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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1930
Page
3
A 1930 Douglas Malloch poem reflects on the enduring duties of parenting. Parents endure endless days awaiting children from dawn to dusk, cherishing each moment while facing inevitable separations as the fledglings grow and leave the nest.
A Council Bluffs minister praises Trails, Rails and Wars about Gen. Grenville M. Dodge and The White House Gang about Quentin Roosevelt. Perkins portrays Dodge’s rail career and Sherman march, while Looker depicts Quentin’s White House boyhood and T. Roosevelt’s character, urging readers to explore both works.
The state highway commission will bid on April 1 for No. 61 paving marking progress in Muscatine county as the long road improvement battle nears its end with No. 32 to follow. When completed the county will have two main roads paved across and gravel or crushed rock on all county roads, with No. 38 slated for eventual paving. The 1926 bond issue campaign is remembered as the county’s hard fight, now reduced to a four year span.
The piece notes bitter opposition to a local improvement program but asserts the financial plan was solid and progress will bring permanent roads. It envisions easier travel east or west year round with occasional detours for south routes and mentions the challenge of passing the county bond issue. It ends with a remark on Chicago’s police and a Prodigal Son tour.
Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa stand to gain from a regional livestock marketing association aimed at shifting bargaining power from packers to producers, stabilizing prices, and boosting local meat processing. The plan, praised at Des Moines and tied to the national act, envisions directing shipments, cutting commissions, and favoring interior packers to benefit Iowa’s economy.
Dr. Townsend of the aquarium advocates protecting Galapagos tortoises once hunted to near extinction. The New York Zoological Society ships eight young tortoises to Australia to establish breeding colonies and preserve the species for the future.
Kossuth County has benefited from early paving bond votes, receiving about 60 miles of paved roads after a sequence of six major segments. A Storm Lake meeting plans protest of northern funds fueling southern projects, though local officials say the county got a square deal.
A column on health and diet by Frank McCoy discusses the sense of smell, its link to taste, digestion, and emotions. It notes how scents influence appetite and disease detection, cites examples from humans and animals, and touches on perfumes, racial smells, and fasting effects. It also includes reader questions about pale complexions and a practical remedy with greens, calisthenics, and facial massage.
Bananas may be slightly constipating due to low fibre. scraping the peel is unnecessary. Pulp stones arise from poor calcium metabolism often tied to vitamin C deficiency. an orange juice fast may aid absorption, but well formed stones may require tooth extraction or pulp removal to save the tooth, and tartar should be removed.
A joke notes a clerk asking how to book five thousand dollars missing cash. The manager suggests writing it as running expenses in a dry newsroom style.
About 34.5 million telephones exist globally and nearly 29.5 million can be connected with almost any telephone in the United States. Read the Classified Ads.
Doris Matthews lady's maid is murdered on the Berkeley estate after 11 30. Suspects include Mrs George Berkeley Clorinda Berkeley Crosby and Eugene Arnold. Detective Dundee and Captain Strawn pursue clues with perfume evidence and staged alibis as Gigi and Strawn clash over motive.
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