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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1927
Page
3
An Iowa article analyzes 1920s county votes on primary road bonds and estimates possible state bond outcomes. Using 58 counties with 1,702,745 people voting bonds and 42 counties with 761,? fewer voters, it suggests a statewide majority could hinge on county patterns though actual turnout varies by population.
Admiral Magruder faced a hostile House committee while defending his Saturday Evening Post disclosures. He insisted on reform despite pressure from lawmakers who fear yard shutdowns and political risk. The outcome remains uncertain as reform and political protection clash.
The Town-for-London committee led by Major Lund presses for an early Iowa convention to back Lowden before national plans. Lund blames delays by the national committee for hindering state action and hopes to influence delegates to align with his aims, arguing impatience over a spring date.
Report alleges a civilian, billed as a salvage expert, rode in an admiral’s car and stayed in a Navy tug’s scene hotel, meeting newspaper reporters as a salvage expert, only to be revealed as a garage owner from Indianapolis. Navy officers face questions over the arrangement and credentials.
The remark by Secretary Wilbur about guessing expertise reflects the navy department's troubles as sailors died in the S-4 incident, a tragedy that exposed the limits of knowledge and readiness in the service.
The piece reviews Walt Whitman’s east west contrast with Princeton professor Walter L Whittlesey’s claim that the middle west is politically parasitic on the east. It contrasts parasitism with westward vigor and cites Lincoln and Grant as models while noting no campus or state affiliation.
An editorial from the Lincoln Star argues rising livestock costs and tariffs hurt farmers while the east profits. It cites Boston hotelkeepers urging reduced beef consumption to pressure prices down and warns of long lasting high cattle prices after 1920s deflation.
A Baltimore Evening Sun humorous riff on waffles showing household ethics of butter and sharing, noting the bite of guests and the tyranny of hot irons. It contrasts the weekly waffle ritual with a Council Bluffs Nonpareil take on politicians versus statesmen and principled governance.
A wry comment notes nations rushing to ask what Russia may hold back after a pledge of universal disarmament. The quip ties to a Kansas line about 80 millionaires highlighting local wealth contrast amid international politics.
Weekly menu from Dr McCoy includes structured meals for Sunday through Saturday with varied proteins vegetables and fruits plus a special grape juice gelatin preparation. Followed by health Q A on perspiration facial neuralgia and calcium related blood capillary issues with dietary guidance.
Text notes that minerals may be lost or destroyed after eating due to acidosis generated by an imbalanced diet from a physiological chemistry viewpoint.
The Drifter contemplates self reform as the season of good resolutions approaches. He notes the discomfort of changing habits and proposes a method of acceptance in principle as a diplomatic way to begin disciplined self improvement.
Mark Byers offers a wry New Year resolution that endorses abstaining from smoking with strings attached and argues a flexible moral plan. He contrasts old fashioned vows with his self serving method while noting Russians reportedly hibernate through long winters.
Waterborne commerce in the United States last year was dominated by the Great Lakes, handling forty four percent of the nation’s inland shipping activity and underscoring the lakes’ central role in commerce and transportation.
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