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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
5
A critical look at advertising argues it links public interest with merchants and newspapers. Advertising boosts production, lowers prices, and signals honest pricing. Thoughtful ads build trade, support local real estate, and reflect merchants’ commitment to the public.
A discussion notes that tax exempt bonds issued by counties, states, and the nation divert income from taxes. It questions who bears the loss when many hold such bonds. The piece argues that continued bond issuance draws money from productive enterprise and shifts the tax burden to nonholders.
Commentary praises Calvin Coolidge as a farmer-boy president who embodies cautious but effective governance. The piece argues he will be a safe, wise, capable leader shaping foreign posture and domestic conditions, unaligned with party factions yet pursuing principled action. It also notes automotive balloon tires and gold movements amid financial shifts.
Are we true to our home merchants asks a local letter urging support for Renwick store owners. The piece touts loyalty, stock, and modern facilities, urging residents to buy locally to strengthen the town’s prosperity and civic progress. It contrasts home merchants with distant suppliers and emphasizes community benefit from patronage.
In a verse tone Walt Nason contrasts idle women with his aunt busy planting rhubarb in the rain. He praises her cheer, vigor, and household industry while depicting others as bored and unproductive. The narrator recalls sharing pie with his aunt.
A wartime comparison shows bricklayers earning fifteen to sixteen dollars daily while farmers must grow and harvest around five bushels of wheat to make the same. By last report, fifteen bushels bear the value. thus farmers are only one third as well off as plasterers were years ago. The trend fuels economic discontent and protest in the West amid rising grocery bills.
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