Family faces ruin as business fails and moves loom
In a tense living room, James Nelson reveals his firm has gone under after a stock market crash. Margaret supports him as they plan to downsize and change homes, while son Jack offers to work and Nancy grapples with a deferred debut. Aunt Judy weighs Europe jobs and a cousin's Colorado request.
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Dad
Nancy
Jack
Exeter
Mother
Jim
Margaret
James Nelson
Louise
Stock Exchange
Nance
Sis
Col Jege
Mary Ann
Phil
Aunt Louise
Judy
Aunt Judy
Edgemere
Judith Hale
Idgemere
Louise Nelson
Judith
Harvard
Dan
Nelson
Caroline Spear
Caroline
Touise
Darling
Columbine
Colorado
Lou
James
Mary Taylor
Aunt Louise plates a peculiar job offer for Nancy
In a family reading, Louise Nelson shares a long letter from cousin Columbine Nelson proposing a job for Nancy in Pine Ridge Colorado. The duties include household chores, dressmaking, and serving as companion, with a generous though burdensome salary and strict rules.
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Mother
Jack
Louise Nelson
Nance
Aurora Tubbs
Louise
Dad
Nancy
Columbine
Aurora
Aunt Louise
Pine Ridge
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Aunt Judy
Judith
James
New England
Columbine Nelson
Starting signals fail in cold weather guns loaded with blanks
Ordinary pistols used as starting signals at track meets can misfire in intense cold because the oil in the gun’s action freezes and gums the firing mechanism, preventing ignition.
Fine Work by 4-H Members in All Sections
Nearly a million American boys and girls were enrolled in 4-H clubs during 1932. They specialize in farm activities from blooded pigs and pure bred calves to alfalfa and home crafts. The program builds efficient farm people, prizes, and a defense against upheaval, urging farm families to stay on the land. Portland Journal hosts the summary.
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America
Rock of Safety
Portland (Ore
Tums Builds a Home in St Louis Missouri
The palatial new building by A H Lewis Medicine Co will showcase a blue black terra cotta base with mottled cream above the second floor and gold finish on high mullions. Fifty foot upper windows will have gold strips and etched lower windows with stainless steel decorations. The plant and equipment cost between 100 000 and 150 000 dollars and the facility is for exclusive Tums manufacturing.
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St. Louis
A. H. Lewis Medicine Co
Passing of Old Custom Don't kiss the baby
Medical advice now discourages kissing infants as a practice once common and even politicians have abandoned it due to the obligations and risks it entails.
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New York Sun
Postum Free Week Offer From Postum Company
Read the offer in this paper. The Postum Company will mail a full week’s supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it Advy.
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Postum Company
Social Code Strength Fades When Silent Prohibition Fails
The saying suggests that formal rules like Thou shalt not lose force when people treat them as permission. In practice a strong social code relies on collective conscience and visible consequences to deter unwanted actions.
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By Christine Whiting Parmenter
Europe
Spears
Lizzie
WNU
4-H
Tums
Hotel Conant
Gealers
Tiarold Somers, Inc
de Ealb Ave
B'kyn
N.Y
Daisy Fly Killer
Peterman
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