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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1930
Page
3
Member of Associated Press information on republication rights and subscription rates for The Daily Journal in Muscatine Iowa. It outlines daily, weekly, and yearly mailing terms, carrier delivery, and zones with in advance payment. Also lists advertising representatives and contact numbers.
In Lapeer Michigan five youths arrested for petty theft were spared formal court action after their parents spoke with the judge. The parents returned to their woodsheds and gave each boy a spanking, while the judge placed all on probation. The piece argues that strong parental discipline can be more effective than reform schools, which it criticizes as failing to reform offenders.
Judge John H. Lyle announces candidacy for Chicago mayor after remarks linking Al Capone’s fate to his plans. The piece notes his fame for using an old vagrancy statute against Chicago’s gangsters and his claim of having curbed mob influence.
Comment and Opinion from Lincoln Neb Star argues religion is reviving in America due to economic hardship and a shift in science toward the spiritual. It contends material doubt drives faith while science also seeks deeper meaning, restoring religion’s influence in national life.
A resident notes the public interest as a man makes bold showy moves and then declares his plan to seek a major political office in the metropolis of the middle west. The observer questions the motives behind the staged theatrics and the timing of the announcement.
Poem reflects on contentment and longing for a place of one’s own. The speaker contrasts satisfaction with modest comforts to envy of distant riches, concluding that each person is blessed with a certain spot and should be thankful. Copyright 1930 noted.
A clipped collection of quotes contrasts human portraits on passports with views on constitutional change by natural causes. It includes lines attributed to Juan Jose Sigura and Joseph Stalin, plus a Bible verse and a note on dangers rising with treasure.
Cartoon notes George O'Donnell the Iowa Wesleyan assistant coach who set a place kicking record for Denver University and Billings high school in the 1920s. He scored 109 consecutive extra points before a miss, then added 10, another miss, and 5 more to total 124 of 126 attempts over two seasons. Tomorrow: A Great Historical Error.
In Madrid rebels threaten the monarchy as republicans clash with civil guards and loyalists. King Alfonso XIII, born May 17, 1886, endures danger with calm resolve, guided by his mother Maria Christina who aims to preserve the throne amid turmoil.
A fifty year recitation reports extreme midwestern cold with 28 to 41 below zero and a Sorocco murder case where sheriff reluctance led to armed citizens acting. It also notes the Muscatine western route train arrival and a separate twenty five year lookback of snow, a Greek professor becoming Iowa teachers president, a tenement fire injuring many, and past congressional tribute to Uncle Joe Cannon plus Wilson's 64th birthday and law offices move.
The narrative recalls the young Alfonso as a fearless rider and yachtsman who loved horses, tennis, polo, and racing. At 20 he faced marriage, spurred by Eugenie’s matchmaking, meeting Princess Ena in England. He quickly proposed, and Ena converted to Catholicism, becoming a calm queen amid crisis.
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