31 Dec 1931
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Newspaper
Alden Times
Location
Alden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1931
Page
1
The Atlantic News Telegraph cautions that worry about hard times is a mindset more than fact. It argues values have warped under abundance, urging a balanced, practical view between luxury and poverty without romanticizing recession.
The Atlantic News Telegraph argues that public realization taxes fund wars and that if sales tax stamps carried a line stating this, it might push toward peace. It suggests labeling tax stamps with a message linking current levies to past wars and victory to prompt taxpayer awareness.
Helmuth Voight found a solid gold ring set with brilliants attached to the right foot of a pheasant he shot near Lyons New York. The unusual discovery adds a curious note to a routine hunt.
Sylvia drives fast through Elm Street and crashes into a motorcyclist. He asks for a ticket from her upper coat pocket. She resists, but ends up with a doctor, Granny, and a boarder as she reflects on love and money. The story follows her escape from Mrs. Addington Sims and a rekindled romance with Randy, culminating in a plan for a new life together.
In New York a lonely Vermont woman, Belen Taylor, walks by the river seeking a moon she misses from home. A nearby couple, Frank and Mrs. Henderson, befriend her, inviting her to dinner then helping her feel hopeful again as they search for the moon and a new connection. Their son Tom joins, and the trio find a moonlit moment of enchantment together.
A serialized romance unfolds around Alice Wayne who breaks an engagement for a private flying affair. After a crash she awakens cared for by Charlie Blake and her parents, who insist on firm discipline and a quiet future away from airplanes. The couple discuss a possible European trip and a moonlit recovery. Blake asserts a strict path, and Alice must face consequences.
The passage notes that ancient Romans and Greeks knew to focus sunlight with curved mirrors. It claims Archimedes suggested using the tactic during the siege of Syracuse to set wooden ships ablaze by concentrating the sun’s rays.
Okohoji a Lakefront town near Arnold's Park has a new town hall and jail costing about $800 funded by fines mainly from summer liquor charges. Mayor Dan Jepson, known for strict driving penalties, holds court on his front porch and enforces no mercy on intoxicated drivers.
The age of a Horse may be accurately estimated by examining the teeth. The line of eruption the depressions on the wearing surfaces and the form and direction of the teeth indicate age at different life periods.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports that chrysanthemums can be grown in nearly all states except the extreme north and hot wind swept plains, given proper soil preparation and attraction.
A fragmentary piece describes Larry and Dorothy finding a leaf they misidentify as a chicken feather. Another note mentions preventing chimney fires by closing doors and windows, with a stray line about a subscription payment.
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