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What are the similarities and differences between the events leading to the great depression and the recession we are...

Sir Dent asked, " What are the similarities and differences between the events leading up to the Great Depression and the recession we are currently experiencing?" That's a great question. I have opinions...

52 comments    finance politics depression
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Herbal Adventures – Learning about Lamb’s-Quarter (A Survival Food)

Photo by Jo Atchley Pretend it is the 1930’s and the depression is on. You live in a rural area with no stores available with which to purchase food. You have no money and are trying to provide for your...

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Discover Harold Adams, the mystery writer who stirred the dust

Carl Wilcox would be the first to tell you he was a bum. An ex-con who was homeless, a drifter, a drinker and eventually called the murder man, might earn the bum label. Harold Adams created Carl Wilcox and...

11 comments    entertainment arts recreation
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Surviving Financial Depresson, Day-to-Day in the 1930's

(Answering the request about how people handled their finances in the 1930's)People didn't save money in the 1930's. they didn't have enough money to have a "finantial situation". Most people had little...

29 comments    finance money job
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Forget the Depression! Get Happy with Movie Musicals

During the great depression of the 1930’s and on into the war years of the 1940’s, the world’s songwriters produced hundreds of upbeat, inspirational tunes that kept people optimistic about the future...

12 comments    movie musicals 40's films
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town" is one Cappra's best films ever. The story is about a small town poet named Longfellow Deeds, residing in Mandrake Falls, who inherits twenty million dollars from his rich uncle...

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