NRA board criticisms shake Roosevelt program in Washington
The NRA Review board report to President Roosevelt attacks many NRA principles and triggers a political furor. Johnson defends relief for minor industries, while critics say the board signals potential end for NRA as firms face dozens of codes and rising costs.
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NRA Review Board
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NRA
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Johnson
Little Fellows
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
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Review Board
Old Christmas Traditions Tied To Rodanthe Heritage And Early North Carolina Roots
The piece surveys Old Christmas celebrations as kept by Rodanthe residents, linking the tradition to Dare County and Roanoke Island, Virginia Dare, and the region’s colonial history. It notes the date confusion between Old Christmas Eve and Old Christmas Day and mentions nearby landmarks like Kitty Hawk and Roanoke Island.
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Rodanthe
Barrier Islands
Pamlico Sound
North Carolina
Walter Raleigh
New World
Missouri Ozarks
Pope Gregory
Britain
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
America
Dare County
Virginia Dare
John White
Roanoke Island
White
Kitty Hawk
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Largest fish caught by harpoon off Florida in 1912
A spotted whale shark measured 88 feet long and weighed 26,504 pounds, captured off Florida in 1912 by Capt. Charles Thompson. Zane Grey is credited with the largest fish caught with rod and line, a striped marlin sword fish of 1,040 pounds near Tahiti in 1930.
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Florida
Charles Thompson
Zane Grey
Tahiti
Postum Free Week's Supply Offer Advertisement
The Postum Company offers a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it, as printed in another part of this paper.
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Postum Company
Been Through the Mill Quote Reveals Marital Joke
A humorous line from the period noting a wife’s reply about obedience and a husband’s prior marriage. The quip reflects social attitudes and gender roles in the era. The exchange highlights wedding banter and the light tone of domestic anecdotes.
Lightning calculator at Nantes asylum puzzles with seconds count
A Nantes asylum doctor reports a patient with extraordinary mental arithmetic. The man, unable to read or write, computed seconds in thirty years in fourteen to thirty two seconds, detailing a breakdown of large-number multiplications.
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Nantes
France
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