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Newspaper
Liberty Bee
Location
Liberty, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1933
Page
3
A satirical piece arrives with personified John Barleycorn rising from a coffin and promising embalming fluids for satellites. The verse references North and South Carolina, a Russian figure Letvinoff bringing weather, and a jab at debts between John Bull and Uncle Sam, reflecting wartime era sentiment.
A humorous Iowa note claims farmers have swapped the NRA for peanut butter, saying they cannot swallow the change. The line satirizes political or agricultural policy attitudes with local flavor.
A new disease named Eulenspiegel spreads among Henry Ford and about nine thousand of his workers. Governor Horner achieved a thirty million dollar touchdown last week as the Lantz Bills failed to score.
A humorous, scattered yarn comments on Gen Hugh Johnsons radio spray of farm politics. It jokes about Uncle Sam and Greece and notes Pennsylvania baseball gifts to Pirates Athletics and Phillies. Mentions senators and a linguistic quarrel over adjectives. Ends with privacy border road humor.
A report notes Cuba facing widespread landscape disruption as many residents die, impacting communities and local environment. No specifics on causes or dates are provided in the readable fragments.
A hawk in Mississippi spotted a blue eagle in a window and dived toward it, creating a startling daytime moment in a residential area. No further details on outcome or location.
The hunting season arrives with sportsmen entering fields and woods for weeks while farmers contend with damaged livestock and crops. The piece notes that only the Bob White remains a native test for marksmen amid the yearly onslaught.
A thirty million dollar relief bond passed by the state legislature can be applied anywhere in the state. Townships can organize and apply for their share to use for public improvements, possibly sparing rural areas if cities take all the funds.
A dentist urges the public to follow a toothpaste program over the radio but warns to take such claims with skepticism. Analysts find many pricey pastes contain simple ingredients like water salt and soda, while advocates use bait to attract buyers.
On Main Street a playful debate over how to spend winter, a question of sleeping through the season, and a playful scene as men order more coal. The piece notes a lack of electricity and mentions 108 customers and 390 gallons of cream last week. The president may reorganize Russia due to shaved whiskers in a satirical aside.
Local readers recall the armistice celebration in Liberty on November 12 and a Madison Square Garden mass meeting described in a letter from Gerald Frey to his mother. Families celebrate Golden Wedding on November 8, and Chester Boyer dies in Keokuk hospital after influenza. Weather praised as wet and rainy. Mike Buskirk’s worldwide yell is noted. Monk Frey joins Quincy celebration to share one last laugh before his death as parents rejoice returning sons.
A forest fire was reported raging in Mill Creek bottom north of Marblehead Sunday. Fire crews fought the blaze as visibility limited and temperatures rose, with residents urged to avoid the area.
Miss Helen Welsh of Quincy visited with John Welsh and family last Friday.
Miss Mary McMahon joined Mr and Mrs James Welsh and their family and Everett Welsh and family for a Sunday dinner with Elmer Welsh and family.
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