Debt Valley Vultures By Nelson Harding
Diary style notes reveal a restless day in New York with mentions of Clara Walsh, Mrs. Feit Buck, a dentist, and social scenes around The Chimney Corner. The piece catalogs eccentric anecdotes, celebrity chatter, and urban curiosities from postwar Manhattan, ending with a copyright line.
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Debt Valley
Nelson Harding
New, York
Beph
Pepys
Princ Ling
Clara Walsh
Gallipolis
Campbell
Stamford
Tun
Marseilles
Shippen Point
H. T. Websters
Seven Ways Out for Economic Recovery platform
The AFL and the Advertising Club of New York propose an eight plank recovery program for Congress. Key planks include stabilizing business and employment, revising anti trust laws for large scale planning, the six hour day and five day week, public works to self liquidate, broadening the tax base, cutting government costs, and abolishing prohibition. Leaders Grover Whalen and Matthew Woll urge voter support to back these measures and accelerate adoption without delay.
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Grover Whalen
Matthew Woll
On the Contrary Olympic Games and Amity
The article titled On the Contrary argues that Olympic Games foster rivalry and competition yet can promote amity among spectators. It cites Lewis Browne’s view that Games may incite strife but can also encourage fair athletic combat and universal applause for winners under any flag.
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Lewis Browne
Los Angeles
Reverend Dr. Smith and the Boxer Indemnity Idea
The Rev. A. H. Smith, a California missionary who survived the siege of Peking, urged turning the Boxer indemnity into a fund to educate Chinese youth. His idea, once derided, gained congressional approval and helped shape U.S.-China relations more than many so-called far‑sighted policies.
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A “Grank
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A. H. Smith
California
China
Peking
Roosevelt
United States
New England
Congress
Dr. Smith
The Floating Home on Wheels and Its Bright Future
The piece envisions a 38 foot land boat with living room dining area bedroom bath kitchen and gas stove and telephone. It travels up to 55 miles per hour with a cruising range wherever gas stations are found. The idea suggests a mobile population renting living space while avoiding city taxes.
Listen World By Elsie Robinson Reflects Generational Gap
A reflective essay contrasts a mother and her 18 year old daughter through shifting times since 1892. It notes rapid changes in automobiles, phones, travel, fashion, work, and women’s roles that widen the gap between generations and alter values and standards. The piece urges understanding amid these social shifts.
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Old Fogey
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland
A humorous essay on women and men's clothing, contrasting pants and lingerie with fashion pressures. It cites advertisements promoting trousers for men and reflects on gendered clothing freedoms, noting the impracticalities of male attire and the comforts of feminine dress.
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Helen Rowland
Bett
Yasard
Crawla
Socks Hal.geem
Hearst Papers Outline Tax and Law Changes
Hearst papers summarize a plan for a five billion dollar growth strategy, expansion of circulation, adoption of a six percent income tax, and reforms to permit light wines and employment. The report hints at cracking down on criminal racketeering while extending personal liberty through recent policy shifts.
Dear Miss de Peyster Advice Column Fragment
A reader asks about appropriate morning wedding attire for groomsmen and gloves for a bridge party hostess. Miss de Peyster notes formal morning wear excludes dinner jackets and that gloves are unnecessary with a business suit, while addressing conduct after a dance and parental guidance remarks.
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Miss de Feyster
Thayve
Miss de Peyster
Remembering a San Antonio river steam launch tale
Judge Emil A Kuemn recalls a 45 year old steam launch on the San Antonio river near the mill bridge. He and other boys rode the little steamer during a summer afternoon, watching deep clear water and large fish while the captain, an old salt, regaled them with tall tales of trips and selling alpaca.
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Emil A
Kuemn
San Antonio
Mill Bridge
Otder
Heme
0 and 20 Years Ago From The San Antonio Light
A fragmented recap from the San Antonio Light notes dates and events: a county or military appointment and a hospital plan update with references to Brigadier General Bailey and the Maplinl rally, plus a Brackenridge High opening and new quarry additions.
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San Antonio
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Lord Oxford
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Tack Conway
London
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Cla- Aridge's
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Wallugin
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Idwa
Jonés
Shakespeare
Rob Brinkcroft
NASA
Maine
Barbara Hutton
Debutente
Harry Richman
Lou Harty
Earl Carroll
Otto Kahn
Georges Carpenter
Hone Barrymore
Jay
Tiov
American Federation of Labor
Advertising Club of
New York
Real Statesman
Elsie Robinson
Z Pee
Mfe
Hearst Papers
Kathryn ‘ Depeyster
Isa de Peyster
Milly
India
King Fenn
Byny Ince
Aall
Lures
Bend Buck
Ban
Relira
Ty J. Wont
Richman
J. Bailey
Rpsacon
Jack Bhelson
Jommy Minnert
Dallas
Brackenridge High Oy
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