Mopping Up After The Flood
The floods from Maine to Arkansas caused heavy property damage but few deaths. Rebuilding will boost demand across construction, furniture, appliance, rug, and carpet industries as well as banks offering credit for rapid restoration and protection against future floods.
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Maine
Arkansas
United States
One Can Be a Fairly Good Liar With Little Practice
A compact note urges readers to subscribe to The Enterprise, implying ease of deception and promoting the newspaper. It reads like a brief promotional item for the publication.
Tax on motorists fuels highways but diverted funds draw complaint
Alfred P Sloan warns that state highway revenues from gasoline taxes are increasingly diverted to nonhighway uses. He notes about 20 percent of highway user tax proceeds in 1938 were diverted in some states, risking safety projects and undermining the value of America’s major highway system. Motorists would tolerate higher taxes if funds reliably funded roads.
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Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors
Sloan
United States
Roosevelt
Cavalcade of Texas to Open at Dallas Exposition
Authentic Southwestern cow boy and range music will be used in Cavalcade of Texas a $150000 dramatic spectacle to be staged at the Texas Centennial Exposition in Dallas. David Guion famous Texas composer and arranger of Home on the Range will supervise the musical score.
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Texas
Dallas
David Guion
Optimist and Pessimist Clash Metaphor in Brief Reflection
A terse aphorism contrasts the pessimist with optimism and notes the fatigue some feel watching others work. It hints at attitudes toward effort and motivation without naming people or events.
Borah Threatens Split Roils GOP Ahead of Cleveland
Washington dispatch notes Senator Borah warns against Wall Street dominated nominating process at the Cleveland Convention while President Roosevelt eyes a possible Democratic edge. Landon faces rivalries as Knox Dickinson and Vandenberg are considered, with Borah hinting at a party realignment if the Old Guard imposes its candidates.
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Washington, D. C
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Bill Borah
William Howard Taft
Teddy Roosevelt
Idaho
Cleveland
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Borah
Chicago
Monopoly
Big Bill
Alf Landon
Wall Street
T. R
Taft
Teddy
Republican High Command
Roosevelt
Landon
Alf
Kansan
Col
Frank Knox
Joe Dokes
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
Van
Senate
Brother Crawford
Amos
Andy
Philadelphia
Hull
Congress
Mark Hanna campaign finances and 1984 rhetoric
The text traces campaign funding tactics through auxiliaries and a flood of money tied to the 1984 Republican pullback. It contrasts requests for a balanced federal budget with unbalanced relief spending and criticizes Republican votes that affected economic policy and farm prices.
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Mark Hanna
Republican
Roosevelt
Congress
Hoover Administration
Governor Landon Declines Anti-Saloon League Trusteeship
Governor Landon surprises Kansans by refusing a trustee role with the Anti-Saloon League, a post long held by former governors. The move comes as he seeks wet votes in the Eastern states and recalls his 1934 campaign defending bone-dry state provisions, quoting that “The blood of the W. C. T. U. runs in my veins.”
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Landon
Kansas
Anti-Saloon League
Getting Something for Nothing Deprives Two of Their Deserts
A brief aphorism notes that taking advantage of freebies harms two groups who deserve more. The saying underscores fairness and the cost of entitlement in a concise moral stance.
Cardus Offered For Functional Monthly Pains
Women from adolescence to menopause report relief from functional monthly pains using Cardus. Mrs Crit Haynes of Essex Missouri cites benefits from cramps in youth to changes of life with reduced headaches, back pain, and run-down feelings. Thousands testify to Cardus' help. If no benefit is seen, consult a physician.
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Cardus
River excursion sparks awkward exchange at luncheon
Angela and Macduff share a tense moment over a river trip and Patty Arundel’s illness. Macduff resists mixing business with pleasure while noting Angela’s interest in her hair and the presence of the four Union Jacks behind him.
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Patty Arundel
Macduff
Angela
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