Off to Meet Mike the Pike and His Moll
A 1931 feature imagines English students touring New York and Chicago to observe gangland life and the underworld. It recalls gangsters like Mike the Pike and Gyp the Blood, questions reception by police, and wonders how Victims react, with anecdotes about a deli man and garbage-collection extortion.
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Mike the
Pike
Moll
League of Nations Society
America
Ticular
New York
Chicago
Miks
Gyp
Rather & Poor District
Delicatessen
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
The Home Kitchen's Guide to Preserving Clam Flavor
A nutrition and cooking column extols preserving natural clam flavor in chowder and bisque. It explains avoiding overcooking and overseasoning, discusses steps to prepare clam juice, strain out sand, and blend shellfish with scallops for a pure sea flavor.
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New York
New England
Emancipation and fashion clash over skirt lengths
Dorothy Flack cites defiance of long skirts as women once urged emancipation from restrictive fashion. The piece notes a return to longer styles in autumn and questions the extremes of dress for daily life and forms, urging sensible compromises for morning to evening wear.
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Yesteryear
Montevideo Life Aboard Its Cafe and Nighttime Courtship
Montevideo, founded in 1726 and capital since 1828, blends graceful boulevards with busy waterfronts. The city thrives on cafe life where black coffee, cocktails, olives and anchovies accompany lively chatter. Gambling, dances, revues, cinemas, and street courting under latticed balconies capture the Uruguayan social scene.
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Manana
Montevideo
Don Mauricio Zabola
Buenos Aires
Uruguay
Heart of a Wife Scene of a Tragedy Driven Rescue
Madge accompanies Dicky and Hank to a cornfield where Hank and Bill locate a crying, injured Chinese man. Harry Underwood appears carrying the limp figure and urges speed to reach the house for medical aid while Dicky praises Madge for joining the search. The scene ends with a cliffhanger as tomorrow’s continuation promises further developments.
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Madge
Dicky
Harry
Bill
Hank
Mr. Underwood
Harry Underwood
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Neglect of Eye Ailments Warned By Dr Copeland
In a public appeal from The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Dr Roy A Copeland, United States Senator from New York, urges early and continued treatment for eye diseases. The pamphlet notes that untreated conditions can lead to permanent blindness and stresses prevention of newborn eye inflammations and infectious causes through proper care and medical guidance.
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Waris
Copeland
United States
New York
New York City
Health Q and A on hair growth diet and body norms
Questions cover minerals for hair growth and weight guidelines for a 21 year old woman. Answers advise a balanced diet with fruits and vegetables for minerals including sulfur, and suggest a weight around 115 pounds for a 5 foot tall 21 year old.
Helpful Advice to Girls By Nancy Lee
Two high school girls ask why they are judged as wild for dating two boys who are seen as respectable elsewhere. The adviser says if they are blameless they should hold their heads high, as gossip will persist regardless.
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Nancy Lee
Tas
Rown
Astrological Forecast for Friday September 25
The reading notes a fairly fortunate state of affairs with favorable planetary aspects. It predicts beneficial changes in work or holdings, cautions about fraud in contracts, and suggests personal affairs may take an unusual turn. notable nativity: D. G. Mills, capitalist.
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D. G. Mills
Enlarged Pores Are Thieves of Beauty by Huddleston
Advice for dry skin appearing oily due to enlarged pores explains cleansing routine and products. Use warm water and coarse cloth to remove oil, finish with cold rinse. Suggest nourishing cream to replenish oils and astringents like boric acid solution and witch hazel to close pores without over drying.
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Josephine Huddleston
A Royal Combination for Evenings
Velvet dominates evening wear with sheer black velvet gowns and ermine wraps. An illustrated ensemble features a black velvet dinner gown with a capucine velvet sash and a bolero style ermine jacket with leg of mutton sleeves.
Beetle's Pond Journey to a Crickle-Crackle Orchard
In a muddied trap the beetle carries Wee Willie and shadow children Puck and Knarf into darkness. They emerge in a strange orchard where a fruit called crickle-crackle is found and identified after Knarf asks it. Tomorrow's feature promises Crickle-Crackle creatures.
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Willie Wellon
Willie
Shadow
Mij
Flor
Hanid
Yam
Knarf
Puck
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Quotes on virtue and thought from historical thinkers
A collage of aphorisms from Burke, Montaigne, Mill, Napoleon, Bismarck, Plato, Bacon, Carlyle and Ruskin. The notes touch on duty, censorship, individuality, progress, conquest of ignorance, poetry in truth, virtue as health of the soul, and painting as language.
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Plato
Ruskin
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Big City
Miss Black
Winifred Black
Alice Lynn Barry
Dorothy Flack
Heart of A
Wife
Adele Garrison
Lady Fair
Katherine
The
National Society For the Prevention of
Dr. Copeland
Genevieve Kemble
Vera Winston
Knarft Plucked
Words of
Burke
Cate
Montaigne
Napoleon
Bismarck
Bacon
Carlyle
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