Milford chronicle., 1930-01-03
MILFORD, FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 1880
1929 IN HISTORY

1929 In HlSIORH
Probably the feature of the past
year that will impress historians
most will be the progress made in
the cause of international peace.
We have seen peace treaties signed
by all leading nations, by which
these countries pledge themselves
not to resort to war as an instru-
ment of national policy. 1t seems
like a great step, that war, which
previously was regarded as lawful
under many circumstances, now be-
comes a breach of specific pledge.
We have seen the heads of the
United States government and of
Great Britain get together, and
reach a practical agreement on
questions of naval armament, on
which these countries had previous
ly disagreed with resultant i'll feel
ing. We have seen the final ratiica-
ton of the French debt settlement,
a controversy that had caused much
i'll temper between these countries.
We have also seen progress made
toward final settlement of the prob
lem of reparations to be paid by
Germany, a question that has kept
the world in turmoil for IL years.
These gains must accomplish some
thing toward bringing on the day
when the nations will live together
as peaceably as the United States
and Canada have for more than a
century.
In American life, the stock mar
ket crash of October and November
might be considered the most dis
tinctive event. Though many losses
were caused, fantastic speculation
was checked before it reached too
dizzy heights. We have seen a no
table movement of business eXecu-
tives to equalize the waves of pros
perity and adversity, and keep bus
mess running regularly.
In our industrial life, the creation
of new federal farm board, charg-
ed with the duty of improving the
position of agriculture, is perhaps
the most notable event. Thus though
the year has had it's troubles, we
enter 1880 with a brighter outlook
than that of January 1, 1929.
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OLD GIFTS FOR THE NEW YEAR
It is often remarked that people
bring the same old faults into the
new year, which lead them to make
the same old mistakes, hence their
hopes of large accomplishment for
the new year are apt to vanish. But
there is a much brighter way of
looking at it.
Not merely do we take the same
old faults into the new year, but we
take all the experience of the past,
all the ties of friendship and service
we have formed, all the powers we
have built up as the result of past
effort.
. So it comes about that we are not
venturing alone into unknown coun-
try. We do not know what is ahead l
of us, but we do know what we take
with us to meet the unknown fu-
ture. If we have been able to sur
mount difficulties in the past, we
have every reason to expect that we +
can surmount them in the future. e
Every time we have conquered a
something that was hard and trou- +
blesome in the year that has passed, a
we have fitted ourselves to over b
come something still more difficult &
in the year that is to come. g
Every useful human life is learn Il
ing something every year, which e
tends to make the new tasks and u
come easier. Some people h
are so bound to folly that they seem s.
to go on making mistakes with in tt
creasing momentum. But people who d
are trying to do good work and full II
fill their obligations in life, find that te
wisdom gathers as the years pass.
Every year adds new accretion Of
It, as the tree makes a new ring of m
It's fiber for each growing season. II
This capacity of human life for p,
growth should enable us to face un- p,
known and often doubtful expert vi
ences with serene confidence, sure N
hat there are solutions for every a,
lificulty and hope for every NOM "
snt Of sorrow. We carry with us r.
memories, and powers -
developed from past effort, so that is
he losses that may come with the h,
,assing of the years, are Offset by a,
he fruitage the years have left. q,
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THIS new paper money seems to
e about the fastest mcVing thing
round Milford for its age.
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ONE RELIEF the FARMERS are WI
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