Farmer Brown's Boy Finds Four Woodcock Babies
In a swamp scene Farmer Brown's Boy discovers four newborn woodcock with striped fuzzy coats. He carefully handles one chick while the mother feigns aggression. The youngsters learn to freeze motionless as a survival lesson, amid hopes hunters stay away next fall.
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Farmer Brown
Mra. Longbill
Mrs. Grouse
Farmer Browin
Mrs. Longbill
Mrs. Longhill
T. W. Burgess
Parrot Evidence Sparks Debate Over Arrest Policy
A wire service yarn about a parrot claiming the owner May poured whisky into a sink led to her arrest. Critics question the legality and credibility of parrot testimony and warn readers against treating whimsical reports as gospel truth.
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Polly
May
United States
The Shadow Burglar Is Dead in Lynchburg
The Shadow a crack brained college bred burglar tormented Lynchburg Virginia households for months before being killed while fleeing after exchanging ten shots with a pursuer. He sought publicity through notes left in victims homes and claimed no grudges while robbing none. The piece argues for news suppression versus publicity and laments the dilemma for police and press.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
Rubber Discovery and Congress Reform in Brief
Congress adjournment leaves bills not acted on due to rush of last minute business. Loss of unfinished work harms esteem for Congress and prompts criticism. A rubber life extension discovery arose from chemical warfare tests, benefiting industry and rubber users alike.
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Congress
House
War Department
Chemical Warfare Service
Love and Loss in Madrid and Home Letters
Jerry receives a long letter from a lover while coping with longing and jealousy. She envisions shared futures with intense emotion, contemplates money making art to support independence, and faces the ache of waiting as spring arrives with plans to travel through France. The excerpt ends with a plea of love and a reflection on living in the moment.
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Jerry
Robert
Maria
Marta
France
Stallings
John
Antoinette
Tess
Jerry Dear
Three Stage Stars Slip Into Oblivion
Three female stage stars in as many years became chronic alcoholics and faded from the limelight. One performed through a hiccuping haze during openings, another drank and quit shows, and the third, a “bathroom drinker,” never recovered, despite efforts at cures and sanatoriums. Broadway gossip hints at a fourth on a similar path.
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New York
Rialto
Hollywood
Broadway
Roxane and Siberia Lesson Turns Comic Tale
An English primary school teacher asks eight year old Roxane what she knows of Siberia. The girl replies she only recalls an old monk there. A separate vignette shows a civil official dining with injured British soldiers, praising the meal except for the meat.
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Roxane
Siberia
Travel theater planned for Manhattan travel scenes
The piece notes Manhattan will host a travel theater showing only travel scene films. It mentions Gilbert Miller as the most frequent American ocean crosser and Walter Wanger as a California commuter and husband of Justine Johnson. The tone highlights the ironies of fame in the film industry.
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Manhattan
Gilbert Miller
California
Iter Wanger
Hollywood
Walter Wanger
Justine Johnson
The
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
New Maine Railroad Aims to Tap Big Timber Region
Plans for a 112 mile rail line from Presque Isle to Frontier Lake in northern Aroostook County were announced by R H Wheeler. The project seeks to unlock over a million acres of timber land and attract a major hardwood miller to establish mills along the route and prepare to market about 50 million feet of hardwood in the first year.
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International News Service
Portland
Aroostook County
Presque Isle
Frontier Lake
Quebec
R. H. Wheeler
New York City
Wheeler
West
Antwerp Trade Planes Reach Continental Cities
Extensive commercial air routes over the continent can be reached by plane from Antwerp. A twice a day Antwerp Brussels service connects travelers and freight to London Paris Amsterdam Basel Zurich Berlin Hamburg Cologne Copenhagen Bremen Hanover and Norway.
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Antwerp
Brussels
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Bale
Zurich
Berlin
Hamburg
Cologne
Copenhagen
Bremen
Hanover
Norway
Eggplant Pica straw hat from Paris with uneven brim
An eggplant pica straw hat straight from Paris features an uneven wide brim no front and a crown so low it sits off the eyebrows.
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Paris
Democrats Urge Demos to Hear Band Friday Night
Grover B. Hill urges loyal Democrats to attend the Memphis Gol Medal band concert at the Tri-State fairgrounds Friday evening. Those unable to attend may buy tickets to sponsor the band to Houston where it will boost Texas politics. The concert, held at the fairgrounds, costs a dollar or its emission charges are fifty andnty-frvets. attendees may sit in cars or grandstand.
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Tri-State Taint Grounds
Grover B. Hill
Houston
Texas
Panhandle
Fair Grounds
Passavant Memorial Hospital Under Construction at Northwestern
Work has begun on Passavant Memorial hospital in Evanston to serve Northwestern University Medical School with a top tier facility. The cornerstone was laid by President Walter Dill Scott. the $1.9 million project aims to open in spring 1929, tracing its origins to 1865 with subsequent fires and rebuilds.
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International News Service
Evanston
Passavant Memorial Hospital
Northwestern University Medical School
United States
Walter Dill Scott
Northwestern University
Irving S. Cutter
A. W. Passavant
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Madrid
Rupert Stallings
Frank
Leonardo
Angelo
Newton
MacPhail
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C. McIntyre
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the McNaught Syndicate, Inc
NEW Maine Railroad
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