New York Feels Relief Over Mayor Walker Resignation
The sudden resignation of Mayor James Walker changes the political calculus for Tammany Hall and Governor Roosevelt. It spares Roosevelt the need to fire Walker and avoids alienating Tammany’s votes. Walker gains a chance to seek vindication, while Democrats hope the move preserves a potential national victory.
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Iowa Budget Cuts Under Scrutiny by Tax Reduction Committee
The Forty-fourth General Assembly is faulted for a mere 3 percent reduction in state expenditures. Neighboring states show far larger cuts, with Kansas at 15 to 20 percent and Missouri 25 percent. The committee warns that postponing retrenchment risks higher taxes and urges thorough spending reductions, not just salary cuts, to curb state costs. Many lawmakers allegedly favored a state income tax to hide spending.
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Tax politics and ballast in Iowa tax debate
The piece critiques legislators for delaying real tax relief while pushing an income tax bill. It argues residents pay taxes regardless and criticizes focusing on who sends tax checks rather than the total burden. It likens lawmakers to a balloon losing altitude needing ballast jettisoned.
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Iowa
Germany seeks parity with France over armament limits
The article argues Germany desires military parity with France, criticizes France and the League, and questions whether Versailles limits will be revised. It notes German finance, Allied obligations, and the potential for a broader movement toward disarmament, while mentioning Milo Reno steering the farmers’ holiday movement.
All Dogs Seem Vicious To The Man Who Has Met A Few Bad Ones
An essay reflecting on bias and experience from the South Georgia scene and broader American society. The narrator argues that opinions are shaped by environment, and vice and virtue occur across all regions. It critiques regional prejudice, political economy, and social norms with observations on humanity and modern life.
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South Georgia
Thoughts on New York in 1920s society and art Scene
The piece surveys New York life and culture a decade earlier noting shifting tastes from Adolph Menjou to aging roles. It riffs on flappers and actors, mentions Anna Held's daughter, a roadside inn, Park Avenue clubs, bank book exposes, Booth Tarkington psychic interests, Garbo and Omnibus books, and a playful stream of urban vignettes.
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Adolph Menjou
Anna Held
Andrew Mellon
Park Avenue
Booth Tarkington
Kenyon Nicholson
Freakish Growth of S Klein Dress Shop in Union Square
Column notes the rapid rise of S Klein's dress shop at Union Square with frocks priced 2.45 to 4.80 and annual gross of 2,000,000, despite 100,000 in shop-lifting losses. The piece frames Klein as a self-made immigrant with a burning idea, amid Depression era commerce and urban development.
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S. Klein
Union Square
Economic quotes weigh on national policy era
A collection of statements from prominent figures in labor, industry, and politics discusses economic strategy, payroll spreads, and market impact. Franz von Papen, Myron C. Taylor, Oscar Johnston, and Herbert Hoover weigh private capitalism, plant investment, cotton markets, and the need to shorten hours amid labor-saving advances.
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Herbert Hoover
Notice of appointment of executors in Linn County Iowa
Notice is hereby given that the executors of the estate of Alice McNulty in Linn County Iowa have been appointed on the 18th. All persons indebted to the estate must pay immediately to the undersigned. Claims against the estate should be filed in the clerk of the district court of Linn County. McNulty and McNulty are listed as executors with B L Wick as attorney.
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