Interview With My Father Sage Of Three Depressions
Charles P. Stewart interviews his father in Sioux City Iowa about three major depressions the 1873 the 1893 and the ongoing one now nearing his ninety sixth birthday The elder Stewart a hardware merchant and western landowner recalls regional impacts east west and the shift of population as investors and migrants moved to the west and the eventual 1893 crash ended a period of rapid expansion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Sage
Charles P. Stewart
Washington
Sioux City
Central Press
Sioux City, Iowa
Newart
Srin
Michigan
Mississippi
Thregs
Ladies Aid Medicine Ad From Indiana Journal
A testimonial touts a Kentucky Sedalia Missouri reader favoring a medicine that claims to cure monthly suffering and fatigue. The note says two bottles revived strength and cheer and invites others to try the remedy available in liquid or tablet form at drug stores, backed by a half million women.
Gandhi Begins Hunger Strike in Bombay Prison
Gandhi, 63, to fast until death in Yeranda Prison after a noon meal, adamant against separate electorates for lower castes and opposing government plans. He declines private residence, urges spiritual resolve, with Desai and Patel at his side.
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Bombay
Mahatma
M. K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Yeranda
Mahadeo Desai
Desai
Vallabhai Patel
Congress
London
Whitehall
India Office
Hindu
Madras
Times of India
Allahabad
The Panicky Past Echoes in a Farmer's View of Recovery
A farmer recalls the 1929 crash and compares it to 1873, noting Western debt reliance, European losses, and the slow path to recovery. He argues prosperity will return gradually, driven by natural absorption rather than artificial stimulation, and cites the Spanish American War as a psychological turning point.
Pet turtle travels 30 miles to ranch in Oregon
A pet turtle from New Plymouth Idaho made a 30 mile journey to Bend Oregon and back to its pond at the Cartwright ranch. It spent a week at the ranch before returning home and was thought stolen. The tale ends with the turtle’s safe return.
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Nyssa
Ore
George Anderson
New Plymouth
Idaho
Bend
Snake River
Ray
Cartwright
Big Bend
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Iowa
Potter Palmer
Marshall Field
B. BR. Nye
Kentucky
Sedalia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Parsch’s
Ohio
Perton
C.O. D
THE
Parsch Lumber
Lodi Street
Holland
New England
F. E. Glauner
M. D
Elyria Savings and Trust Building
Insurance ND
C. L. Sotherdon & Son
Lorain Co. Bank Bldg
Middle Ave
the Inland Loan Company
Elyria
Mgr
E. W. Lehnis
Merthe’s
Percales
Crepe
Men’s Sox
Rayon
Lisle
Chiffon and Service
Lanvette
Pete
Mennen
Phan
Tor Ant
Phillip Magnesiz
Ind
Tapestry
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