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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1937
Page
4
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A long collage of social observations and trivia covers topics from marriage and birth ages to banking, religion in schools, guide dogs for the blind, and public pensions. It includes real estate transfers and notes on census style demographics and public programs.
Fairview area residents share weekend visits with relatives including Mr and Mrs Charles Willard and Mrs Harve Veach. Farmers report dry conditions with wheat discing underway and visits by Chester Thompson and Chester McFarland. Dog bites prompt rabies treatment for Mr and Mrs Fred Aden. others attend Tin Can Derby in Quincy.
Mr and Mrs Frank Fuller and son Russell from Kansas City spent the weekend with his mother Mrs Amanda Fuller and uncle George Black. The Victory Sunday School class and families with Rev and Mrs W A Taylor held a social in the church basement Friday evening. Mrs James Fleming and Mrs Ernest Whitledge of Harmony Unit Home Bureau attended the Officers'...
Social notes record multiple visits and gatherings across towns. Mr. and Mrs Ernest Akers visited Hammond Indiana relatives, and many families from Clayton Quincy Augusta Ferris Rock Island and Peoria shared meals reunions and weekend stays with local hosts.
Mrs Otis Covert and her son from Quincy are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Rampley in Carthage.
Charles R. Gay, president of the New York Stock Exchange, argues government should serve all people. He warns against class legislation that harms workers, business, and capital, urging fair laws and taxes to preserve democracy and the nation's high living standards.
An eastern state police leader links most accidents to drivers who violate the law. He argues education fails some, calls for stricter enforcement and harsher punishment for reckless drivers to improve highway safety and compare with weaker safety enforcement in other transport sectors.
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