Florida winter notes amid fuel costs and ads
A veteran Florida column reflects on fuel savings in the sunshine state versus Iowa, compares grocery and rent costs, and criticizes citrus growers. It notes cinema and advertising spend in 1938, features a Babson Park Forum harp and violin recital, and reports DeSoto landing markers being planned for Bradenton with a federal commission finding. It also covers Bromo Seltzer seizures in Atlanta and potential nationwide actions, with a legal process outlined for the Emerson Drug case.
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Sunshine State
Iowa
Florida
Distribution Taxation and Principles in American Thought
A historic editorial fragment argues for streamlined distribution to cut middlemen and boost purchasing power, critiques taxation for boosting living costs, and asserts core democratic principles that government must not curb individual thought, speech, or worship except to protect others. The piece cites the Fionna Federation of Labor and stresses personal responsibility and limited government power.
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America
Federation
Mountain folk cures from West Virginia physician
For thirty four years Dr Joseph L Miller tended miners, moonshiners and farmers in a mountainous West Virginia region. He notes folk remedies from the area include assafoetida for measles and coughs, red corn kernels to prevent bleeding, a dirty rag for convulsions, snake oil for pain, and many other curious practices tied to local belief.
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Joseph L. Miller
West Virginia
Eliminate horns from vehicles proposed in column
A columnist argues that removing horns from motor vehicles might curb reckless driving in severe weather. He notes communities pride themselves on no fatalities during bad conditions and suggests slowed driving could justify the idea. He invites reader critique.
Drift to planned economy risks dictatorship
The text warns that increasing speed toward a government planned economy state capitalism and totalitarianism will lead to dictatorship. It suggests that without checks this trend could evolve into national socialism or fascism.
Italian King and immigrant dispute over legacy
Frank Revesiti, a naturalized American, said he would rather be a paper mill worker here than return to Italy to claim a legacy. He suggested the King of Italy might also have a claim, implying a broader debate over rightful heirs and nationality.
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J. M. McManus
Atlanta
the Food and Drug Administration
Italy
Frank Revesiti
Upton Sinclair Highlighted in 5 Minute Biography
Dale Carnegie profiles Upton Sinclair as a prolific American author whose works sold millions in Germany and Russia. He wrote hundreds of pamphlets and novels, translated into 44 languages, and inspired by poverty and reform, Sinclair funded a utopian cooperative on the Hudson River after The Jungle sparked a national sensation.
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Russia
Europe
Sinclair
Woodrow Wilson
City College
New York
Columbia University
Columbia
Upton Sinclafr
New Jersey
Hudson ‘River
Wiley
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