Roosevelt’s Soil Bill Sent to States Aims at Topsoil Loss
The piece weighs the 64 page soil conservation bill sent by President Roosevelt to forty eight state governors. It argues the plan’s aim to save eroding fertile topsoil is meritorious and examines the democratic nature of asking states to act rather than imposing federal law. It cautions about costs and efficacy of flood control methods and suggests steering people away from building on river bottoms.
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Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Mississippi
Iowa
Dean Marston
Tennessee
TVA
Ohio
Governor Lehman Considers Weekend Jail Sentence Plan
Rochester New York Governor Lehman backs an experiment allowing misdemeanants to serve jail terms in installments over weekends. The bill lets offenders be released to keep jobs, granting two days credit per weekend. Details on carrying charges or arrears remain unclear as observers await results.
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Lehman Willing
Rochester
N. Y
Flood control and flood cycles warn Iowa planners
Dean Anson Marston of Iowa State College's engineering division explains flood recurrence intervals in Iowa Planning News. He notes rivers rise to flood heights about every six to eight years, with larger floods every two to three decades and a rare "super flood" about once per century.
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Iowa Planning News
Iowa State Planning Board
Dean Anson Marston
Division of Engineering
Iowa State College
Dean Marston
Correct this sentence about dividends and workers
A author, reflecting on 1937 conditions, argues that society must solve inequality and empower the public welfare. He asserts constitutional means exist if will is present and mocks easy answers while urging deliberate action and shared sacrifice.
Ve ry Ve ry ene. Diary of odds and ends in New York life
A fragmented diary style column recounts a day in New York with notes on bidding farewell to friends, visits to cafes, a planetarium and an aquarium, reflections on theatre history, Ox ford definitions, and a hospital fire victim, ending with social humor and personal musings.
Notable 1936 Arts and People Highlights
Mary Lewis owns 18 dachshunds. Will B Johnston, the cartoonist, wrote the first musical show featuring the Marx Brothers. Mrs Arthur Somers Roche is releasing another mystery novel. The Davies shipment of canned milk to Russia is hailed as the best press agent coup of 1936.
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Mary Lewis
Will B. Johnston
Arthur Somers Roche
Davies
Russia
Worldly Goods No Substitute For Happiness
Kay values her happy marriage over material comforts and believes genuine happiness comes from a spouse, not possessions. A reader asks about Merry Widower, once a frequent letter writer, hoping for his return and his opinions on life.
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Ife
Kay
Dear Miss Manners Advice Column Dilemma
A reader asks how to handle a two year relationship with a boyfriend who has become distant after a job trip. The columnist suggests speaking with the boyfriend’s parents to gain insight, as they may know contributing details and want his happiness. It may be a simple misunderstanding rather than a new romantic interest.
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Miss Manners
Merry Widower
Merry
Merry Widow
Jean
Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest
The poem notes winter’s blizzard is temporary and urges humility. It contrasts optimists and pessimists and promotes striving to overcome personal faults rather than boasting of future or past actions.
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Just Folks
Edgar A. Guest
Cato Theory on Kissing Originated to Test Wives Drinking
Cato proposed kissing began so men could learn if their wives and daughters had tasted wine. The idea connects to Roman ethics and social control, reflecting ancient views on drinking and female virtue.
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Cato
Exploring Mind and Marriage Education, A Thoughtful Q A
A discussion on teaching marriage in colleges and high schools as essential to reducing ignorance about the topic. Dr J P Rosenstein notes boys in play war see themselves as victorious, not defeated, highlighting ways of shaping personality.
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J. P. Rosenstein
SELF-CONFIDENCE And How To Develop It
Advertisement for a 10 cent booklet by Dr. Albert Edward Wiggam on self confidence. It highlights ten scientifically tested lessons from Dr. David Mitchell with a self rating chart and a 3 cent stamped return envelope.
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Albert Edward Iggam
David Mitchell
Albert Edward Wiggam
Adopted children show striking mental resemblance across homes
Professor Frank Freeman finds that unrelated adopted children raised together resemble each other mentally as closely as siblings raised apart. He compared control groups and children reared by their own families to assess influence of environment on behavior and self image.
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Sizis
Frank Freeman
Environment Shapes Children’s Minds Across Families
Dr Barbara Burks and Prof Freeman studied how surroundings influence child development. Freeman found environment more influential than Burks, yet both agreed shared surroundings strongly push unrelated children to resemble each other mentally.
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Barbara Burks
Freeman
Burks
Appointment of Executor and Administrator in Linn County
Notice states on February 20 1937 James Dougherty was appointed and qualified as executor of John M Dougherty deceased with all debts to be paid and claims filed in Linn County Iowa. Another notice lists E F Schuenect as administrator of George Schuknecht deceased with debts due and claims filed in Linn County Iowa District Court.
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Linn
John M. Dougherty
Linn County
Iowa
State of
George Schuknecht
E. F. Schuenecht
Robert C. Milota
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