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Newspaper
Buffalo Center Tribune
Location
Buffalo Center, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
4
A stark lyric on the male breadwinner trapped by debt unemployment and vice. It traces a life of labor and misfortune from youth to death with alcohol crime and social decay, ending with a bitter critique of modern striving and the devil’s wage.
A periodical warning describes a racketeering method seen in several states. A man enters a store, buys a small item, pays with ten dollars, and receives change. Later a woman buys, pays with a one, and then reclaims extra change claiming a ten dollar bill with a phone number written on it. The clerk finds the marked ten dollar bill and yields the change.
Regular council meeting in City Hall at 7 50 P M with Mayor presiding. Councilmen Slaba Winter Koppen present while Asmus and Costigan absent. Minutes of Dec 6 approved. RB DeVries discussed water rent. no further action recorded. Adjourned 8 15 P M.
A collage of holiday greetings shows Mr and Mrs Raymond Winter and son Donald visiting in Swea City and the J R Heitlind family hosting Christmas at the Winter home. Emma Gutknecht Lena Gutknecht and Misses Gutknecht travel between Algona Mason City and family homes for the holidays.
Rev. and Mrs. Ukena visited Blue Earth families from Jesup while many others spent Christmas with relatives in Burt Mason City Alden and Buffalo Center. Local schools closed for two week break as teachers and students homeland travel. Several families including the Worman Jansen and Rippentrops hosted guests from Chicago Cincinnati and Garner with multiple city and county connections.
Christmas activities and visits across multiple families in Thompson and nearby towns. Details include Frank Thompson’s relatives holidaying with Mrs. Farus in Forest City and Mrs. Heitland’s family near Scarville, alongside travel and nursing training notes for Alpha Myhr and Edith Isaacs.
Miss Heitland works in the County Recorder's office in Cerro Gorda County. Mr and Mrs B D Ashpole are parents of Bris CreekMinn children, Sunday evening at Mrs Ashpole's mother's home. Mrs AmeHa Awe, Mr Ashpole owns a garage in Brush Creek. Miss Lots Alquist traveled Tuesday to Garner to visit her Aunt Mary. Mrs Selby Brom and Mrs Gilbert Erickson have been ill, with serious disability, Mrs Erickson confined to bed after a fall from a wheelchair over a year ago.
A garbled 1920s style ad roundup pitches low coal prices and household goods, mixes in a rambling debt lament, and ends with a frantic citizen letter about government taxes and financial ruin. The piece blends promotional clatter with social anxiety and a distressed monologue.
A reflective line suggests contentment in purpose despite scarce resources. The speaker notes that while today may offer little, there is still meaningful living to pursue beyond material abundance. The phrasing resembles a terse, provisional meditation on resilience.
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