Prodigal kin visit reveals Clash of city and farm life
Homer Cray recalls youth on a northwest Missouri road as Uncle Jim Wallace and Myra visit the Kennedy family in Beatrice Nebraska. The rural household pictures farm toil, city wealth, and a failed offer of eight hundred dollars, hinting at evolving values amid a crossroad of lifestyles.
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Kennedys
Newt
Kennedy
Ida
Lucy
Harlan
Clarence Duncan
Grandpa
Jim
Brown Palace Hotel
Denver
Shaw’s Garden
St. Louis
Rosebud Indian Agency
Portage Des Sioux
Mrs. Wallace
Uncle Jim
Mrs. Kennedy
Times
Simons
Taxed by Organized Labor Pensions Spark National Backlash
The piece argues that a new 100 dollar monthly union pension for 65 year olds will cost Americans over half their income when combined with federal state and local taxes. It cites estimates of a 12 billion annual hidden tax and predicts a political revolution as voters pressure Congress to curb labor tax levies and demand fiscal restraint.
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John L. Lewis
Taft
Organized Labor
United States
Congress
Daytime Charm Junior Dress Pattern in Pretty White Yoke
Sewing Circle Patterns presents pattern No. 8534 for a daytime dress in junior sizes 11 to 18. Features a crisp white yoke, a delicate belt, and options for short or three quarter sleeves. Includes yardage details for size 12 and notes spring fashion news with a free pattern inside the book. Price 25 cents.
Wild Town Tombstone Rose Bush Largest In World
Tombstone Arizona once famed for silver mines and gunmen is now best known for a rose bush covering 2,000 square feet, claimed as the largest in the world. The town's rough history includes prospectors gamblers and notorious ladies of the old west.
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Tombstone
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