Opposed To Uplifters He Keeps Business And Community In Mind
William Feather presents a portrait of a man who does not seek praise yet quietly strengthens his community. He runs a spotless factory employing five hundred, pays bills promptly, supports charity modestly, and resists committee work. Facing rival merchants and plant troubles, he plans to take over failing facilities to save jobs, insisting production and prudent leadership can raise wages and lower prices.
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William Feather
Imperial Type Metal Magazine
Christmas Spirit in Business Says Go-Getter Past
Wash Young, author of A Fortune to Share, argues in the December Rotary Magazine that Christmas 1934 marks a shift from self centered go getting to prioritizing public welfare in business. He asserts this change will boost overall prosperity and expose the go-getter's shallow gains, favoring steadier, long term results.
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Wash Young
Mr. Young
The Go-Giver Way of Blessed Practical Giving
The text extols a giver who serves by being kind to himself and others. It notes calmness, truthfulness, and right motives, arguing that giving without tension avoids ups and downs of striving. It claims the world rewards such conduct with broader prosperity beyond money.
Ickes Defends Huge Reclamation Spending Plans
Controversy swirls around Secretary Harold Ickes as critics question land withdrawals for farming versus irrigation driven expansion. He argues reclamation serves future farming needs and a broader national plan for cheap power drought control and flood prevention, with $108 million already committed toward a $225 million ultimate cost. The program uses revolving funds from land sales and oil royalties to support reclamation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Ickes
Washington
Secretary Ickes
America
Roosevelt
Ickes
Congress
Toward better days in American business progress
Optimistic note on cooperation between government agencies, organized business and industry, and agriculture. Chamber of Commerce of the United States reports economic pickup in November with 6 percent higher check payments than last year and 20 percent above the year before, steady retail sales, price stability, and gains in steel, textiles, and housing activity signaling gradual recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooperaton
United Effort
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Literature to get cleaner says authority
Channing Pollock, noted author and dramatist, argues in the December Rotarian that post war literature should return to wholesome decency. He notes writers have learned their lesson that prosperity and praise come through tackling topics with restraint rather than naked exposure.
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Channing Pollock
Pollock
Critique of Postwar Literature and Moral Shifts
A critic laments the rise of openly provocative literature praised as modern and sophisticated while defending enduring moral truths. He cites Kipling and a postwar sensibility, noting how the era’s “sophistication” exposes youth to adult themes. He recalls Wallace Irwin's remark about a seventeen year old student questioning a writer’s style.
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Rollo
Elsie Dinsmore
Kipling
Cable
Merlin
Wallace Irwin
Recovery Team Work Continues in National Recovery
Business groups nationwide press cooperation with government to revive the economy. Henry Harriman cites shared responsibility across business, finance, agriculture, labor, and government. Reports show rising bank clearings, lower bank failures, higher dividends, stronger retail sales, expected record 1934 earnings, manufacturing, exports, and a 12 percent rise in steel payroll in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Harriman
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Advertising Costs Lower Prices According To Publisher
Millard L. Cope of the Sweetwater Reporter argues that advertising costs do not inflate prices. He notes volume production lowers costs and enables cheaper goods, with advertisers funding national campaigns and dealers offering refunds if ads fail. A subscriber also praises how reading ads makes the newspaper seem cheap by saving on purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard L. Cope
Sweetwater
Texas
Recovery and Reform in Post Editorial View
The Saturday Evening Post argues that recovery and reform must go hand in hand. It states that business leaders agree reform should precede or accompany recovery, and that crooked practices cannot be continued if recovery is to endure.
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The
Saturday Evening Post
Reform, not ruin: balanced approach to cure crime and protect honest business
The speaker argues reform must cure without killing, praise honest business, and avoid laws that punish the many for the deeds of a few. Protect the innocent while punishing the guilty, and safeguard legitimate enterprise from unintended collateral damage.
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Post
Richberg Leads Recovery Push for Private Enterprise
Donald R. Richberg, executive director of the National Emergency Council, urges private enterprise to lift unemployment burdens and rebuild on sound economic foundations. He criticizes past Brain Trust theories and signals a recovery plan to Congress when it convenes in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald R. Richberg
National Emergency Council
NRA
Washington
Johnson
Ballyhoo
Richberg
Brain Trust
Congress
Demand the Bonus Advocates Seek Massive Soldier Pay
Advocates across the country push for a soldiers bonus with Washington predicting a majority in the new Congress backing a plan to pay about 2 billion to ex service men. The Senate blocked a House-passed measure last session, while past presidents Coolidge Harding and Taft opposed similar bonus bills. President Roosevelt is expected to veto if necessary to defeat the proposal.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Troover
Coolidge
Harding
Roosevelt
Public Relief Retooled as States Face Burden Rising
The article notes over 4,000,000 families receive direct federal aid but hints the program cannot continue. It cites pressure to shift responsibility to states amid growing political scandals nationwide. Senator Borah criticizes what he calls wastefulness in current relief efforts.
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Borah
Reflections of a Lawyer on Liberty and War
A lawyer argues that future laws must differ from past protections as society faces war between opposing systems. He says individual liberty is being destroyed and lawyers bear responsibility for preserving justice and institutions. He emphasizes disciplined organization while noting witnesses’ differing recollections.
Funnigrams A minister's wife and a talkative visitor
In a humorous anecdote from Christian Life a minister leaves for a stroll and returns to find his wife still entertaining a guest. He quips about the visitor leaving, while she reveals she had the guest disposed of in a basket earlier that morning.
Traveling man asks boy for sandwich dialogue at depot
A traveler aboard a moving train asks a boy nearby to buy a sandwich and share a dime. The boy returns just as the train departs, munching a sandwich and handing the man a dime saying there was only enough for one.
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Sonny
Good Food For Sound Thinkers
People who forget the home merchant when they have time to buy can usually remember him in a tearing hurry, a reminder of how memory changes with urgency and need.
Seaford and Denton News Thirty Years Ago
Twenty five years ago the region faced a twenty degree drop in temperature with chill nights. Seaford’s football team lost the Wilmingon championship 12 to 0, while rainfall eased water power constraints. A whale of local doings followed including weddings, engagements, and social entertainments.
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Mercury
Jack Spencer
West Denton
Seaford
Wilmington
Wilmington High School
Chas. W. Beauchamp
Harry S. Clark
J. Frank Turner
Queen Anne
Hardcastle
Annie Hardcastle Downes
Philip W. Downes
Messrs. J. Dules
Ormond W. Downes
DeRue Bros
Opera House
Leonard Statum
Annie M. Statum
James R. B. Howard
American Corner
E. P. Roberts
Methodist Episcopal Church
Howard
William P. Cole
Towson
Edith Estelle
Thomas Frederick Garey Jr
Trinity Church
Ruxton
John W. Gootee
Denton
Margaret May
William Thomas Roundtree
Waverly
Willard Porter
Carrie
Emil Metz
Goldsboro M
Albert W. Sisk
Preston
Edwin Breeding
Ruth Walker
Elmer E. Harrison
Johnstown
J. Ben Welch
Raymond Eisenhauer
Baltimore
Jonathan Hughes
T. Alan Goldsborough
Hall
Milford
Tony Smith
Washington
J. Boon Dukes
Thomas R. Green
Ladies’ Bridge Club
Incendiary fire destroys J Olan Clark canning warehouse
A warehouse owned by J Olan Clark, chief judge of Caroline county Orphans Court, burned early Saturday night destroying 866 cases of tomatoes destined for Monday delivery along with farming implements and vehicles. Neighbors aided alarm as the roof neared collapse. Fire origin suspected incendiary. no one was in the building during the day. Separately, Miss Clara Bradley of Oak Grove died Sunday at Cambridge Hospital after typhoid fever and subsequent appendicitis surgery. The funeral was held in Oak Grove.
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Maggie Pennypacker
J. Olan Clark
Orphans’ Court
Caroline County
Clara Bradley
William Bradley
Oak Grove
Cambridge Hospital
Shipley
Baltimore
Watt’s Creek Hills
Bureau
Paine
Crosby
Denton-Williston
Local weekly items mix humor and gossip across days
A fragile diary of daily incidents and comments ranges from roof leaks and upcoming speeches to gambling talks and family trips. Notable bits include Joe Hixseds roof fix, a club speech preview, school notes on honesty, and small town plans overshadowed by indigestion and humor.
Frigidaire Part Of National Home Renovation Plan
Frigidaire dealer M. K. Newnam explains the national housing act plan aims to help homeowners with repairs while ensuring loans are repaid. He notes a new feature where electric refrigerators often cover their own monthly costs by reducing spoilage and enabling bulk purchases, effectively turning home improvements into a revenue source for owners.
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M. K. Newnam
Mr. Newnam
Plum Puddings in Cans From England Come Ready
Plum puddings are exported in large quantities to England where they were invented and are sold in cans ready to heat. If your grocer lacks it, request early and he can obtain it. Heat the can in boiling water and open with the attached key. The holographic tin strip is scored to prevent the key from breaking. Turn out whole and top with whipped cream and holly.
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England
Christmas Plum Pudding Recipe Card
A step by step home recipe for a Christmas Plum Pudding. Combine grated raw sweet potato and carrot with suet molasses and sugar, add walnuts citron currants and orange peel, mix in eggs and flour with spices, steam three hours to serve eight.
Glory of Life Motto Cited From H Black Quote
A life philosophy attributed to H Black emphasizes living to give and serve rather than seeking love or personal gain, framing service as the highest aim and fulfillment in life. The quotation contrasts active altruism with self-centered desire.
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H. Black
Without divine assistance we can achieve nothing Latin Proverb
A concise proverb collection notes that use and necessity teach best, citing a Latin maxim and a Dickens line about usefulness and comfort. It emphasizes attitude shifts over changing life circumstances as a form of support.
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Dickens
The Home of the Bean in Brillat Savarin Foreword
Frank Crowninshield notes American praise for known inventors while asking who first joined pork with beans. The piece observes that canned baked beans now imitate grandmothers’ recipes, baked in iron pots in brick ovens with brown sugar molasses and pork, a nod to Boston’s bean and cod lore.
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Brillat- Savarin
Frank Crowninshield
United States
Boston
Luca Nan
Lost on roads and lost money in advert-hampered towns
People drift along unmarked roads and spend money on unsatisfactory purchases in towns where advertising is scarce and guidance is weak. The fragment highlights navigation failures and consumer risk in underadvertised areas.
Marketing of Holly on Maryland Eastern Shore
The Maryland Forestry Department and Garden Clubs of America run a conservation focused holly marketing campaign on the Eastern Shore. A December 17 demonstration at Pocomoke State Forest near Snow Hill will cover proper cutting and packing, with officials explaining certified product viability and future conservation goals for holly and other Christmas greens.
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State Department of Forestry
Garden Clubs of America
Maryland
Pocomoke State Forest
CCC
Snow Hill
Karl E. Pfeiffer
Forestry Department
Nelson H. Fritz
Vest Pocket Essay on a Codger Cogitating
A humorous column argues against excessive laws and mocks vague political promises. It shifts to public health, praising the Maryland Plan for hog cholera control, urging sanitary rules, vaccination of stock, and penalties for violations to protect farmers and communities. It blends satirical quips with practical guidance on disease prevention and enforcement.
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Maryland
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