Election Sets a New Record With 43,000,000 Votes Cast
Roosevelt wins a second term by a historic margin with about 25.5 million popular votes. Alf Landon around 16 million and William Lemke roughly 0.75 million. With 107,309 of 122,722 districts reporting, combined total near 43 million is an all time high. Electoral College shows 523 for Roosevelt and 8 for Landon. Democrats gain large majorities in both houses of Congress. Seventy fifth Congress Senate poised at 75 of 96 seats with GOP far behind. House Republicans expected to gain seats but Democrats remain strong.
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Party Alignment in the Old Senate
The fragment outlines party lines in the old Senate with Democrats and Republicans referenced and scattered text. It mentions a farmer labor group and unstable wording that obscures exact figures or names.
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Weet
Berty
Democrats Jaoeer
Inward Beauty and Noble Nature in Cicero’s View
A quotation on inward beauty and virtue by Cicero arguing outward looks rarely affect a noble character. It states justice is about not harming others and decency means not causing offense.
Fragmentary Notes Reflect On Culture And Sense
A fragmentary reflection contrasts culture with restraint and common sense. The speaker muses on scenery remembered through the soul and the merit of not cultivating every impulse.
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R .S
Ranieri
Virtue and Vice Inquirings and Personal Faults
The piece muses on virtue and vice with maxims about self-respect fault menders over finders and the hard path of transgression. It warns impatience and desires versus needs and notes that words may attract admirers but few true friends.
Literary Study Aims To Awake And Enrich Life
A reflective note on literary study focusing on awakening the self and expanding capacity for pleasure and sympathy beyond leisure, urging continuous engagement with life and literature rather than mere amusement.
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Arnold Bennett
A Tough Life That of a Forest Ranger
The life of a forest ranger is not all glamour. Rangers protect game and scenery, answer visitors, and endure harsh conditions. In winter they patrol on skis from a log cabin to safeguard wildlife from human threats and preserve their domain.
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Svent Pratenery
Bicameral Legislatures Across States
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes most states have a two chamber legislature with a lower house called the house of representatives while three states call it the house of delegates.
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