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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1962
Page
4
City warns residents to remove unused vehicles and boat trailers parked on streets. Ordinance enforcement will tow violators to prevent traffic disruption and improve safety near intersections. Public funds maintain streets for travel, not storage. Amen to reclaiming curb space.
The George M. Verity River Museum opened last Saturday in Keokuk. It showcases a preserved sternwheeler once on the upper Mississippi, Thorpe, moved ashore for display and river lore exhibits from the era of coal and diesel power, celebrating nostalgia and regional effort.
George B. Sokolski argues wealth built by thrift, not welfare, citing stock market panic and mass fear. The letter from Thelma Weight laments welfare guarantees, warning of socialist drift and government protection from cradle to grave.
The Muscatine Journal lists staff and departments including Harold J. Nelson publisher and Walter Russell editor, with circulation manager and advertising chiefs. It announces daily delivery across Muscatine and surrounding areas, subscription rates, and office hours, noting special delivery service for missed papers and contact information.
A column notes widespread optimism about budgets the Berlin wall and plans from Congress and the White House. It mentions Adenauer in West Germany and Khrushkow, Kennedy and Dillon, with hopes Europe the United States and refugees influencing mood. It mentions a Chinese refugee family arriving in Chicago under Kennedy's program.
A reader letter collection attacks the Food and Drug Administration over sea salt claims, accusing agencies of silencing private business and promoting quackery. Vivian Ramonson of Columbus defends sea salt’s value, cites AMA and FDA stances, and urges readers to request the reporter’s booklet while condemning bureaucratic intimidation.
Boyle recounts a bygone era of simple chores and social class markers in New York. He describes eggs, ice cream coats, yellow slickers, and a culture where tennis was for the rich and burlesque tickets required long pants. Prohibition shaped family life as a parent brewed at home.
Bloomington Women’s Society of Christian Service will meet Wednesday June 13 at the church for a potluck dinner hosted by Mrs Areta Schmidt and others. Silent auction details, programs, and the July picnic at Jain Boom pond are planned, with host couples for September to be announced.
Dear Abby letters touch topics from marriage to etiquette with questions about infidelity, parenting, and social manners. The column offers brief guidance on wife chasing, open talk with teenagers, knitting in social settings, and personal replies, reflecting midcentury advice tones and anonymous inquiries.
A fragment list of 75 23 and 17 years ago notes from Des Moines Muscatine and nearby areas. Mentions Buffum leaving Hershey's to enter lumber in Louisiana Mo Muscatine and Mediapolis deaths graduates professors and local civic events. Minor names and places appear with brief notes on past happenings.
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