Stalin drives purge in Soviet leadership with executions
The Moscow dispatch reports 16 confessed conspirators against the Soviet state were executed as the highest defense of the regime. It names Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev and others as targets, notes Stalin’s tightening control, and contrasts him with former rivals while warning Americans on the dangers of centralized power.
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Washington
Associated Press
Moscow
Social Defense
Russia
Lenin
Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Zinoviev
Kamenev
Tomsky
Rykov
Bukahrin
Rodekander Eee
Ogpu
Sokolnikov
Pyotakov
Russian Empire
Czar
Nicholas
Trotsky
Quotes on Generosity and Family Bonds
A compact pairing of Seneca and Lord Beaconsfield reflections on giving and keeping, heart openness without holes, judgment without leakage, and the evolving bond between mother and child as a link in a larger chain.
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Seneca
Lord Beaconsfield
Easy Cross Stitch Sampler Pattern 1187 for Young Girls
A short pattern ad offers Pattern 1187 for a simple cross stitch sampler sized 12 by 15 inches. It includes transfer patterns, color suggestions, material needs, and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. in New York for the pattern.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
Pattern 1187 Sampler Brings Colorful Pictures and Verses
A note promotes a sampler titled Pattern 1187 described as colorful and quaint, offering a fun project to use scraps of cotton or silk.
The Habit of Doing It Now
The habit of promptness is shaped by environment and early training. It argues that delays stem from a child’s tendency to wait, procrastinate schoolwork, and seek parental prompting, causing missed opportunities for those who prepare without delay.
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O.'S. Marden
Philosophy of Laughter and Merriment Expression
Quote attributed to Byron about laughter as medicine and merriment as a philosophy. The piece highlights laughter as the sunny side of existence and a lightweight remedy for hardship.
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Byron
Foreign Phrases and Translations in 18th Century Notes
A compact list of French German Latin phrases with English equivalents. Entries include apres nous le deluge Madame de Pompadour bordereaux chef d oeuvre de nihilo nihil fit in hoc signo vinces wie gewonnen so zerronnen en deshabille and related marginal notes.
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Madame de Pompadour
Bordereaux
Constantine
Precept and Imitation in Shaping Manners and Life
Quotation notes that imitation teaches more effectively and enjoyably than precept. Burke argues that learning by imitation forms our manners opinions and lives, shaping character through observed behavior rather than formal instruction.
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Burke
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United States
NRA
AAA
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Sim- Bullitt
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Litvinov
Roosevelt
Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics
James Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Couzeris
Detroit
Wilbur M. Brucker
Searles
Aiga Seige
Ieee
Usica
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Kansas City
Sylvia
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Wee
O. R. Com
Battle Creek
Mich
Sirens Generel Pond
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Liod
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