Digest Polls Landon Leads Roosevelt in Final Returns
The Literary Digest final poll shows Landon at 54.4 percent and Roosevelt at 40.9 percent, a result critics doubt. Analysts debate sampling, relief recipients, and weighting, noting possible biases but warning not to rely on straw polls over voting day. The piece contrasts various national pension and unemployment schemes across Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, Canada, and Australia.
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Hoover
London
New Deal
Baer-Braddock
Louis Schmeling
Treasury
Germany
France
Italy
Canada
Australia
Two Tales Of One City Divorce And A Bull In Ipswich
A comparison of two top stories from Ipswich England and Ipswich shows divergent local interests. A divorce trial of Mrs Ernest Simpson captures national attention while a bull on the loose, entering a bank and occupying a bank staircase, captivates local curiosity.
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Ipswich
England
Ernest Simpson
Main Street
How Nations Finance Social Security Compared Across Europe
An analysis contrasts the United States pay as you go system with Germany and Austria prewar reserves now eliminated, and Sweden and the Netherlands using reserves. Britain relies on treasury funding while beginning pension payments. U S funding comes from states with federal grants.
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United States
Germany
Austria
Sweden
Netherlands
Great Britain
Treasury
States
Dear Louise and the world of punchlines
A 1936 column blends advice on polite conduct with cynical humor. A father writes to his daughter Louise about misreading shy people, then follows with a string of quips on manners, money, country folk, and everyday absurdities. The piece closes with a corrected sentence about leaving politics for advancement without pull.
Enid Lannington Entangled By High Society Plans
Enid Lannington, a country girl turned delivery girl in a New York gown shop, becomes the target of Major Widener’s scheme to lure her into a weekend yacht cruise. Flora Bristow fears scandal yet leans on Widener’s money. Enid’s romance with Larry Fairfield flourishes as tensions rise with Sally Buxton’s indiscretions and Bristow’s risky alliances.
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New York
Enid
Larry Fairfield
Major Widener
Alton Purdy
Cora
Widener
Flora
Lannington
Mrs. Bristow
Flora’s
Sis
O. K
Florida
Olive Hardwick
Sally Buxton
Sally
Flora Bristow
Olive
Palm Beach
Ollie
Martin Thorpe
Janice
Thorpe
Enid and Larry's Evening As Complications Grow
Enid accepts fifty dollars to honor an indebted promise and plans a social night with Larry, while Janice frets and Major Widener presses a reckless advance at a Sedgemere gathering. The episode ends with a hint of a looming confrontation as the romance teeters under social pressures.
Elsie Regrets Relying on Others Judgment in Love
Dear Miss Manners confesses pride and happiness while recounting Elsie's marriage to Harold. She reveals Elsie believed Harold a strong silent type but finds him upright yet dull and regrets following others' opinions over her own judgment.
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Elsie
Miss Manners
Miss Manners Advice Letter Sparks Man Hater Debate
A reader critiques so called man haters in letters to Miss Manners. Another correspondent argues girls misjudge boys and warns against generalizing about women. Both urge restraint, personal experience, and wiser choices in dating and friendships.
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Bill
Sunday Horoscope Hinting Mixed Prospects and Change
The Sunday horoscope offers dubious auguries with possible favorable changes and surprising developments. Delays disappointments or depressions may arise from illness or sorrow at home. If this is your birthday, expect a year of surprising benefits, possible travel or relocation, and a clever child born today may be socially inclined yet sarcastic.
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