Hitchhiker’s quips and political quibbles in a Nebraska column
A terse satirical snapshot references subscription terms and mail matter while wryly noting the hitchhiker, short selling, and a Louisiana governor race. It contrasts Congress economy talk with district bias and quotes a New York official on salary savings. Secretary Hyde jokes that the stock market is a thermometer of cold feet in high places.
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Cautious Recovery Seen In Business And Jobs
The financial pages suggest a sustained upturn with steady improvement in employment. The revival stems from renewed public confidence, release of hoarded funds, and the easing of buying strikes that previously gripped the nation.
Navy spending row stirs critics and presidents in U S press
The Big Navy League charges President Hoover would cut naval budgets prompting heated exchanges. The president promises an investigative committee as Washington run headlines mock and praise erupt in broadside style.
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Why They Fail: A Banker’s View of Farm Casualties
A Northwest banker cites lack of experience or working capital as causes for farm failures. A community check lists diverse former workers who failed at farming, suggesting back to the farm propaganda is overstated. Some farmers still prosper under stress, but not the transient applicants.
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Northwest
Stand Up to Yourself Be Your Own Best Ally
A motivational reflection urges self-reliance and inner strength to overcome life’s trials. Emphasizing personal accountability, it argues that only you can undermine or uplift yourself through cowardice or bravery. It advocates self respect, rational self love, and unwavering fidelity to one’s best self.
Armistice Day Reflections On Peace and Peril Worldwide
On Armistice Day observers recall the 13th anniversary of ending the Great War and warn that unrest and competing ambitions persist. The article cites Manchuria Mongolia and tensions among China Japan and Russia as threats to Far Eastern peace and urges restraint to avoid another catastrophe.
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Navy Team Names Midshipman M H Tuttle Captain
Midshipman M H Tuttle of Lenoir North Carolina is named captain of the Navy football team as it seeks victory this season on the gridiron. Tuttle is expected to lead the squad in the upcoming schedule.
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Private Property Sign Ends Rail Tie Weigh-In in Gorham
In Gorham Maine a trolley line was scrapped and railroad ties were left along the right of way for fuel. After days with no takers the company posted private property signs reading Do not molest to keep people from removing the wood piles.
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Gorham
Maine
Fine Weather to Order Dutch Professor Claims
Dutch professor A Veraat of Rijswijk says sprinkling powdered carbon dioxide from 5000 feet will rain clouds into showers. Four military airmen witnessed rain over six square miles after the experiment aimed to clear fog and mist for sunshine.
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Built-in: Federal hospital for defective delinquents planned
Washington plans a federal hospital for defective delinquents to be built in Springfield Missouri at an estimated cost of 2.5 million dollars. The project aims to improve penal institutions and provide free medical care to prisoners. Bids are expected in six weeks and construction could begin in fall with a capacity of 850 beds distributed among sane and psychopathic 500 tuberculosis 150 and chronic medical 200 cases.
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Washington
Springfield
Federal Bureau’ of Prisons
Seventy Year Old Man Eats 700 Times Weight Says Paris Experts
Paris researchers report a healthy man turning seventy has consumed about 13 tons of bread 15 tons of vegetables 7 tons of meat or 13 cows in his lifetime. They estimate 1600 pounds of candy 15000 quarts of milk and 20000 quarts of beer or water in the Americas.
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Paris
France
Europe
America
Town seeks to shed Billy the Kid label in Silver City
Silver City officials and the Silver City Independent aim to drop the towns notorious image as the Billy the Kid home. The paper notes Billy reportedly burgled a Chinese laundry, was jailed, escaped from a chimney, and never returned, a claim the town disputes.
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Whitman on a morning meadowlark song
A lyrical passage describes a bright morning and the meadowlark’s song. The speaker notes the sun high and a tart air while the bird hops between fence stakes, its simple notes conveying happiness and quiet motion as it travels across the field.
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Cinnamon Apple Jam and Peppermint Cup Cakes From 1931
A vintage recipe collection offers Cinnamon Apple Jam simmered with cinnamon candies and pectin for canning, plus Peppermint Cup Cakes with butter sugar eggs flour and peppermint dust. Also included is Gum Drop Orange Sherbet served with angel food, and California Custard combining spaghetti raisins lemon and cinnamon.
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California
Western Newspaper Union
How to Clean Gilt Frames
Instructions advise dampening a small sponge with hot spirits of wine or turpentine to remove dirt and fly specks from gilt frames. Do not wipe after cleaning. allow the frames to dry on their own.
World Title For His Traffic Fines
Kansas City Missouri reports R M Rosier of Boston Missouri paid the highest aggregate traffic violation fines. He settled for 159 dollars after 30 separate tickets against his automobile.
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R. M. Rosier
Boston
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