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April 29, 1930
April 29, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Gull Banded Here Is Found Dying Near Trinidad Wharf, Fearon for Repeal, Queries Roosevelt, Makes Gift to Hughes Jr sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: News, Prohibition, Politics, Culture, all happening at once.
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April 29, 1930's archive note points to Banded bird, reptd to be passenger pigeon, picked up at Trinidad. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: The item is small on its own, but it gives the date texture: a real notice, a real institution, and a real public record.
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April 29, 1930's archive note points to N Y S Sen Fearon charges Dem Sens and Grov Roosevelt with responsibility for failure of bill calling for constitutional convention. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Prohibition was not background noise; it turned nightlife, courts, police, and politics into one long argument.
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April 29, 1930's archive note points to Pres Hoover gives him medicine ball. The fun is in the pressure behind the notice: Power was being negotiated in public, through officials, pressure groups, and policy fights.
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