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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
9
The Sunday School lesson covers Luke 2 8 20 on the shepherds and the birth of Jesus with the angelic announcement and the shepherds visit to Bethlehem The text highlights the savior born in David s city and the heavenly praise declaring peace on earth for those well pleasing to God.
A reflective piece urging the nation to embrace the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill beyond racial and religious divides. The author laments greed and war as contrary to Christmas and imagines Congress pausing for a session focused on reconciliation. He notes schools closing for holidays and wonders if youth grasp the season’s deeper meaning.
Navy submarine O-8 transmitted messages ten miles off Connecticut coast in Long Island Sound heard nationwide. NBC announcer George Hicks and Lt. George C. Hern supervised the live undersea broadcast. The piece discusses Christmas spirit and the role of Christianity in American life with reflections on church membership and societal values.
Henry A. Johnson near West Branch operates multiple incubators now with a 6000 egg hatch capacity aiming to produce 500 Buff Orpington chicks for a Lone Tree customer by New Year. The birds will be raised in electric brooders off ground and ready for early broiler markets. Paul C. Pownall near West Branch finished 30 acres of fall plowing by Dec 11 amid mild weather. J Z Howard laid 300 feet of water pipe in mid December.
Blue Grass Township Farm Bureau holds its monthly meeting at the Blue Grass community house. An evening program includes Schroeder's orchestra, recitations by James Logan and others, a talk on the International Stock Show, and a post meeting lunch served by the men. Buffalo Township Farm Bureau also convened its monthly session at the Blue Grass community house.
At the Wednesday night meeting of the unity center a program featured talks on Bugs and Welcome, plus recitations by Robert Teddy and Harold Brus and Henry Boock. An oyster supper followed with a Christmas tree and treats. A note mentions cheap hard candy now selling at six sticks per cent and Norway shipping cod liver oil valued at 137000 dollars to the United States.
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