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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1931
Page
11
The paper notes Roy Nanney's funeral and laments World War’s continuing impact. It reflects on youths, war's toll, and calls for turning weapons into farming tools, urging a future without war. Editorial tone emphasizes national loss and hope for peace.
Dr Zeno Wall Rutherford native, once preached at Mt Pleasant Church in Rutherford County, returns to celebrate 25 years in ministry at Shelby First Baptist and to advance Boiling Springs junior college. Also notes band mothers meeting, local column features, and Forest City trade day plans with golf course visit.
Financial writer Roger Babson argues that prosperity returns only after a shift in public morals and debt payment. He urges a universal revival of sacrifice and the Golden Rule, warning that paying bills reduces bank failures and spurs local business, local revival follows collective resolve.
A county paper invites readers to write letters for publication and sign names as evidence of good faith. The note asks for interesting topics, hometown news, and views, urging community input and noting concerns about Communist propaganda in Rutherford County.
An appealing Horn’s Cash Store window showcases a wide line of bathing suits and caps in all styles and colors with a beachy sand background. Sand buckets shovels and kiddie and adult swimwear are featured. Mr. Alton Horn receives praise for the display. Courtney’s Ten Cent Store offers a big new glassware selection.
A casual Forest City column mixed humor with civic update as readers are urged to tell of safety or cleanliness ideas. It mentions Brevard’s Sunday school free-entry policy for youths at baseball games, plans for Lake James bass, local ballpark lighting, and urban nuisances like parking woes.
The piece quotes William Feather via B Barton, urging focus on the rise and fall of fools rather than prices and indicators. It notes Feather’s wealth and view of the common class as the nation’s backbone, with satire on young money culture and rolling fortunes.
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