The Poor Thing and a Country Car Ride
A fragmented narrative follows Annis as she travels with club members and Mrs. Hall to a federation event. The scene shifts between social chatter, a long car ride, and observations of rooms, people, and an outing to the country with mentions of Geneva World Court and a luncheon audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fed
Izzy Hall
Jonana Middie
Hall
Federation
Country Club
Rotary Inn
Mrs. Wright
Utd
Doctor
Les
India
Geneva
World Court
Annis
Gee
King
The Poor Thing Finds a Real Day of Living
A frail woman endures a bustling day with a party of friends and neighbors. She endures the ride home in a car, receives sympathy, and returns to her quiet garden and designs. Her sugar cup, potatoes, and chrysanthemums frame a moment of creative calm amid pity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joey Cooper
New York
How a Whale Feeds Shown at London Exhibition
An exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London demonstrates how the largest animal on earth feeds. It follows a British Discovery voyage to the Antarctic whaling grounds and explains that giant whales gulp tiny shrimp-like creatures, filtered from seawater, as their main sustenance aided by diatoms and sunlight-driven food chains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural History Museum
London
Discovery
Antarctic Ocean
Antarctic
Gambling House Described As Bucket Shop Operates Without Deliveries
A gambling institution labeled bucket shop runs an exchange style office where stocks and commodities are traded in fractional lots with no delivery or clearance. It mimics exchange form but lacks real settlement or ownership transfers, raising concerns about investment risk and legality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celye
Meteor’s Fast Trip Across Europe in 1783 Narrowly Watched
Reports describe an extraordinary meteor seen on August 18 1783 described as possibly the largest ever observed. The fiery traveler crossed Europe from Shetland to Italy in roughly three and four tenths seconds, sparking astonishment and wide notice among observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Shetland
Italy
Wiles
Radio Program Schedule Across Networks
Listings detail NBC CBS and Blue Network broadcasts from June 30 to July 6 with program times, hosts, and show titles including Dr. Fosdick Bowes family party Roxy Stroll Light Opera Hour and Firestone and Garden programs plus Mont Ward Hour and University shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B.C
REO Network
Parks Cadman
Bowes’ Family Party
Atwater Kent
Pat Seth Parker
N B. C
Blue Network
Roxy Stroll
McKinney
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Whittall
Angle Persians
Columbia System
Donald Grey Barnhouse
Howard
la Palma
Sonatron
Majestic Theater
Aft
de Porest
Samovar
N. 8
C. Red Network
Radio Household Institute
Voice of
Firestone
Gypsies
General Motors Family Party
Empire Builders
Grand Opera
N. B. CG
BLUE
Montgomery Ward
Dept. of Agriculture
Roxy and His Gang
White House
Edison Recorders
Uncle Don
Doco Couriers
Physical Culture
Vitaphone
N. B. C. Red
Soconyland
Eveready
Clicquot Club
N. B. C. Blue
Duco Decorators
Montgomery Ward Flour
U. S&s. Dept. of Agriculture
Michelin
Williams
Earl
Jewell
N. B.C. Red
la Touraine
Happy Wonder Bakers
Ingram Shavers
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Ida Balley Allen
Hank Simmons
van Heusen
Kolster
Kansas
N. B. CG. Red
Rade Household Institute
Coward Corsfort
Hoover Sentinels
Seiberling Singers
Halsey Stuart
N. B. G. Blue
M. U
Theronold
Krueger Orchestra
U. S. Marine Band
Sonora
George Olsen
RED
Raybestos
Paria
Schroedertown Brass Band
U. S. Dept. of Agricultura
Squibbs
Dixie Circus
Triad Mfg. Company
Armstrong Quakere
Interwoven
Philco
Skellodians
Ida Bat Lwy Allen
Kodak
Doo West
Enna Jettick
Melodies
Nn. G. C
RED Network
General Electro
Lucky Strike
N. B
Temple of the Air
National Forum
Washington
George Olser Muse
Eezema Cure Promoted by Necatosh Remedy Co
An old advertisement from Waterloo Illinois promotes Necatosh Indian Remedy Co to cure eczema. It claims permanent relief and itching stop with a prepaid price of $2.60 backed by a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Necatosh
Money Beel
Necatosh Indian Remedy Co
Waterloo
Radium Prices May Drop and Markets Cited in Edit
The piece cites expected radium price declines with new Portuguese mines, noting Kantiga in the Belgian Congo as current major supplier. It quotes $40,000 a gram and about $1.7 million per ounce. Also mentions Australia and New Zealand as markets with high car ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Kantiga
Care
Australia
New Zealand
Renovated Queen Statue Reassembled at Luxor Museum
Excavations near Deir el Bahri temple in Luxor recovered fragments of Queen Hatshepsut’s effigy dumped in a quarry during Thothmes III era. The Uuiro Museum displays a restored statue after years of work by the expedition employing hundreds of Egyptian laborers and removing vast rubbish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uuiro
Hatsheput
Thothmes III
Deir-El-Bahari
Luxor
Phothmes
Hia by Deed of Gift
A London Tit-Bits tale describes a man who dies and arrives in the afterlife and immediately tries to issue orders to rearrange furnaces while proclaiming his wife funded his fate. Satan notes the arrogance as the man asserts ownership of the place.
One Qualification and the Dark Observation
A quirky exchange describes uncertain work conditions and a playful challenge to reveal names. The tone hints at a bored speaker and a guest prompting self identity in a dim setting. The fragment presents a single conversational scene without concrete events or locations.
Fragmented Exchanges and Notes From A News Page
The passage mixes witty exchanges about marriage and vegetarianism with oblique reflections on life and a remark about chrysanthemums’ origins. It notes a Los Angeles Times line and mentions early chrysanthemum imports from China into England and spread elsewhere.
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Hiar Ae Hy
Ven Walsh
Brown
Allen
MIV
Candisx St
Jefferson, Wis
Franklin
NLA U
DE Bes Moines
William Meee
St. Louis Globe
Ours
Toledo
Ohio
Gumsmire
Gorecous
Fost
Crag & Chaffey
California
Barton’s
Hewitt
Tewett
Los Angeles Times
China
England
Enero
Postum Company, Inc
Datile Creek
Mech
Toasites
Cu Flai
P, Co
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