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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1930
Page
3
Historical masthead details for The Muscatine Journal and News-Tribune list publishers editors and founding and merger dates. It notes establishment years for the Journal Tribune News and combined title with publication office contact lines.
A reflective Christmas column contrasts cheerful scenes at home with global turmoil in Germany Spain Russia Italy and China. The writer notes Christmas hope a free theater party and children in new clothes before predicting turkey and a merry finish to the day.
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce special committee issued a report on water power development noting water and coal are closely matched in potential and competition. The analysis highlights the balance between hydroelectric resources and coal energy as the nation weighs future power strategies.
The article notes 1912 water power produced 6.585 billion kWh, 37.5 percent of national output, and last year 35 billion kWh at 36 percent. It credits engineering progress showing coal plants use far less coal per kWh now. Water and coal retain similar relative positions to two decades ago.
Poem emphasizes giving over gain with lines on lifting the lowly and aiding the friendless. It frames Christmas as Christ's day through charity to women children strangers and the needy. The piece notes a 1930 copyright by Douglas Malloch.
A decree from Caesar Augustus required a worldwide taxation census for Joseph and Mary to travel to Bethlehem. An angel announced to shepherds that good tidings of great joy would be shared with all people.
The piece describes extremes from the electron to the vast universe with a numeric ratio of 43 followed by 116 zeros. It also recounts Kit Carson’s frontier feats including a hand to claw battle with a mountain lion after losing his rifle. Tomorrow: A Miracle Spring.
The Ottumwa Courier argues Iowa must find new revenue sources to fund highway maintenance without increasing the gasoline tax. It notes current gas tax is sufficient and condemns any plan to add to it, urging alternative funding while criticizing excessive local property assessments.
A compiled collection of sayings from religious and literary figures including Bible verses from Acts, Titus, and Job, plus Tacitus and Stalin. The quotes cover virtue, death, purity, war avoidance, and deceit, framed as a compact, reflective assemblage.
Hollywood doubles for Santa as John Boles and stars join charity efforts in Los Angeles during a lavish 1930 Yuletide scene. Film figures like Pickford Fairbanks Davies Thalberg and Barrymore sponsor trees and aid for the needy while Malibu prepares for survivors of the recent fire.
Ex Governor Scott of South Carolina accidentally fatally injures Warren Drury in Toledo. Charles Collins a C B Q brakeman falls from a freight train near Fairfield and dies instantly. First Muscatine Western passenger train leaves with 20 aboard. Twenty five years ago NYC blaze cost 106000. Iowa officials discuss independent oil business. Van Nuys Broadway Hotel burns in Los Angeles with 200000 loss. Community groups aid children and distribute toys. Hahn Muscatine Gravel loads first sand car. Mississippi River ice flow ends winter closure.
A humorous survey notes that Herbert Hoover and the first lady do not send Christmas cards due to potential expectations and commercialization. Acknowledgments from the White House are simple printed cards. The piece also covers Doak’s nickname shift, cost of living changes, and speakeasy lore in Washington.
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