1934 Seen as Best Year Since Wall Street Crash
New York December 13 The 1934 year shows the strongest recovery metrics since 1931 with notable gains in steel output automobile production freight car loading and building contracts while consumption goods sales rise due to higher farm prices government bonuses and exports. Building remains the lagging sector prompting a continued focus in 1935 on construction.
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Associated Press
New York
Rockies
Washington
Largest Caves on Earth Draw Texas Visitors to Carlsbad
Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico have been recognized as the largest caves on earth for almost twenty years and continue to attract nearly half of their visitors from Texas, highlighting enduring fame and regional appeal.
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Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico
Texas
County and Local News Briefs Highlight 1930s Freedoms and Plans
George N. Peek receives a new government post as a compromise to ease administration friction. Winchester Federation of Churches organized with Rev. Dr. S. L. Plickinger as president. County School Board outlines merger plans with the Board of Supervisors. Over 26 000 will be spent in Frederick County on C W A projects. Five years ago Southern states planned 250 000 for roads in 1930. J Harris Rogers dies in Washington D C. Apple Pie Ridge hosts a 5000 acre game sanctuary. Byrd awarded Langley medal for aeronautical achievement. Mrs ashuffie Along showing at Empire Theatre. Virginia Ellis and H S Larrick plan to aid blind and crippled children and tuberculosis patients. Rare coins and family plate go to auction from Miss Shumate. Samuel Gompers ill in Mexico crosses into the United States. Sarah Zane Fire Company buys two more lots for a new Hall.
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George N. Peek
Winchester Federation of Churches
S. L. Plickinger
County School Board
The
of Supervisors
Frederick County
J. Harris Rogers
United States
Washington, D. C
Apple Pie Ridge
New England
R. E. Byrd
Langley
Ashuffie
Empire Theatre
Virginia Ellis
Herbert S. Larrick
Miss Shumate
Samuel Gompers
Mexico
Sarah Zane Fire Company
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertises Breath Cure
An old advertisement explains bad breath from excessive eating and decaying food in the bowels. It promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills as the remedy to start bile flow, warns against calomel pills, and quotes a 25 cent price from 1934.
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Carter
C.m.ce
Twenty Five Years Ago Rev Shockey Wins Converts
Rev John A Shockey of Shockeysville now stationed at Oldtown Maryland reports 121 conversions across two revivals in his charge. Jacob H Sell 63 of Cedar Grove dies of pneumonia. Harrisonburg firm files a mechanics lien on Handley Library to enforce pavement of materials. Harvey Robinson, colored, who shot Larkin Sealock, is electrocuted in Richmond. History of Colonial period by Hon Robert T Barton will soon be published.
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John A. Shockey
Shockeysville
Oldtown
Harvey Robinson
Larkin Sealock
Richmond
Robert T. Barton
Jacob H. Sell
Cedar Grove
Harrisonburg
Handley Library
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Drawn and Quartered Execution History
The historical punishment for treason involved drawing to the execution site, hanging, disemboweling, beheading, and quartering the body. This method combined multiple brutal penalties to enact a sovereign judgment.
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