Campaign waste and farm reform ideas in 1930s debate
The piece critiques presidential campaign waste and explores reform ideas. It discusses pamphlets and the questionable impact of campaign literature, cites figures on spending, and mentions Calvin Coolidge’s era. It also covers Southern politics, Redwine Rivers tensions, and hypotheses on tenant farming solutions in the Midwest with tax schemes and landlord distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge
William M. Butler
Butler
Postoffice Department
Coolidge
Half Year Farm Returns Show Strong Gains for Nebraska
Nebraska farmers earned 118,949,000 from marketing principal farm products in the first half of 1936, up from 82,801,000 a year earlier. Livestock and livestock products led gains, with crop receipts totaling 22,649,000 and government payments adding 10,136,000 to income, while June sales reached 18,811,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nebraska
Department of Agriculture
North Central
Elimination Hope for Nebraska Grasshoppers in 1937
Max Adams Nebraska liquor commission secretary reports great swelling of grasshopper eggs as 1936 weather disrupts normal hatching. From Howard county farm he notes many eggs now hatch and recalls the 1880s drought era when subsequent year saw few grasshoppers. Cold weather could kill hatched insects before egg production resumes.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
Max Adams
Nebraska Liquor Commission
Howard County
Adams
State Treasurer Faces Cash Surplus In Nebraska Treasury
Nebraska state treasurer George E. Hall reports an unusual cash surplus as the treasury balance grows from 8,247,507 to 9,627,000 in 19 days. Checks and drafts totaling 1,381,000 remain undeposited, with banks unwilling to hold state funds. Hall expects balances to fall with upcoming expenditures and notes a 300,000 bond purchase from the state school fund was authorized despite no constitutional debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
George E. Hall
Nebraska
Hall
Stateboard rejects bids for Hastings disposal plant
The Nebraska state board of control rejected bids for a sewage disposal plant at Ingleside state hospital Hastings as too high. Estimated cost was 48 450 dollars but the low bid reached 53 000 by Central Bridge and Construction of Wahoo. Walter Hager chairman said the project would be re advertised for new bids.
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Lincoln
State Board of Control
Ingleside State Hospital
Hastings
Central Bridge and Construction Company
Wahoo
Young and Hall
Maywood
Walter Hager
Nebraska Muskrat Season Survey Seeks Sportsmen Input
Lincoln official OConnell sent a questionnaire to Nebraska sportsmen, trappers and others to gauge wishes for the 1938-37 muskrat season. Last year eastern Nebraska ran December 1 to February 1 while western season extended January 1 to March 1.
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Lincoln
Frank B. O’connell
Nebraska
Nebraska Leads in Public Utilities, Says UN Professor
University of Nebraska professor Dr. C. E. McNeill notes a survey showing Nebraska has more municipally owned electric utilities than any state. He cites 179 of 529 towns with municipal power, 374 towns own water systems, with Kansas and Iowa next in line.
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State
C. E. McNeill
University of Nebraska
Nebraska
Union
McNeill
Kansas
Iowa
Drouth Aid Boosts NYA Funds and Douglas Bond Issue
Nebraska receives a $51 194 NYA drouth allotment raising its total to $240 792 while Iowa gains $42 146 bringing its NYA total to $273 912. Douglas voters on Oct 6 will decide a $15 000 bond issue to finance a new modern school building with a $4 000 sinking fund and a $15 500 government grant to replace the 1851 frame structure.
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National Youth Administration
Drouth
Nebraska
Iowa
Douglas
Mittelstadt Recovers Torn Five-Dollar Bills From Dirt
Laurel merchant A. E. Mittelstadt found two mutilated five dollar bills in his yard. He sent the dirt containing the fragments to Washington and received two new bills in exchange.
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A. E. Mittelstadt
Laurel
United State Treasury
Mittlestadt
Mittelstadt
Washington
Nebraska WPA Plans 5000-Worker Increase At Lincoln
Dwight H. Felton announced a rise of more than five thousand on the Nebraska Works Progress Administration program at Lincoln. The expansion will be mainly farmers, bringing the Nebraska quota to thirty thousand workers split evenly between those on regular WPA rolls and farmers needing aid due to drought damage.
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Lincoln
Dwight H. Felton
Mr. Felton
Nebraska
Tri-County Public Power District Receives $431000 Check
The Central Nebraska Tri-County Public Power and Irrigation district shows total receipts of $2,447,611 on its $10 million PWA loan and grant. PWA allotted $2.5 million as a direct grant with the rest to be covered by bonds not yet issued due to unsettled court suits. The district’s semi monthly payroll totals $16,514.
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Central
Nebraska
Tri-County
Nebraska Farm Credit Activity Shows 1935 36 Financing Totals
The Farm Credit Administration reports more than 300 Nebraska farm purchases financed by the federal land banks and land commission ers from Oct 1, 1935, to June 30, 1936. Omaha district purchases totaled 13 015 with $6 690 000 in credit. 54 Nebraska farms were purchased with $286 000 financed by the banks. Weather notes cite continued rains and frost as easing drought scars while crop experts note a roughly 2 percent drop in total national yields and a drought comparison favoring 1936 over 1934 as rains revive interior areas but drought remains in the southwest.
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Nebraska
Federal Land Banks and Land Commissioners
Farm Credit Administration
Omaha Land Bank
Federal Land Banks
Drouth
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Grouth
Nebraska driver reaction times at state fair test
A. L. Stuart reports 5000 participants at Lincoln state fair were tested with a reactometer. The average stop signal reaction time ranged from three-eights to half a second. Women matched men. Stuart’s own average was three-eighths and his secretary reacted in one eighth. He notes younger drivers react faster, while some older drivers never react.
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A. L. Stuart
Nebraska State Safety Council
Lincoln
Nebraska
Stuart
Frances Reed
Nebraska Gas Tax Sets Record with $468000 in One Day
W. B. Banning director of the agriculture department announced a new Nebraska gasoline tax record of 468000 dollars in a single day. He noted that including untabulated checks could push the total beyond a half million and that early month collections were slower, leaving the month’s total uncertain.
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Nebraska
W. B. Banning
Agriculture Department
Pauls Missionary Path Opens Europe The Macedonia Call
The lesson explains Paul’s second journey hindered then guided to Macedonia where the gospel reaches Europe. It highlights obedience to the Spirit, negative and positive guidance, and the call extending to China, India, South America, or Africa. Lydia’s conversion at Philippi shows faith and hospitality paving mission work.
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Europe
America
Paul
Troas
Macedonia
China
India
South America
Africa
Silas
Timothy
Lystra
Luke
Philippi
Lydia
Christ
Missionary of the Cross
Our Place in the World and Duty by Providence
A reflective quote about place and duty, asserting that honor comes from how one fills a role rather than the position itself. It emphasizes providence guiding individuals to meaningful work and responsibility.
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Tyron Edwards
Filet Crochet Set for the Forgotten Chair pattern 1224
Pattern 1224 offers filet crochet directions and charts for a chair set and scarf ends. Includes stitching illustrations and materials list with 15 cents payment to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept New York. Send name and address with pattern number.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Department
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Foreign Phrases and Notable Mottos List
A compact glossary of Latin and French phrases with translations and notes. Entries cover Abea jacta est, Alter ego, Coup de theatre, Durante beneplacito, Embonpoint, Facile princeps, Loco citato, Montani semper liberi, and others. Includes origins and meaning.
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Julius Caesar
Rubicon
West Virginia
Forgotten Man and the Vice Presidency in U S History
The Louisville Courier-Journal discusses recognition of vice presidential figures across eras, noting Hobart Wheeler Wilson and Henry Wilson as past VPs, and Henry G. Davis and Arthur Sewall as candidates. It cites several prominent figures who declined nominations, including Hughes Johnson and Borah.
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Garett A. Hobart
Wm. A. Wheeler
Henry Wilson
Henry G. Davis
Arthur Sewall
Charles E. Hughes
Hiram Johnson
Senator Borah
Frank O. Lowden
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Apital Carter
Senate
Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Richard B. Russell, Jr
Carter Glass
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Millard E. Tydings
Maryland
Roosevelt
American Liberty League
Charles D. Redwine
E. D. Rivers
Rivers
Congress
Redwine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potomac
Ohio
London
South
Middle West
Britain
Ireland
Bell Syndicate
WNU Services
State News
Improved Uniform International
Harold L Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
God
Parr
Ynu
Walloo
Quaker State Oil Refining Company
Oil City
Pennsylvania
Lincoln Hotel
Cornhusker
A.Q. Schimmel Managies Direct
Blackstone
L.lewe Fa
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