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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
5
The piece reflects on three years of economic hardship and notes that while booms collapsed, gains emerged from deflation. It highlights tax burdens, armament costs, and waning foreign trade, urging reforms like shorter work hours and unemployment insurance to restore employment and durable prosperity.
Prairie Farmer reports guidance from Farm Bureau on what to do if a policyholder’s company is in receivership. It advises to keep paying premiums and hold policies, noting funds will be kept separate during settlement. It cites Illinois Life Insurance Company as an example of mismanagement rather than a flaw in life insurance overall.
The West Point Parent Teacher Association held a Friday evening meeting in the high school auditorium with Mrs. J. K. Gordon presiding. A committee was formed to obtain renewals for Child Welfare Magazine, and the program included songs, a trumpet solo by Bernard Freeman, readings by local students, and a talk on character education by H. E. Pancost.
The Epworth League held its third mid winter institute in the LaPrairie high school auditorium with about 125 members present. Rev. Henry Cox and Rev. W. W. Worfth of Camp Point led classes. Refreshments were served. Multiple local residents were noted visiting, relocating, or attending events, including S O Witt shipping hogs and various family visits among Camp Point Colchester Carthage Golden Pine Grove and Quincy.
A list of residents signs no hunting or trespass on private land and mentions adding names for hunting season with a fifty cent annual advance. The text then digresses into Volstead Act references allowing private possession of liquor and home wine making under conditions.
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