Work relief woes call for restraint in benefits
The piece criticizes federal work relief programs arguing that arbitrary benefit standards inflate expectations and burden taxpayers. It cites Deputy WPA Administrator Aubrey Williams yielding to labor pressures to grant higher pay and better conditions, warning such moves misalign relief with government finances and private employment.
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WPA
Aubrey Williams
Workers Alliance of America
Williams
Republican Party Platform on Monopoly Through Time
A study of how anti monopoly language reappears in GOP and Democratic platforms from 1900 to 1936 shows both parties repeatedly vow to punish trusts and prohibit private monopolies. The Borah plank proposals echo earlier Democratic lines, illustrating shifting fortunes and enduring political slogans beyond partisan ties.
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Republican Platform Committee
Borah
United States
Democratic Party
GOP
Cleveland
Love and youth in a world of age and duty
A reflective meditation on young love as the purest form, contrasted with cynicism about aging, money, and social norms. The piece urges patience for love, warns against settling for less, and critiques politics, charity, and Americanism with aphorisms and fables.
Suspender Talk Sparks Fashion and Diet Debate
A couple discusses suspenders versus belts, clothing choices, and diet plans. She urges updating wardrobe and exercising, while he defends practicality and work routines. She cites fashion, diet, and Dr Brady on walking as best exercise, ending with a silent grin.
Governor Candidate Herring Defends Record Amid Quotes
Herring portrays his governance tenure as solid while signaling readiness to correct misquotes and set the record straight about his policies and decisions.
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Herring
New York Devoy Day Diary Highlights Visitors
The diary entry describes meeting Jay Price from Los Angeles visiting briefly, Rupert Hughes noting a sick dog, and sending him to Dr. Blamey. Other callers include Dexter Fellows Herb Roth Polly Moran and a hoop-do-do for Walter Wanger. The writer recalls a Missouri birthplace visit and an old Negro character at the poor farm.
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Los Angeles
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Dr. Blamey
Dexter Fellows
Herb Roth
Australia
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Walter Wanger
Bruce Bartons
Price
Missouri
Roe
Ed Woodyard Builds Nation's Largest Weekly Chain
Ed Woodyard, in his 30s, now publishes more newspapers than any American publisher. His all weekly chain began after college with a hometown Spencer West Virginia weekly and expanded to about ten more papers he either started or acquired.
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ED Woodyard
America
Spencer
W. Va
Local editors rule scattered weeklies across Long Island and beyond
A regional operator expands by seizing control of sixteen weeklies in Long Island and four in Delaware totaling 31 papers He recruits a local editor in each town granting autonomy The article notes a hotel encounter with a sarcastic clerk and a roadside wood chopper seen along a New Jersey stretch highlighting changing yet traditional times
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Long Island
Delaware
New Jersey
Ohio
Berlin songwriter’s wife resumes writing with magazine debut
Ben Mackay Berlin’s Social Register wife Irving Berlin returns to literature with a short story in a national magazine. Her piece inspired The New Yorker’s revival for a period, while essays on magazines’ lifecycles mention other authors and resurgent journals.
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Ben MacKay Berlin
Social Register
Irving Berlin
Mrs. Berlin
New Yorker
Everybody’s
Thomas W. Lawson
Hampton’s
Cook
Cedar Rapids Leaders Form Iowa-Princeton Association
Arthur Poe of Cedar Rapids serves as president with L. F. Jamison as secretary treasurer of a newly formed Iowa-Princeton association. Daniel W. Stookey, 72, of Cedar Rapids, receives a University of Illinois diploma fifty years after leaving the school due to unfinished reports.
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Arthur Poe
Cedar Rapids
L. F. Jamison
Daniel W. Stookey
University of Illinois
Local Residents Die and Drown in Cedar River Incident
William A. Kramer of Linn county died at his home after a long illness. Frank Horak drowned in the Cedar river this morning after falling from a boat opposite the packing house. The Rev. Joseph Fort Newton is noted in the report.
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William A. Kramer
Linn County
Tony
Frank Horak
Cedar River
Joseph Fort Newton
Pastor Aliases Depart with Marquis for East Visit
The Liberal Christian pastor left last night, accompanied by President John A. Marquis of Coe College, who travels east to see his ill mother.
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Christian One
Don
John A. Marquis
Coe
Commencement Address At Leander Clark College
The Rev. J. P. Hugget delivered the commencement address at Leander Clark College in Toledo yesterday. Former Alderman C. O. Johnson plans to relocate permanently to Durant Oklahoma. Business Manager Will H. Collier of Greene's Opera House leaves for a five weeks trip to New York City to book attractions for next season.
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Leander Clark College
Toledo
C. O. Johnson
Durant
Oklo
Will H. Collier
Greene’s
Opera House
New York City
Income Gap Among Indians in America Cited
A report notes only about two percent of Indians living in the United States earn more than five hundred dollars annually.
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America
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