Twenty States Back Repeal By Majority Of Three To One
Partial results from 20 states show 8 672 625 voters favor repeal of national prohibition against 2 575 761 favoring retention The ratio of repeal in the early returns stood near four to one before the Southern states shifted the balance to about 3 to 1 Final votes in several states await official canvass and a list of forthcoming repeal dates is given with multiple states scheduled through November
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Washington
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama
Oregon
Arizona
Missouri
Texas
Vermont
Colorado
Maine
Maryland
Minneso
Idaho
New Mexico
Florida
North
South Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Montana
Utah
Cotton crop of man who refused pledge destroyed in Louisiana
In Alexandria parish, unidentified attackers pulled up and destroyed five to seven acres of El lis Scroggs cotton on the River Road rail below Alexandria. Scroggs, who farms about 65 acres, reportedly refused to sign the pledge to reduce the cotton surplus under government plan.
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Alexandria
Ellis Scroggs
Marksville
Red River
Scroggs
Banks Mirror Life Around Them Says Bank Leader
Francis H. Sisson of the American Bankers Association argues in Forum Magazine that bank conditions reflect surrounding economic forces. He notes loan trends indicate regional health or decline, with farm, manufacturing, and securities financing shaping notes and investments and linking bank fate to national events.
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Eee
Francis H. Sisson
American Bankers Association
Forum Magazine
Farm District Bank
Bank Rebuilders Profit From Tenement Renovations
A New York savings bank earned 6 percent on an $80 000 investment after spending 40 000 to modernize 40 year old tenement housing on the lower East Side. Foreclosed properties were renovated including an oil heating plant and incinerators, making them fully rental with 14 000 annually. The bank expects the improvements to pay for themselves in three years and has completed 15 similar projects with in house architects and seven painters on staff.
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New York
Dina May or Dina Mite Jokes
A preacher asks about the middle initial of Dina May. The father explains that Dina may be either Dina May if sweet or Dina Mite if temperamental. A separate joke features a boss praising an office boy who avoids vices but admits one fault: he won’t work.
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Dina
Hay Load, Corn Yield and Fisherman Parable
A motorist asks a farmer boy if he should tell his boss about an overturned hay load. The boy says the boss knows he is buried under the hay. A tractor salesman questions corn yield while the talkative lady and an angler debate a small fish remark about truth and punishment.
Witty scraps from the era tale of jokes and quips
A Tennessee colored man faces charges over chickens while a Kentucky ad box and a string of humor pieces showcase courtroom wit and everyday gags. The items include jokes about judges, past and future, misheard foods and marriage insights plus light anecdotes from family life.
Important Meeting At Greenville
Greenville district meeting of the East Texas Chamber seeks full Roosevelt emergency reemployment drive support. August 3 at 2 pm attendees include business leaders and officials from Grayson to Dallas counties to discuss blanket code, fair competition, wages, hours, anti profiteering and alignment with national and Texas laws.
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Greenville
Roosevelt
Texas Chamber of Commerce
E. L. Kurth
Hubert M. Harrison
East Texas Chamber
Grayson
Fannin
Lamar
Delta
Hopkins
Hunt
Collin
Rains
Rockwall
Kaufman
van Zandt
Dallas
Gretna Green marriage link to Betsy Ross tale in New Jersey
A letter notes Elizabeth Griscomb eloped to Gloucester New Jersey with John Ross to become Betsy Ross of Old Glory fame. It mentions a land parcel in La Porte Pennsylvania deeded to God Almighty in 1864 by Peter E Armstrong. It cites 1932 sugar and tobacco figures and 1933 cattle waiting lists and public camp grounds across national forests.
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Elizabeth Griscomb
Gloucester
N. J
Gretna Green
Philadelphia
John Ross
Betsy Ross
Laporte
God Almighty
Peter E. Armstrong
Department of Agriculture
Consider The Hammer
Slogan from Brooklyn Central praising a hammer as a calm, effective tool that perseveres, stays steady under pressure, identifies points, and corrects mistakes by resetting and hammering again.
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Brooklyn Central
How One Woman Lost 20 Lbs of Fat
Advertisement for Kruschen Salts promising weight loss of 20 pounds in 30 days. Recommends one half teaspoon in hot water every morning before breakfast, plus dietary tweaks. Endorses Kirkpatrick Pharmacy and other drugstores. claims safe fat reduction and health benefits.
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Kirkpatrick Pharmacy
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W. J. Barbee Agency
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Kentucky
Francine
Stingo
Fritz
Cuthbert
Whitewright Gin & Ice Company
J. M. Sturdivant, Mgr
Henry Gord Bootes Mich
Ford
Oklahoma
Sook
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