Oil's 75th Birthday Marks Birth of the Petroleum Age
The piece notes Col. Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial oil well in 1859, sparking the gasoline age. It reflects on oil’s profound impact on industry, transport, and society, and remarks on the celebration by petroleum leaders in Titusville.
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Edwin L. Drake
Titusville
John D. Rockefeller
Cleveland Commission
Panhandle
Texas
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Colonel Drake
United States
Drake
Spite Waririage 4 Hitharine HKawiland Tyler
Marsha Powers remains married to Bob despite his demand for a divorce. Bob travels to Mexico, while Marsha in New York cares for his mother and encounters Geoffrey Tarleton. Marsha contemplates nursing training while balancing courtship withdrawal and family duties as she plans a life with Bob or without.
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Bob Powers
Marsha
Bob
Mexico
New York
Geoffrey Tarleton
Mrs. Powers
Seine
Geoff
World Population Gain and Capitals Quiz Note
The document asks about world population growth and capitals. It states the earth’s net gain averages over 30,000,000 per year. It asks for capitals of Spain and Portage with Madrid and Lisbon as answers. It identifies the Dukhobors as a Russian religious sect driven from Russia with emigration to Cyprus and Canada.
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Spain
Portage
Madrid
Lisbon
Russia
Cyprus
Canada
Bedtime Stories and Reddy Fox Tales Mix Page Gossip
The column surveys Owney Madden a Broadway mob figure and comic odds about vaudeville and ocean liners, then shifts to sketches on authors Ed Howe H L Mencken and the mixups of screen stars. It also includes a Reddy Fox tale with Wigglenose and a note about a Burgess story.
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O. O. McIntyre
New York
Owney Madden
Broadway
Arnold Rothstein
Madden
Pardon Board
Sing Sing
Agin
Owney
Ed Howe
Kansas
Pacific
H. L. Mencken
Howe
Food clothing and shelter shortages in a scaracity economy
Dr Frank cites Doane figures from the National Survey of Potential Product Capacity showing shortfalls in milk tomatoes citrus fruit greens meat sugar and eggs and a jobless housing outlook. He estimates insufficient production to meet basic needs arguing against scaling down and urges FULL STEAM AHEAD.
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Dr. Frank
Glenn Frank
Robert R. Doane
United States Department of Agriculture
Doane
United States
When a Child Delays Walking Causes and Cues
Health Talk explains the average onset of walking by 12 to 14 months and notes delays may signal a handicap. It highlights congenital hip dislocation as a common cause, especially in girls, with gait abnormalities often not painful and thus easy to miss.
Guiding Your Child The Fat Child
Clarissa Richmond advises parents to support a overweight child by avoiding dieting pressure and instead cutting sweets quietly, praising appearance, and building self respect. Seek medical check if weight is due to a gland issue. if normal, view excess fat as temporary and a potential blessing.
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Clarissa Richmond
Dillinger Scoop Hint From Illinois Postcard
A 1934 syndicated note quotes a town postcard saying Dillinger will be captured in Chicago soon. It signs as A Moll and reflects the era's sensational rumor style. The writer recalls a taxi fright where a man yelled Ring your horn.
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Illinois
Dillinger
Chi
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Word Builder Puzzle Builds Narrow Clues and Cakes
A playful column describes a word building game where each new word adds a letter. narrative lines show phrases like SIT STIR SKIRT STRIKE and STICKER, ending with a note about a trikkiest cake as the punchline.
War time diplomat in the picture identified
Puzzle clues blend across horizontal and vertical entries about a wartime diplomat, notes on musical scales, and various objects. Players fill in terms like third note first note and historical hints referencing roles in 1906 09 and 1917 20, with a focus on a figure linked to Versailles and wartime diplomacy.
Old Fashioned Dance Sponsored by Women
A country fair and red barn dance is planned Thursday night at Painters Hall at 9 o clock. The Red Carnation drill team auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers sponsors the event with 10 cent admission. Attendees are asked to wear overalls and aprons.
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Red Carnation
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
Painters Hall
Vanity and fashion shape a child’s weight trend
The text notes how fat serves as energy like a camel hump and predicts fashion will curb excess or a child will learn to carry it off as they grow up. It frames vanity and conformity as forces influencing body weight over time.
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Yble
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Payallerm
le Gan
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Ad Mexico
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ULUBE
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Lttle Brown
Gotham
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William Allen White
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Robert Quillen
Fountain Inn
S. C
Warren William
Warner Baxter
Fannie Hurst
Edna Ferber
Reddy
Wigglenose
Reddy Fox
Jed
Old Pasture
T. W. Burgess
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