DailyTimeCapsule brief
May 4, 1930
May 4, 1930 does not read like one neat chapter. It has Urge Shake-Up in Atlanta, Pupils in U.S.. High Schools, Stock Control Gained sharing the page, which gives the day a messy, useful pulse: News, Education, Money, all happening at once.
Key developments
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May 4, 1930's archive note points to Grand jury, after indicting 25 on fraud charges, assails city Govt. 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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May 4, 1930's archive note points to Rept on high school enrolment for 1928. 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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May 4, 1930's archive note points to Rept by Merchants Ladies' Garment Assn, on educ effort. 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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