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Prayer and Wheat Loss Drive Congregation to Cut Salary
A Wisconsin minister’s Sunday prayer for repentant wheat speculators backfired as wheat fell nine cents a bushel the following week. Twenty three congregants reportedly fled the pews in fear, and a later meeting cut the minister’s salary from 1500 to 800 dollars per year. One member quipped the minister should buy lottery tickets if he wants more. The piece also notes a Boston firm selling forged “beat Java coffee” and mentions many graduates entering journalism. Birmingham faces a new hundred thousand dollar hotel project.
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