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Wakefield Advocate

Location

Wakefield, Michigan, United States of America

Date

Nov 03, 1923

Page

8

Bond Issue Proposed for Tuberculosis Hospital Funds

A bond issue of fifty thousand dollars is proposed by tuberculosis sanitarian trustees to obtain funds to place a new hospital on a basis for patient reception next year. If approved, the issue will be sent to voters at the spring election following a county board of supervisors meeting. The Wo man’s Club board will meet Monday afternoon and hold regular session Wednesday afternoon with Mrs P J Delmet presenting her report from the state convention. Pound-Pocketbook: owner may claim by calling at Catholic parsonage.

Tuberculosis Sanitarian County Board of Supervisors The Woman's Club P. J. Delmet

Girl Uses Hat as Bank in Theatrical Panic

A New York woman explains she stores money in hats as a theft proof bank when her apartment lacks a burglar proof safe. She keeps five to ten dollars in each hat and often forgets the stash, discovering it later. She admits a distribution error left her short about ten dollars after a hat was opened without checking the crown.

Kathleen New York Sun and Globe New York

Rice Is Java's Main Crop

Rice dominates Java agriculture with a wet field system of sawahs and terraces. Native planting by hand is followed by daily flooding and nightly draining for weeks, then replanting in small groups. Harvesting is stem by stem, two feet eight inches above ground, then threshing and drying.

Java Detroit Newa

Gossip in Suburb Sparks Self Incriminating Call

In Wimbleshead Mrs Doherty and Mrs Gadabout trade gossip about neighbors. Mrs Newlie, asked if she’d heard a rumor about her husband. She replies with a sly smile saying he already phoned her the news himself and she knew all along.

Flicker foes of ants and aphids in nature tale

Nature Magazine notes the red shafted flicker preys on ants and aphids, harming timber and homes. Ants and their eggs accumulate in the flicker’s stomach, with up to five thousand individuals recorded in one meal.

Nature Magazine

The Baseless Fear of Finance's Power

Walter W.Head argues finance is an invisible yet essential force behind national growth. He cites railroads, banks, and municipal bonds as examples of how accumulated capital funds progress, from prairie settlement to modern infrastructure, praising investors in eastern states for financing western development.

America

Wages Here and Abroad

The American factory worker earns wages with purchasing power far above many nations. A British study rank London at 100, with New York over twice as strong, while Berlin and Vienna total about half of London. The article notes American productivity grows through capital investment in machinery.

Lavor London New York Berlin Vienna Journal of the American Bankers Association Escecccscseeeere Ottawa Amsterdam Christiania Stockholm Sense Warsaw Brussels Paris Prague Madrid

Agriculture Needs A Balanced Approach To Growth

A recent summary groups agriculture needs into four areas: increased and balanced production, improved understanding of credit facilities, enhanced market facilities, and better business methods. Agricultural colleges address production problems while banks and cooperatives improve credit access and marketing facilities.

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