31 Oct 1929
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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1929
Page
1
Article warns hunters to unload firearms when not actively hunting and to avoid careless moves when exiting vehicles or crossing fences. It highlights accidental discharges, misfires, and low shots as major fatal risks, noting outward haste and weather aids increase danger and urging prudent handling and warnings.
The article notes that modern women enjoy conveniences beyond past generations and that Americans spent over 800 million dollars last year on electric home appliances. It cites 468,000 electric refrigerators and 92,800 motor driven oil burners among devices installed, with washing machines vacuum cleaners and sewing machines expanding access as electric lines reach smaller towns and rural areas. It urges husbands to provide these comforts within the family budget.
A Kansas farmer near Smith Center decides not to replant a 50 acre field and lets volunteer wheat grow. He sells 1,000 bushels for $1,160, claiming near total profit and unusual vigor. The item also notes Russia considering a three day work week for propagandizing.
Farmers must help the marketing board by cooperating with the Federal Farm Board and other agencies to stabilize marketing conditions. The board's leaders, trusted for integrity, seek to consolidate existing cooperatives into single organizations, with voluntary participation as a condition for benefits under the new law.
Six boys playing near a town found a purse with 2.20 then a straw stack yielded 94.20 in cash and 41.49 in checks. Rather than keep the money they turned it over to the police chief who recalled past robbery reports at the same straw stack. The boys earned a reputation for honesty greater than any money.
A Collinsville Indiana event awarded first prize of 20 dollars to a woman, Ernestine C. Smith of the Columbia Star, who says she never lied in years of obituary and wedding reporting. Another notable figure, Mme Adrienne Guyot of Brussels, boasts 82 sweethearts and many marriages, illustrating public fascination with deception.
A view argues that heavy Congressional investigations consume time, leaving little room to pass additional laws. It remarks that phrases like find check enclosed are redundant if a payment is truly included.
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