Alpine Avalanche and Ocean Bottle Letters Echo 1900s Notes
The Alpine Avalanche discusses bottle papers and ocean currents, noting a shift away from public bottle reports as science advances. It profiles Admiral Leahy as future Chief of Naval Operations, cites his long service, and praises modern science shaping arts and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydrographic Office
Navy
Washington
Santa Maria
Mexico
Philippine
Seven Seas
Perceived Miracles of Early Inventions Witnessed in NYC
The article recalls past thrills from new tech such as the telephone and flying machines. A recent television demonstration in a New York City building showed televised images to spectators and compared the excitement to early airplane and telephone showcases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Penney Company To Pay Christmas Bonus
Penney Company announces a Christmas bonus plan for all Penney stores and offices. Regular employees with over a year receive two weeks extra pay, shorter-term staff receive prorated amounts. J C Sams, president, cites the year 1996 as the most successful, with loyalty rewards for associates.
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Penney Company
The
Comery
Jumbled Humorous Tales From A Flawed English Lesson Page
A garbled set of humorous vignettes and dialogues on language, etiquette, and social scenes. Pithy exchanges include a teacher misreading words, a boastful guest, a boastful driver, and a radio era reference, all presented in fragmentary chatty style with multiple New England and cowboy mentions.
Entertaining magazine sparks debate on jokes and regime
A fragment reflects humorists facing trouble as jokes test public tolerance. The piece notes men deserve certain penalties for bad jokes under a topsy turvy regime and mentions an entertaining magazine as context.
Alpine boy challenges claim of seasonally lifting trees
A dramatic scene aboard a vessel features a stern reply from an Alpine boy who disputes a claim about winter and summer tree behavior. The storm intensifies as deck fittings wash overboard and a distress rocket lights the sky, prompting a solemn passenger to rebuke celebratory fireworks at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McReaning
Surrendering The Tithe and The Lost Greatest Salesman
A Philadelphia firm advertises for a salesman and hires a man who proclaims himself the greatest. After a week with no orders, a telegram reveals he is the second best, admitting the true match was the seed dealer who took their goods. A public-spirited woman meets a boy on the street and questions his home life as she invites his mother to hear a talk on maternal duties at Lyceum Hall next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elec Cega
Philadelphia
West
Lyceury Hall
Alpine Man Claims Little Waste in Bananas
An Alpine man asserts bananas produce minimal waste and even skins make slippers. Rev Henry Scott Rubel, an Episcopalian minister, writes many jokes for Joe Penner, the radio comedian.
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Henry Scott Rubel
Joe Penner
Special 10e Adlerika for gas relief and sleep aid
An ad touts Adlerika as a remedy for gas pressing on the heart. It claims one dose clears poisons and helps you sleep soundly through the night. Trial sizes on sale at Alpine Drug Store, Patronize Avalanche Advertisers.
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Alpine Drug Store
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Davinell Bend
C.D. Woon
Barry Scobee
Fon Davie Certeontert
Helen Friend
Marathon
Mania Valenzuela
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Prat
Alpine
Texas
Wil
D. Leahy
Naval Operations
H. Standley
Pond
United States Navy
Admiral Leahy
Hampton, Town
Naval Academy
Leahy
China
Cinch
ANTS
United States
York
Ohio
Missouri
California
Vest Norice
Gage Estate
J.J. Roberts
Mgr
Collee
New Englander
New
Pavel Life
Storey-Whiteside Lumber Co
Humor Verboten
Alpine Boy
Modern
Avalanche
Burke's Food Store
Fifth St
Home People
M’ System
Orient Dairy
Dom Adams
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