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...from the Cimarron, from a dubious past, to decorous Wichita, Kan., captivated Wichita's belle, Sabra Venable, carried her off with him over the protests of her family to help build the new Territory of Oklahoma. They settled in Osage City (a fictitious name), where houses were scarce, water scarcer, whiskey and sudden death plentiful, a man's life worth less than a horse's. Yancey started a newspaper, made many friends, many enemies. At Osage's first church service, held in Arkansas Grafs tent-saloon, Yancey killed his chief rival. The newspaper prospered; Yancey lost interest...
Right now there are approximately 3,000,000 persons either temporarily or permanently unemployed. Jobs have been growing steadily scarcer for the past six weeks. Example: steady growth of sound cinema has forced a total of 16,000 union musicians out of theater work...
...Pierre Charron's 'De La-Sagesse.' It is also signed to the manuscript assignment to Jacob Tonson and John Watts of his rights as author of the 'Fables' and the 'Beggar's Opera,' dated February 6, 1727. The poet's signature is not easy to find, but infinitely scarcer is that of 'L. Bolton' the Duchess of Bolton who was once Lavinia Fenton, the creator of the part of Polly in the 'Begger's Opera,' and in no small measure responsible for its amazing first...
...valley of the Atchafalaya river, flowing through swamp districts of Louisiana, bands of outlaws looked forward to starvation or surrender. Houseboats guarded them from the flood, but food grew constantly scarcer. Rescue meant prison...
Stocks and bond prices are high, commodity prices are in general firm or else rising, business activity increases. If affairs follow precedent, the fall should see larger advances of credit for commercial purposes, increased output, a stronger general price level and higher interest rates. The latter, together with a scarcer supply of credit, will presumably turn the stockmarket...