Coca Leaves as Anesthetic Myth and Labor Grounded Hope
The New York Herald Tribune notes how coca chewing, long used in Peru and among Andean workers, dulls pain and sustains labor. It questions modern anesthesia's reach while highlighting coca's social role as a wage staple and morale booster amidst harsh highland conditions.
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Peru
Bolivia
Henry Hurd Busby
Columbia College of Pharmacy
Dun Heights
South America
New York Herald Tribune
Beauty Hint for Bright Eyes and Soothing Care
Advice describes using cotton soaked with hazel on closed eyelids then warm salty water bath. Claims soothing effects from the first step and strengthening from the second. Includes a cryptic closing note about bank assets being liquid indicating solidity in paradoxical terms.
Old Spanish custom and museum news from London and Japan
A fragmented wire service style summary reports that Spanish farmers cut trees to deter birds, the British Museum front was cleaned after a century, The Boy Scouts of Britain reach 100000 members, Japan lifts a 1000 year old ban allowing women to climb Mount Omine, and other brief notes about Duval Street Key West, Russia mercury deposits in the Dunes basin.
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Japan
Omine
Bris bane This Week One Cent Important Pay Not Being Forty Dollars a Month
A fragmented Brisbane column riffs on US news, pensions proposed at forty dollars monthly for the elderly, wartime fears of Japan, tobacco subsidies in Pennsylvania, and tax figures for 1964. It notes Roosevelt's pension plan, warns about possible wars, and mentions Amelia Earhart style mentions and a drifting aviation anecdote.
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Japan
United States
Washington
Europe
Asia
Ameta Sidnart
Hawaii
Pacific
Government Ownership and Tax Costs Debated
A column examines proposed government ownership of railroads, arguing it would raise taxes for every American and shift funding from schools highways and waterways. It contrasts a potential deficit with the idea that rail taxes fund public services and questions future consequences. A second piece forecasts recovery, urges congressional action on unemployment insurance and prudent policies, and warns against radical inflationary measures.
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L. G. Probert
Oto
United States
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Bed of Roses Rag Rug Craft Idea by Grandmother Clark
The article describes a four-pound rag rug named Bed of Roses, braided in three strands and crochetable. It details color patterns, sizing of small round rags, and promotes Linkraft as a durable alternative, with a notice to request Grandmother Clark's Book No. 25 from Home Craft Company for more patterns and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey
Building Character By G Campbell New York Educator
A New York educator argues youth today risk crime if school fails to suit individual tastes. Perseverance must stay in classrooms, not defeatism. He urges measured assessments of ability, cautioning against mislabeling laziness as incapacity while encouraging addressing distasteful lessons directly.
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G. Campbell
New York
Better Times Ahead by Henry J Harriman Chamber of Commerce
There is much ground for encouragement in present business conditions. With 2,000,000 less unemployed than at the beginning of 1934, with farm income 2,000,000,000 more than in 1938 and 1,500,000,000 more than in 1922, signals are hopeful.
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Henry J
Harriman Dub& Chamber of Commerce
Signa
More Building Needed
Asa H. Jones argues that a surge of construction will unfold in the next year as dormant projects are released. He notes ample capital and diminishing fears of funding, predicting a flood of building activity after years of stagnation.
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Asa H. Jones
Poiat
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British Museum
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Britain
Ita
Key West
Duval
Kay West
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Russia
Dunes
Russa
Mia
Oliver O
Grinnell
Metropolitan Grand Opera
Fear Ager
New York St
Rade Orienate Ee
Laasere Leralume Parra
Seas
Postaring & Chemical
Brisbane
Pacific Ocean
California
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Congress
Foreign’ Office
Teele Sam
Philippines
Asiatic Islands
Uncle Sam
America
Bruno Bellotmann
Lindbergh
Tals
Amelia Earbert
Brodina
Edward A. Filend
Clark
Home Craft Company
Nineteenth & St Loula Ave
Loula, Mo
Simonis
Otorists
Bos
Costum
Cra, Mickee
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