Vulgar Display of Wealth at the Bradley Martin Ball
The 1897 Waldorf Astoria Bradley Martin ball is cited as the peak of extravagant displays in the Gay Nineties. Costing $369 200, the event drew vast publicity in London Paris and New York while many Americans faced destitution and the Bradley Martins left for England.
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Bradley Martin
Waldorf-Astoria
Collier’s
New York
London
Paris
United States
Bradley Martins
England
Dewey Mead Rivalry Looms In New York Governor Race
The piece notes Dewey and Mead as major party nominees for New York governor in 1946, framing the race as a strategic 1948 presidential stepping stone. It highlights Mead’s Senate leadership on war investigations and Dewey’s administrative record as Republican strength in the Empire State. It also mentions allied war trials and naval air conditioning trials as contemporaneous items.
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Dewey
Mead
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
James M. Mead
Empire State
White House
Senate
War Investigating Committee
Truman
Oklahoma institute guides rural redevelopment push
The Institute of Community Development in Oklahoma is directing technical aid and research to help small towns build a new economy amid soil erosion and a growing manpower surplus. It aims to adapt the traditional rural pattern to changing times.
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Oklahoma
State Institute of Community Development
Institute
Farm Co-Ops Grow Membership and Business in 1944-45
Farm Credit administration reports a rise in agricultural co-operatives for the year ended June 30 1945 with membership estimated at 4 505 000 up 230 000 and business totaling 5 645 000 000 up from 5 160 000 000.
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Farmers’ Co-Operative Associations
Farm Credit Administration
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Jose Laurel
Laurel
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Salem
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Atom For Peace
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University of Chi
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