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Newspaper
Bedford Times Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1933
Page
3
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale argues Congress should restore the dollar so that today’s $1,000 equals $1,000 of 1926 debt. He notes the dollar’s 23.22 grain weight fixed since 1837 and says this causes value fluctuations and wage the debtor farmers against creditors unless prices readjust.
An aged reflection on working students in colleges, once celebrated for perseverance and self reliance. It notes a shift from praise to hardship as 1927-28 saw rising unemployment and strained families, leaving students distracted by finances and unable to focus on studies. It warns aspiring students to weigh these obstacles before starting.
A Richmond Times Dispatch quotation argues that students need not direction but a blunt push to steer them properly. The piece urges confronting the young man with honest guidance about how he should proceed in life.
An eminent entomologist states rivals may be insects, while a light hearted Boston Herald line notes the difficulty of convincing the girl of dreams.
An Easton Express remark notes a disastrous gambling spree taught the nation a harsh lesson, with a resolve to exit such schemes sooner next time. The comment implies broad public reaction and a preference for restraint after widespread excess.
A terse quotation notes that improving a mouse trap draws people to the door for a worthy cause, reflecting a Patterson News stance on practical innovation and civic appeal.
A brief Virginian Pilot note suggests people who press garments should first take them to a cleaner. The casual urging highlights practical steps in garment care.
The column recalls a mishap from Tepor and chipped teeth, tension over Maryville’s washboard street paving, five kittens mothered by a hen on Mrs. Griffith’s farm, and Mehitabel the cat. It mentions Sid Morris, Doc Francis, Kittenball enthusiasm, city decisions on Harbours and the Bakery, farm prices, and reactions to So This Is Africa at the local theater.
Margaret Francis arrives at her new Bedford home with Dr M R Francis. The Francis Production Company introduces the 1933 Baby Margaret Jane Model Number Three with features like Lung Power-Free Squealing-Scream line and Cover-Economical Feed.
The Diagonal Reporter notes a white peony at John T Price home that has grown to seventeen feet in circumference and three and a half feet high. It bears 320 buds with many expected to blossom this season. About thirty stems arise from a single root, a phenomenon not seen by the family in fourteen years at the property.
Former Iowa lieutenant governor Nels G. Kraschel resumed his auctioneer career for a day at the Cass county fair grounds in Atlantic selling 50 head of purebred Angus cattle. Kraschel, a Harlan native, was nationally known as a stock auctioneer before entering state office.
A Dan Fraser residence in southwest Waverly Bremer county reports a goat gave birth to four kids, a rare event compared with the usual two. Leslie Moeller confirms all kids are healthy and the dam is recovering well.
A Hoover sponsored monograph titled Rural Social Trends argues that American agricultural villages are growing as centers for farm population needs in education religion economy and commerce. Brunner and Kolb analyze census data and field work from 1924 to 1930 to show village growth and rising ties with country residents, banks, stores and schools.
Daladier, Beharrell, Cummings, Chesterton, Hagood, Roper, Chamberlain, Bossom, Johnson, Stamp, Sargent share cautions and hopes on revision, debt, disarmament, fair play, and future peace. Statements reflect cross national views on postwar recovery and security.
The Senate is urged to finish work on a banking bill seen as boosting safe banking and public confidence amid a recovery push. An industrial control bill aims to organize industry through a national plan while guarding against relaxing anti trust laws. The piece warns that trusts must not deepen their grip and notes enduring appetite for individualism in the economy.
The library will close at night during June July and August to save lighting costs. Three new books join shelves: Obscure Destinies by Willa Cather, The Sheltered Life by Ellen Glasgow, and Life Begins at Forty by Walter Pitkin. Obscure Destinies centers on Rossicky the Bohemian farmer and Old Mrs Harris.
A large crowd attended the kit tenball game on the Horton diamond Sunday. Bedford’s Harbours team won 14 to 10. Elizabeth Mechin and her son Frank of Omaha spent the weekend at the Mike Mechin home. Visitors included Elmer Ferguson and son Orville of Clarinda, Mildred Ragland and son Clarence Elmer of California, Clyde Horton and family, Ross Hamilton, and others at Horton and Robey households.
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