Roosevelt on group interests in New Deal era politics
The president argues that critics and supporters alike are guided by group interests rather than national welfare. He notes regional concerns shape views, urges starting from concrete, local notions to find a common denominator, and questions the value of abstract national aims.
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Rollins College
Roosevelt
United States
Iowa
Carolina
Mississippi
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Colorado
Lobbying, Propaganda, and Federal Reform Through History
The piece reviews the history of lobbying in the United States from 1790 to the present, noting early registries in Georgia Wisconsin and Massachusetts, a shift toward propaganda, and federal efforts like Caraway Blacks bills. It describes debates over registration coverage and constitutional rights of petition.
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I Was the Only One at the Party Without a New Outfit
A collage of wry maxims and parables on money, labor, and society. The narrator imagines a poor man who becomes an entertainer, then rich through hired help, questioning fairness and human vanity with dated quips and a final copyrisy note from 1936.
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King's School
Reporting requirements for individuals and groups in congressional elections
Every individual or group except political committees must file monthly with the House of Representatives a complete report of all contributions loans and expenditures over ten dollars if they solicit or receive money to influence legislation or federal elections.
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Corrupt Practices Act
House of Representatives
Congress
Judge Bars Broadcasts In Murder Trial To Curb Sensationalism
A judge vetoed courtroom broadcasting and restricted access to accredited press in a murder case. The move follows earlier ABA recommendations on desensationalizing trials, showing that disciplined courtroom procedure can curb media circus without new rules.
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American Bar Association
Bar Association
Rose Talent in Remembering Names in New York Hotels
A reminiscence of Johnny Horgan, famed for recalling every encounter of the last twenty years, and his midtown hotel career. The piece chronicles hotel life from showboat beginnings to modernized Murray Hill, noting Ben Bates’s death and new ownership, plus vivid vignettes of social life and hotel staff roles.
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Johnny Horgan
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New York
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Cairo
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Cincinnati
Broadway
Murray Hill
Ben Bates
Balti mor ean tie alchemy and Mencken quarrel
The fragment recalls public figures and a tense office dynamic. It mentions Balti mor ean neckties and Mencken leaving his apartment in a huff. A narrator aged and married recalls humiliation by a superior, fearing job loss, with a suggestion of eventual reconciliation between Mencken and Nathan. Arthur William Brown appears with a bold shirt style at a Dutch treat luncheon.
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Mencken
Nathan
Athur William Brown
Brownie
Jim Flagg
LONESOME BUSINESS ACKNOWLEDGING THE CORN
Letter from Dr William Brady defends medical commentary on ruptures hernias and trusses. He argues against skin absorbed olive oil myths and defends scientific assurance over sarcasm. He notes editors influence and asks reader preference between mushy or crisp writing.
Tic and medical guidance on habit spasm and emergency water disinfection
A reader asks about tic suppression with medical oversight and expresses concern over eye blinking. An expert explains tics start as purposeful moves that become habitual and require supervised exercises in expression inhibition to correct the habit.
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