Helping Farmers and the AAA Fist With a Black Eye
The piece argues that despite repeated government efforts to aid farmers, profits remain slim. The AAA promised relief by cutting production, but prorate laws limited supply while imports flooded in, eroding benefits. Data show rising U S head cattle and grain production while foreign competition grows. It questions whether AAA controls truly aid American farmers or mainly share markets with foreign interests.
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Howev
Washington
AAA
The Old Camp Ground by Theodore F Bayless
A veteran recalls service in the 19th Kansas Cavalry in Indian Territory during 1868 69. He describes a brutal blizzard starving horse and rider and the trek to Camp Supply. He recalls plainsmen and scouts and writes a poem about the old fortance where a school sits today and distant bugle echoes.
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Theodore F. Bayless
19Th
Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
Indian Territory
Beaver Crand Wolf River
North Canadian River
Cimmaron
Skelletons
No Doubt of It Now about Tugwell in California
An opinion piece portrays Rex Tugwell as a radical leftist after a lecture in southern California. The column criticizes his economic ideas as socialist and warns of the era’s bold reforms, describing the region as receptive yet volatile to such plans.
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Terra Bella News
Rex Tugwell
Los Aneles
Brain Truster
Mr. Roosevelt
California
Schelmes
Tugwell
San Jose Probes Obsolete Local Ordinances
College students review outdated city laws in San Jose that ban bench reclining, candlelight cattle slaughter, unpermitted garden burials, and herding more than five cattle along a street.
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San Jose
County Gas Fund Jump Boosts County Shares in Quarter
Seabe largest since 1931 Ray L Riley state controller announces apportionment of state gasoline taxes for quarter ending September 30 Kern County receives 3981 28 of 348 074 63 total 10 percent higher than year ago Beginning with this apportionment each county gets a minimum quarterly payment replacing 5000 under former plan The increase aids smaller counties for county highways translations of Uncle Toms Cabin into 40 languages.
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Seabe
Ray L. Riley
Kern County
Clumber Spaniel Described as Heavier than Most Breeds
The Clumber spaniel is heavier and less active than other spaniels yet praised as a versatile field and water hunter. Originating in England at the Nottinghamshire estate of Clumber, the breed is linked to aristocratic breeding, with debates on possible Saint Bernard crosses. Distinguishing features include a massive head, square muzzle, strong body, short legs, dense coat, and white color with faint lemon markings.
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New York Herald Tribune
England
Dukes of Newcastle
Nottinghamshire
Clumber
Thunderer of Waters myth ties to Niagara Falls legends
Detroit Free Press recounts the name Thunderer of Waters for Niagara Falls and the belief that the Great Spirit dwells there. Guides say annual sacrifices sent a maiden over the falls in a canoe with spoils. Notable stunts include Bobby Leach in 1911 and Anna Edison Taylor in 1901 surviving falls in barrels.
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Niagara Falls
Redskins
Falls
Detroit Free Press
Bobby Leach
Horseshoe Falls
Anna Edison
Taylor
Magnetic hills mystify drivers with optical illusion
The Path Finder Magazine notes that supposedly magnetic hills, such as one in southern California on a 15 degree grade, create the illusion of ascending when the curve is turned, but drivers are actually descending a two degree slope.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Growth of the Post Office Department Through Time
The Post Office Department expanded from 75 post offices and 1875 miles in 1789 to over 8000 offices and 114780 miles of mail routes by 1928. Early rates were high with six cents for 30 miles and up to 25 cents for 450 miles. Congress cut rates in 1945 to five cents for 300 miles and ten cents over 300 miles, with a later three-cent half-ounce letter in 1851.
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P. O. Department
Post Office
Congress
Samphire harvests near Dover cliffs in Shakespearean note
Samphire, an aromatic weed growing on chalky Dover cliffs, attracts picklers despite danger. Shakespeare called the gathering a dreadful trade, yet the pickled product remains for sale in small cliffside shops.
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Dover
Duty and Filial Duty in Chinese Culture Highlighted
Collier's Weekly notes that filial duty is deeply ingrained in Chinese culture and is illustrated by the weekly remittance to parental homes in other countries totaling over 4 million dollars.
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Collier's Weekly
Farmers Seek Policy Review at National Grange Meet Sacramento
Grange leaders say 56 000 to 10 000 members representing about a million farmers from every county will gather in Sacramento for the National Grange convention with the State Grange conclave preceding it. They will press New Deal farm policy taxation tariffs and production control issues before national and state officials.
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Roosevelt
Merriam
George Sehlmeyer
Grangemaster Sehlmeyer
Washington
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara
Klymeyer
California
Hilm
Fresno
Sehlmeyer
Rapid Growth Shapes Los Angeles Social Scene
Oil and sunlight drew thousands to Los Angeles turning it into a vast settlement overnight. The rapid influx created need for quick adjustments as the city evolved into a complex society with new ideas on human relations. A cited concept, production-for-use, is noted as being adopted by the WPA.
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Los Angels
WPA
Bay Bridge Cables Contract After Cold Spell
In San Francisco the Bay Bridge cables contracted nine inches as a result of an unusually cold spell affecting the bridge structure. The event prompted inquiries into the impact on the span and safety considerations for ongoing use.
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San Francisco
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
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