Dangerous proposition widens rift over relief loan plan
A House vote with 35 Republicans backing the Garner Wagner relief bill prompts a Hoover veto warning. The dispute centers on private loans to individuals via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Officials oppose gov as lender to private borrowers, warning of favoritism and losses while urging support for self liquidating, project based financing to boost employment.
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Democratic House
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Garner
Health Prosperity Of The United States Report
Surgeon General Cumming reports that despite a weak economy the nation shows peak health prosperity for 1931, with low mortality, fewer tuberculosis deaths, and infant mortality at a record low in 70 large cities. The era’s health gains are highlighted as a major national asset despite overall gloom.
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Cumming
Anniversaries and births in history and today
Today marks a list of anniversaries including Jean de La Fontaine born 1621 and Fitz-Greene Halleck born 1790, with notes on others like David Lee Child, Maria White Lowell, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, and more. It lists Today in History events, notable birthdays such as John D. Rockefeller and Percy Grainger, and a generic forecast of today’s horoscope predicting an executive-spirited leader.
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Jean de la Fontaine
Fitz-Greene Halleck
New York
America
Guilford
Conn
David Lee Child
Massachusetts
Boylston
Mass
Wayland Mass
Samuel D. Gross
Easton
Philadelphia
Maria White Lowell
James Russell Lowell
Watertown
Cambridge
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
St. Paul
Minn
Kaiser
Mary J. Lincoln
Boston
John D. Rockefeller
Richford
Mantis van Sweringen
Cleveland
Wooster
Ohio
U. S
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Lamar
Ala
Evarts B. Greene
Columbia University
Japan
Frank A. Waugh
Amherst
Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Percy Grainger
Australia
Thomas T. Cravyen
Vallejo
Cal
Humpetty Dumpetty and Opinion Snippets Highlighted
A collage of humorous quirks and moral maxims appears from THE SWNT OBSERVER with snippets about Humpetty Dumpetty behind a wall, letters to editors, leadership claims, and remarks on education and generosity. It rounds out with quotes from Deland, Jones, Longfellow, and Jones on change and suffering.
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Mother Goose
Humpetty Dumpetty
Hump
WANTED Attendant for able bodied invalid in health
A frayed item from the Charlotte Tribune cites a wanted ad seeking an attendant for an able bodied invalid in perfect health at 19 Berwick Street. The clipping is part of a miscellany from the era including social mishaps and rural nostalgia.
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Charlotte, Mich
Tribune
Berwick Street
Columbia to Host Home Coming and Grange Picnic
Columbia will hold its annual Home coming and Grange picnic at the Center on Saturday and Sunday July 30 and 31. The arrangements committee includes Geo Tagg P W Heineman Alfred Grills Charles Hales and Rev Harold Halderman. A family reunion of the French family was hosted at their home on July 4 with guests including Max French and others from out of town.
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Columbia
Geo. Tagg
P. W. Heineman
Alfred Grills
Charles Hales
Harold Halderman
P.M. French
Harry Stinchcomb
Max French
Adah
Fred Allen
Knapp
Columbus
Myrtle
Hard of
Myrtle Hales
Emma Heineman
Cleveland
Lucy Jackson
LaPorte
Local Social News and Notable Visits Amid Community Life
Friends and family visits fill the week with gatherings at homes in Elyria and nearby towns. Bridal shower for Miss Esther Schnable. Miss Emma Heineman visits. Clarence Linderman ill with diphtheria. Jay Madison suffers a dislocated shoulder after a car collision with a milk truck. Community groups meet and host events with nearby residents attending.
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Esther Schnable
Barberton
Emmaline
Clarence Linderman
Diptheria
Walter Bracy
Henry Offenberg
Cleveland
Frank Myers
Lorain
P. T. Hathaway
Jay Madison
Baptist Mission Society
Emmaline Putt
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau of
Elyria
de Lorain
County Printing & Publishing Company
J. Clare George
Modnutt
Hnefty
Chis
John W. Cullen Company
Chicago
Michigan Ave
Detroit
General Motors
The
United States
Father
Megrdes
Percy B. Shelley
Italy
Perry
Yeddo
SWNT
Margaret Deland
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Longfellow
Les
Minneapolis Journal
Joe
Tom
Hubby
Sallys
Eou
Tle
Lorain County Savings
Hio
John Brant
Sarah Spicer
la Granga
Lucy Blodgett
Edith Blodgett
Lee Blodgett
West View
Russell Blodgett
Fields
John Sheer
Ray Sheer
George Wicks
Ruth Sheer
Warren Schnarer
Kenmore
Wright and Ditson
Longlife House
Sears
Bute
Longlife
Tees
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