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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
8
In a lively exchange, Bill the Burg mocks crime as profitable with less police trouble, while others joke about labor division and domestic quips. A note from a contributor and editor interaction hints at originality and publication doubt.
The article traces an earlier use of the donkey symbol for the Democratic party before Thomas Nast, noting a 1837–period cartoon titled The Modern Balaam and His Ass showing Andrew Jackson on a donkey with a bag labeled Specie Currency. It credits Nast with popularizing the emblem in American political imagery and describes subsequent uses in cartoons during 1870s debates over the money question and the press.
The piece traces how hats and other apparel defined political personas from Henry of Navarre to Alfred E. Smith. It highlights symbols like Navarre’s white plume helmet, Jackson’s hickory canes, Whigs’ coonskin caps, Greeley’s white beaver, and Roosevelt’s Rough Rider hats as banner signs that boosted or doomed campaigns across eras.
The Got a Canal terminus at Gothenburg marks one end of a 240 mile waterway across Sweden. The system winds through lakes and rivers with narrow canal sections brushing sides of passing steamers. Over 56 miles of artificial linkages supplement the natural routes, completed more than 300 years after the project began.
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