Inflation Aid or Hazard for the Debtor Class
Edgar Leafdale argues inflation helps debtors by easing fixed obligations and boosting purchases, while creditors gain less. He warns inflation is not a permanent cure and cites deflation’s prior impact, global trade barriers, and the shift off gold as steps toward a managed, postwar economic order.
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United States
School Notes Second and Third Grades Honors
The second and third grades list pupils who achieved 100 percent in spelling last week: Harold Sorter Harlene Schwartz Donald Enevoldsen Lois Hagemaster and Edwin Kaderli. A few students were absent due to pink eye.
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Harold Sorter
Harlene Schwartz
Donald Enevoldsen
Lois
Ne Hagemaster
Edwin Kaderli
Cinkéye
First Grade Spelling Class Perfection Noted
The following pupils achieved perfect lessons: Bruce Hagemeister Lore Fisher Marjorie Mae Johnson Caroline Wolfe Eve yn Spencer and Alice Heimer Er lyn was absent three days due to pink eye but spelled all words when present Zelanne Fisher had four perfect lessons Wilma Thies Eugene Wheeler Wallace Waite and Carol Hicks each had three perfect lessons Donald Schwartz was absent all week with pink-eye Wallace Lee Schmidt was absent until Friday with chicken pox Carol Hicks and Clarence Jessop were each absent one day because of pink-eye Marjorie Joe seems to be taking it Friday
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Bruce Hagemeister
Lore Fisher
Marjorie Mae Johnson
Caroline Wolfe
Eveyn Spencer
Alice Heimer
Erlyn
Zelanne Fisher
Wilma Thies
Eugene Wheeler
Wallace Waite
Carol Hicks
Donald Schwartz
Pink-Eye
Wallace Lee Schmidt
Clarence Jessop
Marjorie Joe
Funny Side Up Shirley Exchange
Shirley jokes about a valedictorian address while Gordon nervously reveals he has five thousand words written. He admits the draft borrows the first five thousand words from the dictionary and will rearrange them later.
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Shirley
Gordon
Andrew King of Hungary Hanged by Conspirators
Andrew of Hungary husband of Queen Joan I of Naples was hanged from a monastery balcony after conspirators dragged him from bed. Joan, queen in Naples, faced pressure from Louis to recognize Andrew as king, with a joint coronation planned for September 19 1345 at San Pietro a Majella in Aversa.
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Andrew
Hungary
Joan I
Naples
Joan
Robert the Wise
Louis
San Pietro A Majella
Aversa
Oath Terms at Appomattox for Lee’s Army Revealed
The surrender terms did not require a United States oath for Lee’s Army. Officers signed paroles, arms and property were turned over, and troops could return home if they kept parole and laws. President Johnson’s 1865 amnesty restored citizenship with exceptions for leaders. Confederate pensions came only from former Confederate states.
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Appomattox
United States
Johnson
Stradivarius Master Violin Maker and Craftsman
Stradivarius, renowned worldwide for violins, paid equal attention to interior finish and wood. Each instrument was shaped with care, wood precisely cut, and varnish chosen with discrimination, producing unmatched tone. He also made viols, guitars, and mandolins, born Cremona 1644 died 1737.
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Antonio Stradivarius
Cremona
Italy
Patience as Faith’s Guardian and Virtue Guide
A quotation attributed to Bishop Horne extols patience as protector of faith and peace, tempering flesh and spirit, quelling anger and envy, restraining actions, enduring trials, and guiding forgiveness across ages and genders.
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Patience
Bishop Horne
Trapping Raccoons on Logs and Swamp Lows
Montreal Herald notes raccoons are easy to trap in swamps by placing traps on all lows crossing streams. When sod grows at log ends, dig sod-aligned holes sized for traps or notch the middle of the log if using a single trap, then cover with wet tar.
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Montreal Herald
Chalice of Antioch Exhibit Sparks Historical Debate
Fahim Kouchakji, who owns the contested chalice long tied to Arthurian legend, has placed the relic on display at the Louvre after years in a safety deposit box in Syria. Antiquarians link the artifact to a temple cup tied to Antioch’s early Christian era and a history that traces back to Julian the Apostate’s destruction of churches there.
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Fahim Kouchakji
Antioch
Louvre
Kouchakji
Syria
Tag
Julian the
English Girls Pay for King Ring Pact in Liverpool
The Jewelers' Association of Liverpool notes a shift in custom as women now bear the cost of engagement rings, wedding rings, and even their future husband’s ring. The change reflects evolving social norms and personal purchasing power within the city.
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The
Jewelers’ Association of Liverpool
Livestock Prices at South Graba Omaha May 2 1933
Opening cattle prices were steady with last week, demand steady and receipts about 9 000 head. Better steers sold to 5 6 40 with yearlings and cows steady. list includes yearling prices from 3 50 to 6 50 and fed cattle values from 2 00 to 6 40, plus cann ers and cutters at 1 75 2 40.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Hog Market Strong as Hog Prices Rally Monday
HGGS active Monday for hogs with 8,500 head trading in moderate demand. Prices rose 5 to 10 cents from Saturday, range narrowing to about 3.50 to 3.65 per hundredweight, with 3.65 the day’s top price.
Fat lamb prices lift early week in sheep sale report
Fat lambs opened $0.15 higher at 5.25 to 5.85 for wooled and 4.80 to 5.40 for shorn. Spring lambs scarce and strong at 5.40 to 5.75. Receipts 8,500 head. Feeder and aged stock prices listed for fed and cull categories with ranges for ewes and yearlings.
Snails Predict Rain by Climbing Trees
Naturalists note snails as barometers, observing that several American species ascend trees and attach to leaves about two days before anticipated heavy rain. The behavior is cited as a warning sign of coming wet weather.
Four beet varieties and naming varieties explained
The four beets are the common garden beet sugar beet mangel wurzel and foliage beets. The garden beet is variety crasa foliage beets are forms of cicla and common names include sea beet Sicilian beet sea kale beet spinach beet Chilean beet and Roman kale.
O Henry Life Sketch from Greensboro to New York
O Henry born 1867 in Greensboro North Carolina as William Sydney Porter. His varied early life included work as a druggist cowboy and sheep herder before journalism in Houston and Austin. He used the Rolling Stone name, served a prison term for embezzlement, wrote stories in custody, and died in New York on June 5 1910.
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O. Henry
William Sidney Worter
Greensboro
N. G
Crus
Texas
Houston Pest
Brand
Icance
Austin
Porter
Rolling Stone
First National Bank of Austin
Central America
New York
Odd Town Names Across States Highlight Curious Local Monikers
A Pathfinder note catalogs unusual U.S. town names observed by an English traveler. Mississippi features Hot Coffee, Whynot, Possum Neck, and others. Florida lists Coon and Two Egg. North and South Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama are cited with quirky labels like Ninety-Six, Nine Times, Pancake, and Java in Coffee county.
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United States
Mississippi
O. K
Florida
Coon
Sonny Boy
Jap Jay
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Arkansas
Poorman
Riddle
Self
Louisiana
Blanks
Wham
Rufus
Uncle Sam
Tennessee
ABC
Ark
Alabama
Coffee County
Pathfinder
Romania in 1914 and after World War I expansion
Romania then covered 123000 square miles and united Wallachia and Moldavia with Dobruja. After the war it gained Bessarabia Bukowina Transylvania and part of the Hungarian plain. Agriculture employs about 80 percent of about 34 million people, with wheat as the main crop. principal towns include Bucharest Jassy Galatz Ishmail and Kishinev.
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Rumania
Wallachia
Moldavia
Dobruja
Bessarabia
Bukowina
Transylvania
Danube
Black Sea
Balcharest
Jassy
Galatz
Ishmail
Kishenef
Suffering and the humanitarian focus on masses
A reflective note on how average humanitarians, while caring for global woes, can overlook individual suffering. The piece laments overemphasis on general usefulness at the expense of specific, personal cases.
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