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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1971
Page
2
A discussion tracing money from barter to commodity media then to government issued currency. It argues Crusoe’s island sample shows the social role of money and explains how coins and notes evolved from barter to the modern fiat system, citing historical examples and books on government money.
A reflective piece traces a man's life as a sequence of lines from birth to death. It notes schooling, work, military service, and unemployment, ending with burial in a societal line. The meditation laments government taxation shaping a life’s intervals.
A group of Vaduz youths challenged strong support for women's suffrage in Liechtenstein noting that all parties, newspapers, and the government backed the measure. They argued that if all are for it, there may be reasons to scrutinize the proposal and its impact on the principality's independence. The exchange reflects a cautious stance amid debates on voting rights.
The newspaper advocates personal freedom as a divine gift, not government grant, urging readers to live by moral guides like the Golden Rule and Declaration of Independence. The note ends with a Peace Begin With Me event in Columbus Nebraska on Wednesday March 17 1971.
Reader asks how to measure accumulated radiation from X rays and mentions whole body counters as indirect aid. Dear Dr Lamb explains limits and suggests radiology specialists for prior exposures. He notes daily background radiation from the sun and that some radiation is unavoidable. The second letter asks about unsaturated dairy foods and nut milks for Seventh Day Adventists. The reply says vegetarians tend to lower saturated fat and higher polyunsaturated fat with a table listing fats in nuts and seeds. Coconut meat is high in saturated fat.
A vivid, humorous sketch on Irish identity, accents, and tales from Jersey City roots to Kennedy era recollections. It blends family memory, jokes, wakes, and whiskey with affectionate pride and cultural stereotype.
A rugged reminiscence features Knocko McCormack, a Dublin style speakeasy operator, and County Clare tales of peat workers. It recalls Irish American attitudes, race remarks, and a humorous clock misadventure at a railroad station where two clocks disagreed on the exact time.
Puzzle style text appears as a jumbled clue list from a crossword page. It mentions biblical terms, names, and scattered hints with numbers, suggesting across and down entries. The readable fragments indicate a mixed puzzle or glossary rather than a coherent news event.
A reflecting piece cites Scanlan's magazine and The Anarchist Cookbook to argue terrorism grows toward government targets. It notes escalating counts of violent acts over decades and questions dissemination by printers and libraries while urging scrutiny of leftist lists and motives.
The reader asks if debt can rise to 500 billion and what happens then. The answer notes the debt near 430 million with a 395 ceiling, and predicts inflation will rise as spending continues. It cites Germany and France examples of runaway inflation and warns of chaos without fiscal restraint.
In vile aspect everyoar is the world in the recipient of that desired estate equal distribution. No one gets more days in his year, no one, barring visitation by the Grin Reaper, gets fewer days than the next person. All get the same. What each does with his equal share will ru the gamut from waeth to waste. Some will wail if I only had more time.
A fragment reflecting on time and youth, contrasting the value of days and years with a professor’s stern warning about wasted life. The speaker muses on precious allotments of time and the yearning to end a difficult week.
In a light column Phil Pastorel notes new forms strain imagination and hints at tax changes next year. A crossword clue suggests readers may need glasses while a rain budget ties to income tax. A house guest with a bad cook is teased.
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