What Will You Be Doing in 1936
A 1930s motivational piece argues that by 1936 new leaders will emerge across industry business and culture. It urges readers to plan, study, and persevere, noting many past success stories from humble beginnings and stressing education and initiative as paths to prominence.
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Herbert Kaufma
Congress
Lkins and
Widener
Whelan
United Cigar Stores
Dodge Brothers
New York Daily
United
Direct
Opportunity
Hideoushi
Tintoretto
Michaelangelo
Packy
Errand Boy
Thrift and Foresight for Postwar Economic Readjustment
In a call to Americans, the piece warns that wages will fall after peace and unemployment will rise as Europe rebuilds. It urges saving, reducing excess, and maintaining capital to support labor and industry during the shift. It emphasizes shared sacrifice and understanding between capital and labor to sustain national recovery.
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United States
Europe
America
City AM lament on rabble and dollar chasing
A moody verse from City AM decries fight and blight in a garish urban crowd. It rails against hiving striving treachery and relentless money chasing amid tainted honeyed temptations.
Ambition Pushes For A Bigger Game In Life
A motivational verse urges effort and persistence to seize opportunity. It views helping others as the world’s work and challenges the reader to try something new and pursue a larger ambition rather than idling.
Cure for Trouble Hunters and Tribes
The text argues kindness can tame animals and tribes but notes most beasts and savages resist persuasion. It states civilization seeks bloodless aims yet brute instincts persist until elimination from human nature. Pacifists must wait as powers threaten lives and possessions.
When you want to know a man's real assets
A fragmentary aphorism on judging character by balancing bank and tax records. It warns against tattling and spying at work, linking betrayal to competition. The piece reflects early 20th century cautionary humor about honesty and work ethic.
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Cyrus Simmons
The Unbeatable Game FE and the Clever Scholar
A law graduate known as Mr Sharp dodges exams by exploiting a lone question then secures a degree. Five years later the Bar Association indicts him and he nears halfway through a penitentiary term. The tale notes prison teaches sharper truths about crooks and luck.
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Bar Association
Sharp
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Herbert Kaufman
Great Britain
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