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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1933
Page
4
Community notes detail dinners visits and gossipy engagements across Laroraine and nearby towns. Entries mention numerous families hosting and visiting, theater invitations, theatre tickets, and a discussion of livestock feeding affecting prices.
Illinois farmers expect 41 cent loans on corn held in sealed state cribs or warehouses to raise market prices toward 45 cents. The Illinois Agricultural Association reports widespread participation once AAA loans begin within ten days. Eligibility ties to AAA corn hog reduction and unencumbered corn as collateral.
West Point Methodist Church schedules Sunday School and worship services at Basco church. Mrs. Anna Holt remains seriously ill after a stroke. Miss Elizabeth Gimble nurses her at home. Community notes include travel, visits, a funeral for John Saling, and local events such as quilting, a Thanksgiving dinner, and a home talent show.
A quartet including Mrs W G Zinn and Mrs P C Lawrence performed at the Kirkwood service for John Saling born January 8 1865 Sou City Mo died November 19 1938. Burial followed at Kirkwood cemetery. He married Josephine Simmons December 24 1884 and left three children four grandchildren and a brother Grant Saling. He joined the Methodist Episcopal church in 1917 and was a Mason.
Fall enrollment reaches 9 996 with 8 843 on Urbana Champaign campus and 1 153 in Chicago departments. Cook county supplies 3 366 students, Champaign 1 165, and 23 in Hancock county. The piece argues rural roots foster leadership and calls for continued focus on agriculture as a key path to national progress.
Essay argues farm life offers superior opportunities for youth. It asserts farming builds character and rural civilization depends on farmers. The piece notes city migration of 40,000 young men annually.
About 800 workers walked out at 8 p.m. Sunday, stopping yard operations despite inbound trains and livestock. Mediation efforts are under way while strikers demand wages paid in 1929 levels, a roughly 50 percent increase.
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