Ed Rich's Mexico City Travel Letter Details Chapultepec and Bull Fight
Dr. Ed Rich recounts a Mexico City trip visiting the Majestic hotel near the national palace, Chapultepec park, the bull ring with 26,000 spectators, and Toluca’s markets. He writes of pyramids, monasteries, Cuernavaca, Taxco silver, and vibrant street life, with notes on hotels, cathedrals, and local markets.
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Ed. Rich
Old Mexico
Majestic
National Palace
Zecaloulate
Mexico City
National
President’s Palace
University
National Medical Hospital
Hospital of Jesus
Cortez
Chapultepec
Central Park
New York City
Palace of
White House
Mexico
Puebla
Toluca
North America
Cuernavaca
Ambassador Morrow
Maximillian
Diego Rivera
Taxco
Tasco
Spain
Borda
Morivent
Harved W. Pratt
Utah
Yeaterday
Gilleepe
University of Utah
Dr. Edwards
Rid
State Library Adds Service Embracing Modern Business Reference
The Idaho State Traveling Library in Boise expands to a full reference department directed by Audiene Graham. New books on phosphate production to public utilities added. service aims to assemble information on any subject for business executives, laborers, miners, and engineers.
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Ia Reference
Boise
Idaho
Audiene Graham
Library School of Western Reserve University
Cleveland
New York City
State Library
Lalla Bedford
Federal housing plan proceeds at lower rates for homes
The federal housing plan reduces carrying charges on FHA insured mortgages to five and a half percent for new loans under $5400 with 10 percent minimum down for new $6000 homes. Insurance premiums shift to balance-based rates, annual service charges end, and mortgage limits stay at eighty percent of appraised value except toward higher values.
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FHA
Sat
Federal Housing Administration
Missionary Letter From Topeka Man Seeks Idaho Facts
In a March 8 1938 letter Marvin Hymas thanks Wallis for the Paris Post noting its role in his Bear Lake experiences and mission contact growth. He reports a transfer to Hiawatha Kansas and asks to forward mail, while Idaho facts follow: white pine state tree 1935 Idaho Indians population under 4000 Arrowrock dam height 348 feet Idaho farm land 17 percent.
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Paris Post
Bear Lake
Middle West
Idaho
Arrowrock
Boise
Insurance operations funded by income and mutual mortgage fund boosted
The report notes approved fees and reinvested funds used to cover insurance operation expenses. Part of the income is also directed to bolster the mutual mortgage insurance fund to cover potential losses.
Governor Clark seeks Carnegie survey for Idaho libraries
Governor Clark asked the Carnegie Corporation of New York to survey Idaho's public library needs to align cultural development with economic progress in natural resources like phosphate and power. State Librarian Mike Lous Bedford supports an unbiased statewide survey to plan expansion and equal library access.
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Boise
Bargilla Clark
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Idaho
Frederick B. Keppel
Carnegie Corporation
Clark
Andrew Carnegie
Louisiana
Mike Lous Bedford
Lbrarian
Carnegie
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Frigidaire
Hotpoint Electric Ranges
Kroehler
B. P. Jones
Alexander Smith Rugs & Carpets
Bendix Home Laundry
Dexter
Bennett’s Paints
Nielsen Furniture Company
Rock Springs
St. Charles
Steward McDonald
California
Calif. Sharry
Calif. Muscatel
Calif
West 4Th Street
Topeka
Kansas
Mr. Wallis
Marvin Hymas T
Hiawatha, Kansas
Miami Street
Mers
Power & Light Com
Pany
Pany’s
Inter-Connect
Balter
Carnegie Corp. Survey
Montpelier
Paris
Schmid Bros
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