Jokers Hidden in Agriculture Bill and Blue Stamp Plan
A Washington commentary traces a shift from small aid to a billion-dollar agriculture bill for soil conservation parity and road work. It critiques a proposed blue food stamp system, warns of inequities and bootlegging risks, and urges focus on proven programs like roads and livestock disease control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Wallace
NRA
WPA
Cery
United States
Hope
Kansas
House Committee On Agriculture
Bang
Department of Agriculture Administration
House
Senate
Capitol
Western Newspaper Union
Barbara Bell Spring and Summer Pattern Book Offer
The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. offers No 1723 a simple dress with flattering lines in wool crepe silk prints and cottons plus No 1622 with two pinafore styles. The Spring and Summer Pattern Book costs 15 cents and showcases Barbara Bell patterns for practical, attractive clothing with sizes 32 through 48 and yardage details.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Around the House Tips for Everyday Tasks
Peeling new potatoes with a tin pot cleaner. decorating Davenport cushions can affect proportions. Tint fabrics after cleaning to avoid stains. remove paper labels by heating. separate eggs using a funnel over a jelly tumbler to keep yolks intact.
Uncle Phil Says Digest of Witty maxims and musings
A collection of aphorisms and social reflections on discretion luck truth and human behavior. The piece notes the imaginary line between folly and wisdom and comments on possessiveness ambitions peace and imagination with a humorous tone.
Ask Me Another Quick Quiz Questions Pack
A set of trivia prompts covering electricity light in lamps etymology nihilist Lake Champlain sea level calls in capital ship telephony costs and mantis name origin. Includes inquiries about incandescent luminous glow pronunciation and historical nicknames.
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Lake Champlain
Praying Mantis Named for Peaceful Prayer Pose
A mantis stands upright on hind legs with front legs folded in a serene pose resembling prayer. The insect’s posture inspired its common name, praying mantis.
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Praying Mantis
Answers to 8 Quiz Questions From The Era
1. Heating the lamp filament makes it luminous. 2. Nihil derives from Latin nihil meaning nothing. a denier of real existence. 3. Ninety six feet. 4. Washington calls now average about one million daily. 5. Daniel Webster. 6. The listener’s blood circulation. 7. Rates: 9 dollars for three minutes within 1500 nautical miles of New York. 18 dollars beyond 1500 miles. 8. The praying mantis balances before seizing prey.
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Washington, D. C
Daniel Webster
New York
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Bruckart
Washington Digest
William Bruckart
National Press Bldg
Washington
Federal Treasury
Department
House Appropriations Committee
Rip van Winkle
Uncle Phil
America
cHocorat ‘Axariveé
Quaker State
Franklin
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
Pennsylvania
Pes
Peete
Prince Albert
Ohn Durkin
P.A
Durkin
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N.C
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