Broad improvement noted in wholesale trade and building demand
The article reports a sustained upswing in wholesale buying with May purchases up as much as 50 percent from last year. Rising prices prompt merchants to stock up before higher costs. large orders replace past hand to mouth buying. Increased agricultural income and a recovering construction sector boost demand for lumber and building materials, signaling a more encouraging overall business outlook since the downturn.
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Southwest
The Rubbish Peddlers and Public Ill**usion**
John Maynard Keynes warns that in the United States public figures insult the public with platitudes and evasions. The piece argues citizens must scrutinize government and officials, hoping current conditions spur reform and new leaders.
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John
Maynard Keynes
United States
Trede Jis. Bank
Jonas
Taxes in Triplicate for New York Automobiles
The Buffalo Evening News argues that New York City plans a triad of taxes on motor vehicles including a local tax equal to state registration, plus tolls and charges. Mayor O'Brien estimates about 6.5 million dollars from these levies, with motorists from other ports also taxed to fund city government. The piece notes federal and state taxes on cars, gasoline, and oil, compounding the burden and warning of diminishing returns as owners’ ability to pay tightens.
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Qivnus
New York City
O’brien
New York
Hurlens
East River
The
Buffalo Evening News
Imagination Stretches to Thefts of Radium Needles
A Philadelphia radium needle theft highlights limits of imagination. Experts note radium emanations endure for thousands of years, resisting destruction and continuing to emit deadly rays long after the crime.
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Philadelphia
Encouraging Growth in Postal Receipts
A May report from the Post Office Department across fifty cities shows a modest rise of over three percent from the previous year. The gains, while not large enough to cause elation, support cautious optimism about the economy and suggest signs of recovery as the year progresses.
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Ander
Tensson
Postolice Department
Witessell
Silence and Speech in a World Obsessed with Noise
A fragmented meditation on silence as wisdom versus chatter. The text contrasts those who fear quiet with those who mistake noise for life, noting that true selfhood grows in restraint. It cites Shakespeare and Longfellow, arguing silence renews the spirit and reveals one's destined stature.
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Roldetti
Take It On The Chin From Bad Habits Talk
A fragmented self help style notice urges readers to confront habits weakening self discipline. It warns readers of an alarming self awakening and the need to start and keep to a course of reform for personal improvement.
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Jand
Just Folks Poem Excerpt by Edgar A Guest
Readable lines from a poem by Edgar A Guest praise flags and unity. The excerpt invokes patriotism, urging workers farmers and all people to renew faith and hope. It ends with a note of copyright from 1937.
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Edgar AY Guest
Fragmented Hints of School and Society in a Mixed Page
A garbled OCR page weaves scattered notes on school issues and public life with snippets of dialogue and local color. It references a janitor, a Riverside river,advertising cards, a divorce case, and stray remarks about weather, religion, and taxes amid stray sports and gossip fragments.
London Conference Debates Aim for Global Economic Recovery
A synthesis of editorials from U.S. papers argues the London conference should advance currency stabilization, reduce trade barriers, and promote disarmament through economic cooperation. It notes mixed predictions, with calls for U.S. leadership and caution against self sufficiency, stressing employment, debt, and world trade recovery as central stakes.
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London
United States
The
NEW York Times
the Times
Charlotte Observer
Boise Idaho States
Roosevelt
Providence Journal
Roanoke World-News
Geneva
Nashville
Newark Evening News
Om4ha
World Herald
World-Herald
Epicetus
Star-Telegram
Ephésus
Piper
Cleveland News
America
World and the Mud Puddles Reflect Royal Pageantry
The piece contrasts republican disdain for display with public excitement over visiting royalty. It imagines how "The Great Commoner" would react to Ruth presenting credentials as United States Minister to Denmark, suggesting mixed envy and approval of pomp. The tone lampoons aristocratic trappings and American reactions to royal spectacle.
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Republic
Ruth
United States
Denmark
Press Comment Reviews Across Cities On Weather And Policy
A roundup of brief editorials and quips from multiple papers. Topics include summer heat near 100 degrees, opposition to red ink standards, forest conservation, an Indiana baby named for Roosevelt, a sunspot prophecy about 1993 weather, Turkey’s tariff law affecting trade, wind shield wipers and traffic tickets, Albany dentists and mechanics, unemployment and overproduction, and a triple birth in Pocatello. The snippets reflect editorials and light commentary from the Omaha World-Herald Oakland Tribune Rochester Telegram Indianapolis News Springfield Republican Ashland Daily Independent Lowell Evening Leader Yakima Daily Republic and others.
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Boston Transcript
SAN Francisco Chronicle
The
Atlanta Journal
Journal
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Congress
Great Britain
Springfield
Mass
Baltimore Sun
Kansas City Star
Birmingham Age-Herald
Sioux Talls Daily Argus Leader
London
Lincoln State Journal
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Chamber of Commerce
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General Motors
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Commerce
Chicago
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White
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Jersey
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Mark
Santa Claus
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Rowevell
Daily Editorial Digest
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Omaha World-Herald
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