Turnabouts Fair Play in TVA Debate on Electric Costs
A debate on fair pricing for Muscle Shoals and TVA policy features Egan and Ezan arguing over allocation of 60 million dollars in investments. They compare government and private hydroelectric development costs and warn against rubber yardsticks that misstate true electricity costs.
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Cussussne
Alan Ton
Caramerce
Ezan
Sto Law Power
TVA
Sdma
Treton Ass
Nusrie Shoals Power
Bean
Muscle Shoals
Egan
Maissour
Osage
Osage Valley
United States
Iowa Tax Revolt Foreshadows Financial Strain on Residents
The passage laments a new Iowa income tax, viewing it as a drain on citizens who seek more money after taxes. It argues taxpayers will rethink spending and savings, fearing the tax may backfire by shrinking disposable income and triggering broader economic effects.
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Gaeremars
Omar
Gus
United States
Treise
Perrse
Fee
Iowa
Free Country Favors Open Opportunity and Fairness
A broad editorial argues unfairness is often natural and solvable by competition and merit. It contends everyone can start a newspaper, run a business, or resist monopoly, and notes success does not equal unfairness when effort matches reward.
War profits and Mussolini method in wartime policy
The article argues that limiting profits in war is impractical for a diverse economy and credits Mussolini with bypassing red tape by shifting oversight to industry insiders. It warns that profiteers could face severe consequences and notes a Kansas sheriff struggles with jurisdiction amid dust storms.
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Marisoting
Rie Inns
Mussolini Vallety
Mussolini
Tndasinahets
Kansas
Broadway Names Sparkling In Ragtime Era Notes
Immersive snapshot lists performers and figures from the Nora Bayes era including Mabel Hite Grace Larue Stella Mayhew and Artie Mehlinger. Ziegfeld’s valet Sidney attends William Anthony MacGuire in Hollywood. Elsa Maxwell claims innate musical talent while Cobina Wright debuts on radio. Broad way columnist Ed Sullivan signs for a $3000 weekly movie tour.
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Mabel Hite
Grace Larue
Stella Mayhew
Artie Mehlinger
Ernest Ball
Eddie Leonard
Courtney Sisters
van and Schenck
Flo Adler
Bagatelles
Ziegfeld
Sidney
William Anthony MacGuire
Hollywood
Milt Gross
Elsa Maxwell
Cobina Wright
Philip Wylie
Ed Sullivan
New York Diary Bits From A Wanderer In The Arts Scene
A lively column notes a safari trip to see Hopi Indians in New Mexico and bullfights in Juarez, plus a Provensal wine parcel and a letter from Mark Kelly. It follows encounters with John Charles Thomas and Einstein, a meal at St. Moritz, and chatter about Claudette Colbert. It laments ban on cut-in dances at junior events and previews memoirs by George Jessel.
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York
Bob Brinkerhoff
New Mexico
Juarez
Gilbert White
Provence
Mark Kelly
Sports Gazetteer
Ohio
John Charles Thomas
Einstein
Earl Carroll
St. Moritz
Voisin
John Barrymore
Steve
Buff Cobb Brody
Claudette Colbert
Cobb Signs Autograph For Home Beautiful Movement
Irvin Cobb offered an autograph for a Home Beautiful Movement building project. The note quotes his cheerful willingness to support the cause. The excerpt also mentions Marie Dressler considering a Paris pension before resuming work in Hollywood.
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Irvin Cobb
America
Marie Dressler
Paris
Hollywood
Mind exploration in science and leadership training
An excerpt discussing the role of science in moral decisions and the need for political leadership education. It cites Dr. Lois Bisch on whether a wife should pretend to like her husband’s relatives and Dean William F. Russell on creating a School for Advanced Education modeled after Paris’ Ecole normale supérieure to train political leaders. Copyright 1935.
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William F. Russell
Teachers College, Columbia
Ecole Normal Superieure
Paris
Columbia
School For
Advanced Education
Bigger brains or better use of minds, says Tilney
Renowned brain anatomist Dr Frederick Tilney argues in Master of Destiny that humans use only about one third of their brain. He notes we observe little of what we sense and remember even less, urging people to actively engage more with experience to unlock potential.
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Frederick Tilney
Baliver
Paley
Hay
T. F
Progressive Relaxation and Dr Jacobson’s Therapy
The article reviews Dr Edmund Jacobson’s Progressive Relaxation from his Chicago Physiological Laboratory work. It notes the book’s aim to teach lay readers to reduce nerve tension through focused muscular relaxation, contrasting it with other medical texts and urging simplification for ordinary doctors.
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Edmund Jacobson
Physiological Laboratory
University of Chicago
University of Chicago Press
Osler
McKenzie
MacKenzie
Rosenau
Howells
Duffie
McNamara
McCollum and Simmonds
Darwin
Cannon
Jacobson
Alvarez
U. S. Labor Department Children’s Bureau
Mosher
Dr. Jacobson
Whittlesey House
New York
Milk and water in vacuum bottle for baby feeding tips
The reply advises boiling milk briefly before storage in a vacuum bottle for a day away. It recommends offering fresh fruit juice daily and refers to Brady Baby Book for more guidance.
April Fool and Public Notice in a Mixed Verse and Memo
A quirky poem by Edgar A. Guest titled April Fool reflects daily gullibility and family humor as a father endures playful traps from a child. The text includes a separate public notice about a Certified Public Accountant examination by the Iowa Board of Accountancy in Des Moines with filing rules and dates.
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Lowa Board of Accountancy
Eslate House
Des Moines
Laws
Board
M E. Brooks
Bank and Insurance
Dubuque
Kidney Health Ad Claims Haarlem Oil Miracle Cure
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a harmless method to flush poisons and acids from kidneys and correct bladder irritation. It promises relief from frequent urination and other kidney and bladder weakness symptoms such as burning, backache, leg cramps, and puffy eyes.
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Haarlem
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