Futless: A Southern Coinage Reflecting Hope and Frustration
An ACLU Bulletin note quotes a Southern Negro businessman in The New York Times stressing the gap between lofty democratic ideals and practical civic power. He says the Bill of Rights and national history stand with Black citizens, yet the ability to vote and influence local officials remains blocked, hindering progress for all communities.
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Aclu Bulletin
New York Times
Fatherhood of God
Brotherhood of Man
United States Supreme Court
Hens Judge Social Rank By Style In Fashion Feats
Suburban hens follow a strict pecking order, with a grand dame at the top and the lowest called upon by all. New research by zoologist A M Guhl shows dress and feather color influence a hen’s social status, similar to fashions signaling status in humans.
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Vance Packard
A. M. Guhl
Kansas State College
Statesmanship of the Civil War excerpt on Southern provincialism
The South suffered from provincialism and limited global awareness, Allen Nevins notes. Jefferson Davis foresaw a cotton famine but misread British and French working-class reaction, while most southerners remained insular, reading Scott and Johnson rather than Trollope and contemporary thought.
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Allen Nevins
Europe
Jefferson Davis
Lancashire
Richard Cobden
John Bright
South
Times
Scott
Trollope
Dr. Johnson
Frances Jeffrey
Elijah Pagram
Proposal to outlaw sugar sparks humorous letter in San Francisco
A San Francisco reader jokes about forming a sugar prohibition group modeled after the WCTU and Anti Saloon League. He suggests banning sugar to protect diabetics, notes potential economic impact, and teases enforcement quirks while trailing biblical references. He ends by inviting the recipient to consider the idea and test the recipient’s knowledge.
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P.D
Mississippi
Oklahoma
WCTU
Anti- Saloon League
Apathy and Danger in America Amid World Crises
A column from Anaheim warns that the nation faces a greater threat than atomic war as citizen indifference allows government corruption by demagogues and gangsters. It laments complacency while mass violence and slavery abroad loom as dangers.
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P.D
Gladshanders
The Lincoln Nobody Knows book review
Richard Current challenges the myth of Abraham Lincoln in The Lincoln Nobody Knows. He argues the enduring Lincoln legend distorts history and creates a tyrannical myth that shapes American self image. The review notes the book questions iconic status and the line between legend and fact.
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Lincoln
Richard Current
McGraw-Hill
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Cheaper Than Potatoes Reveals Book Publishing Woes
A Spivack observation essay notes low returns in American book publishing. High prices and poor titles deter readers while publishers need to improve attraction and marketing. Golden Books shifts to affordable encyclopedias with strong advance orders.
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Chicago
Mid-West
Gautier
Golden Books
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East Side
P. D
San Francisco, Calif
Anaheim
Calif
Thomas Wicker
Joe Barnes
Simon & Schuster
Robert G. Spivack
Basic Books, Inc
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