Roosevelt's Social Security Plan and Other 1930s Topics
The piece discusses a proposed lump sum for President Roosevelt to implement a social security program with unemployment insurance and old age pensions, funded by payrolls. It mentions security for the nation amid potential future wars, a brimstone note on Hauptmann, an offer to choose a tombstone, a jail’s electric eye, bootlegging bottle seizures, and concerns about government spending, prohibition's end, and farm reform. It also notes a New York hospital surge after New Year's and a retirement tale of Harry MacCracken during a Colorado liquor-store incident.
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White House
Roosevelt
Europe
Asia
Bruno Hauptmann
Standish Hartman
Wemington
Hauptmann
Harry MacCracken
Colorado
MacCracken
Uncle Sam
New York City
King Ee Ee Bynaleate, Inc
Cookies Move to the Front of Holiday Baking
A reader asks for more cookie instructions as experts share tips on making brownies and walnut wafers. The piece includes a German cookbook inspired ice box cookie method, dates and nuts pastries, and a recipe for chocolate macaroons with eggs, chocolate, sugar and almonds. It covers forming filled cookies called Christmas balls and baking guidance at 300 degrees for about 15 minutes.
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Bell Syndicate
Eskimo Cannibals Tale From Far North and Tropics
A historical note recalls cannibalism in the Far North and tropics, stating Eskimos near starvation have eaten human flesh in recent years in northern Canada.
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Tropics
Canada
Liquid laxatives offer safe relief with regulated doses
A doctor explains that liquid laxatives let patients control and reduce dosage for gentle, dependable relief from constipation. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, containing senna and cascara, is pitched as habit free and safe for families, with gradual dosing until normal function returns.
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Dr. Caldwell
Volcano Ruapehu Erupts After 39 Years of Sleep
New Zealand volcano Ruapehu awakens after 39 years with a dramatic eruption sending a 700 foot column of water and steam from the crater lake. Authorities warn of possible ash and lava activity as monitoring teams assess the scene.
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Ruapehu
New Zealand
Crater Lake
Relieve Your Cold with Bayer Aspirin Tablets
A medical style advertisement claims a quick cold relief method doctors use. It promotes Bayer Aspirin Tablets as fast-dissolving and safe for ordinary colds, including a gargle application, highlighting reduced prices and urging buyers to select the real Bayer product.
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Bayer
Tit-Bits Magazine Keeps a Wary Heart Dinner Table
A brief Tit-Bits Magazine snippet notes a polite rebuff to a question about a plant and music. It contrasts a sour note with the fleeting return of hope, describing hope as a single guest of the heart that quickly departs and returns.
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Bell SynDicate, Inc
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Western Newspaper Union
OsborNe Western Newspaper Union
Felix
Brisbane
Congress
Joliet
Ill
United States
AAA
Gane Dlanast
Mane
Piers
NBC
Fass Opera
Farrar
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