Spending in campaigns and farm tax ideas stir debate
A veteran writer discusses vast campaign spending and possible waste, noting figures could reach ten million dollars with nine million wasted. He recalls Calvin Coolidge and William Butler, then shifts to pamphlets, canvassing, and the uncertain impact on votes, while outlining two tax ideas for farms from British Irish models: flexible appraisal vs split rates for resident owners and landlords.
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Calvin Coolidge
William M. Butler
Butler
Postoffice Department
Bell Syndicate
WNU Services
Passing of Thalberg Shocks Hollywood Echoes of Critics
The death of Irving Thalberg leaves a leadership gap in Hollywood as commentators praise his pioneering craft across story, camera, and screen. The piece also lampoons politics and culture with satirical mentions of nepotism, politicians, and fashion like shirt colors in a broad, humorous tone.
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Ollywood
Calif
Irving Thalberg
Thalberg
Cobb
Napoleon
Daniel Boone
Balzac
Salt Lake City Pioneers Founding Moment Rediscovered
A group of 148 pioneers is remembered for founding Salt Lake City after Brigham Young declared, This is the place, marking a pivotal moment in the settlement of the valley and the beginnings of a new community.
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Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Whitey the bad steer of the rodeo corners Tony
Tony survives a close encounter with Whitey the steer at a New York rodeo after a wild chase past a truck and alley. A helper blocks the path with a wire grate, Tony grabs the steer by both horns and frees himself as the animal claws at the fender. The steer is later killed by a policeman after damaging property and a tomato stand.
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New York City
Anthony E. di Lorenzo
Bronx
N. Y
Tony DiLorenzo
Tony
New York
Forty-Second Street
Morningside Heights
Yankee Stadium
West
Corral
Whitey
Playing Cards as Cash in Montreal Colony History
An 18th century practice in Montreal used playing cards as tender due to scarce coin. The back of a jack of hearts bore a land transfer and signatures of three colonial administrators, now displayed at IkeCord National Museum of McGid University.
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Montreal
IkeCord National Museum
McGid University
Pandas Live in Trees Mystery Animal Aelurus fulgens
The text describes the panda as a scientific puzzle with debated relations to raccoons and bears. Known as Aelurus fulgens, it notes Nepalese pandas dwelling in holes or rocky crevices and being nocturnal. The garbled segment hints at a twin birth and a distinctive cry.
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Aelurus Fulgens
Nepal
Filet Crochet Pattern Offer for Forgotten Chair
An ad invites readers to mail 15 cents for a filet crochet pattern to Circle Needlecraft on Eighth Avenue New York. Pattern number and the sender’s name and address are requested. The design promises a fresh look for the “Forgotten” chair.
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Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Foreign Words and Phrases Featured in Glossary
A list of Latin and French phrases with English translations. Includes Abea jacta est the die is cast, Alter ego my other self, coup de theatre an unexpected event, durante allah roving during your good pleasure, embonpoint plumpness, facile princeps easily the first, loco citato in the place cited, Montani semper liberi mountaineers are always freemen, noted as West Virginia’s motto.
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Julius Caesar
Rubicon
Durante Allah
West Virginia
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