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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1923
Page
5
A lake picnic near Peoria on the Fourth of July ends with a snake hanging from a cottage rafters as a group of dozen girls retreat from their clothes. A nearby garage man bursts in, kills the snake, and the scene closes with retreat.
The Immaculate Conception church hosts an Ice Cream and Cake Social on the church lawn Tuesday evening July 31. Everyone is invited to attend.
First Vice-President of the American Bankers Association argues farming supports national prosperity and civic spirit. He says farm families provide contentment and sunshine, while city clerks struggle. bankers should serve all customers to ensure prosperity and stability.
Francis H. Sisson describes how New York banking serves the nation by drawing executives from across the United States. He explains bankers' banks and credit mobilization, noting rural notes secured by farm collateral help fund urban loans, linking local needs to the nation’s financial capital.
A speech highlights common interests across producers, workers, carriers, retailers, and consumers in achieving fair returns. It argues lack of economic understanding breeds conflict among capital, labor, and management, urging cooperation to deliver wholesome goods at fair prices. The speaker is J. H. Puelicher, president of the American Bankers Association.
Samuel Gompers argues state socialism clashes with American ideals of freedom. He says Americans prefer self determination, resisting an all powerful state that controls citizens and the economy. The people should guide the estate, not bureaucrats.
The Oklahoma governor signed repeal of the state bank deposit guaranty law. The article argues the law created lax banking, harmed sound banks via heavy assessments, and depleted the guaranty fund. It urges states to reject similar laws and raise banking standards.
The American Bankers Association seeks greater uniformity across state business and banking laws to prevent conflicting rules. Examples show how a six year note in New York versus a three year limit in Maryland complicates cross state transactions, with proposed uniform acts on negotiable instruments, warehouse receipts, stock transfer, fiduciaries, and banking protections.
A man asks a bank for a thousand dollars via a note and two property owners as indorsers. A barber tangles with a customer over a haircut, and in old town a man inquires about friends of his youth. The girl nicknamed peaches and cream is said to have married poorly and earned the nicknames sauerkraut and vinegar.
The weather forecaster Jones becomes the center of a bureau disturbance as colleagues report a clouded mind. Sources note his judgment wavered during a period of unusually unsettled forecasts. Brown Bureau officials declined further comment.
A reflective line notes a man only comprehends a mother's lasting impact after missing the chance to express gratitude. The quote by W. D. Howells captures regret and familial bond.
A Boston Transcript note reports Miss M. C. relaying a high school girl asked a librarian for a book on American education in the twelfth century. The exchange reflects curiosities in local education circles.
The American Relief Administration reports Russian children lack basic clothing for winter salvation. For twenty dollars, funds sent to ARA at 42 Broadway New York provide wool cloth, cotton, flannel, muslin, buttons and threads to outfit one adult or two children for the season.
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