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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1927
Page
3
Fragmentary ad text lists agencies and cities including Chicago New York Kansas City Detroit Atlanta with Cone Rothenburg and Woes Inc. seeking an operator answer for a person or department.
The Muscatine three received 25 year prison terms for a Ft. Madison robbery. The editorial notes mixed feelings about the severity yet emphasizes accountability and cautions youths about crime. It urges careful fact gathering and considers paroles if the offenders prove worthy in prison.
The Dawes pronouncement endorses Frank Lowden while Dawes avoids a candidacy himself. The piece stresses their friendship and mutual support, notes Dawes may enter the convention with delegates, and urges Iowa to influence the Lowden effort if it falters. It highlights Iowa maneuvering and political calculations surrounding the ticket.
Dawes stands as sincere supporter of Lowden as second choice amid today’s in law debate. Many in Iowa regret Lowden interests lack other Lowden men. Time will show Dawes will push Lowden, but he remains involved regardless of outcome.
The New York Times argues that the Soviet disarmament plan is insincere and unworkable. It notes Litvinoff’s claims to abolish military power while keeping a strong police force and questions the tempering of chemical factory control. The piece predicts Geneva will label the proposal a sensational but fleeting moment.
Dr. David Starr Jordan argues in his book that ignorance is a pleasant science learned without effort and that wishful thinking harms progress. He coins solosophy as systematized ignorance and urges discipline, definite purpose, and action over idle wishing to achieve business success.
Patrolman Patrick Walsh, stationed at Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street in New York, handles thousands of cars daily with a raised finger that halts traffic. He claims to have spoken with John D. Rockefeller Jr. and met figures like President Wilson, King Albert of Belgium, Joffre, Foch, Cardinal Mercier, and Balfour, describing his unique job and the calm it brings amid constant flow.
Oswald Garri son Villard in The Nation reports that Governor Al Smith drinks daily with four to eight cocktails or highballs, yet is never intoxicated. The writer notes journalists and politicians who vote dry in public while drinking privately, praising Smith for consistency and clarity on prohibition.
Prohibition shifts trend to milk as top refreshment for workers. The Woonsocket News notes 80 percent of toilets now have a bottle of milk for lunch, with beer breweries out of business and milk proving popular among workers who are accused of calling milk for calves.
The writer argues names reflect parental character and heredity shaping a child. He notes family lineage and romantic influences can imprint a baby name and person, suggesting naming mirrors who parents are and may limit free will. He ends with a defiant jab on personal choice.
A broad leadership purge in Tokyo forces 13 station chiefs to resign as part of a police reform effort. The moves come amid investigations into policing practices and public concerns over security governance. Several interim replacements are named to stabilize operations.
An advertisement promotes a 60 cent tube of Joint-Base claiming quick comfort for painful swollen or lame joints. It claims wide use and provides Pope Laboratories Hallwell Maine as the mailing address for a 12 days treatment offer.
Dr McCoy lists weekly menus starting Sunday Dec 4 with breakfasts of oats and fruit, lunches of salads and milk, dinners featuring meats and vegetables. The plan includes celery nut salad instructions and a Q A section offering dietary and manipulative therapy guidance for deafness from whooping cough.
The author argues names influence life through environmental cues and expectations, noting that people often grow into traits suggested by their names. He cites Harold versus Mike as examples and suggests parental influence is limited while surroundings mold identity.
It is all right to use stewed prunes figs raisins or applesauce with a breakfast containing real whole wheat or real oatmeal.
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