Transfer of CWA project to FERA boosts city lake park work
The article urges pushing the transfer of a CWA project to the new FERA to start large scale improvements at the city lake, with four months to complete the job and the park ready for use this year. It stresses preventing interruption and pressing spring to bring the playground project into swift service for wholesome recreation in the industrial area.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration
FERA
CWA
Lake Park
Thoughts on power and society in a reflective essay
The piece blends political satire and social commentary as it muses on Roosevelt in Washington, coeducational colleges, rising commodity prices, and the public's appetite for prosperity. It weighs human fallibility against idealized progress and critiques public discourse and media.
The Passing of the Spelling Bee
The piece laments the disappearance of the traditional spelling bee and urges its return. It notes Hugh Morson high school in Raleigh held a match with wide local interest, and comments on contestants spelling hiccup while the dictionary listed hiccough, leading to its removal from the list.
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Hugh Morson High School
Raleigh
Raleigh News and Observer
Hiccough
See America: Vacation Plans Shift With faltering dollar
The Raleigh News and Observer notes travelers consider economical trips abroad as exchange rates weaken the dollar. Many look to countries with favorable rates or opt to explore the United States. The era encourages domestic travel to discover American wonders and scenery.
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Raleigh News and Observer
Europe
America
M. J. Wrenn Remembered as Pioneer in Furniture South
Obituary tribute recounts M. J. Wrenn born near the Civil War era and a lifelong leader in the furniture trade. He weathered national booms and busts with steadfast principles, earning deep respect from colleagues who recall his modest yet keen business sense and dedication to industry and humanity. Theodore Roosevelt cited him as an example of contributing to one’s profession.
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M. J. Wrenn
Mr. Wrenn
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
My English Teacher Bettie Hicks Praises Miss Goode
In a Colton Park column the piece from The Chatham Record lauds Miss Goode English teacher at the local school. Bettie Ann Hicks writes a playful tribute praising her teacher for kindness, neatness, and teaching ability while noting salary concerns for educators.
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Bettie Ann Hicks
Missa Goode
Sticks
Chicken's come home to roost in American city politics
Opinion piece argues 1930s municipal machine politics left city services underfunded and mismanaged. It cites a midwest manufacturing city facing bare treasury, rising tax delinquencies, cut fire police health and school services, and deteriorating morale as evidence that voters bears responsibility for decades of drift.
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United States
Middlewest
America
Reminiscences of Youth and Politics warned by age
The author reflects on candidacy and political disillusion, contrasting independent paths with party platforms. He recalls youth, Sunday music bans, taboo dances, and the social fear of generous dress codes as markers of conservative era manners.
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Haley
Elwood Hotel
Nitchey Tilley and Anitra's Dance Book Reviews
Contemporary reviews praise Roy Helton's Nitchey Tilley as one of the decade's most significant North Carolina mountain tales with a quest for life's meaning. They also critique Fannie Hurst's Anitra's Dance as a brisk tempest of genius and tragedy centering on Richard Bruno and his daughter Anitra, with Brunos struggle to finish The Span of Life.
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Roy Helton
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New York
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North Carolina
Nitchey Tilley
Nietzsche
Nitchey
Dort
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Margot
Lomey
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Greenwich Village
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Gesar of Ling epic praised in David-Neel study review
A survey of The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling by Alexandra David-Neel and Lama Yongden highlights its Tibetan epic scope, heroic deeds, Buddhist conflict, and the translator’s notes. The review commends the volume for readable storytelling and its value to English-speaking readers.
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Gesar OF Ling
Kendall
New York
Alexandra David-Neel
Lama
Yongden
Cesar of Ling
Sylvain Levi
Sind
Central Asia
Madame David Neel
Tibet
Gesar
Ling
Pre School Clinics Deserve Community Support
The article urges support for the annual pre school clinic season to examine five and six year olds for defects that could hinder school progress. It stresses trained nurse and physician exams, followed by treatment from families, including dental, vision, and tonsil removal needs, and notes improved nutrition boosts school readiness.
Preschool Clinics Support Benefit for Children and School
The clinics serve a worthwhile purpose and parents should support them fully. Benefits extend to the individual child and to the school group as a whole.
Government Shapes Business From Uncle Sam’s Regulation
The piece argues that federal regulation is reshaping business and may force a major rethinking of how government and commerce interact, suggesting a transformative era in policy and markets.
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Uncle Sam
Referendum Set in South Carolina on Prohibition
South Carolinians will vote next August on whether to retain prohibition. The article notes tension with North Carolina peers and the Palmetto State’s stance on alcohol policy.
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Palmetto State
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