Townsends pension schemes fuel primary upsets across states
The piece critiques Townsend and related pension promises in Florida California and other states noting how candidates use such plans to win or lose primaries. It warns these schemes will bankrupt California and create a cycle of demagoguery under the New Deal era.
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Washington
Francis Townsend
Far South
Far West
Claude Pepper
Senate
Florida
Townsend
William G. McAdoo
Sheridan Downey
California
House of Representatives
Congress
McAdoo
the Treasury
Mr. Downey
Pepper
United States
Downey
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Townsends
Downeys
Pittsburgh
Braids Brighten Simple Fashions With Easy Home Designs
Fashion notes praise braid trimming for house dresses and children's panty-frocks. Two designs include sew charts for beginners, with sizes 2 through 48 and material and braid requirements. Fall and Winter Pattern Book offered, prices and ordering details provided.
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W. Wacker
Chicago
Ill
Bel Syndicate
WNU Service
Quips on Society and Thought Echo Old Main Powers
The fragmented passages suggest reflections on gender roles education economics patriotism and perception. Lines critique marriage computations philosophy golf work life and the dream of owning United States land as a solid patriotic base while noting rare relief from nightmarish spells.
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United States
The Man in the Mirror Offers Advice and Motivation
A reflective monologue urges self talk for daily success. It encourages cheerful outlook, upright posture, and inner discipline while warning that pessimism and dishonesty invite failure. The piece, signed The Silver Lining, frames the mirror as a personal coach shaping character.
Ask Me Another The Questions
A set of trivia questions covering presidents heights school systems funeral customs broadcasting stations and historical divorce and slavery figures. Includes queries on Roosevelts height largest school system current divorce rates and existence of slaves worldwide.
In 1935 Divorces per Thousand Marriages Noted
The record lists per 1,000 marriages a ratio of 164 divorces in 1935 and a general comparison of marriage and divorce rates across the era. It also notes a large enslaved population around 5,000,000, concentrated in Central Asia Tibet Arabia Abyssinia and China.
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Central Asia
Tibet
Arabia
Abyssinia
China
Heights and figures span a curious scroll of facts
The text lists tall names with precise heights for several individuals, cites New York's large student and teacher totals, notes an ancient horse sacrifice burial custom, ranks Havana Cuba for broadcasting stations, and records 81 divorces in 1900.
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Havana
Cuba
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Washington Digest
William Brackart
National Press Bldg
Washington, D.C
Uncle Phil
Lydia
Pinkham
WNU
James
Elliott
Franklin Jr
John
New York
Sonic of Health
Nature
Dean’s
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Corp
Oil City
Pennsylvania
Sara Ned Hed Ort
Rael
P.A
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Pringe Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Vernon Edwards
P. A
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