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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1932
Page
3
A columnist compares servicing a car to overhauling his body at middle age. After a doctor checkup he learns he is overweight, has bad teeth and tonsils, and lacks exercise. He stops smoking, eats less, exercises more, and plans annual care to prolong both his life and his vehicle.
A University of Michigan study reports that gloves hosiery corsets and brassieres led departmental profits in 1931 mirroring 1930. Of 13 profitable departments eight were in women's clothing accessories and smallwares while the typical store posted a 2.8 percent loss due to lower prices and sales decline. Professor Edgar H. Gault cites stock shortages and high fixed costs as key factors. A representative store in a midwestern corridor with 30 000 to 120 000 population averages $900 000 in annual business.
Proceedings cover appointments for Registration and Election Boards in two precincts, census enumerators, dinners for boards, and purchases. Financial report for 1931 32 presented by Dr. Anderson, with detailed receipts expenditures and capital outlay. Meeting adjourned after motions to approve report and authorize sale of Ramsay School building.
Michigan Department of Conservation census shows partridge hunting yields in the southern peninsula averaging 15 birds per hunter from 22,? small game hunters, while pheasant hunters south of Townline 16 averaged 13 birds per hunter. Rabbit, deer, and trout figures are also reported with state totals and regional variations.
A Georgia statesman recounts a story of an aged Negro who sees a strange instrument in an optician shop. He asks what it is and, upon learning it is an ophthalmometer, backs away saying he feared as much.
A poultryman questions an applicant about poultry knowledge while the candidate mentions only two canaries and a goldfish as prior experience. The exchange highlights gaps in practical farming credentials for the role.
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