Ladies at the Race Track
Frank Condon notes a cultural shift as state legalizes horse racing enabling women to bet. Households see mothers discuss two-dollar bets on horses like Leaping Lipstick, transforming afternoon routines and challenging male breadwinner roles. He cites New England, Indiana, and other regions embracing racing and betting as a social change.
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Frank Condon Ork
Pittsburgh Phils
Father
Mamma
Mother
Wlying Fishcake
Los Angeles
Santa Anita
Agua Caliente
New England
Boston
Grandmother
Indiana
Booth Tarkington
George Ade
Siberia
Frank Condon
WNU Service
Wharf on Top of Wharf at Boston Rebuilt Structure
A notable Boston wharf, Wharf on Top of Wharf, has a new structure rebuilt over the old wharf after settlement years ago. The historic site remains one of the world's most noted wharves with the updated construction.
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Constitution
Boston
Hornets That Live in Winter
Only fertilized female hornet queens survive winter to start new colonies in spring.
Meaning of Cunning in English Usage Explored
The passage defines cunning as artful or ingenious behavior and workmanship. It notes the term as a colloquial Americanism used to describe pretty or amusing qualities but emphasizes its root in craft and craftiness rather than charm.
Justice and politeness in a grocery bandit tale
Uncle Eben remarks that a bandit who robs a grocery store shows more politeness than a regular customer, capturing a moment of ironic social commentary in a rural setting. The line highlights local humor and community voice in the scene.
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Uncle Eben
Ghostly Arizona gold cache tale from Fort Crittenden
A Civil War era tale recounts how a $10,000 gold stash buried near Fort Crittenden Arizona by a quiescent quartermaster was never recovered. Soldiers and locals hunted Sonorita valley trenches for years, digging endlessly until the medical stores were found but the coins remained missing.
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Crittenden
Ariz
Company K
Fort Buchanan
Arizona
Fort Crittenden
Warrison
Sonorita Valley
The Bryfogle Mine Ghost: Three Men in Nevada Desert
In 1866 a trio including an old Dutchman named Bryfogle staked claims near Austin Nevada after rich ore tests. Bryfogle led a desert expedition to locate the ledge, lost his way, faced mob impatience, stayed behind while others returned for provisions, and later encountered a band of Viutes leaving him amnesiac. He vanished into the desert, and the hoped-for ledge remained elusive.
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Nevada Desert
Bryfogle
Austin
Nev
Krfogle
Brytagle
Latin Is Out as Language of Nations
The passage argues Latin no longer serves as the language of any nation. It notes Romance languages like French Italian and Spanish descend from ancient Rome yet are not Latin themselves.
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Rome
Kaleidoscope Inventor Sir David Brewster
A kaleidoscope is an instrument using mirrors to make objects viewed through it appear in symmetrical patterns. It was invented by Sir David Brewster.
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Sir David Brewster
Slogan Echoes and Fears in Senate Rhetoric
The passage cites Senator Robinson warning the public against slogans and recalls past campaign hooks such as chicken in every pot and grass grown streets. He argues Roosevelt’s administration risks three horsemen: taxation repudiation or inflation, contrasting with Hoover era fears of starvation, bankruptcy, or revolution if re-elected.
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Roosevelt
New York Republican Chairman Sees 1936 Return to Power
MELVIN C. EATON declares Coolidge era governance was effective and urges a Republican revival in 1936. He predicts a Western Lochinvar leading a reformist drive to end Washington pomp and restore government focused on country needs.
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Melvin C. Eaton
New York Republican State Committee
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
White House
Republican Party
Lochinvar
West
Washington
Red Cross Seeks Indirect Aid for War Wounded
Admiral Cary T Grayson as American Red Cross chairman states neutrality guides their help. The Red Cross consults Geneva committee on aiding Italian and Ethiopian Red Crosss in war relief without American personnel deployed. They emphasize seeking practical methods for neutral society assistance.
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Geneva
Red Cross
International Committee of the Red Cross
American Red Cross
Lengthy prospectuses under securities act examined
A commission discussion led by James M. Landis analyzes why prospectuses for registered securities are long. The article argues critics overemphasize bulk and insists investors need extensive factual disclosures, noting that even lengthy prospectuses may fall short without a complete registration statement.
War and the League by Sir Samuel Hoare
British Foreign Minister argues that a war between Italy and Ethiopia would be wholly harmful to the League and its goals. He warns that long or short conflict undermines postwar peaceful settlement and endangers protection for small, weak nations worldwide.
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Samuel Hoare
Italy
Ethiopia
League
WNU
Paint Evidence Shows Sun Protective Indian Pigments
Geologists report finds that American Indians used red pigment mixed with grease to prevent sunburn and black facial paint to shade eyes from the sun glare.
Length of the Straits of Magellan Measured by Channel
The Straits of Magellan extend over 300 miles along the ship channel that must be navigated.
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Straits of Magellan
WPA releases work relief funds for highways and crossings
The WPA announced an allotment of 11,512,897 for six states to fund highway and grade crossing projects. Of this total 8,243,897 goes to highways and 3,269,000 to grade crossings, including 19 Nebraska projects totaling 1,128,000.
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WPA
Nebraska
Relief fund cuts alter navigation works and NYA aid
A 2.5 million reduction was ordered on original allotments from the 4.88 billion work relief fund for navigation projects on the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Army engineers report reduced upper Mississippi expenditure from 5 million to 23 million and Missouri river funds from 10 million to 9.5 million. Nebraska seeks 1,812 high school students for NYA aid. 702 more applicants needed. Currently 1,110 students receive 6 dollars monthly. aid available only to children of relief families through local principals.
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Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Army
Nebraska
National Youth Administration
Gladys J. Shamp
NYA
Nebraska seeks $900,000 for November relief
B F Witte NERA administrator plans to request a $900,000 grant from Washington to continue relief in Nebraska for November, a sharp rise from October's $681,851 allocation. The increase reflects an $8 per person coal purchase subsidy.
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B. F. Witte
NERA
Nebraska
Washington
Witte
Bridge project planned for Plate River southwest of Lexington
Bids for a new 800 foot Plate River bridge five miles southwest of Lexington will be opened this month with an estimated cost around 35000 dollars. Dawson county asks 19000 dollars in WPA aid for financing while a new location shortens the span from the old mile length. Dread of Indian job access in Nebraska noted as Felton extends WPA work to Indians not under guardianship.
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Plate River
Lexington
Dawson County Commissioners
WPA
Cozad
Great Plains
D. F. Felton
Felton
Federal Bureau
Centenarian Birthdays Stir Northeast Nebraska Communities
William G. Anson of Orchard and George W. Howe of Niobrara celebrated their 100th birthdays with family and friends. Anson, born in England, enjoys reading, wood chopping and gardening and mends his clothes. Howe, born in Pennsylvania, settled in Holt County in 1858 and aided by over 100 relatives, helped shape early Indian affairs and spoke Ponca and Sioux.
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Nebraska
William G. Anson
Orchard
C. T. Anson
England
America
George W. Howe
Holt County
Niobrara
Pennsylvania
WPA money for Nebraska fort projects rejected by Washington
Seventh corps army headquarters at Omaha announced that WPA requests totaling 6,178,788 for building, repair, and improvement in its area were denied. Fort Omaha and Fort Crook requests were largely rejected, with only 250,000 granted and 35,000 for general repairs at Fort Crook. Fort Omaha entire program and Fort Robinson 368,400 were disapproved.
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Seventh Corps Army
Omaha
Corps
Works Progress Administration
Washington
Fort Omaha
Fort Crook
Fort Robinson
Nebraska WPA employment figures show broad relief program reach
E F Witte the WPA certification director reports 4289 former relief clients are at work in Nebraska Ninety four percent of the 6631 employables are certified ready for jobs The WPA job drive has provided work for 1609 persons Other federal agencies including shelter belt river highway and barberry eradication account for 1835 workers and private industry and PWA absorb 45 workers
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Nebraska
E. F. Witte
WPA
PWA
Farm officials eye 30 percent pork rise next year
Officials plan to boost hog production to base period figures to meet a hog shortage under the corn hog control program. Secretary Wallace sets a 30 percent increase goal for next year as the target of the farm administration.
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AAA
Farm Administration
Wallace
The Siege of Jerusalem and Its Aftermath Chronicle
Bible lesson outlines Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem lasting eighteen months, famine and pestilence, Zedekiah’s flight and capture at Riblah, Jeremiah’s prophecies, and the destruction of the temple and city. It notes the exile’s impact and the longer arc of Israel’s disobedience and divine judgment.
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Jerusalem
Zedekiah
God
Ezekiel
Ezek
Nebuchadnezzar
Jericho
Babylon
Riblah
Damascus
Tyre
Nebuchadnezzar Zedekiah
Solomon
Iiblah
Dutch Tulip Industry Demands Hand Planting Labor
In Holland a vast tulip trade relies on human effort as about 100,000 bulbs are planted per acre and each bulb must be set and later dug by hand, highlighting the extensive manual labor behind the industry.
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Holland
Brakes Debate Seen as Idle Interference by Uncle Eben
Uncle Eben argues that arguing about who should lead will stall progress and slow down the machinery. The exchange reflects a practical view that leadership bickering hinders work.
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Eben
Simple Junior Miss frock pattern for easy sewing
The pattern 9606 offers a square neck frock with a scarf like collar and puffed sleeves. Sizes 6 to 14 require specific fabric amounts and include a diagrammed sew chart. Mail fifteen cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in New York with name address style number and size.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
West Eighteenth St
New York
N. Y
Dooley Buried After 20 Year feud Ends
A quip recalls a long running feud between a man and Dooley ending with Dooley’s burial. The joke frames the conclusion as a grim punchline.
Burglar Gets In As Yeoman Returns Home
Humorous police blotter item notes a burglar breaks into a house while the resident is out with friends. The chief confirms the burglar took items, and the wife thought it was the resident returning.
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Pennsylvania Keystone
Lawyer Promises Justice but Client Demands Acquittal
A tense exchange shows a lawyer pledging to win justice while the client insists on being freed. The dialogue highlights the client’s demand for release over abstract fairness in a Pathfinder Magazine scene.
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Pathfinder Magazine
A Real Accomplishment in Dust on Piano Keys
A dialogue from Everybody's Magazine where Mistress boasts of writing her name in piano dust and a servant notes the wonderful value of education, reflecting a humorous or didactic tone of early 20th century social humor.
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Everybody's Magazine
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