Economic Highlights From 1934 Retail Gains
The Graettinger Times surveys 1934 trends: retail trade rose 20 to 25 percent while durable industry lagged. Gov relief fueled purchases of shoes, food, and luxuries, but cement and nonperishables lagged. Experts split on recovery timing. Dawes predicts June or July revival, Ayres remains cautious. Moffett reports $145 million in durable goods activity in three months. Crime decline and federal action noted. Townsend pension plan criticized for feasibility, urging caution and tax-based funding.
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Charles Gates Dawes
Great Britiany
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Chicago Association of Commerce
Dawes
Lenard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
James A. Moffett
Congress
Roosevelt
Open Forum and Local News Highlights from Ruthven
Sunday Enjoyment notes Open Forum praise in Des Moines Sunday Register. West Bend welcomes Rev. E J Otto with installation. Ruthven collision injures Miller truck. drivers from Ruthven, Dickens, Emmetsburg, and a Thompson brothers truck involved. three trucks returning from South Dakota amid drouth relief transport.
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Times
Des Moines Sunday Register
Ruthven
Tom Hanna
Ervin Miller
Dickens
Henry Crook- Shank
M. H. Firkin
Emmetsburg
South Dakota
Drouth
Thompson Brothers
Ree Press
Church Notes From Local Lutheran and Methodist Listings
Multiple church notices outline service times at Zion Lutheran Missouri Synod and nearby Methodist Church. Epworth League rally moved to Monday the 28th with Helen Shaver leading. Gleaners calendar lists 1935 dates and names. First Lutheran notes include Luther League meeting and Norwegian supper. Bible study methods are briefly mentioned.
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Zion Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
Methodist Church
Otis L. Lang
Swea City
Helen Shaver
Arthur Bottom
Lutheran Church
First Lutheran
Church—Luther League
Frrey principles for Bible study movement urged
Pastor M Mandiger of St Paul Lutheran Church Graettinger promotes methods for a “Search The Scripture Movement” including daily study, topical and topically organized reading from Genesis to Revelation, and verse memorization. He highlights Sunday services and church events with Irene Nelson hosting an upcoming Luther League meeting and a confirmation class. The article invites readers to back a message of justice, goodwill, and peace through faithful action.
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Frrey
M. Mandiger
ST. Paul Lutheran Church
Graettinger
Luther League
Irene Nelson
Be Proud of Your Blackened Eye Says Pastor Quote
A pastor, Rev. James P. Christensen, urges resilience and pride in facing hardship. He notes that being liked is not the measure, but how one fights back. The message emphasizes strength after being beaten and the value of perseverance.
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Earth
James P. Christensen
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