National debt reaches 41.5 billion and per capita implications
The piece explains a projected 41,500,000,000 national debt by June 30 and per person obligations of about 285.70. It details state shares, contingent liabilities totaling over 47,000,000,000, and forecasts tax hikes to service debt, arguing spending must stop to avoid ruin.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
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Many Farmers Earn Income by Outside Labor
Census Bureau survey of 3,000 farms across 40 states finds about one third of U S farmers have non farm income. Among 975 reporting outside earnings total $458,522 equals $573 average per farm. about 25 percent earned under $100 annually from non farm work.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
William L. Austin
Austin
Match-Head Sized Motor Runs at One Flea Power
Conneaut Ohio Denver Bennett a post graduate high school student built an electric motor no larger than a match head powered by a small flashlight battery. It runs at one flea power and is audible only when near the ear. He began in the school lab and finished at home using a magnifying glass. Thirty two rounds of hair like wire form the field magnet.
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Denver Bennett
Bennett
Gay Prints for Home Frocks Patterns 1567 1529
Gay prints for two women's dresses with pockets and easy sewing. The dirndl style for misses sizes 12 14 16 18 20 features shirring and a snug basque top while the waistline and pocket provide comfort. The shirtwaist style for women sizes 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 offers a slim hip line and a V neck with ricrac trim. Patterns require specific yardage and ricrac. Success in Sewing offers a guide with steps for beginners and experienced sewers.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bel! Syndicate
WNU Service
Patchwork Quilt Quietly Wins Prize Legacy
Grandmother hides the cash prize from a New York farm fair in a silk crazy patch quilt. The quilt, embroidered with varied stitches, becomes a centerpiece, while a leaflet offers detailed instructions for crazy patchwork and embroidery.
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New York
Modesty and Confidence in Public Discourse
A survey of social attitudes notes a man’s reluctance to be identified and the ease of dismissing reformers’ questions about crime. It discusses approval of compliments and the tension between appearance and worth in marriage and public judgment.
Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions
The quiz presents six questions covering topics from idioms to science and history. It asks about the phrase quick and the dead the lightest substance free verse the size of a congressional district the first opera and the speed of radio waves.
Definitions and facts across language and science
The list covers living or animate origin of quick from ewic, hydrogen as element, verse with rhythm not rhyme, apportionment by 280,674 per Congress, Eurydice as Florence's first opera in 1600, and radio waves traveling at light speed about 186000 miles per second.
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Congress
Florence
Care of Little Well Said by Bishop J Hall
A compact quotation notes that a small task well managed deserves praise. The bishop commends skill in handling limited space and opportunities, likening it to a skilled wagoner who can turn in a small room.
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Bishop J. Hall
Shadow and Light in a Fair Scene
A reflective line cites that beauty carries a shadow as it sways in sunlight, attributed to Anon. The remark implies a universal balance between splendor and underlying darkness, inviting contemplation of contrast in nature.
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Anon
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