Whitey the Runaway Rabbit Finds a Dangerous Hideout
Whitey the adventurous rabbit leaves the Briar patch and heads for the Old Pasture. He hides in a mound near Johnny Chuck’s home to rest, but a growling Chuck confronts him at the doorway. Whitey escapes, wary of the Great World and cautious of unfamiliar homes.
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Whitey
White Rabbit
Peter Rabbit
Peter
Briar Patch
Johnny Chuck
Chuck
T. W. Burgess
Amarillo Seeks Detention Home for Youths
Amarillo juvenile welfare officer Mrs. Jessie N. Ross urges a detention home to handle rising delinquency. She cites lack of facilities for runaway and delinquent youths, noting a girl was held in-city jail and county jail with unsuitable company before spending a night in Chief Gaither's office.
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Amarillo
Jessie N. Ross
Ross
Chief Gaith
The Passing Of The Backwoods In American Life
The article notes a mass movement of travelers heading to leisure spots, forming a national shift as rural isolation fades. It argues the frontier era has ended, standardization rises, and rural life gains access to roads, radios, and national culture, altering regional identities and daily life.
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United States
New York
Chicago
Oklahoma
French Jury and a Parable of Justice
A Paris butcher's wife seeks the stage, he kills her, and a jury frees him claiming she should have stayed home. The writer contrasts French and American views, suggesting harsher US punishment like life or electrocution. Mentions Senator Robinson and President Coolidge in a satirical anecdote.
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France
Paris
United States
Exiled Heiress Faces New Life With Marta And Jerry
In December, Jerry and Stephanie discuss leaving for California and Marta’s plan to support them. They face money worries after medical bills and mortgage debt, with Stephanie dreaming of a new life and Jerry seeking a paid job while awaiting Saxon Rhodes and a possible reunion.
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Jerry
Marta
Stephanie
Steve
Lily
Marta’s
Europe
California
San Francisco
Mariza
Sister Rose
Marza
George King
Wood Leading Fliers In Air Tour Event
United Press reports John P. Wood atop the National Air Tour as 24 planes head from Wichita toward Tulsa marking the fifth leg of 22. Charles Meyers trailed in second with 2723.4 points, Bruce Braun third, Frank Hawks fourth, and Al Henley fifth, as the caravan pauses July Fourth in Tulsa before continuing into Texas.
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United Press
Wichita
Kans
John P. Wood
Tulsa
Detroit
Pacific Coast
Charles Meyers
Meyers
Wood
Bruce Braun
Frank Hawks
al Henley
Ryan Brougham
Flying Nomads
Texas
Mammoth Snow Sculpture Draws Attention at Arosa Exhibit
Arosa Switzerland hosted a winter snow sculpture exhibition featuring unique displays. The standout was a huge mammoth with a massive head and long tusks built so sturdy that a man could sit astride it.
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Arosa
Switzerland
Alley Theater Drama Piffle This Season
New York drama critique notes that alley theaters produced mainly mediocre piffle this season. The piece praises the Theater Guild and the Provincetown Players for aiding talent, contrasts with other experimental venues, and observes Broadway nocturnal desolation and a public dance hall scene. It highlights figures such as Eugene ONeill and Lee Simonson and ends with a copyright note from 1928.
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New York
Little Alley
Eugene O'Neill
Greenwich Village
Rialto
Theater Guild
Guild
Provincetown Players
Macdougal Street
New Playwrights’ Theater
Commerce Street
American Laboratory Theater
Edgar Allan Poes
O'Neill
Lee Simonson
Music Hall Star Turns Poultry Expert at Beachy Head
Miss Winifred Barnes, a London musical comedy star, has expanded into poultry and eggs. Beginning with six chickens on the Beachy Head cliffs, she now serves as a consulting expert and charges for advice on poultry problems. She supplies several London clubs and restaurants with chickens.
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Winifred Barnes
London
Beachy Head
England
The Pride of Possession
A traveling American humor piece recalls a surgeon’s tale about installment buying. An East Side man delays appendix surgery to keep paying weekly installments, joking that after the operation he will own it, with the punchline that two more payments and the operation belongs to him.
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Italy
the McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Rasputin Murder Suit Aims At Youssoupoff Dmitri In Paris
Maria Rasputin, Rasputin’s daughter, sues Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich and Prince Felix Youssoupoff in Paris seeking twenty five million francs in civil damages. She alleges Youssoupoff confessed to killing Rasputin and implicates Dmitri, while the defendants argue French courts lack jurisdiction over crimes in Russia.
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International News Service
Paris
Princess Hyinsky
Audrey Emery
John Emery
Dmitri Pavlovich
Maria Gregorievna Rasputin Solovieff
Rasputin
Imperial
Russia
Dmitri
Prince Felix Youssoupoff
Youssoupoff
Prince
Prince Youssoupoff
France
Alexander Michailovitch
Alexander
International
Maria Rasputin
Tobolsk
Siberia
Feodorovna Doubrovine
Felix Youssoupoff
Irene Alexandrovna
Dmitri Pavlovitch
Cradle of Race Is Expert's View
Berlin July 3 Dr Herman Wirth a Dutch researcher now in Marburg argues the cradle of the human race lies in North America and Greenland when tropical. He bases his view on magic signs found on prehistoric graves and utensils, claiming to decipher a one syllable ancient language of the stone ages.
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International News Service
Berlin
Garden of Eden
Mesospotamia
Indian Ocean
North America
Greenland
Hereman Wirth
Marburg
4Ie
King of Collectors Helps Salvation Army Fund Drive
W R Cummins of the Salvation Army gathers large sums through a box outside his shop earning the nickname King of Collectors. In the past year he has collected nearly $1,000 for the Army Self-Denial Fund through the box.
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W. R. Cummins
Salvation Army
Ees
Becaus
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Great Bay
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Mae Phail
Erskine
Saxon Rhodes
Saxon
MacPhail
Call Pub. Co
King Features Syndicate, Inc
The
Piffle
C. McIntyre
Times Square
Broadway
14Th Street
Broadway Central
Fisk-Stokes
Park
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Laughing Around the
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McNaughty Syndicate, Inc
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