Taxing Railroads Into Bankruptcy
The Jersey Central filed for bankruptcy on November 1 blaming a $7 million New Jersey back tax claim and accrued taxes. It ran deficits for seven years, reporting 1938 losses of $4.26 million on revenues of $29.25 million, down from 58 million in 1928. Tax accruals in 1938 totaled $5.28 million, versus Canadian Pacific’s $4.44 million, with $38.31 million in state local taxes due 1932-38 and a further $3.42 million due next December. The piece argues taxes choke growth and urges instant relief rather than tax burdens.
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Jersey Central Railroad
Railroads of
Americas
Jersey Central
New Jersey
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canadian Pacific
Rhode Island
States of the Union
Life Is What You Feel The True Measure Of Success
A reflective feature argues life rests on personal feeling rather than events or achievements. It asserts happiness comes from inner perception, not possessions, status, or circumstance, urging readers to own their inner stream of consciousness and choose what to feel.
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Ule
Paes
King Fras
Si Philip
Sir Philip
Philp
Hidden infections linked to arthritis in old joint disease notes
Historical notes suggest arthritis may stem from hidden infections in the body. By removing decayed teeth and examining the colon for delayed bowel emptying and diverticula, researchers reported abdominal spasms treated with belladonna or atropine.
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St Muse
Colon
Berger
Testine
Br. Fishlaugh
Treatment of chronic arthritis linked to large intestine issues
Dr Herman N Bundesen reports diathermy and enemas easing abdominal spasm and pain in arthritis patients. After three years 1/3 still had symptoms, 3 improved after 3 and a half months, and 14 showed less improvement after two months of treatment. Dr Crishbaugh cites large intestine relief in chronic arthritis. study of 139 patients found 28 men and 121 women, ages 15 to 90, with general weakness, backache, and tongue issues, and joint symptoms fluctuating with intestinal disturbance and constipation.
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King Fras
B.crishbaugh
Los Angeles
Firdbaugh
Theody
What Do You Know Play Game of thearts Wants Twenty
A playful prompt invites readers to tackle twenty wants in a quick round of wordplay and knowledge challenges. It frames the game as a rapid abetment of each item, testing speed and wit in a lighthearted quiz style segment.
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Game of Thearts
Power shifts in Stalin era as Zhdanov rises to influence
Washington dispatch reports Nikolai Zhdanov, a Leningrad party secretary in his forties, as Stalin's likely top foreign affairs adviser. The piece notes Zhdanov's forceful style, his closeness to Stalin, and possible succession implications, alongside analysis of U.S. reflections on Soviet leadership and a separate Chicago milk case implicating government price control under Wallace.
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Zhdanov
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Old England and Sir Philip Gibbs War Reflections
A critical column discusses Sir Philip Gibbs and his World War I era writings. It contrasts a romantic British tone with calls for realism, quoting Mark Twain’s antiwar lines and questioning heroic portrayals. The piece notes aging journalism and a shift away from yesterday’s rhetoric.
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Philip Gibbs
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Kapling
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Modern romance and gender roles in a buggy tale
The text critiques love in modern society, noting men’s control and women’s agency. It argues that motorized status, fear of commitment, and stereotypes shape relationships, with lines about women seeking strength and men fearing sincerity. It also mentions aging and social judgments on women over 30.
Mirror Glance Pleasures In A Reassuring Tone
A playful fragment notes reassurance as a woman glances in a mirror for sheer pleasure. It references an author and period style, hinting at a syndicated piece by Helen Rowland and a King Iens attribution, with breezy social commentary.
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King Iens
Synd
Stars and Stripes and a Gendered Grammatical Quip
A fragmentary item notes a puzzling remark on home, identity, and language. It alludes to Nushanda figures and wives, hinting at a political or cultural clash framed as a feminine casus belli, contrasted with masculine force. The brief tone resembles a satirical aside.
Nov 26 1929 city records tax shift and river property notes
Ten and twenty years ago items from November 26 1929 report the city’s food prevention expenditure surpassing four million dollars affecting tax matters with Tax Commissioner Frank Ht Bushler rejecting river property assessments. Burhick criticizes uniform filing issues while Kelly notes past color differences and pocket transport returns with new J-Whirl wind motors after seven months.
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Frank Ht. Bushler
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