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Newspaper
Gravity Independent
Location
Gravity, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1932
Page
2
A Gravity Iowa newspaper item notes broad economic upturn with steel capacity gains and factories reopening. Workers return in thousands, prices for commodities including farm products rise, freight car loadings increase, and overall demand strengthens across regions.
President Hoover remains an optimist as the nation endures a lengthy mood of economic strain. The article notes his appeals to courage and confidence, plus new Agricultural Credit Corporations aimed at financing farm operations in the Midwest and West. It highlights corn quality and farmer efforts, including notable ears and grain brought to a local office.
In a local report, observers note a single corn stalk bearing three good ears and Charles Alvord displaying a twelve foot three inch tall stalk at his restaurant. The piece anticipates large husking records as Iowa's crop matures, predicting strong yields per acre and high bushel counts.
The winter apple crop is being picked this week with better results where spraying occurred. The season is about two weeks ahead of average and apples show good color. Some orchards report fruit dropping. proper storage in a cool place before freezing will help keep them through winter.
New Market captured the county tournament title in baseball with a win on Saturday at New Market. Blockton reached the final against New Market while Gravity was eliminated after the opening game of the series against Conway.
A fragmented obituary like snippet lists Wayne Utter as editor in chief and Jeanne Chandler as associate editor and feature writer while naming Verla Jones Leslie Jewell and others in a jumbled sequence. The likely missing details suggest a school or local newspaper masthead with multiple staff roles not clearly connected to specific articles.
A school page outlines classroom topics from Freshmen English and Home Economics to Sophomore studies in five wits and Athens in the Age of Pericles. It covers lab work, civics, physics, geometry verses, choir practice, a Piney Woods program, and a baseball tournament recap. It notes grade reports, a rhythm band, and music education progress.
AIS College greenhouse manager W F Jeffries says peonies grow nearly anywhere but warns fall planting needs care. Use a sharp spade to divide clumps, cut into four sections, re-cut if large, save three eyes each. Plant cuttings about two inches below surface.
Rev. Pullman came back from a conference Monday accompanied by his mother Mrs Eugene Pullman of Indianola. They will help prepare to move to their new home in Chillicothe Iowa.
The article argues farm prices in the United States are higher due to tariffs and warns that removing protection would allow foreign competition to lower prices further. It cites past Democratic tariffs placing farm products on the free list and notes the current party platform calls for drastic tariff reductions.
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