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January 23, 1930
January 23, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Four School Bills Opposed By Board, Phelan Appointed to Athletic Board, Says Farmers' Hope Lies in Organization sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Education, Infrastructure, Money, Crime & Courts, all happening at once.
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January 23, 1930's archive note points to 475 apptd by Bd of Educ. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.
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January 23, 1930's archive note points to J J Phelan apptd to membership. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The fight is over movement: who gets through, who pays, and whether the modern city can keep from tying itself in knots.
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January 23, 1930's archive note points to W M Jardine urges farmers to organize and adopt business policies. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock.
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