Welfare Rolls

November 1, 1969, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern

This is the sixth in a series of articles detailing how the Twin Cities fared during the Great Depression.  I apologize for the extraneous filler, but due to how the article was laid out, this is what you get.  Despite the tone of the article which acts like 686 cases is a lot out of a potential 15-16,000 citizens between the two cities for that time, it gives a good insight into how you cannot in reality compare costs back then with the 1969 prices currently on the mind of the writer.  I also take exception with the woman's take that alcoholism was not a problem during the Depression.  Methinks there were many more functional alcoholics than she realizes.