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Newspaper
Grand Forks Sun
Location
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
2
The chairman of the council finance committee reports a strong local sale of city debentures. He notes investors’ confidence and argues financing city improvements locally keeps interest payments within the community, boosting district prosperity and tax returns. The aim is to dispose of the entire issue locally.
Opinion argues few object to long term bonds as city creeps out of debt. Market will improve, high interest bonds will become saleable, and holders can sell for premium when new buyers seek steady semi annual interest.
The chairman of the Hnance committee earns praise for dedicating time to selling bonds with visible success. Critics warn of rural to urban migration, but the piece argues farms produce enough young workers while cities need sturdier constitutions of them.
A discussion argues that moving reading habits toward farm life would ease city life strain. It weighs paper covers versus cloth bindings, suggesting only minor savings in price. It notes U S readers rarely rebound books to personal taste and lists several beverages newly taxed as intoxicants.
A quirky column riffs on the energy used to make hyphens, calculating vast power waste then arguing the idle fixation is harmless. It pivots to playful jabs at physical culture, corsets, and marriage as a training ground, concluding with a note that frost harms gathered produce.
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