08 Jun 1934
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1934
Page
1
A retold fairy tale begins with a little pine tree craving gold and glass leaves, then green needles after a fairy visits. In modern scenes, a daughter rebukes wealth as credit for success, urging her father to fund a daring, idealistic engineering project begun from scratch rather than rely on inherited fortune.
Mary Brown, a civil engineering prodigy and daughter of multi‑millionaire David Brown, confronts money and power at a family dinner. She declares she is finished with wealth’s shackles, recounts a childhood incident of earning and giving, and longs for earned value over inherited wealth as tension builds.
Railroads aim to recapture passenger traffic lost to buses aircraft and cars by developing fast stylish trains with advanced features. Tests show one line reaching 104 mph while electricification air conditioning and motor coaches expand service. Historical notes trace railroad growth from 1869 and the Pacific railway to the Mississippi frontier and westward expansion.
Zelma O Neill missing a long time from riding due to injuries from a hawk attack while rope catching the bird. The hawk struck his knee and horse leg with claws, causing a fall and unconsciousness before both animal and rider vanished from the pasture. His wife tended to him at home after the incident.
Smithsonian excavations at Shiloh battlefield uncover an ancient temple, about 30 small buildings, and 30 skeletons atop a bluff overlooking the Tennessee River. Dr. Frank Roberts calls the site a proto-Muskogean temple in the Gulf region, suggesting a highly cultured people predating white settlement.
James C. Wilson, former college instructor, after a 3 000 mile motorcycle journey across Africa, says Africans are ordinary people who work daily and share humor. He saw no savages and few animals, insisting the truth be told. His trophies include a drum carved from a tree and wool blankets woven by natives.
Anatole Deibler, the French official executioner, guillotined his 300th criminal, post office rover Camille Maucher, at dawn in Marseilles. He earns 7,500 francs per execution and says he will retire soon with a comfortable fortune. He is rushing to finish a new foolproof guillotine but will not reveal details.
The text argues for keeping the Northern Pacific extension beyond the Mississippi open longer than five months at St Paul. It contrasts Civil War rail networks, noting the South’s sparsity and distant linking, with the North’s railways fit for movement of troops and munitions and the European pattern of building roads to meet existing trade. It also notes U.S. expansion through virgin territory and hoped-for growth in line facilities.
Ameri can correspondent in Russia for six years presents a counterimage to socialist planning claims. He notes factories and power stations as well as overcrowded homes, exile, food cards, and censored deaths. He warns of looming war, frontier barriers, and class conflict shaping Europe and the Soviet Union.
The dime novel has moved from obscurity to honor in the Congressional Library in Washington. Philadelphia’s Happy Hours Brotherhood of 60 members promotes dime novel collecting. Robert H. Smeltzer says dime novels are harmless and have done good, recalling his secret reading as a child and noting the tale of good triumphing over evil.
Scientists report rats can live for a long time in good condition with a diet consisting only of milk iron and copper, indicating surprising resilience under restricted nutrition.
A meditation on wind as an intangible force shaping fate and literature from biblical and classical references to modern writers. It notes wind personifications by Boreas and Notos, cites the Temple of the Winds, and links a West Indies storm to the early life of Alexander Hamilton, as reported by the Columbus Dispatch.
The Christian Register notes a reader asking if their budget system saves money and receives a reply that balancing the budget each evening solidifies savings, though it can limit late outings. The exchange emphasizes discipline in daily financial tracking and timely adjustment of expenditures.
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