Inheritance Tax Case Stirs Eaton County Court
Michigan paper notes a foreign inheritance tax decision where a deceased left all holdings to his mother in law, challenging old beliefs about their relation. The Blissfield Advance reprints the Reverend Dixon sermon urging skepticism of liquor promises amid prohibition’s tenth anniversary.
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Eaton County
Michigan
Charlotte Republician
Meth- CobSt Episcopl
Emerald B. Dixon
Ananias Club
Blissfield
Capital Punishment Debate Sparks Michigan Legislation
The piece argues for reconsidering capital punishment in Michigan citing brutal murders and Detroit crime. It notes Michigan’s historic ban on the death penalty and questions juries willing to convict, urging contemplation and favoring life sentences over reintroducing the supreme penalty.
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Michigan
Detroit
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Rural Divorce Evil Faces Rural Communities
The U.S. Department of Commerce warns that marital breakdown is rising faster in rural areas than in towns and cities. It blames rural church decline for weakening family bonds while auto, movie, and radio culture reshapes country life and erodes rural quiet.
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United States Department of Commerce
March of Progress Railroads Shape a Nation
The United States leads global rail mileage and quality of service. Cheap, efficient rail transport links distant regions, enabling nationwide product markets and long-distance passenger movement. C. H. Markham of Illinois Central System underscores railroads’ central role in national growth.
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United States
C. H. Markham
Illinois Central System
Understanding Prejudice Through Shared Economic Realities
The piece argues that prosperity is not fully shared and calls for education through schools, lectures, and publicity to reduce prejudice. It notes farmers and financiers misunderstand each other due to ignorance of each other's conditions and suggests broader awareness to ease class and regional tensions.
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United States
Economic education and public awareness urged for national prosperity
The piece argues for widespread public understanding of economics including the roles of bankers, industrialists, merchants, workers and farmers. It notes current schooling gaps and urges a simple public program, while previewing proposed bills on press misinformation penalties and village bond issues.
Pioneer remembered for thawing pump on cold morning
A retrospective line notes a pioneer who recalled farmers thawing a water pump instead of a radiator to start a farm day, illustrating ingenuity in harsh winters and the oral tradition of rural life.
Mail Imposters Get Help From Press and Feds
The article reports a drop in mail swindlers during the holidays. Pawnee Bill claimed blindness and lured victims with a $3 box of Florida oranges and a return-supplies scam. A New York Christmas card operation also circulated, taking about a million dollars before federal action. The white owl shot by Ernest Burd will be mounted as a souvenir.
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Missouri
Floriia
New York
Paw Nee Bill
Flordia
Congress
Ernest Burd
Worth Adams
Boys Runaways Found in Chicago After Windy City Visit
Walter Dalhke and Sherwin McMahon, Blissfield youths who left home Tuesday, were found Friday noon in Chicago after traveling with strangers. A mother hinted they would seek Chicago, prompting Welfare Dept contact. They were taken to the home of Mrs Eva Nichols on South Hermitage Street.
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Walter Dalhke
Sherwin McMahon
Blissfield
Chicago
Waler Parker
Eva Nichols
South Hermitage Street
Nickles
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