 Douglas Malloch lyric recalls young Jimmy Ryan who sticks with his freight through a head-on collision near Bryan. The crew performs Brodies as the crash injures many, yet Ryan guides the survivors into Bryan after flagging a Ford. The narrator adds parallels from his own close calls and resolve.
Feature explains last Saturday cartoon showing the Lady of the Big Feet based on a 1880 Cincinnati photo. Submitting friend Mrs J J Smith of Oklahoma City knew Miss Miles personally and provided the prompt. Four touchdowns on four first plays by Harold Newby highlight St Olaf college football notes.
A White House Conference on Child Health and Protection report notes 47 million under 18, with 14 to 12 percent of time in school and a third in sleep. About 40 percent spend time outside home and school, with churches, youth agencies, motion pictures, radio, playgrounds, and libraries shaping youth life. rural schooling lags urban areas.
A collection of biblical and literary maxims on wealth, sickness exposing riches, mercy as a rule, shunning profane talk, and the king’s throne upheld by mercy. Includes references to Proverbs Colton Cowper II Timothy.
In Hounslow Maurice Glennon died and his second wife did not follow his wishes. He had a coffin carved for burial after his first wife died, but she buried him in a cheap coffin and converted the carved one into a wardrobe.
London flight lieutenant A J Styran flying to Antwerp for an air meeting spotted a German pilot performing stunts. He then performed tricks himself and was unexpectedly awarded a prize by a judge for his aerial display.
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