Picnic With Death Amid Hanging Crowd Moral Question
A Galena Missouri report describes a Stone County crowd at a public hanging, including women chatting on the courthouse lawn and boys peering at the condemned. The piece argues such scenes reflect a callous view of life and help explain high homicide rates in modern America. The author contends society consumes morbid detail via news and entertainment and must confront the sacredness of life.
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Galena
Roscoe
Red) Jackson
Stone County
Missouri
America
Justified Child Labor Divides Manufacturers Over Laws
The National Association of Manufacturers backs the aims to eliminate unjustified child labor while opposing the child labor amendment. It warns that defining some child labor as justified creates loopholes, blocking effective nationwide restrictions.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Tip Off to Suckers Draws Senate Tip Sign Bill
A Massachusetts Senate approved a bill requiring hotels and night clubs to post signs if hat check and cigarette girls are forbidden to keep tips. The author calls tipping a common racket aimed at American consumers and urges a public response.
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Massachusetts Senate
Night club tips and wage abuse in concessionaire system
An annoyance in the custom where concessionaires pocket all tips and force tipped workers to accept an unpaid weekly wage. The system means patrons and staff face regular shortfalls and disappointment, reflecting a harsh practice in nightlife venues.
Baseball’s rowdy tradition endures in the national pastime
The piece argues that fights like Giants vs Cardinals reveal baseball’s deep roots in rowdyness and decorum is not part of the game. It notes the sport’s origins in sandlots and small town parks and says tobacco chewing and clenched-fist toughness remain part of its essence as long as it is America’s pastime.
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New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Tootera
Railroads Show Brisk Orders Indicate Economic Boom
Railroads report rising orders for freight cars and locomotives as of May 1, the highest since 1926 for freight cars and a sharp rise for locomotives. The Association of American Railroads notes 47,290 cars on order, 345 locomotives, signaling expected continued brisk business and broader industrial upturn.
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America
Association of American Railroads
Rockefeller dies in Florida after long, public life
The death of John D. Rockefeller in Florida ends a storied career marked by vast wealth and evolving public image. Once derided as “Coal Oil Johnnie,” he mellowed in old age, giving away hundreds of millions to foundation work and humanitarian causes while remaining a central figure in American industry and philanthropy.
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Joon D. Rockefeller
Sioux City Journal
Florida
John D. Rockefeller
Ford
Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
United States
Rockfeller
Roosevelt and the NRA ideals in Sioux City Tribune
The Sioux City Tribune critiques the NRA, arguing Roosevelt used it to push labor protections like maximum hours and minimum wages. It claims Congress may re enact these principles to pass lawful reforms, while noting the Supreme Court hindered NIRA yet left its core aims. It recalls General Johnson’s strong enforcement and warns against future monopoly. The piece closes with reflections on the era and its enduring spirit.
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NRA
Sioux City Tribune
Roosevelt
Congress
Keart
Nira
Johnson
Supreme Court
Ambassador Goop Wows Sioux Falls In European Tour
A fragment notes Alfred E. Smith touring Europe with a light tone on his travels in Italy. It suggests his Reception and the public interest, hinting at impressions of American democracy abroad. The piece ends with a stray critique and unfinished thoughts.
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Goop Wis
Sioux Falls Argus
Alfred E. Smith
Italy
Thoas
Tods
United States
Arkes
Creaia
Economist urges faster growth to lift living standards
Washington May 27 an eminent economist Dr Harold G Moulton president of the Brookings Institution presented a survey arguing that to restore the 1929 standard of living the United States must expand production. He said eight to nine million more workers would be needed in durable wood industries and that a 43 hour work week would not suffice for full recovery. He predicted large gains in housing utilities steam railroads and other sectors and urged expansion thinking beyond current optimistic statistics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Harold G. Moulton
Brookings Institution
United States
Moulton
Weather and farm life amid rapid spring changes
A Central South Dakota diary notes spice of life in May with mixed weather. Heat, dust, and a north wind bring a storm of hail and rain that narrowly misses the yard while Jim tends sheep and barn chores. Seventh and eighth graders finish exams as Jim speaks of lambs and shearing, hoping for brighter days and fewer smuts.
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Jim
Jerry
Severs
Sara
Aker
Jana
Jim Sys
Huron College Music School to Close Season with Recitals
Herbert L M Bailey announces the Huron college music school season ends with four recitals next week. Monday features pupil Jesse Gordon Ewart. other soloists include Margaret Mauch Dianist Alice Thursday and Giailys Murray mezzo soprano with Jane Shep jana pianist. Friday caps with graduation recital by India Goodman plans vacation. Various faculty and guests assist in a diverse program.
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Herbert ML Bailey
Huron College Today
School of Music
Mondey A Veing
Pupite
Mima
Jesse Gordon Ewart
Mevera
Mims
Margaret Mauch
Mis Alice
Mise Giailys Murray
Mezto-Soprans
Mies Jane Shepjana
Mies
Ean Brady
Mary Ferrer
James Duries
Miay Fula Maswarjing
Miss India Goodman
Waterloo
Town
B. E Mower
Minosepolis
Frank Heiney
Jett
Pierre
van Eyckel
Wessington
Busines
Guy O
Broadland
Dwight Lindbergh and the path to US citizenship
The piece argues the ease of Dwight Lindbergh becoming a US citizen by declaring allegiance, noting citizenship by birth abroad would complicate his status. It criticizes naturalization processes, judges, and the balance between education and legal requirements for new citizens.
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Dwight ‘ Lindbergh
United States
Dwight
Supreme Court of the
Night after attending Oviatt-Hannum nuptials
Miss Dorothy Beach travels to Mitchell for a concert by Galli Curci while Miss Ethelyn Medbery departs for Minneapolis to visit friends and relatives.
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Dorothy Beach
Mitchell
Guy A
Galli Curci
Ethelyn Medbery
Minneapolis
Ahe
Awards Day Honors Junior High Athletes at Year End
Forty junior high students, twenty boys and twenty girls, received 1937 numerals or Huron monograms at the awards day assembly. Deklotz urged balance between academics and athletics while speakers praised their work in basketball, football, track, and other activities.
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Lyle Mack
Misa Mae Kelley
Deklotz
Ted Schaefer
Lloyd Carpenter
Robert Jensen
Roll Bell
Sedley Stuart
Howard Horsen
Dovd Carpenter
L. Kettleson
H. Huddleston
B. Jensen
Junior high numerals awarded to local girls in 136-participant program
Taina Wiese Dorothea Dunbar and Dorie Mantz are named among recipients of numerals for the junior high program. Listed students include Jean Hathaway Doris Mantz Arlene Anderson Stelma Armin Ruth Bandy Elsie Disney Tone Brand Arlene Minske Mary J Jansen Mary Georgiades Mary Jane Johnson Doris Badger Evelyn Freeburg. The total junior high participation this year reached 136 students.
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Taina Wiese
Dorothea Dunbar
Dorie Mantz
Jean Hathaway
Doris Mantz
Arlene Anderson
Stelma Armin
Ruth Bandy
Elsie Disney
Tone Brand
Arlene ‘“Minske
Mary J. Jansen
Mary Georgiades
Mary Jane Johnson
Doris Badger
Evelyn Freeburg
Fencing Stock Dams Advised to Protect Waterways
The conservation service urges fencing stock watering ponds to prevent hoof damage and erosion. Free access by cattle tears banks and silts reservoirs, reducing storage capacity. Protective vegetation and fenced structures can keep livestock from the water, improving dam integrity this season.
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Soi Conservation Service
Early Naturalists Describe Sloth’s Elusive Life
A fragment notes that two early naturalists had little chance to study the sloth. Four centuries ago Genzalo De Oviedo described the creature as clinging to trees and living on air, with a chief desire to cleave fast unto branches and unseen by others.
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Genzalo de Oviedo
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