MARCH 15, 1930

Full News Archive

• Headline: Kodak Man Wins Medal. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
• Headline: Bill Is Passed for Memorial to Breathitt County Valor. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
• Headline: Lawrenceville to Play. Impact: Education snapshot: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.. Fact: Schools and universities were part of the public story, not a quiet side room..
• Headline: James J. Byrne Dies at 66 in Hospital. Impact: Culture snapshot: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.. Fact: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument..
• Headline: Furniture Nets $26,455. Impact: News snapshot: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.. Fact: A small archive item can still reveal what people and institutions thought was worth printing..
• Headline: Treasury Balance Down to $665,231 Thursday. Impact: Money snapshot: The money story is not abstract; it touches wages, banks, prices, relief, and the early-Depression question of who absorbs the shock.. Fact: The early Depression made ordinary business news feel like a warning light on the dashboard..
• Headline: Smoking Co-Eds Penalized. Impact: Education snapshot: The education angle shows institutions trying to look orderly while the world around them is anything but settled.. Fact: Schools and universities were part of the public story, not a quiet side room..