Hoover Plans May Spark Real Progress At Geneva Disarmament Talks
President Hoovers broad disarmament proposal aims for decisive cuts worldwide, with Italy and Germany leaning toward reductions. Britain and France offer budget limits and non replacement, while Russia signals total disarmament gesture. If united, these moves could push all major powers toward concrete action before Geneva adjourns.
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France
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Optimists Get Rich Quote Sparks 1837 Perspective
An 1837 speech excerpt notes stagnant trade and rising taxes as property owners face ruin, alongside John Jacob Astor expanding real estate holdings to build a vast fortune. The saying Optimists get rich by buying from pessimists frames the period's mood and investment dynamic.
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John Jacob Astor
America
Government waste and the piper’s bill to the public
The piece argues that the American public pays for government waste through taxes on checks stamps gasoil electricity and communications. It claims consumers ultimately bear the costs of patronage public works and a large Washington bureaucracy. The metaphor of political appendicitis suggests reform is needed.
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Congress
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Second Hand Lands Grow as States Take Back Tax-Delinquent Areas
Western states accelerate transfer of forest and abandoned farm lands to state ownership for nonpayment of taxes. About forty million acres, roughly 16 percent of five states’ totals, are now in public hands. Delinquencies are highest in Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin South Dakota and Oregon, with a Minnesota county reporting 66 percent unpaid levies.
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Remembering a man's stature by his gilt shaving mug tale
A nostalgic musing recalls how a community judged prominence by the value of a gilded shaving mug at the town barbershop. The reflection hints at social status, old customs, and local pride.
Europe's Joy If Uncle Sam Pays for Everything
The writer imagines a world where Europe benefits if the United States funds all costs. They criticise post convention politics and joke that Chicago will have surplus lumber from discarded planks for future use after two big conventions.
Let Him Be: Stop Hen Pecking the Man
A speaker pleads with a woman to stop nagging a man, arguing hen pecking harms his manhood and behavior. He urges giving him space to grow, make mistakes, and reclaim pride without verbal abuse. The piece targets domestic tension and calls for restraint.
Once Over ay J. J. Mundy A warning to youths on reaching twenty one
A satirical warning urges young readers to avoid bragging about becoming “their own boss.” It questions prideful plans to seek independence, warns of loss of parental support, and emphasizes humility and prudent judgment before Taking on life’s responsibilities.
Sentence Sermons By Rev Roy L Smith D D
A brief column presents short moral reflections by Reverend Roy L Smith addressing daily life. The pieces offer pithy observations on faith, virtue, and personal conduct suitable for Sunday reading and quiet contemplation.
The Path of Silence and Wealth Entangled
A compact meditation on opposing voices and justifications. It contrasts suppressing dissent with self defeating vanity, exploring how power seeks to quiet insight, wealth, and memory through evasive alibis and empty pieties.
Bible Thought For Today Fear and Trust in God
A devotional line reflects on Psalm 56 1 3 urging mercy from God as enemies press in and fear turns to trust in divine protection. The excerpt frames faith as refuge during peril with a call to rely on God in danger.
On Learning to Walk
A witty item notes a child’s parents insist on riding everywhere, humorously questioning the idea of teaching the child to walk. The brief reflects a domestic scene and a playful failing of progress. It contrasts the phrase ask dad, he knows with the image of overreliance on rides.
Busy Hints Page Combines Taxes Jests and Local Quips
A collage of notes from Hints and Hints Sun sets tonight and other items recounts a Newburyport mayor suit for $25,000, odd fruit gifts, a jailed information bureau boss, and a string of pithy aphorisms. It includes jokes about taxes, politics, rail, and daily life with names and places like Roosevelt, New York, and Chicago.
Whimsical Observations From An Oral Newspaper Page
A collection of quips and social commentary ribbing Americanism, politics, and daily life. It jokes about postage costs, lunacy commissions, an old man seeking divorce, French cigarette holders, and political conventions with election-season jabs and timing notes.
My clothing store misfortune joke sparks local gullibility claim
The quote shows Cohen exclaiming about his clothing store after an accident and a friend quips about bootleggers praising New Castle residents as the most gullible. The overheard remarks suggest a local stereotype about gullibility.
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Earth
Editorial Digest Symposium on Motions Edited by CPA
A daily digest presents a symposium of editorial views from newspapers of motions on important subjects as edited by the Consolidated Press Association. It aggregates opinions from multiple papers to reflect a broad editorial stance.
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Mrs Owen Sets Example by Quitting Congress Early
Ruth Bryan Owen resigns before her term ends to avoid the lame duck period. Praise pours from multiple newspapers noting her courage and consistency as the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and a model for defeated candidates.
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How It Pays Public Gambling Sparks Varied Takes
A comparison of gambling revenue shows Washoe County Nevada collecting 22530 in licenses for the last quarter of 1931 vs 35565 in the prior quarter while Austria enjoys a boom with state monopolies netting about 4 million from lotteries last year. The text notes layoffs and wage cuts in Reno casinos and contrasts with Austrian lottery profits and race betting taxes supporting public funds.
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Austria
Washoe County
Reno
Poem Tribute to a Gentle Soul by Edgar A. Guest
Just Folks FP. K. RB is remembered as a kind friend who loved nature and helped others. The verse recalls his devotion to God through acts of care, his sensitivity to suffering, and a life spent in small deeds.
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Edgar A. Guest
Prolonged Low Mood Tests U S Constitution, Beck Warns
James M. Beck former Solicitor General cautions that America faces an acute prolonged low mood that could seriously test the Constitution if it endures for years. He notes the document has endured three years of economic disaster and would likely be reaffirmed with near unanimity if submitted to a plebiscite tomorrow.
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