Best Dressed Woman on a Moderate Budget Idea
The Marquette Mining Journal discusses Mrs. Harrison Williams of New York City crowned Americas best dressed, noting yearly wardrobe costs of about $20,000. The piece questions value, time, and personal sacrifice behind striving for the title and imagines a best dressed winner on a modest budget.
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Manthe] Howe
Marquette Mining Journal
Harrison Williams
New York City
America
Lawdy
The Best Dressed Woman Fantasy and Its Limits
A reflective piece critiques the obsession with clothes, arguing a person could enjoy financial generosity, social moments, and creativity without becoming fashion-obsessed. The narrator doubts the strength to pursue perfection in dressing, preferring freedom to wear worn hats and quirky interiors over high style.
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Avery
Northwestern Adds Air Conditioned Cars To Routes
Chicago and North Western Railway will add 135 air cooled and conditioned cars in 1935. The fleet includes coaches lounge dining parlor observation and several sleeping cars, yielding 24 air conditioned trains serving Chicago and connecting lines. Named trains include North Western Limited Corn King Limited Viking Victory San Francisco Overland Limited Columbine Portland Rose Mountain Bluebird Los Angeles Limited and Rochester Minnesota Special. Equipment types Melcher Ice Activated and Pullman systems used across 37 coaches and 66 sleeping cars with dining parlor and observation cars included.
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Chicago & North Western Railway
R. Thomson
Chicago
North Western Limited
Viking
Victory
Columbine
Los Angeles
Two New Ore Study Projects Approved By Michigan Tech
Two ore research projects receive approval at Michigan Tech in Houghton. Led by Prof. Andrew T. Sweet, the Locating of Copper Lodes project will hire about 260 relief workers in a trenching program to uncover geological data for new copper ore bodies, headed by Albert Floater of Mohawk. The Refinishing Equipment Project will employ several dozen people to repair tools and salvage worn equipment.
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Michigan College of Mining and Technology
Houghton
Andrew T. Sweet
College Metallurgy
Albert Floater
Mohawk
Lsted
Savsn
That's Different Father in humorous exchange
A witty aside frames a father warning about a daughter's late visits and a punchline revealing the new boyfriend as the milkman. The quip contrasts past hangouts with present arrival times, ending on a playful misdirection.
Ohio Joins States With General Sales Tax
Ohio becomes the eleventh state with a true general sales tax, effective January 1 1935 a three percent levy on most purchases. Revenue expected around 60 million in 1936. Tax collected via prepaid stamps the merchant buys at 97 cents per dollar. Exemptions cover milk brand newsprint feed seed lime fertilizer and farm produce among others. Revenue shares favor schools local government poor relief and administration. States with similar rates include Arizona California Illinois Iowa Kentucky Michigan Mississippi North Carolina Oklahoma and Utah.
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Ohio
Arizona
California
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Utah
Council Rejects Offset of Light Co Taxes in City Bills
The Lake Superior District Power Co sought to offset its tax bill against what Bessemer owes, but the council denied the request noting legality concerns and preferring creditor priority. Aldermen authorized a Lansing trip for FERA funds to finish the city hall and approved pursuing PWA funds for a sewage plant as no bond bids were received. The Merit and Power contract with LS District Power Co will be discussed at the first January meeting.
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Lake Superior District Power Co
Bessemer
N. A. Nelson
William Baird
M. E. Nolan
Lansing
FERA
PWA
Iit
Begsemer Herald
PACTS AND FUN Films and theatre life in fragments
A mosaic of quotes shows cinema popularity in Japan and a Parisian duel tradition with about one duel annually. Snippets reveal actors, maids, and a nurse banter about film making, acting tears, undressing practice, and a couple debating cinema choices with light humor.
Gave Himself Away Four Workmen at Cards
Four workmen played cards when one revealed a telltale habit. A spade was chosen after another swore he could tell by a gesture. The trick relied on seeing a worker spit on his hand, exposing the spade instinct.
Three Married Men at a House Meet a Morally Leper
Three married men Morris Gould and Horowicz visit a house where they confront Mr Farages and are surprised by his wife Edna. A warning plan to confront him falters as the pair realize the moral leper is in the house and Edna is present, leading to tense confrontation.
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Hey
Morris
Horowicz
Gould
Hollywood
Asten
S. J
Europe
Horowitz
Graves
Mr. Farages
Jake
Frank
Norris
Mr. Parages
George
Edna
Farages
EB. B. Williams
Percy
United States Mining Company
Williams
Suffolk and
Vaughn Streets
Finnish Cooperative Mercantile Company
John Joppi
Henry Hoglund
John Donovan
Edward Bowden
Park
Edwards
Hang Everson
Unexpected Present At Theater Entrance Causes Curious Exchange
A terse London note describes a doorman to Smithers receiving two ladies at the theater entrance in a scene marked by odd ticket handling. The observer mentions a fellow on the subway who appeared pleased with the given items, hinting at a playful or mysterious exchange amid city crowds.
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Smithers
Looking Backward 1894 1914 and 1924 Ironwood Tales
A collage of city notes from Ironwood recounts a near calamity when ex Chief Gus Olson drove a fire team at city hall missing the bit and tipping the wagon into a scramble of tea and danger. Reports also hint at plans to buy mines, adopt an eight o clock closing, and a giant lake steamer prospect.
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Gus Olson
City Hall
Aurora
Olson
McLeod Avenue
John Welsh
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