Outlook for Farm Land Brightens as Sales Rise
Washington reports brisk farm real estate activity in 1935 with Federal Land Banks selling 6,400 farms and 1,000 part-farms in the first ten months, real estate sales reaching $22.15 million and a 101.2 percent recovery of carrying value. Loans remain steady, applications run about 2,000 monthly, and refinancing trends ease as bond refunds lower rates to 3.5 percent. The Land Banks plan continued financing from investment markets while the Farm Mortgage Corporation focuses on commissioner loans and loan collection. Total outstanding bonds near $1.387 billion of a $2 billion authorization as of Nov. 30, 1935.
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Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Banks
Farm Credit Act
Land Bank Commissioner
Federal Land Bank
National Farm Loan Associations
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Meaning of "re cuperate" told by teacher
A teacher explains to Tommy that after a long day a father is tired and worn out and asks what he does after work. Tommy responds with a witty quip about his mother wanting to know. The exchange highlights a child’s humorous take on parent fatigue.
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Tommy
Word Mother in a Quiet Moment
A humorous exchange centers on Georgie recalling his father’s remark after a hammer misstep. Georgie admits it was naughty, while his mother improvises a quick self-referential quip about her own predicament, framing a light domestic joke.
Joke exchange on debt collection practice
Izzy jokes about becoming a debt collector and Moe replies that it’s a good idea with practice. Moe offers $5 to allow Izzy to practice while promising not to charge. The exchange plays on humor about lending and collecting debts.
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Izzy
Moe
When Finery Fails in Love and Ice Cream Dreams
Dialogue contrasts wealth and beauty with genuine affection as Betty appeals for a nickel for a Poor Man, while a bantering couple debate dress and worth. A verse closes noting the world is going to the dogs and laments the times with humor.
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Betty
Parrot Promises Fall Flat at Local Bird Shop
An angry customer confronts a bird shop proprietor claiming a parrot sold last week was promised to speak seven languages. After six days the bird has not spoken, prompting a dispute over the parrot’s abilities and potential misrepresentation.
Parrot Buyer Demands Talkative Bird Complaint
Customer scolds vendor over a parrot that won’t speak after purchase. Merchant calmly asks if the bird has been given a chance to vocalize, highlighting a basic expectation of a talking parrot and hinting at a simple remedy.
Unlikely college footballer passes chemistry and big game
A small college football player, deemed slow, surprises all by passing chemistry and becoming eligible for the big game. An instructor explains the pass came from allowing him to answer half correctly, with a pink answer to blue vitriol and ignorance to sulfuric acid as the judged parity. The scene shifts to a string of church and family quips about walking, running, flying, and money, ending with a quip about income and clothes.
Politician Delights Girl With Candy And Kisses
Two Missouri candidates campaigned in the north, one arriving late and stopping at a house for water. A girl who answered the door recounted the rival’s candy and money gifts and a kiss, noting the social exchange as the other candidate followed suit with sweets and a kiss.
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Missouri
Man Seeks Replacement After Car Fire
A man whose car was destroyed by fire visited his insurer to collect. He was handed a claim form and told the car would be replaced. He asked if that is how they conduct business and demanded the premium paid for his wife’s policy be returned.
Blind Man Replaces Regular at Movies Visit
A factory superintendent in Toronto tosses a nickel toward a blind man. it misses and rolls away but is recovered by the man with dark glasses who explains he is substituting for the regular blind man while he attends a movie.
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Toronto
Woman’s aim misfires in village dog incident
A man arrives at the hospital after a head wound from a stone tossed by his wife. The doctor jokes that a woman hitting anything she aimed at is rare. The patient sighs that she was throwing at a dog, and he happened to be behind her.
Minister Leaves Alabama Church in Grim Goodbye
A Alabama pastor abruptly resigns from his congregation. He declares God does not love the church because members do not die or marry, and criticizes tithes as fruit and wormy apples. He says he departs to become penitentiary chaplain and asks for mercy for their souls.
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Alabama
Mose in the War Encouraged to Face Death
Mose stays in the rear line despite every explosion. His colonel reassures him with Heaven as his home. Mose answers that he knows but still does not feel homesick.
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Mose
Cash and Carry Basis for Court Cost Payments
Sherman reports district clerk S. V. Earnest will enforce the new court costs law as of January 1 on a cash and carry basis. Litigants must provide cash deposits, good bonds, or pauper affidavits. Earnest will challenge pauper affidavits to ensure costs are collected, with service in suits delayed until costs are covered.
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Earnest
Red Oil Night Stop Sparks Odd Demand
At dusk a woman pulls into a roadside garage and asks for red oil for her tail light. The mechanic hesitates, then confirms the request, noting the odd choice of product. The exchange unfolds with uneasy surprise.
Wordplay and misheard lessons in a schoolroom
A playful exchange unfolds as First and Second Students debate deficit. Football Captain chides Coleslaw for study neglect while Patsy, a very young listener, asks about temperament, only to be told it is temper with a ruffle.
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Patsy
Black-Draught Endorsed By Portersville Reader
Mrs. Joe G. Roberts of Portersville Alabama says Black-Draught relieves constipation and prevents bilious headaches. The ad touts Black-Draught as a purely vegetable medicine for relief of constipation and biliousness.
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Joe G. Roberts
Portersville
Ala
Clerks Office Note On Filings Estimation
In the past year the clerk’s office recorded filings, with Mr Earnest estimating that no more than forty were filed.
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Earnest
Sherman approves bonds for auditorium and city projects
Sherman voters approved municipal improvements by a three to one margin. The package funds a high school auditorium addition, water main extensions, an overhead reservoir and swimming pool, plus purchase of the Kidd Key College property. Auditorium changes to a 1700 seat community center.
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Sherman
Kidd-Key College
Kidd-Key
Want Ads Prove Effective For Lost Items
When you lose something, try an advertisement in the Want Column. Folks report good results with these small ads and low costs.
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