Idle heir travels cross country by share expense auto
The young son of a wealthy banker, Hal Ireland, faces defaulted funds after his father's harsh critique. Sent to San Francisco on a time limit, he joins a cross country auto trip with companions including Barry Trafford and Kerrigan. Tensions arise as misunderstandings and growing attraction unfold during the journey.
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Icéland
San Francisco
New York
Barry Trafford
Giles Kerrigan
Anastasia
Anna
Ely
Martin Crack
Barry
Kerrigan
Hal
Crack
Frederick Ireland
Klondike
Port Arthur
Napoleon
Mississippi
King Lardner
Father of Waters
California fruit and charms in Sister Anastasia encounter
Hal and Barry converse at a hotel table where Sister Anastasia appreciates Hal’s compliments. Barry deflects Hal’s questions about last night while a nearby woman flirts with Barry’s companion, prompting Hal to press for explanations about their relationship and motives.
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Anastasia
Barry
Hal
America
Empire State Building
California
Miss Trafford
Kerrigan
Hal and Barry Drift Toward the Mississippi Crossing
Hal proclaims love to Barry as they journey by car toward the Mississippi. Barry resists with sorrowful honesty, promising to tell him why later, while the group faces fatigue and a looming decision about their path and future.
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Barry
Will
Hal
Peovina
Kerrigan
Crack
Mississippi
Burlington
Davenport Bros
Tona
Skunk
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Rasputin
Dee
Stalin on Industrialization and Economic Tradeoffs
Stalin argues for rapid industrialization despite food and textile shortages. He says comrades feared the plan but cites the need to build metallurgy machine building tractors automobiles airplanes and tanks with scarce foreign exchange. He notes the choice between consumer goods and strategic industry to wipe out technical poverty.
Warning to England by Rudyard Kipling
The piece condemns state control, murder, torture, starvation, and slavery in certain states and warns of future steps to remedy deficiencies. It argues authority abuses and fears inward collapse if timely action is not taken, claiming a possible drift toward joining submerged races of history through coercive practices. The language echoes imperial critique and moral alarm.
Delegation of Powers by Joseph B. Ely Former Governor
The former Massachusetts governor argues against permanently transferring law making power to any individual or unnamed holders of supreme authority. He warns the legislative branch was meant to legislate and not cede binding authority to a person or bureau beyond what laws specify.
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Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin
Roosevelt
United States
Stabilizing English Currency
The text argues that exchange rates reflect trade and capital flows and cannot be stabilized without broader economic stability. It notes the impatience of those facing fluctuating rates and compares anchoring to a ship with a shifting anchor, urging that lasting stabilization requires stable conditions first.
NRA AND RECOVERY By WILLIAM GUGGENHEIM
The piece argues the National Recovery Act faced opposition due to misnaming and abuses. It asserts the act is legitimate for emergencies and should have been called the national co operation act to reduce misuse. The author claims better honesty in framing would aid acceptance and predicts good times ahead.
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WNU Service
Dress Pattern 2227 Offers Slimming Surplice Silhouette
A sewing pattern advertises a dress design that slim uses a surplice closing, V shaped front yoke, and straight panels to flatter figures. It cautions choosing small prints and lists sizes 86, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 with 3% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 36, plus instructions to send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Pattern Department in New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Jackson and Williams Dragged Apart After Club Altercation
Jackson and Williams had a terrible row last night at the club says Wilson. His companion looks surprised noting the pair were inseparable before. Wilson adds it took six of them to separate the two.
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Jackson
Williams
Wilson
Those Party Platforms A Political Quip
A dialogue humorously compares party platforms to golf bunkers. One statesman calls platforms an important consideration while the other notes they must be used, yet skill lies in avoiding them. The exchange mirrors political maneuvering and wit.
Long-Winded Doctor Mayo Busts A Breathing Puzzle
A quirky item from Tit-Bits Magazine notes a medical digression about breathing and counting aloud. The piece centers on a doctor’s quip showing the arithmetic of nine inhalations repeated thrice to yield twenty seven.
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Willie
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Escain
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Kipling
Neville Chamberlain
WILLIAM+ GUGGENHEIM
Cape
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