The Little Brown School House Quiz Questions
A Qing era style classroom item presents three questions about topics in world history. One asks where the potato originated, noting central South America, another identifies London Freemasons Temple as a world war memorial, and the third defines a Bunsen burner as a device by Bunsen for burning coal gas with a smokeless flame.
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Freemasons Temple
London
Freemasons
Robert Wilhelm von Bunsen
Letter Praises Amarillo Symphony Organization
A newspaperman from the East praises Amarillo for maintaining a symphony organization and expresses gratitude for quality performances. He recalls his background in Washington and notes the New York Philharmonic tour under Toscanini as a vindication of American musical talent. The letter offers support to the local group and reflects on music as an essential national field.
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Mr. Meyer
Ypres
Amarillo
Washington, D. C
National Symphony
Nho
America
New York Philharmonic Symphony
Toscanini
Captain Frank Chase, JR
Potters County Truck Drivers Strike Over Hours and Pay
About 200 Potter County truck drivers walk off the job protesting 24 work hours per week and a $1.25 hourly rate. They argue the pay scale and hours were set by relief authorities and DCAs, not local officials, leaving the strike directed at national policy rather than county agencies. The move risks reducing relief labor and halting CWA road projects unless owners allow work.
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Potter County
CWA
Highway Department
Potter County Relief Board
Washington
Sudden Mystery in Frank Grahame tale unfolds
Frank Grahame recalls a possible plot linked to an accident involving Janice Kent and Ortega as Spin Winslow questions the theory. The pair discuss Hollywood power plays behind a jungle picture with Myberg, Kent, and Ortega tied to a planned production while Kent pursues star status and independence.
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Frank Grahame
Spin Winslow
Frank
Myberg
Janice Kent
Miss Kent
Ortega
Janice
Grahame
Winslow
Tomorrow Janice Injects Hint of Mystery Into Tangle
In a Washington dispatch dated February 7 1934 treasury figures show February 3 receipts of 16 million. expenditures total 52.7 million with a year to date balance about 4.31 billion. The piece links gossip about star Janice Kent to a broader financial ledger in an afternoon note.
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Janice
Washington
The
Treasury
Baer Described as Unfunny Comic in Profiles
New York report profiles Bob Brinkerhoff Brinket hoff and peers across show business. It notes Baer as a flamboyant Broadway figure whose antics, charity, and rapport with crowds define his stage presence. The piece highlights Brinkerhoff Island summers and a West 57th studio.
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O. McIntyre
New York
Bob Brinket
Hoff
Willem van Loon
Globe
Roy Chapman Andrews
Gobi
Algiers
Montmartre
Brinkerhoff Island
Maine
Pat
West 57Th
C. D Gibson
Bowery
Blach
Reddy Fox Plans Clever Rabbit Dinner Tale
Reddy Fox eats a Grebe by luck and eyes a new meal. He shares a plan with Mrs. Reddy to trap a younger rabbit in the Old Pasture, hoping to outsmart the quicker prey and secure a dinner. The scene shifts to Broadway gossip and a separate note on matrimonial fallout.
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Reddy Fox
Grebe
Reddy
Jed Thumper
Mrs. Reddy
Myasthenia gravis and its modern treatment explained
Dr Morris Fishbein outlines myasthenia gravis, a rare muscular weakness disease. The article notes earlier fatal outcomes and credits recent experiments with a successful treatment program, detailing how eye muscles can be affected and symptoms like double vision or hazy sight. Tom Henney is mentioned as Gene Tunney's last opponent in the prize wing.
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Tom Henney
Gene Tunney
Word Builder Challenge Ends With Smiles and Lies
A playful puzzle narrative describes a cellar odor and broken EL while a Manhattan husband lies about a mile detour for limes to fix cocktails. The piece blends a word-building game with clues about the word ladder ending in smiles.
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Manhattan
Guiding Your Child And The Mind Body Link
An article by Alice Clarissa Richmond discusses how emotional outbursts in a toddler can trigger physical symptoms like nausea and how teaching a child about the mind body connection can promote self control. It notes digestion may worsen emotions and cites the French Canadian population rising to 28.22 percent of Canada’s total.
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Frank
Glenn Frank
Alice Clarissa Richmond
Martha
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Spinner of Tales Puzzle Matrix Clues and Answers
A mixed list of crossword like clues and directions labeled horizontal and vertical. It includes references to authors, gods, numbers, animals, objects and phrases such as Sir Arthur Flightless ratite bird and sun god and mentions of coin and vessel terms.
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Amerillo
Associated Press
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Daily News
BY Mail Daily
Ampar
Texas
Oklahoma
Mexico
Ee Ee the Globe
Fabre
Little Brown
Central
South America
United States
Europe
Symphony Orchestra
A. E. Meyer
Philharmonic Orchestral Association
BY WiLliam Ferguson
We Or
NEA Service Inc
Acks
Greene
Buzzard
Herbert Jensen
Baer
Boxer
Esmond O’brien
Tallulah Beakhead
Jeanne Eagles
Miss Bankhead
Tin Pan Alley
Society of American Authors and Composers
Gene Buck
Max Baer
Monte Carlo
Bedtime
Thornton W. Burgess
Old Mother Nature
Vere de Vere
Broadway
Peggy Flats
A. C. Blumenthal
Blumie
Formousines
Mamma
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Young Rabbit
Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
Hygeia the Health Magazine
Word Builder
Sir Arthur
Rasputin
Fio
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