Woman First To Earn Distinguished Service Award In Agriculture
Muscatine county friends report Mrs Ellsworth Richardson received the distinguished service award for agriculture at the American Farm Bureau federation convention in Boston. She is the first woman in the United States to be so honored and has long worked to improve farm homes and promote cultural spiritual and material development for farm families in Iowa and beyond.
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Muscatine County
Ellsworth Richardson
American Farm Bureau Federation
Boston
Richardson
United States
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Sale of articles by Iowa blind to aid state welfare
In Muscatine at the former Penney building on East Second Street the Lions club hosts a Christmas time sale of baskets and rugs made by blind Iowa workers. Proceeds support the workers, aiding self sufficiency and alleviating hardship. shoppers gain gifts and help those in darkness through meaningful labor.
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Muscatine
Penney
East Second Street
Iowa
Christmas Mission for a Joyful, Generous Season 1930
The piece argues Christmas should brighten a sick world and spur giving. It urges Americans to spend and buy to revive happiness, noting economic strain yet stressing the need to preserve Christmas spirit and childlike joy rather than overshadow it. It frames charity and commerce as complementary duties for 1930.
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United States
Kewanee
I.l
Star-Courier
Witchcraft Belief Flourishes in New York City
United Press dispatches from New York show thousands of residents are devout believers in witchcraft and black magic. A health survey notes witchcraft workers and evil eye healers continue to exploit the ignorant and superstitious.
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Pennsylvania
New York
United Press
Ignorance Found in New York City, Says Local Writers
Foreign-born conditions in New York City draw critique from local writers who note shocking surroundings within blocks of their offices. They compare city scenes to troubling conditions seen in Pennsylvania, arguing ignorance exists both here and abroad.
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New York City
New York
Pennsylvania
Wednesday Hope Brings A Midweek Push To Win
A Douglas Malloch verse praises Wednesday as a island where bearings are found and time remains to work and win. The poem urges readers to brace themselves, make a sprint, and conquer the week, noting Monday and Tuesday are past and Wednesday offers potential.
Licensing drivers in Iowa to curb rising accidents
The Des Moines Register urges study of a drivers license law for Iowa autos and trucks. It notes widespread adoption in 17 states and cites lower accident rates there, arguing licensing can improve safety despite not solving all risks.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Wisconsin
Des Moines Register
Quotations and sayings from public figures
A compilation of remarks from H. H. Bennett Vice President Charlie Curtis Mayor James J. Walker and William Winter. The quotes touch on land scarcity national affairs sleep faith and personal virtue with a mix of humor and reflection.
Casey Jones biography and avocado origin explained
Ripley explains yesterday's cartoon noting Casey Jones born in Jordan Kentucky on March 14 1864 and detailing railroading beginnings and marriage to Janie Brady. The piece then clarifies the avocado name origin deriving from Aztec ahuacatl and its plant family Rosaceae. Tomorrow features A Handless Billiardist.
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Casey Jones
John Luther
Casey) Jones
Jordan
Cayce
Baltimore and Ohio
Mobile and Ohio
Jackson
Tenn
Janie Brady
Jones
Casey
Chilean stool pigeon exposes vast New York vice ring
Mapocha Acuna known as Chile informs appellate division inquiry about police and judiciary frame ups in New York. He links 28 officers to a system arresting women on fake evidence for pay, with several detectives and bondsmen named in the misconduct.
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Mapocha Acuna
Chile
Acuna
Appellate Division
New York
Police Department
Niu
York
Santiago
Pedagogic Institute
Broadway
Reubens
Peter J. Pfeiffer
Milestones from Muscatine History and Notable Events
A retrospective row recalls arrivals and disasters: fifty years ago the Muscatine Journal Weekly stood as the largest local paper. eighty seven miners died in a Rhonda Valley explosion. John Kelly ousted as NYC comptroller by anti-Tammany and Republicans. Ten years ago masked men executed jailhouse killings in Santa Rosa.
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine
Rhonda Valley
Cardiff
Great Britain
John Kelly
New York City
anti-Tammany Democrats
Southwest Limited
Chicago
St. Paul
Chestnut Street
New York Harbor
Cunard Lines
Henry Jarck
Bismarck Street
South Muscatine
Muscatine County
Santa Rosa
Calif
Georges Boyd
Terrence Fills
Charles Valento
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Daily Journal
Towa
Kansas City
Detroit
Atlanta
St. Louis
Cone, Rothenburg & Noee, Inc
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Ilowa
Middle Border
Santa Claus
Douglas Malloch
H. H. Bennett
The
Bureau of Chemistry and Soils
Charlies Curtis
Mayor James J. Walker
William Winter
U. S. Pat
Ripley
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Rsa
Iog Ue
Ieaele
SHIZH
Fahrenheit
Sars Gethy Tu Gore
Horseskill, N.Y
Wallace Dewitt
Princeton
Dartmouth
King Pestoree Syndicate
Tan
George Clark
By Paul Harrison
NEA
Louis Taube
Dove
Harry
Winifred Grayson
Marjorie Wharton
By Wiliams
Chaits
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