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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1926

Page

5

Honey Lou in Ballad of Wallack Mills Romance

Honey Lou Huntley works at Wallack Mills with her jealous husband Jack Wallace pursuing love amid golden shipments from Wallack’s warehouse. Angela Allen schemes while Joe Meadows, Ann Ludlow, and Margret complicate ties as Honey Lou’s fragile marriage unravels through secrecy and a string of romantic entanglements. The tale follows a restless woman torn between duty and desire.

Honey Lou Huntley Wallace Wallack Wills Honey Lou Mills Joe Meadows Jack Wallace Honey Ton Angela Allen Honey Lon Jack Steve Mayhew Margret

Wallack Mills Shut Down Darkens City Headlines

Honey Lou reads a small news item about Wallack Fabric Mills closing, an old city establishment. She ponders why Jack fired Margaret but not Jane Ayres, and drifts to sleep dreaming of the mills and Joe Meadows in tomorrow’s installment.

Wallack Mills Honey Lou Wallack Fabric Mills Jack Margret Jane Ayres Joe Meadows

97 Iowa fairs held in 1926 aggregate 1.6 million attendees

Ninety seven county and district fairs were held in Iowa in 1926 according to A R Corey secretary of the Iowa State Fair board. Fairs at Brooklyn Rock Rapids and Albia were dropped while Creston Lorimer and Holstein opened. Total attendance reached 1 618 038 with 1 169 516 paid admissions a decline of 81 846. Receipts totaled 1 147 548 07 including state aid a drop of 112 381 44. State aid based on premiums paid was 166 876 45 but 20 percent was withheld leaving 13 548 27 actually paid.

Des Moines Iowa Iowa Fair ‘Managers’ Association A. R. Corey Iowa State Fair Board Brooklyn Rock Rapids Albia Creston Lorimer Holstein

Egg production shows increase in Illinois contests

Reports for November in Illinois egg laying contests show rises in production at Quincy Murphysboro and Kankakee. Forty five hens laid twenty or more eggs that month compared with twenty two in the same class last year. The top five pens totaled 486 eggs, up 71 from last November. about three extra eggs per hen.

Springfield Ill Quincy Murphysboro Kankakee Division of Poultry Husbandry Illinois Department of Agriculture

Extreme Penalty for Mail Bandits Urges Death Penalty

Postmaster General New urged Congress to impose the death penalty on all mail bandits. He said drastic laws are needed as attacks on the mails grow more ruthless, with Marines previously considered to guard the mails. Despite robberies, postal business expands and deficits shrink with a $70 million salary increase.

Washintong New Coolidge Congress United States Marines

Llanthony Abbey Becomes Artists Colony in South Wales

Llanthony Abbey in South Wales has become an artists colony with families moving in. Notable residents include Eric Gill and David Jones whose paintings are winning favor in Europe.

Llanthony Abbey South Wales Father Ignatius Eric Gill David Jones Europe

Testing machines measure tape, golf balls, frogs, casket handles and elephants

A description lists testing devices used in American industry including tape adhesion testers, golf ball deformation rigs, frog muscle reflex setups, coffin handle strength testers and apparatus to measure elephant traction.

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