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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1933
Page
3
A collage of notes on everyday life and current events from 1920s America. Topics include hair permanents costs, aging Mrs Hoskins, corporate assets, Asia demographics, church unions, Jack Dempsey, Prohibition-era liquor outlook, crop yields, Kansas worm farming, a Chicago tragedy, a weight gain from elephantiasis, a dog returning a purse, farm vs city children, Red Book copies seized in Berlin, and a prank sowing turnips.
Rosalind Thomas returns home to Quincy with Mrs. Eliza Hopson after a visit. Several Bowen Carthage visitors call on and in town. Stanley Tanner of Hamilton and Jettie Cunningham visit. Household sale by James Howard slated Saturday at 2 p.m. Lucille Rice visits Darrrell Cheney. Leora Griffin moves to Blessing hospital in Quincy for treatment.
The Hamilton area sees visits and relocations including Mr. and Mrs. W A Tripp moving to Mendon as elevator manager. Dr L F Workman purchases the Tripp residence and Beulah will attend high school. The Christian church homecoming is August 20 with a program. Many local families hosted guests from Carthage Quincy Bowen and Macomb. A Century of Progress trip and Civil Service exam participants are listed along with hospital and social events. Local postmaster change and a new baby are noted.
Typhoid fever is unusually prevalent across Illinois as summer approaches. Heat lowers resistance while uninspected milk and poor sanitation aid transmission. Water contamination from rains and overflowing cesspools worsens risk. Public measures and vaccination offer protection, with three inoculations granting two to three years of immunity.
A business figure complains about lies told about him while a politician counters that he dislikes lies unless they reveal the truth. The exchange frames public perception and integrity in political discourse.
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