Roosevelt tax plan linked to share the wealth idea
The piece explains President Roosevelt's proposed tax bill to raise about 1 billion dollars yearly, focusing on inheritance and gift taxes, higher progressive rates for individuals and corporations, and the aim to drain wealth from the rich to boost purchasing power. It notes constitutional questions, political reactions, and Republican hesitancy as 1936 approaches.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Huey Long
Father Coughlin
Congress
Supreme Court
Senator Long
Louisiana
Jersey Cow Breed and History on the English Channel Island
The Jersey cow, native to the island off France in the English Channel, is small, docile, and refined with lean musculature. Origin linked to Normandy and Brittany. pure stock kept since 1789. first imported to the United States in 1850. Color ranges yellow to silver fawn with white markings. bulls sturdier and more aggressive. Cows weigh 800–900 pounds, bulls about 1,500. Jersey is the smallest dairy breed aside from Ker ry cattle. Jerseys bred mainly for butter production.
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Jersey
English Channel
France
Guernsey
Normandy
Brittany
Jerseys
United States
Indianapolis News
Ancient Greece's High Stage of Civilization
Pathfinder Magazine notes new Athens discoveries shed light on early Greek society. A cemetery 1500 B C unearthed under the Acropolis shows preserved skeletons and advanced urban life including sanitation, baths, and chariot streets. The article argues the recent revolt had little impact on Greece's long arc of civilization.
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Athens
Greece
Pathfinder Magazine
B. C
Acropolis
Egypt
Troy
Rome
Possible He Did Owen Date Exchange Burlesque Flair
A fragment shows a flirtatious exchange with Moore joking about filling a date last night and a comment that she ate everything in sight. The lines hint at a playful, possibly theatrical conversation. No clear event or proper nouns beyond Moore appear.
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Owen
Moore
Swedes Among the First Business Men in World
A Boston Globe writer asserts Sweden is a great nation with 5 000 years of presence in Europe. Swedes allegedly reached America 500 years before Columbus and helped found an early American state. They claim to discovered the Rus sian empire and to have opened the Northeast Passage. Sweden is credited with recognizing U S independence and maintaining friendly ties. The Copper Mountain Mining company at Falun is noted as the world’s oldest industrial concern with records back to 1225. Notable Swedes include John Ericsson Alfred Nobel Linnaeus and Scheele.
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Sweden
Boston Globe
America
Russian Empire
Discovery
Northeast
United States
Falun
John Ericsson
Alfred Nobel
Linnaeus
Scheele
Coffin Display Sparks Protest in Cologne Safety Week
During Safety First week in Cologne Germany a coffin or cross sat at each death site of the year. The display triggered strong outcry and was removed within hours as public opposition grew.
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Cologne
Germany
Pronunciation of Moscow Causes Confusion in the U S
Literary Digest notes Mos'ko as the correct form with first o as in not and second as in go. Among 12 U S Moscow names in cities, nine favor mos'ko, two favor mos'kau, and one aligns with Moscow Russia. Russian authorities in Washington also support mos'ko.
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Literary Digest
Muskva
United States
Moscow
Russia
Idaho
Mich
Washington
Mos’ko
Charter Oak falls after storm in Hartford Connecticut
The Charter Oak, a white oak possibly a thousand years old, toppled in the August 21 1856 wind storm. A stump remained near the ground, crowds gathered next day, a guard protected it, Colt's Armory band played dirges, bells tolled at sundown, and Charter Oak avenue was later built over the site with a simple slab marking the area.
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Hartford
Conn
Colt’s Armory
Charter Oak Avenue
Joyful Street in New Orleans Names Three Muses
Three New Orleans streets are named Polymnia, Euterpe and Terpsichore. Polymnia is the muse of sublime hymn and memory, sometimes credited with lyre invention. Euterpe is the muse of joy, pleasure, flute players and Bacchus. Terpsichore presides over choral dance.
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New Orleans
Polymnia
Euterpe
Terpalchore
Huterpe
Bacchus
Terpsichore
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