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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
3
The Iowa House approved an income tax bill by a slim margin led by proponents while opponents warn of urban dominance and misaligned rural policy. The piece questions the bill’s merit and predicts a hostile Senate confrontation and potential economic repercussions for the state.
An editorial condemns a Chicago jury for sparing the life of a man who mistreated and killed a little boy. It questions the jurors’ conscience and blasted the verdict as a disgrace to justice, noting infamous cases and calling for accountability despite fears of crime.
The state control bill for primary roads has become law and supporters argue the state should issue bonds this session. The measure allows counties to issue road bonds with principal and interest borne by the state from the primary road fund, and backers say the $100,000,000 bond plan would speed road work at no higher cost.
The text argues that state bonds reduce costs versus county bonds and enable hard roads statewide. It notes counties already have road plans, state will fund primary improvements with no local assessments, and a state bond issue would speed a connected road network across the state.
An opinion piece argues that expensive auto recoveries from muddy roads show the need for durable roads. The author notes travelers slow to use autos, farm vehicles get stranded, and repeated calls for better spring-ready surfaces as a cost saver and booster for road progress. Calamity spurs advocacy.
Dispatches report the death of Joseph R. Wilson in Baltimore, brother of Woodrow Wilson. The piece notes the public largely ignores presidential siblings and reflects on Woodrow Wilson’s rise to fame and private life. It also includes an Iowa press column urging defense of Perkins and Haskell Klaus laws against a bill threatening medical education and the University of Iowa hospital.
Rival editors discuss the fashion novelty shown in Chicago, called pants by Ralph Moni. They note the garment resembles shortened men’s trousers and should be named pants rather than bloomers or pantalettes, while recognizing gender naming tensions in fashion discourse.
A collage of quips and riffs on life love and society from 1927. Eph Snow on low world expectations. Jiggs nap tale at Chicago hotel. Remarks on bridge gender work and marriage. Copyright 1927 by Wilbur Ef Sutton.
Radio listeners will hear bands from WEBH WEAF WHK KOA WFAA and more across four hours starting 7 PM. WCAE and WMAQ offer choir and reading. Kellerton Iowa girls glee club from KSO leads at 7. Various orchestras recitals and vaudeville acts spread through 9 10 11 PM with WJZ WTAM KMOX WCCO WGN and WOK among stations.
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