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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1930
Page
3
The speaker recalls vast beauty of nature but declares that nothing compares to the innocence of a sleeping child. A mother’s smile while watching the cradle frames the peak of beauty, surpassing mountains, lakes, and flowers in definable purity. The verse affirms innocence as the truest beauty.
A Rock Island railroad employee reports July tinfoil recovered at La Salle and Englewood stations in Chicago funds the Shriners hospital for crippled children in St Paul. Boxes across the system collect foil to aid the hospital, a simple act that highlights railroading’s compassionate side.
A Kansas City Star column recalls Jerry Simpson the populist congressman known as Lockless Jerry. The piece notes his fight for the poor farmers against entrenched interests, his socialist ideas, and his eventual political decline. It traces similar figures across states and concludes Iowa leads today in populist figures joining Washington's ranks.
A Detroit raid targeted a communist youth camp seizing magazines and materials while leaders were arrested. Children returned home as reports warn of long lasting influence from such indoctrination amid broader fears over propaganda and youth manipulation.
A local editorial urges cities to study natural gas pricing before pipelines arrive. Citing a Joint Utility associations bulletin and Business Week, it argues gas may not become cheap for households or power plants despite pipeline expansions.
The report notes natural gas will power industry nationwide except the north Atlantic and Pacific Northwest, with limited boiler use near gas fields, unlikely widespread for domestic cooking, and no sharp price reductions. It concludes gas will not be cheaper overall.
Northwest Airways pilot Mal Freeburg spotted a burning bridge from the night air after passing a passenger train. He signaled, landed lights, dropped magnesium flares, and circled the locomotive to stop the train before it reached the blaze. A $100 reward was awarded for heroic action.
In a rival newspaper banter, Muscatine Journal editor George M Hinshaw sent a five pound fish head to the West Liberty Index sanctum. The piece notes the head may symbolize a playful dispute over a Cedar River fishing trip and who caught the monster.
The New York World notes Mr Hoover welcomed two Texas children who asked to meet him. He told a brief tale about Yukon the dog from the north pole who sat on a block of ice brought by the iceman. The story pleased the youngsters, who favor strange facts about animals.
A humorous remark notes that a wife may find her husband’s singing at the bath or growling at the table to be the most disagreeable noise, reflecting domestic banter in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wee Scouty and Coppy travel with The Travel Man keeping to a healthy sleep schedule. They return to town, discover a coffee house, and enjoy a dandy meal while learning to pace meals. The piece ends with medical advice about urinary health and a note offering mail-in interpretation.
A testimonial narrates relief after Adlerika, a glycerin buckthorn bark saline mix, used to cleanse both upper and lower bowels. Chas. E. Blair reports trying for 11 years before the simple remedy worked, claiming toxins and poisons were expelled and the stomach felt real cleaning. A. W. Morgan endorses.
G S asks about a weak back and alkaline urine from tests and whether citrocarbonate is advisable. The answer notes normal urine is slightly acidic and suggests adjusting lifestyle to restore acidity rather than relying on supplements.
The text promotes a balanced diet and mentions weekly menus. It notes no need for medicinal pre moving the small prickly spines and suggests a cautious approach to such advice.
A reader asks how to remove cactus thorns. The method is to impale the fruit on a stick and whirl in flame to burn off spines, then skin and eat. Cactus pear common in the US Southwest ranges from one ounce to over a pound, eaten raw or sometimes pickled, with seeds sometimes abundant. May be processed into tuna honey or plum jam. Nutritional content includes about 1.5 percent protein, similar fat, 11.75 percent carbohydrate, 2.7 percent minerals.
In Stalingrad two American mechanics Lewis and Brown at a Soviet tractor plant were sentenced to ten years deportation for assaulting an American Black worker named Robinson. The court had initially given two years but increased the sentence, citing incorrect racial ideals. The trial drew substantial press attention, with observers noting the attack reflected racial hatred contrary to communist doctrine.
Berlin dispatch reports the Loakal Anzeiger claims France still preserves a black list of so called war criminals and recently caused Gen. Conrad Von Moltke to abandon a visit to that country.
A historical note reports Java forests covering nearly 3000 square miles of teak, with more than two thirds under a government commission. The statistic reflects colonial era governance and land management practices affecting timber resources.
The Longwy district story says General Von Moltke was asked if he was on a blacklist for alleged war crimes to grant a visa. He replied that he would not discuss a war criminals list, denied any such general existed, and refused to enter a country that perpetuated war hatred for 12 years.
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