Wisconsin primaries could signal shifts in New Deal support
The piece argues Wisconsin Tuesday results will reveal whether Democrats tilt left or stay cautious toward the Roosevelt program. It notes La Follette and Schmedeman as key options and assesses implications for New Deal policy depending on voter leanings and regional radicalism.
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Bob la Follette
Franklin Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
la Follette
Wisconsin
Schmedeman
Milk sales drive to raise per capita consumption nationwide
Consumers' counsel argues there is no real surplus in demand for milk. Per capita fluid milk use averages 111 quarts yearly, far below the 155 quarts in a restricted diet and the 305 quarts deemed adequate. The piece links low buying power and ignorance to underconsumption and urges intensive education and sales efforts to lift intake to the adequate level.
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C Howe
AAA
United States
Home Economics Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Mogul Sheik Hires Slick Trader Amid Moral Debate
Old sheik seeks a value skilled helper and hires Adhem whose tales of cunning trades shock him. The exchange ends with a moral rebuke about valuing trust and public respect over quick gain, urging the fool to learn comparative values.
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Adhem
Sheik
Dairy leaders weigh sales push amid strike mobilization
The text notes dairy industry leaders considering a sales promotion while workers strike. It quotes, We intend to hold out until the plan is extended to include gas and cigaret money, and remarks the government plan to feed the needy Strikers is not enough to trigger immediate quitting.
One Thing They’re Missing
An opinion piece contrasts old and modern childhood pleasures, laments lost simple joys, and recalls ice cream making by housewives of the past. It notes today’s kids have more ice cream but less wholesome manual labor, then pivots to a fleeting remark about Vienna’s recent unsettled conditions and health officials.
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United States
Senate investigators reveal future gas masks for soldiers
Senate investigators say soldiers in the next war will wear cellophane gas masks. They do not explain how they will remove them. The piece notes a plug ugly incident breaking into an Indiana prison as news.
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Senate
Indiana
New York Lawyer Fanny Holtzmann Gains London Fame
A sharp witted New York woman lawyer, Fanny Holtzmann, wins a major film libel suit for Princess Youssoupolt, prompting London acclaim and a celebrated victory party. Her rapid rise in Mayfair draws crowds and even rivals like the Douglases. The piece then shifts to East 233d Street monument makers, describing a quiet, elder craft amid solemn stock. It also notes Jeeves as a literary anchor for English butlers and the tradition of formal service in homes.
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New York
London
Mayfair
Michael Arlen
Fanny Holtzmann
Youssoupolt
Old Albion
Leader
Douglas Fairbankses
Butlers and Dickens Influence at Surrey Cottage Gathering
A quirky reminiscence profiles butlers who prize Dickens and a Surrey cottage, then shifts to MICKEY MELAN recounting a Hollywood conference where Hopper is touted as the ideal actor. The scene moves to Bowery pawnshops and a jab about writers from an athletic magazine a wary eyebrow lifter closes.
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Mickey Melan
Hollywood
DeWolf Hopper
Hopper
N Athletic Magazine
Just Folks and a Wilton Junction Wedding
A 1934 Edgar A. Guest poem about tomorrow’s reforms appears alongside a Wilton Junction wedding notice. Miss Margaret Heiland, daughter of Mrs. Peter Van Arkel of Muscatine, wed Hilbert Dickinson, son of Mrs. H. S. Dickson, at St Mary’s rectory with attendants Miss Pearl Gray and Herbert Dickinson.
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Wilton Junction
Margaret Heiland
Peter van Arkel
Muscatine
Hilbert Dickinson
H. S. Dickson
St. Mary’s
Miss Pearl Gray
Herbert Dickinson
Pearl Gray
Miss Heiland
Temperate tobacco use and health beliefs by Dr Brady
Dr Brady argues for moderate tobacco use by adults and outlines health effects and beliefs on digestion vascular tension and nervousness. He discusses nicotine and related compounds, blood sugar changes after smoking, and offers remedies for hiccups and venule issues with injections.
Notable Cedar Rapids News From 10 to 20 and 30 Years Ago
A roundup notes Cherry sisters billed for the city auditorium and Miss Mary Sinclair returning to Mount Holyoke. Others include George H Peasley’s Spokane trip, Ralph Podzimek’s exam placing, a buggy crash on Oakland avenue injuring the Burgess family and a horse death, death of attorney James Wallace Jamison, welcome to Rev Harry Harned at First Congregational, Jennie I Berry named inspector for the national W R C, Ernest Franchere heading to Notre Dame, E E Pinney bruised in Bever Park runaway, Love R D McIntyre moving to Anamosa as bank cashier, and a census claim that a child is born in the U S every fourteen seconds in 1933.
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Cherry Sisters
Mary Sinclair
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Mass
George H. Peasley
Spokane
Wash
Ralph Podzimek
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Pharmaceutical
J. W. Burgess
Lodeska
Oakland Avenue
Thirteenth Street
F W Robinson
Alburnett
James Wallace Jamison
Harry Harned
First Congregational Church
Jennie I. Berry
Cedar Rapide
National
Ernest Franchere
Notre Dame
E. E. Pinney
Bever Park
Mr. Pinney
Love R. D. McIntyre
Ana
Mosa
Farmers and Traders Bank
Polly and Lux Toilet Soap Promote Cosmetic Skin Care
A lively ad extols Polly as a model of flawless skin and promotes Lux Toilet Soap as the remedy to cosmetic skin. It claims the soap’s active lather cleans deeply, removing dust, dirt, and old makeup to prevent clogged pores before bed and before applying fresh makeup.
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Polly
Lux
Lux Toilet Spa
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