Bloated Tax Eater and a Swarm of Agencies
A critique argues that since 1923 the United States added 80 bureaus and commissions with 120,000 employees. It claims over 200 million dollars yearly goes to salaries while agencies grow and resist dissolution. The piece contends many agencies are political, parasitic, and impede recovery, calling for a reduction before taxes rise further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
National Democratic Platform
Lillions
PWA
Fe Bas
Resettlement Administration
America
Supreme Court
NRA
Bad Breeds Worse The Paternalism of Congress
A vivid critique argues that recent congressional action, likened to Stalinist policy, fosters lawlessness and threats of disobedience. It notes sixteen coal companies opposing the Guffey coal-control bill from Louisville and accuses the administration of endorsing unconstitutional measures. The piece warns that paternalism breeds civil violation and calls for foreseeing such results before passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalin
Washington
NRA
Congress
Labor Sanity at Montreal Meeting Sets Labor Tone
The International Typo graphical union convention in Montreal rejected proposals to empower Congress to regulate working hours pensions and private enterprise. The stance promotes traditional Jeffersonian liberty and warns against paternalism, urging labor movements nationwide to maintain independence and avoid attack by reformists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Typographical Union
Montreal
I. T.U
Congr
Jef
Gladstone on the American Constitution in 1878 article
An excerpt notes William E. Gladstone calling the American Constitution marvelous work, describing it as brilliantly forged by mind and will. The quotation appears from his September 1878 article Kin Beyond Sea, reflecting admiration for the U.S. framework and its national design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Gladstone
England
Ilustrious Statesman
The Ox Shoe That Made History
A reflective piece recounts Elsie Robinson Berbert Shaw and miner Herbert Shaw and the symbolic rusted iron ox shoe from a Nevada to Sierra trek. The object embodies courage, collective labor, and the forgotten laborers who paved a nation’s dream. The narrator treasures the rusted shoe, linking it to history and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berbert Shaw
Herbert Shaw
California
Sierra Nevada Range
Fic
Nevada
Bierra
Kier Feas
Spr Inc
10 and 20 Years Ago From S A Light Files 1928
SEPTEMBER 14 1928 noted receipts for June July August 1925 with a per cent rise over 1924. Postmaster P G Lucass announced an attendance record at Main Avenue High School 1030 students, first time over 1000. Excavation at the Oimos dam site revealed Indian tools, Tathana tribe linked to the area. The Nineteenth Infantry Band gave its first Fort Sam Houston concert under Chief Musician Oscar Diermann, praised as one of the army’s best bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Avenue High School
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Oscar Diermann
Fragmented OCR reflects unclear quotes and garbled prose
The readable text shows scattered phrases about shaving, appearances, honesty, and future prospects. Names and clear facts are absent, producing a disjointed, hard to interpret fragment from a historical page.
Beauty parlors and grooming as social salvage in cities
A medical psychologist argues that high urban dress and grooming norms bolster personal integrity and counter disintegration of personality. He cites beauty parlors in mental hospitals and urban grooming as stabilizing forces, helping impatient, educated adults cope with urban stress and multiple social personas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Hospital
Fulton
St. Joseph
Mevads
Farmington
Ralf Hanks
Fulton Hospital
América
Shall
Hoss
Lman
King Peay Svh, Inc
Lardner and Shipwreck Kelly Inspire New York Jests
A nostalgic profile recalls Ring Lardner’s quick quips and later boardwalk acts along with Shipwreck Kelly on a windy dawn. It notes Tommy Meighan’s comeback and Dempsey’s tavern hub as stars and crowds chase autographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Meighan
Giueried Frankes Ring
George Age
Head Noises and Meniere's Disease Explained
A former column explains head noises or tinnitus, clarifying they are not always Meniere's disease. It notes that tinnitus often results from nasal or ear conditions, suggests medical evaluation, and warns that ancient beliefs and crude skull procedures offered little relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Afeniere
Meniere
Reland
Syay Inc
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland
A satirical look at marriage expectations and gender roles in modern American society. The piece notes women’s self images, men’s vanity, and the universal fear of commitment, with cheeky observations on bridal nerves and the reprise of traditional power dynamics.
Fragmented Comic Verse Fragments From Sunlit Page
A garbled OCR fragment presents a rough, aphoristic style with phrases about silence, pride, and behavior. It mentions keeping one’s mouth shut, notions of betide outcomes for those who wait, and assorted mis-typed words suggesting a dated column or verse snippet.
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Aan
Elsie Robinson
Oimos Dam
Ught
Tathana Onte
Amar
Edwin C. Hil
Mcintyre
New
West
Lardner
Vormask
Atlantic City
Fifth Avenue
Tate
Dome
Cafe de la Paix
Paris
Piticth
Kelly
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Chester
Heldran
Aes
Tom
Jerry
Dempsey's
Fred Astaire
Im Braddock
Gargle- Lombard
Tye
Baltimore
McNaught Lynd, Inc
Helen Rowland
Ninon de Venclos
Tie
Donnan
King Feas
Syn, Inc
Dar
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