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Newspaper
Plattsmouth Journal
Location
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1929
Page
3
A collage of witty observations and social commentaries touching on tariffs, Christmas, humor, and politics. It cites Senates, congress, drives on highways, and labor leadership figures, interlaced with satirical jabs at marriage, attire, and public life.
A Smithsonian scientist notes humans remain in infancy of evolution while near Congress, hinting at potential bias from proximity. The humorous line suggests future generations may imitate past fashion seen in an old family album.
Despite changing fashions, the talk in the neighborhood centers on what some girls might fetch in gossip and speculation. The remark implies local speculation about appearances and social value in the community news.
A humorous contrast between a tidy housekeeper delaying dishwashing until morning and a frail person smoking for the first time, illustrating small acts of defiance and self restraint in everyday life.
The piece notes Congress convenes for a regular session with potential prolonged filibustering and unfinished business from a special session, including tariff relief for agriculture and possible income tax reductions. It criticizes blocs and personal interests shaping debate and warns the outlook is not encouraging as the new session opens.
The Connecticut League of Women Voters debated a resolution against long skirts, ultimately voting it down. The piece argues this reveals the slow political rise of women and contrasts it with men who discuss weightier issues, noting women’s focus on attire risks undermining their political seriousness.
A verse by Daniel Whitehead Hicky from Harper's Monthly October 1929 reflects on beauty and transience in a sunlit garden. It contemplates earning a place among intangible things and counts heartbeats of a flower as time passes. A separate quip notes Congressmen needing a non leaking suitcase.
The Nebraska Anti Tuberculosis Association promotes Christmas seal sales to fund the battle. The piece notes death rates have fallen from 200 to under 100 per 100,000 over 25 years and urges continued public support to curb tuberculosis and expand sanitarium care.
The essay questions Senator Brookhart’s claim that prohibition is the farmer’s greatest postwar benefit. It argues farmers were not wild or immoral, but generally upstanding before prohibition, and that Prohibition morally redeemed them though economically hurt.
A reflective saying notes that another man’s job often seems simpler since you are not doing his tasks and another woman’s husband appears easier to love because your own wife is not living with him.
A veteran detective in a dawn talk with reporters contrasts steady apprenticeship with drifting youths. He argues skilled trades build character and self-reliance, while the roaming drifter risks crime and dishonor. a Danbury News editorial echoes the view that trades offer financial and personal stability.
The article outlines Representative Porter's bid to empower the president to ban arms shipments to any nation at war. It notes 1922 authority restricting arms to South and Central America and China, already used to keep weapons from Mexico, and argues the measure aligns with Kellogg pact ideals toward international peace.
A Chicago Tribune correspondent urges Illinois to enact a new anti tipping law. The proposal cites tipping practices in the South and notes the prior repeal years ago as a farce.
The Rural Credits Board of South Dakota offers for sale improved and unimproved lands across the state. Prices and terms are favorable to buyers with strong locations for farm or ranch homes or sound investments as values rise. For full information on localities and how to acquire, contact FE. W. Reynolds, Commissioner, The Milwaukee Road, Union Station, Chicago.
Local families and guests gathered for Thanksgiving meals and visits across South Bend and nearby towns. Notables include the E. S. Critchfield family from Omaha at Gen. Vogel home and multiple dinners with Haswell, Armstrong, Weaver, and Besack households. One son, William Carnicle, recovered from typhoid fever but contracted pneumonia in St. Charles, Missouri.
A poem laments and loves a twisted pretzel with longing and humor. Wallace Bacon, Detroit Free Press, is cited as the author. The piece imagines pretzel beauty and the temptation to bite, ending with affectionate restraint amid a playful hunt.
Dr. Edward Martin of Philadelphia argued at a Chicago clinic convention that liquor use by older adults is beneficial. His stance parallels others in the profession but may provoke opposition from the Anti Saloon League and guardians.
An urban newspaper ad pledges high visibility and solid response for advertisers. The pitch highlights broad readership, quick impact, and measurable outcomes for campaigns in the Journal.
Readers are urged to phone in news tips to the Journal office. Reporters welcome community items, events, or emergencies for prompt coverage and public interest updates.
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