Journal and News-Tribune Consolidation History
The Journal and News-Tribune merged on September 2, 1918, creating a unified publication lineage. Clyde Rabeau deaux, publisher, and D D Mich, managing editor, oversee the merged paper originally dating to 1540 and 1580 respectively with ongoing printing by Journal Printing Co.
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Clyde R. Rabedeaux
D. D. Mich
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Iowa Native Writer Nominated for Hall of Fame
The nomination highlights a Davenport born writer with Iowa roots, Des Moines newspaper experience, and Muscatine familiarity. It notes her Provincetown Players role and plays Suppressed Desires and Trifles as top short works reflecting Midwest life and her Cape Cod residence.
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Iowa
Davenport
Muscatine
Des Moines
Middle West
Provincetown Players
Cape Cod
Wade’s Alabama Era Ends With Rose Bowl Triumph
Wade, a former Brown University standout, rose to prominence at Alabama where his teams dominated the Southern Conference and earned three Rose Bowl appearances. His eleven’s 24 to 0 win over Washington State capped a storied tenure before he moves to head coach at Duke University.
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Brown University
University of Alabama
Pasadena
Wade
Alabama
Washington State
Duke University
Frances Rosenbaum and Charles Pitchforth Honoraries
The tribute honors Frances Rosenbaum and Charles Pitchforth for public service and community impact. It notes Rosenbaum’s long county office career and Pitchforth’s devoted county work and leadership roles. It highlights a history of public service and local dedication.
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Frances Rosenbaum
Charles H. Pitchforth
Corn Sugar Gain Lifts Corn Belt Markets and Jobs
Davenport Times reports Secretary Hyde removed discrimination against corn sugar under the federal food and drug act, recognizing dextrose as on par with cane or beet sugar. The decision expands markets by about 100 million bushels, spurring new refinery plants and employment while easing long-standing concerns about sugar quality and labeling.
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Corn Belt
Hyde
New Order
Domestic
Sugar Producers’ Association
Department of Agriculture
Harvey W. Wiley
Quotations from historical figures on prohibition and faith
A collection of quotes from Mabel Willebrandt El sie McCormick Lord Melchett Albert Einstein Addison and religious verses. The remarks span prohibition beliefs radio effects on plants future world changes faith gratitude and moral lessons.
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Elsie McCormick
Lord Melchett
County official praised for social service program impact
Statements highlight the auditor’s role in county governance and the implementation of a social service program that improved care for the needy and produced significant departmental savings.
Waffles Express Morning Wakeup Scene
A playful poem about a mother waking her children with the scent of waffles. The scene contrasts bugle alarms and alarm clocks with the inviting aroma and gas stove that bring everyone to the kitchen. Don, Jean, and other kids rush in for syrup as the breakfast ritual begins.
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Mother
Young Leaders Rise in Britain
An analysis predicts a youth movement may supplant Britain’s aging leaders and parties. Mosley’s socialist stance, parliament’s inertia, and rising unemployment fuel calls for a new, united nation of business and workers amid tensions among the three old parties.
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Britain
Ondan
Europe
Young England
Russia
Italy
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Great Britain
England
Sir Oswald Mosley
Sir Oswald
Busic
Socialist
MacDonald
Sankey
Snowden
J. H. Thomas
Henderson
Clynes
Baldwin
Austen Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Churchill
Liberal Party
Lloyd George
Lord Reading
As You Were Fifty Years Ago Today Highlights
A December 1880 public debt drop of 5 699 430 is noted. A Muscatine boy injures when his sleigh horses bolt. the sleigh is wrecked. A New York tenement fire kills ten old women and children. Ten years ago Iowa officials took office in Des Moines. a Lake Park man is found dead near Moline railroad yards. Detroit unemployment tops 200 000 as auto plants shut.
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United States
T. J. Thomson
Muscatine
New York
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Alexander E. Orr
Benjamin S. Cadle
R. R. Cadle
Rock Island Railroad
Rock Island Company
W. G. Block
Carnival City Packet Company
Davenport
Burlington
State of
Iowa
Des Moines
John Maher
Lake Park
Silvis
Moline
Ill
Detroit
Paris Paris and Lima linked by weekly air mail route
Paris and Lima now connect by a regular weekly airmail service under an agreement between Peru’s post office and Compagnie Generale Aeropostale of France. The carrier will transport mail passengers and freight on a route that includes Tacna Santiago Africa and France.
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Paris
Lima
Peru
Compagnie Generale Aeropostale
France
Tacna
Santiago
Africa
Ripley to Speak at New York Auto Show Banquet
Robert L. Ripley known for Believe It Or Not will speak at the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Hotel Commodore in New York on Tuesday January 6. He will tell automob ile tales including a handless taxi driver and a Grand Rapids man who has logged 183000 miles without a mishap.
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New York
Robert L
Ripley
America
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Commodore
Grand Rapids
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Lee Newspaper Syndicate
TEY
Ephones
Hall OF Fame
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Wallace Wade
Julius Rosenwald
Leo D. Nicolaus
George “Zip” Kloos
Rosenbaum
Pitchforth
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
United States Attorney General
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Albert Einstein
Addison
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Douglas Malloch
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Painted Desert
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Earl of Derby
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Nation of Business
Nation of Workers
Sir John Simon
Herbert Samuel
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