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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1936
Page
4
A farmer laments his three sons lack of farm ties and steady work, blaming high school education for neglecting agriculture. He argues rural teachers should emphasize farm life to steer students toward farming vocations and strengthen rural communities.
Federal reports warn of rising farm property and real estate speculation across the country. Prices climb with a risk of another speculative wave like the World War era when wheat hit $2.20, hurting thousands of farmers. Carthage recalls past sorrows and hopes for a sane market.
The piece urges reading the weekly newspaper as a vital, inexpensive source of enjoyment and enlightenment. It emphasizes that informed voters are essential for democracy and cites Thomas Jefferson on the danger of widespread ignorance.
A column argues thrift remains a virtuous habit amid financial upheaval and fears about old-age pensions. It warns against reliance on government support, urges continued saving, and defends honest toil as American. It emphasizes thrift as a lasting benefit even if practice slips.
The Brookings Institution study argues recovery comes from lower prices and higher purchasing power rather than price hikes. It highlights production and distribution savings from new techniques and urges passing savings to consumers to boost demand, employment, and industrial activity.
Opinion warns voters that political promises resemble stage magic and hide costs. It argues ballots deliver only higher taxes, not gifts, urging readers to resist tempting offers and avoid long term debt from political maneuvering.
Italy proclaims sovereignty over Ethiopia marking the end of the last independent African realm. The move challenges the League of Nations and tests its ability to keep Italy as a member amid rising German influence and wider European tensions.
A five month luxury voyage around the world gathers a diverse passenger group on the Marenia. Macduff the dour Scotsman Miss Mudge the frugal teacher Angela Lovat wife of a gigolo Dick Charlton the first officer Clare an older experienced passenger Joan a dissipated flapper Jenny a runaway wife and Captain Bar ing steer the ship as their hidden tensions surface in dramatic fashion.
Macduff is told of Joan Foster's suicide aboard the ship as Dick Charlton assumes command duties. The crew debates Angela Wynant and Jenny Rumford while Macduff endures flashbacks and contemplates home in Gramercy Park. The passage ends with garden advice about planting and windbreak preparation.
Commencement exercises will be held at Friends church Friday evening May 29 for the Carthage High School class including Miss E Pearl Rawls and M Pauline Bundy and Messrs Harry O Pitts John F Weingart and T Burney Watkins. Emma L Hall and pupils of the high school drawing classes will receive friends Saturday May 23 from two to five o'clock with no invitations issued. Owen S Henley is expanding his creamery with larger vats for butter and cheese. The Daughters of Rebekah host a festival at I O O F Hall next Saturday evening serving ice cream and strawberries with fortune telling available.
Twenty years ago the Ladies Aid Society held a birthday social at Perry Lewis home with sixty attendees paying for supper by giving as many cents as their birth day. A mock trial entertained guests after which a hay ride for thirteen neighbors occurred. A stove fire on the roof of J W Bishop and Wm Junkin’s house required effort to extinguish. Frank M Coffin died at his home from acute indigestion Sunday evening. Next Sunday May 28 Missouri Harmony singers class meets in Morristown to celebrate its 80th reunion with Mary J Wolf, age 90, the only member alive from the 1836 founding.
The text discusses Mussolini’s readiness to quit the League if it blocks Ethiopia and warns that League prestige would suffer if a big power dominates a smaller one. It notes little nations form the backbone of the League and may soon lose enthusiasm under such circumstances.
The Junior-Senior banquet was hosted Friday at Kenneth Rhodes's countryside home with class color decorations and candlelit tables. Toasts and responses featured Malcolm Small, Principal Paul W. Linton, teachers, and trustee T. J. Passwater, while Elizabeth Gray's orchestra performed between readings. A Monday lecture at Friends church by Grace Julian Clarke on The Isle of Man was sponsored by Ripley Country Club and the Woman's Literary Circle with Violin and piano numbers by O Marn DeSchipper and Lucile Pitts. The forty second Commencement exercises occurred Saturday May 22 in the public Auditorium.
Eldorado remains the benchmark price in Indiana for both home and market transactions, reflecting the established rate used across local trades and real estate listings.
A Bible lesson outlines Jesus teaching in the temple against scribal pride and legalism. It highlights the widow's gift, temple destruction, future signs, and staying faithful through trials with the call to patience.
A devotional reflection on worship testifying to the resurrection and the living Christ. The piece links faith hope and charity as enduring virtues that remain when he lives for ever. It affirms worship as witness to eternal life.
The message urges self surrender as the true gift to God and instructs readers to include themselves in the surrender. It emphasizes complete abandonment of self as the path to spiritual communion.
An aphoristic note reflects Goethe on how talent forms in quiet solitude while character is forged under pressure from daily life.
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