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March 16, 1930
March 16, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Twenty Carloads of Milk, Jersey Rate Rise Halted, Two New Yorkers Exhibit in Chicago sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: Infrastructure, Culture, all happening at once.
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March 16, 1930's archive note points to Tells of single milk shipment of 20 carloads. 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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March 16, 1930's archive note points to Pa R R and Central R R of N J ordered by N J Pub Utility Comm to suspend increased rates on cast iron shipments. 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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March 16, 1930's archive note points to Art exhibitions. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Culture was doing what culture does in a hard year: selling glamour, distraction, status, and argument.
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