March Misses the Deep South Quiet, Florida Echoes
Editorial from Babson Park dated February 24, 1939 surveys mild Florida climate shifts from 84 to 34 degrees, notes Sarasota plans for Ringling Brothers’ reopening, and reports Dr Francis Townsend touring Babson Park to promote social security. Townsend criticizes the WPA and urges Congress to enact pension reform, citing a proposed $200 monthly retirement annuity funded by a two percent transactions tax. He suggests potential amendments and forecasts congressional reception as the debate continues.
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Forum
Babson Park
Francis E. Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Congress
Townsend
Congressional Committee
Roosevelt
Sen Gillette Reviews Legislation on Farm Tenancy Bills
Senate actions on farm tenancy measures show the bill to limit landlords liens was tabled 27 to 17 and then defeated 17 to 23. The October first notice requirement if a lease won t continue was part of the defeated package. County hearings in 1937 38 yielded broad support, making the defeats surprising to supporters.
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Senate
Senate Farm Tenancy Committee
Men of Promience
Iowa
House
State Highway Commission
Legislative
State Board of Assessment and Review
Motor Vehicle Department
Motor Carrier Department
House Committee On Liquor
County Officers Cost Residents $2.70 Per Person
A report shows the combined cost of all county administrative offices in Town 1937 totaled 5,025,191 dollars, up 203,188 from 1936. Average cost per person was 2.03 dollars, with costs varying by county population and rankings across three groups.
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Auditor of State
Boards of Supervisors
Dallas
Johnson
Cerro Gordo
Kosuth
Linn
Des Moines
Story
Dubuque
Franklin
Palo Alto
Jefferson
Clay
Appanoose
Union
Hardin
Carroll
Dickinson
Ringgold
Osceola
Audubon
Taylor
Decatur
Chickasaw
Winnebago
Emmet County
Stefansson the Arctic Explorer Who Lived On Ice
Dale Carnegie recounts Stefansson the Norse explorer who spent ninety seven days on Arctic ice living on seals and polar bears. He survived by eating fat meat and fat fuel like blubber and even ate rawhide strings from snowshoes. He argues skin clothing may serve as food in extreme hunger and shares quirky tales of wolves and owls as menu items.
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Arctic Circle
Stefansson
Arctic Ocean
Eskimos
East Lincoln fire and local events from 1919
Fire partially destroyed A C Brown’s residence on East Lincoln. Junior Red Cross bazaar receipts exceeded five hundred dollars. George Anderson won a fifty dollar prize at a Kansas City shooting tournament. Matt Anderson attended. Engineer Matt Scholtes vacationing in Florida. Mrs C E Sutton preparing to move to Estherville. Clarence Axelton of Graettinger visited. Loretta Heneman joined the post office. Lucille Peterson visited Spirit Lake. A 1909 note mentions a Presbyterian church skule event in Lough's Opera House. Des Moines to Storm Lake trains stalled between here and Terril. Parsifal by Martin and Emery slated for March 3. Will Sweet builds addition. DAR luncheon at Rhodes home. Rumors of a new Rock Island depot in Estherville. Thomas Goggin buys Campbell residence on North 8th.
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Clarence Axelton
Graettinger
Estherville
Loretta Heneman
Post Office
Vera Coleman
Lucille Peterson
Spirit Lake
P. Christensen
Lough’s
Opera House
Presbyterian Church
Des’ Moines
M & St
Storm Lake
Here
Terril
Jas
Cox
Martin and Emery
Richard Wagner
Parsifal
Will Sweet
F.H. Rhodes
Joe Orvis
DAR
Rhodes
Birney
Brown
Lyons
Esthlerville
Rock Teland
Goggin
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Vindicator and Republican Co
George A. Nichols
Town
G. A. Nichols
Florida
Deep South
Charles LeMiar
Sarasota
Ringling Circus
Sen. Gillette
Lester S. Gillette
Dale Carnegie
Vindicator and Republican
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