Let Us Ponder on Liberty Today
Fifty years after the Statue of Liberty dedication in 1886 the nation reflects on liberty amid global autocracy. The address warns liberty is redefined by alien sources to bind middle and wealthy classes, urging America to reaffirm liberty as a core American meaning and resist demagogic distortion.
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New York Harbor
Grover Cleveland
America
Europe
United States of America
Bedloe’s Island
Smith attacks New Deal taxes and debt in Chicago speech
Alfred E. Smith charges the Roosevelt administration with tax burden and unreached promises in Chicago. He argues the New Deal has driven the nation toward insolvency, increased taxes, and left millions unemployed or on relief, urging support for Governor Alfred M. Landon for a stable, sane administration.
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Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Chicago
United States
Mr. Smith
America
Alfred M. Landon
Reflections on Women Investors and Tech Wins
Edwin C. Hill surveys women as investors shaping the economy and voting power, citing figures from the Women Investors in America group. He notes women own substantial stock and wealth, warn against tax measures harming private enterprise, and highlights patent office activity and inventive efforts by women, urging practical business sense over theory.
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Tiegh
United States
America
Organizati
General Electric Company
Promises and Pretense in a City Marriage Tale
A quirky Eastern city vignette examines gender roles and social ascent through marriage. Two men with divergent vocabularies influence perception, yet the piece centers on how marital status reshapes status and identity in a compact, ironic satire of early 20th century manners.
Showman or Statesman Debate Echoes in 1930s
The passage contrasts President Roosevelt as a master showman who extracts money with little delivered and Governor Landon as a prudent adviser, urging clear value for public money. It laments hype in the New Deal era and calls for tangible results over spectacle.
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Roosevelt
Landon
America
Fear of hereditary disease is often unfounded
Many people fear a disease running in the family and mistake unrelated early deaths as proof. Medical advice says heredity rarely acts across generations, and fear is largely unwarranted. Regular check ups with a doctor and early detection improve health and longevity, while neglect is dangerous.
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Royal , Copeland
M.D
Hreedily
King Feu
Sunshine Shafts Its B Wife and Crazy Jokes
A playful note obsesses over a wife who can spot a punchline in her husband's humor. The text hints at a surreal or coded message about a third party and a quirky relationship dynamic. The fragmentary wording suggests internal humor rather than a formal event.
Broadway to Babylon gossip and cantina opening noted
A breezy column surveys Bard era figures from Hunter College to Broadway. It highlights Barton's Long Islanders baseball team in Babylon, dog kennels, and a new Barton's Mad Dox Cantina. It weaves in vaudeville reminiscences, saloon lore, and social scribbles about Harton, Downey, DeSylva, and DeSylva’s club circuits, ending with a playful glossary of literary terms.
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O. McIntyre
New York
Jim Berton
Jynes
Hix
Jggf
Babylon
L. 1
Hig Fun Ventures
Harton Bullpstearc
Barton Stadium
Tobacco Road
Catherine
Broadway
Subsidies fail art says tough mentor in King Feas text
The piece argues that gifted people must face ordinary life and self support. It rejects subsidies for artists, claiming true work arises from effort, market demand, and personal responsibility. It warns Sydney that reliance on help damages character and career.
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Elsie Robinson
Sydney
Lutherans hold joint reformation services in San Antonio
In observance of the 439th anniversary of the Lutheran church the Lutheran churches of San Antonio held joint reformation services at St John s Evangelical Lutheran church and at the Municipal auditorium this week. Henry J Schneider Jr and Carett G Logue both 16 were awarded bronze Carnegie Hero Fund medals for saving youthful playmates.
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5. A. Light
Henry J. Schneider Jr
Carett G. Logue
Carnegie Hero Fund
Hyves
WPA Bonfire Plan in Esmeralda County Nev
The article notes Esmeralda County Nevada with 1077 residents in 3413 square miles. It details 23 individuals receiving direct federal relief and funds for a WPA community service program costing about 40066 dollars. Half funds wood cutting and hauling, other money mends clothes and makes ties for distribution.
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Esmeralda
Nev
WPA
New York
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BU Oo- Tum
Morton Downey
Downey
Evening Journal
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DeSylva
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King Feas
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