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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1936
Page
4
National income total rose from 16.2 billion dollars in 1900 to 47.6 billion in 1934. Per capita income for the full population increased by 77 percent between 1900 and 1930 despite widespread unemployment in later years.
A revenue agent chatting with a mountain native asks about moonshine production in a region once famed for corn liquor. The native jokes that what some call moonshine now behaves more like sunstroke, reflecting a fading illicit craft.
The Friendship class Christmas party was hosted at Mrs. Arthur White's home with forty attendees. Hostesses included Mrs. Jesse Newsom Mrs. Ernest Baker Mrs. Donald Gilbert and Mrs. Forest Richardson. Mrs. Robert Meyers read The Other Wise Man and a Christmas fishing gift activity entertained guests while refreshments were served.
Virgil M. Simmons announces a steel fire tower will rise on a high point in Scales Lake state forest near Booneville. The tower will protect about thirty six square miles and is the twenty second tower built in Indiana under the Division of Forestry, safeguarding roughly three and a half million acres of woodland.
Young men cite preference not price for hats, choosing style over purchase. The item notes a growing trend as headwear becomes a social statement rather than a necessity.
An angler explains that fishermen exaggerate rather than lie about their catches. They crave self expression, defend eloquence, and rely on showing the actual fish to prove a feat, though doubt often remains. The piece celebrates nature, dawn experiences, and the fisherman's art.
The article explains that playing cards encode calendar cycles through their structure. Twelve face cards mirror months, fifty two cards weeks, four suits seasons, thirteen cards per suit weeks in a season, and 364 pips plus joker day equal a year. It suggests common zodiacal origins of cards.
Fifty two entries have been received from conservation clubs statewide for the Crow Control contest sponsored by the Department of Conservation. Organizers expect about one hundred clubs to enroll by the start date.
A playful exchange shows a wife retorting to a sharp quip about marriage proposals as the husband admits he was the first to propose. The banter reveals a light domestic scene with humorous undertone.
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