Anne Learns of Neal's Political Ambition and New Strains
Anne juggles earning efforts from teaching and church singing while Neal builds savings for rent and household costs. As spring to fall heat tests them, Neal contemplates running for state legislator after a donor's death, while Anne battles fever and neglect at home, masking her illness with duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne
Neal
Conrad
Jimmie Scott
First Congregational Church
Hamstead
Hinsboro
New Deal Powers Drive Federal Reach and Cotton Plan
A year into Roosevelt’s New Deal, federal reach grows into state and individual affairs. The Bankhead cotton plan would cap U S production at nine million bales for 1934–35 with a 12 cent per pound excess tax and require farmer exemption certificates, raising concerns about implementation, fairness, and regional differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wallace
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
United States
Engagement and Quiet Wedding of Anne Chamberlain
Anne Chamberlain tires of her escort George Hildreth as Neal Conrad, a visiting young lawyer, arrives as the evening’s sensation. He admires her, wins her heart, and they become engaged. The marriage is solemnized and the couple honeymoon in Washington where they begin housekeeping with friend Clarence Hathaway visiting.
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Anne Chamberlain
George Hildreth
Neal Conrad
Hildreth
Anne
Conrad
Mrs. Griffin
Mr. Goldenburg
Neal
Washington
Conrads
Clarence Hathaway
Charm and the elusive quality called charm in women
A feature on a charity lecture series in New York exploring what charm is. It notes that charm defies precise definition and blends goodness humor calm stability interest and inner poise, creating an elusive inner hold that many charismatic women possess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ferry's Seeds Ad Emphasizes Fresh Dated Packaging
An advertisement from Bell Syndicate WIN Service touts Ferry's Seeds as self sufficient and maternally receptive with hidden problems. It claims seeds are sold only in fresh dated packages and promises the finest quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Syndicate
Ferry
Dr. Pierce Liver Pills Advertise Pellets
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the original small liver pills offered for sixty years. It claims they regulate liver and bowels and ends with a caution that pity is unnecessary for sensitive pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Sibilant Word Quest Stirs Linguistic Debate
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports a request from statisticians seeking the most sibilant word in English and the word with the most letter e. The inquiry cites testing phrases from the Manchester Guardian and notes ongoing curiosity about extreme word forms and vowel distributions.
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P. D
Manchester Guardian
B. B
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Wadsworth
Colonial Dames
William Bruckart
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
New Deal
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Mone
NRA
AAA
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Africa
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Western Newspaper Union
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Dept. 11
Manitou Beach
Mich
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F. O
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G. M. Schlup
Winthrop, Ark
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Michigan
Bayer Manufacture
Bayer
S.S.S
Caneace
Cuticura Laboratories
Malden
Mass
Houston
Galveston
Ent Service
Reuben Werman
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