Division of Labor New Deal Goal
An editorial blasts the New Deal for seeking to weaken and divide American labor by discrediting the American Federation of Labor. It argues that government pressure would wreck the existing strong, independent labor movement and warns that such political control would harm wages, living standards, and workers’ gains built under AFL leadership. It praises AFL leadership and cautions against political digressions and labor manipulation.
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New Deal
American Federation of Labor
United States
New Deal Administration
America
England
Federation
Argentine Corn Trade and Domestic Shortfall
The Argentine republic, named for silver, has a corn surplus of over 264 million bushels and can export at 93 cents a bushel including transport and tariffs. American corn, in short supply due to two years of production curtailment, now sells for 1.16 a bushel. The class notes this shift and dismisses students to consider the impact.
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South America
Washington
Tweedledurn and Tweedledee in a Looking Glass joke
Alice encounters twin road signs pointing to Tweedledum and Tweedledee and jokes they share a house. Tweedledurn taunts her with a pun about their lookalike home in a fragment from Through the Looking Glass.
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Alice
Tweedledum
Tweedledee
Tweedledurn
Frog Gold Platinum Gains as Hedge and Industrial Metal
Platinum once mocked as frog gold has risen in value and use from jewelry settings to catalysis and rayon manufacture. Analysts note increased demand, stable prices, and widespread deposits from Canada to Africa while Wall Street tracks speculative moves and inflation hedging.
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Wall Street
Cereels
Che
Yale
Yale RS
Suich
California
Oregon
Nevada
Ethiopia
Italy
Platinum Prices Drive Jewelry and Dental Market Shifts
An article notes platinum as a luxury yet affordable metal shifting demand. Jewelry accounts for about 46 percent of usage, dentistry 25 percent, chemistry 14 percent, petrochemical uses 9 percent, and other uses 6 percent. Dentists and material scientists warn the rising price may force a return to gold for fillings if trends persist.
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King Fear
Gynd
Ins
Medical Research By Royal Copeland On Anthrax Protection
Medical researcher Royal S. Copeland discusses historical remedies for wounds and the rise of modern knowledge about anthrax. He notes that transmission occurs mainly through skin contact with diseased animals and emphasizes protective measures in leather, wool, and hair industries, including gloves, ventilation, and sterilization.
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Royal S. Copeland
Gers
King Feax
Sync
Atfasrs
Live Wire boat race update from San Antonio to Corpus Christi
In 1926 the Live Wire public service boat Play Boy led until a crippled motor knocked it back on the Gulf run to Corpus Christi. In 1916 Edwin Fartler was elected president of Travis Park Methodist Baraca class with Dan Murphy as vice president and other officers named.
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San Antonio Public Service Company
Fred Christilles
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Gulf
Theight
Edwin Fartler
Travis Park
Methodist Baraca
Dan Murphy
Tom Chadwick
A. M. Singer
Ben P. Lane
Dear Mr Tugwell and Roosevelt Prosperity Letter
Dear Mr Tugwell a reader asks to move the entire nation to South Carolina to share in Roosevelt Prosperity. The writer notes Democratic allegiance, questions taxes and benefits, and asks when relocation could begin to access the supposed $40,000,000,000 in Roosevelt funds while praising the president’s wartime leadership.
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Winston Norman
Rex Tugwell
di Ward
D. G
Mr. Tugwell
South Carolina
Roosevelt
Hook
Pet Rich Quick
Carolina
Tugwell
Mr. Roosevelt
B. Crrafinn
Wise Words From Galdamith On Fate And Craft
The fragment presents a quivering line about Tigy and women and mousle fate, attributed to Galdamith and a carpenter known by fila chins Swit. It hints at a proverb-like reflection on destiny, skill, and identity within a cryptic narrative.
Inside the Worthy of Aladditistike treasures reveal great freedom
Visitors to a midtown exhibition linger over manuscripts and handwriting by Sir Walter Scott, Browning, Marie Antoinette, and others. The piece discusses famous writers, editors, and critics, noting the craft and quirks of historical handwritings, along with gossip about contemporary authors and a note on a performer.
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New York
Morgan
Walter Scott
Philadelphia
Browning
Horace Greeley
Marie Antoinette
Mind Renewal and the Body You Feed It
Elsie Ever argues that just as the body wears out and must be renewed by proper nutrition, the mind also ages and decays without nourishment. She warns minds hunger like flesh, can starve or die while the body lives, and urges readers to replace worn beliefs with challenging ideas and healthier mental "nutrition."
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Elsie
Petes
Feax Synil
City Park Fever Grips Pueblo and Salida
A satirical note laments federal outlays for city parks under the WPA. It claims Pueblo leads in park projects with 87 380 dollars spent, while nearby Salida lacks a park. The piece mocks imagined extravagant features and questions local benefits amid government spending.
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City’ Park
United States Treasury
City Park
Pobelo
Ba Idx
Pueblo
Salida
WPA
Treasury
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Toisy
VorEp
House OF Tweedledee
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Russia
Ural Mountains
Colombia
Bown Africa
Prisnectars
By Edwin C. Hill
Norman
Tigy
Mousle
Galdamith
Mcintyre
Percy Hammond
Richard’ Watts
Watts
Wil
Ike Hammond
Trish
Jean Muir
Edna Ferber
Frank J. Cobb
The
Worldit
Peter
B. Kyne
Cosmopolitan
Corral Kyne
Sinclair
Lewis
Zona Gale
Theodore Dreisar
Louis Bromfield
Faris
Gilbert White
Harry Lehr
Cémage
Lambert
Miss
Riley
Paris
Margaret Chse Harriman
New Yorker
Frank Cases
Keats
Elsie: Hobinson
Ted Cook
Kansas
Menaught Syne
Robinton
Minal
Bill
Beasley
Bessie
New Yorke
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