Babson Notes Ten Reasons For Good Business Trends
Babson Park Massachusetts July 33 1987 Sentiment has improved notably in the past two weeks with confidence slowly healing though doubts remain about Fall business. Analysts say the current backlog of orders built in Winter and Spring will thin later, suggesting a gentle let-down rather than a sharp dip. The Babson chart today shows 1 percent above Normal after 10 percent above Normal in May.
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Babson Park
Massachusetts
Ten Reasons Why Prosperity Advances After Labor Day
The piece outlines ten factors pointing to continued recovery including crop prospects, rising purchasing power, easing labor troubles, Congress adjournment, cheaper building costs, healthier inventories, new industries, stronger foreign trade, a fading French crisis, and an upward business trend. It argues wage gains, farm income, and export growth support a bullish outlook into 1937.
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CIO
Robinson
Washington
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Italy
France
Russia
England
United States
Idol Chatter Sparks Classic Hollywood Echoes
Hollywood gossip notes a clash of stars from Jeanette MacDonald to Cary Grant, with playful jests about fashion, romances, and career misfires. The column weaves portraits of Mae West, Errol Flynn, Bing Crosby, and others while lampooning trends and industry quirks. It ends with a business forecast: fall 1937 should bring strong prosperity and urged planning.
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Hollywood
Jeanette MacDonald
Ping
Madeleine Carroll
Charles Butterworth
Mae West
Betty Furness
Queen Mary
Buck Jones
Brentwood
Luise Rainer
Phyllis Haver
Kay Francis
Dick Foran
Cary Grant
Glenda Farrell
Errol Flynn
Warner Brothers Cafe
Jack Oakie
Paul Whiteman
Leo Carillo
Crosby
West
Dietrich
Bing
West, Dietrich
Goofy town tales and Hollywood ironies flash past
A 1937 column recounts social misfit moments in a quirky town. Mrs Basil Rathbone secretly helps a neighbor then, in contrast, Fred Waring bans visitors from his set, and veteran star Charles Ray reflects on prior fame and present struggles. The piece mixes celebrity anecdotes with sharp humor about vanity and fortune.
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Fidler
Waring
First Methodist Church Built In Green Bay 1837
Historians using a Green Bay Democrat April 11 1837 issue note the first Methodist Episcopal church in Wisconsin was erected in Green Bay a century ago at a cost of 2130 dollars and later destroyed by fire in 1872.
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Green Bay
Wis
Green
Gottlieb the Tailor Promises Weatherproof Wardrobe
A local tailor claims rainy weather won t ruin your appearance with tailor made clothes. Dry cleaning pressing and tailoring services offered by Gottlieb at Broad Street contact 2785 711.
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Gottlieb
Broad St
Townsend Club Jubilee Program Promises Evening in Wellington
Wellington Ohio hosts a jubilee event by the Townsend Club at Grange hall on Tuesday July 27 featuring the Columbia Trio Concert Company three blind musicians and an address on the Welfare Act of 1937 by H F Haren Cleveland. Admission is free with offerings to cover expenses other features noted. Lillywood Rebekah Lodge held regular session with eleven members and set inspection night for October 6. Clinic notes report Mary Weeks homebound after treatment and TonSils removed for Harry Sorensen. A newborn daughter arrived to Mr and Mrs Walter Luce at Allen Hospital Oberlin. A yellow coach crash west of Wellington injures no one reported.
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Cleveland
22Nd Congressional District
Lilywood Rebekah Lodge
Walter Luce
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
William Smith
William
Local notes and social briefs from Lorain County
Wednesday afternoon and evening updates cover visitors from Cleveland Oberlin and Burton. Small items note judging plans for Lorain county Girl's 4-H clubs, a service station lease, travels to Winchester Washington and Los Angeles, plus hospital updates and a remark on literary critics in power.
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Oberlin
Mery Knapp
Here
Cleveland
Christine Kibler
Burton
Lorain County
Old Mill
Herrick Avenue West
W. D. Greenfield
A. N. MacDonald
Greenfield
Dayton
Frances Raineer
Henry Rainner
Frances
Winchester
Washington, D. C
Miss Ramser
Ohio State
Richard Cordway, Jr
Barbara Stanwyck Roughly Handled At Studio Preview
Hollywood in uproar as Miss Barbara Stanwyck endures rough handling by a patrolman while attempting to enter a Stella Dallas preview. Actor Robert Taylor intervenes, angering fans as Abney is blamed for the fracas. Stanwyck, bruised, sought medical checkup and defended the officer per producer Samuel Goldwyn.
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Calif
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Stella Dallas
Misa Stanwyck
Glenn Abney
Robert Taylor
Abney
Miss Stanwyck
Samuel Goldwyn
Taylor
Bow
Dare
Gosh
Goldwyn
Gooffy Grace
Child Is Relieved After Wind Slings Hammock Child
A storm in Bombay carried a two year old from her village to the edge of another area where rescuers found her unharmed in tree branches. The child slept in a hammock tied to a roof when the house was lifted by the gusts. Minor bruises are reported. Headcorn Mill in England to be Auctioned.
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Bombay
England
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