Weather talk and weather wizards in the solvent world
An old editorial satirizes weather manipulation and rainmaking schemes. It recalls a New York incident where a paid weather wizard attempted to tailor rain for fox hunting, noting contracts that guarantee a win for the wizard and loss for the patron if expectations aren’t met. It contrasts civilized and uncivilized regions and ends by likening the cautious weather sage to a New England preacher avoiding rain prayers during a windy threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRE Glope
New York
Washington Monument
New England
Muzzle the Demagogues by Glenn Frank
Glenn Frank warns in this 1930s column that political demagogues will tap group hatreds during economic strain. He cautions against appeals to income, native alien, white black, Gentile Jew divides and urges a united American identity despite differences.
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Glenn Frank
United States
Europe
McClure Newspaper
Ruler in the Orient Horizontal and Vertical Clues
A cryptic style clue list references Emperor Kang Teh of Manchukuo and rulers for Japan. The puzzle also includes numerous definitions such as to worship to free to observe and a mix of decorative terms, animals, and objects pointing to a complex crossword grid.
Julia Craig Becomes Nadine White At Smith Garland White Club
Julia Craig secretary to George Woodford pursues ambition as a nightclub singer. Smith Garland proposes a new persona Nadine White with a white club concept, offering a major break and financial talk tomorrow. Julia weighs truth, danger, and opportunity amid Woodford and Payson entanglements.
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Julia Craig
George Woodford
Julia
Amy Sanders
Peter Kemp
Woodford
Contra Ler
Joseph
Hugo Nash
Royal Nesbitt
Evergreen Island
Tom Payson
Nesbite
Tony Latta
Tom
Miss Craig
Smith Garland
Garland
Latta’s
Latta
Henri Lamb
Smith Garn
Smith
Nadine White
Davenport
Stories in Stamps by J. S. Klein
The article describes the Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacan near Mexico City. It notes their Toltec age origins, Spanish destruction, and legends of colossal gold breastplates, as depicted on a 1923 Mexican three-centavo stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Klein
San Juan Teotihuecan
Meaivo
Cliv Gelouriste
Tome
Testibuccan
Eds
Qed
Mexico
Owen Davis Still Prolific on Stage and Screen
O V Davis at 62 is hailed as a versatile prolific dramatist of the day. The piece surveys his career from a skeptical start to a Pulitzer winner for Tee Bound and notes his family in the field, including son Donald and Owen Jr. It touches on Broadway premier partnerships and enduring stage pairings such as the De Marcos dancers and famous siblings Adele and Fred Astaire.
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Amarillo
Texas
Ama | Sond
Globe-News Publishing Co
Gene Howe
Wilbur C. Hawk
Associated Press
Associated
O. O. McIntyre
New York
Owen Davis
Maine
Donald
Ethan Frome
Owen, Jr
Davis
Peyton
Intelligensia
de Marcos
The
Rialto
Ed Wynn
Truth About Diet Bedtime Stories by Burges
A collection of animal fables and medical commentary discusses spring’s approach and news from Blacky the Crow, Hooty the Owl, and others. The piece shifts to Dr. Morris Fishbein’s guidance on overweight, temperament, and calorie reduction with practical examples.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the American Medical Association
the Health Magazine
Liggett's Paper Sold for 750 Dollars in Minneapolis
Mrs. Walter Liggett announced the sale of the Midwest American weekly newspaper to Howard Folsom of Britton D. for 750. Ownership was vested in her children Marda and Wallace after Publisher Liggett was assassinated on December 9. The probate court approved the sale.
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Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Howard Folsom
Britton
Marda
Wallace
Liggett
Notable figure clings to pride amid fading sympathy
A once famed man declares he would rather die than admit his dire need. He laments society’s sympathy drying up and asserts that a person who accepts charity in hard times loses honor.
Bad News and Good News in the Green Forest
Blacky weighs news of Mrs Hooty and eggs against safety as owls nest nearby. Lightfoot the Deer agrees spring brings good news but more hunters threaten all, including Blacky. He even contemplates stealing eggs, fearing the owls’ growing litter and danger to himself. The tale leads to Blacky Does Some Spying.
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Blacky the Crow
Blacky
Hooty the Owl
Mrs. Hooty
Mistress Spring
Chatterer
Hooty
Jumiper the Hare
Jumper
Lightfoot
Deer
Mrs. Lightfoot
Jumiper
Danny
Peter
Green Forest
T. W. Burgess
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Hergioca
NEA
Mews and Business Department
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo Daily News
Sunder
Giabe
Emperor Kang Teh
Manchukuo
China
Japan
Spain
Lorele
Nard Jones
Miss Sanders
Nesbitt
Payson
Miss
Hay
Julia Stoxt
Sanders
Mr. Woodford
Amy
Royal
Goodby
Woodford and Brooks
Herr Lamb
NEA Beri
Broadway
George Jean Nathan
Edna Maxwell
Nathan
Lillian Gish
Miss Maxwell
Alexander Woollcott
Neysa McMein
Fannie Hurst
Daniel Frohman
Maury Paul
Beth Leary
Miriam Hopkins
Ward Morehouse
Robert Garland
Ruby Schinasi
Clifton Webb
Richard Watts
Bernard Sobel
Milton Berle
Ginger Rogers
Fred
Adele Astaire
Thornton W Burges
Old Mother
John Bull
Word Builder
By William Ferguson
Adole
Amemons
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