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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1926
Page
3
The piece expands Christopher Morley’s three consolations God love and money to include thought as a fourth. It argues that while some find solace in God or love or wealth or inner reflection, all seek companionship ultimately whether through people or something they cherish. It suggests society or companionship underlies each consolation.
Educated buyers rely on advertising to find the best goods. A New York architect used widely advertised materials for his home, proving quality lies in recognized brands. The piece argues ad campaigns shape demand, with modern newspapers speeding word of discovery to customers.
A call to shoppers to consider buying locally rather than mailing orders out of town. It argues that dollars spent at home stay to fund civic improvements, taxes, and community services, while spending elsewhere drains money from the local economy and weakens future opportunities.
An era of change in women’s handling of firearms as a growing number practice automatic pistols. The piece notes women previously feared guns but now often hit vital targets with accuracy, likening them to movie cowboys and turning the tables on male targets.
A 1926 column blends wry maxims with mock aphorisms about advice, farming, and life. It muses on the folly of good counsel from bad sources, the limits of work talk, rotation of crops, seaside summers, and the persistence of entertaining fiction in a playful, satirical voice.
A Davenport Times commentary extols Mid-America’s role in nation building. It celebrates leaders, innovators, and cultural figures tied to the Midwest and urges a regional consciousness to combat discrimination and strengthen national welfare.
The piece notes 186 packs of foxhounds in Great Britain with about 80,000 hunters and a yearly upkeep near 10 million pounds, roughly 50 million dollars. It argues Americans get more per capita value from baseball, as most American boys can play, unlike many English followers of the hunt.
Mr. FE. D. Bowen, age 67, arrived in Galesburg Illinois, back from an 18 000 mile bicycle voyage spanning ten months and visiting 48 state capitals. The Burlington Gazette advises selecting a hobby to build vitality for old age, noting money cannot replace health.
Jeddu Krishnamurti contends Americans are dollar worshippers in his first formal interview. The essay notes foreign critics label Americans as money minded and dull, yet argues Americans have built the nation with vast imagination, countering repeated foreign judgments.
A dense, all-day log of radio programming for Thursday September 2 listing times and programs across KTNT WPG WJZ WRC WGBS and many others. It catalogs concert selections organ recitals minstrel acts news and market bulletins with frequent mentions of station call letters city origins and program titles. The schedule includes recurring segments such as Dinner Music Chimes Concert and Farm Program as well as late night orchestras and weather updates.
The Woolworth Building in New York at 792 feet is highlighted as the nation's tallest. A column of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound bottles would reach that height and stretch from Lynn to Cleveland. Reader testimonials from Mrs Daugherty of Muscatine Iowa and Mrs P W Carr of Muncie Indiana praise relief and renewed strength after using the product and Sanative Wash.
The page lists openings for quotations from principal markets in Chicago and New York for livestock, followed by weather reports at 10 30 am and 9 30 pm for Iowa and nearby states. It also notes 12 15 pm chimes, 10 00 am Homemakers half hour, 7 30 pm talk and 7 45 pm musical program.
Charles Humphries a renowned Iowa fiddler lies critically ill at his Colfax home after suffering a stroke a week ago He and Mrs Nellie Johnson had been fixtures at state fairs and theatre contests over the past three years Johnson placed seventh in last week’s state fair contests
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