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Newspaper
Preston Citizen
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1948
Page
5
The forecast warns 1948 will bring higher retail prices for nonfood goods and a peak in wholesale prices before decline. Meat supply tightens, farm income should match 1947 with lower crop prices, and farmers urged to diversify and reduce debt amid possible weather risks.
The 1948 forecast covers war risks and uprisings, inflation trends, wage changes, unemployment, and Taft Hartley implications. It calls for steady production, government restraint on currency, and a stock and bond market shift with cautious investing amid expected tax and policy actions. It also notes real estate, building costs, and political dynamics ahead of the 1948 election.
A collage of light jokes and witticisms about money debt love marriage trains and daily life from a period newspaper page. The items feature a colored man and his lawyer a bride and groom a mayor a father and children a neighbor and a cafe chef with short punchlines and aphorisms from Poor Richard.
A husband reproaches his wife with the question of why God made women beautiful yet dumb. The wife replies with a witty retort that beauty draws love from men and dumbness fosters their affection.
A speaker states they can mix castor oil with orange juice to mask the taste but express a dislike for orange juice. The remark highlights a dislike of the masking liquid.
A brief, reflective line describes excess light beyond what a window reveals, hinting at unseen brightness or hope beyond a visible scene.
The Citizen reports Preston readers received clippings from Los Angeles newspapers detailing 1 042 crimes in one week in Southern California. Mr and Mrs Russell Johnson send warm wishes from a December trip as they note the dramatic crime figures.
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