Economic Upturn Seen Across Manufacturing Trade and Jobs
United Press survey shows business improving in manufacturing construction and retail. June portfolios reflect strongest building activity in seven years and farm income may surpass last year despite drought. Analysts note presidential year patterns but expect continued recovery into fall. International comparisons show slower U S recovery than the United Kingdom per League of Nations bulletin.
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New Deal
League of Nations
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Butler presses peace amendment in Woman's Home Companion
The article profiles Gen Smedley Butler writing peace proposals for The Woman's Home Companion. It outlines his three point constitutional amendment limiting overseas armed forces and extends range restrictions for ships and aircraft. The piece cautions constitutional overreach and advocates an informed electorate to prevent foreign wars.
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Smedley Butler
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Woman’s Home Companion
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Supreme Court
Custody Dispute Over Parents In Los Angeles Case
Lawyers say the Los Angeles case is effectively settled except for custody decisions regarding the parents. The outcome hinges on which guardian will take custody and how visitation will be arranged.
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Los Angeles
Visualizing public debt with a fan and silver dollars
The Audubon Advocate-Republican proposes a vivid comparison to grasp large sums by imagining an electric fan at 800 RPM shaving a dollar from a pile each revolution. At that rate, it would take about 45 to 50 years to erase roughly 15.5 billion dollars in government spending, illustrating the debt scale.
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Audubon Advocate-Republican
Advocate-Republican
Not Realizing How Much A Billion Dollars Impacts Thinking
The passage uses a hot day metaphor to compare a billion dollars to a steady stream of silver dollars over fifty years. It suggests imagining the money spent by government units in one year to grasp the scale, then notes waiting for a cooler day to continue the reflection.
Before Candid Camera Era Roosevelt Stuffed Hot Dogs
In the days before candid cameras, the president amused friends by stuffing hot dogs down his throat, a playful anecdote about Mr. Roosevelt and informal moments not meant for public view.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Quotes on society and morality from early 20th century thinkers
A collection of brief attributions from Adler Sigmund Spaeth Marcovitz Phil lips Carleton A Simon Coughlin Norman Thomas Fleming Tolstoy Coulther Ragoso and Mrs. Roosevelt. The passages cover psychology education religion and civic virtue, urging social interest, humane thought, and neighborly kindness as foundations for a better world.
Will of Rep Jacobsen Draws Iowa Political Moves
The piece centers on the late Rep. B. M. Jacobsen of Clinton and his will guiding his son Bill and Tom Slowie to future nomination, setting political asides aside as family interests press for succession. The narrative ties in Stimpson’s knowledge push and Washington society figures, including George Stimpson and Miss Stella Sebern, with Iowa connections spanning Cedar Rapids to Clinton.
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Cedar Rapids
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Harrison Spangler
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Chicago
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Post Office Department
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Islands of the Pacific Under U S Territorial Expansion Plan
A Washington bulletin notes U S plans to erect permanent structures on Baker Howland and Jarvis islands to assert sovereignty. The trio, once minor weather stations, are described as isolated barren reefs central in the Pacific with historic guano mining and precarious shipwrecks.
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United States
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Jarvis
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Jarvis Islands
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Intense jungle letters from Sandakan camp memoirs
A Martin John sons letter describes life along the Kina Tabangan River in North Borneo. The camp hosts a four room bamboo raft with a kerosene fridge and small light plant while explorers document rare wildlife including orangutans, flying snakes, and tree climbing fish. They plan a two month expedition upriver toward hill tribes and return by early September.
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Frerom
Osa
The Challenge p Edgar A Suest
The speaker urges Americans to see beyond immediate needs of bread and meat and toil to face a national fate. He calls for vision to resist petty gain and choose the eternal right, ensuring freedom endures on earth.
Amana in a Drought Year Poem of Rural Resilience
A drought scarlines Amana as heat and blight threaten fields and gardens. Poem notes red moon heat warnings and sunlit hills, yet vibrant patterned gardens endure guarded by faithful hands. It ends with a steadfast claim that beauty remains where diligent vine-tenders toil.
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