Onboard Showboat Majestic Life Beats Cold River Blues
NEA Service reporter joins the Showboat Majestic crew for a day in the river towns. The piece sketches two family clans, Captain Reynolds and director Kirk, their kin, daily meals by Anna the cook, and the camaraderie of life on board including rehearsals and small town errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA Service
Bertha Wellman
T. J. Reynolds
Majestic
Anna
Reynolds
Kirk
Reynoldses
Kirks
Mia
Tommy
Katherine
Bud
Midgie
Ruth
Jack
Johnnie
First Battalion
Kitty
Gracie
George
Eddie
Myrtle
Fenner Miss Wellman
Hap Moore
Anna Davis
Myrtie
Katherine Reynolds
Kitty Kirk
Fenner Moore
Eddie Kirk
George Kirk
Gracie Kirk
Myrtle Beagon
DeWitt Kirk
Coaching of laggards gains acceptance in education
Olive Roberts Barton argues private tutoring and group study aid learning, noting ancient university use and modern adoption. She cites parental stigma, the need for cooperative help, and examples like a student denied aid leading to failure, urging supportive coaching to boost effort and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa
America
Bill
George
Happiness as a daily habit with Kellogg's All-Bran
An ad urges boosting daily joy through a natural routine and notes All-Bran provides bulk for digestion. It promotes regular use two tablespoons daily and claims superiority to leafy greens and patent medicines while highlighting vitamins and iron. Made by Kellogg in Battle Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg's
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Famed Bird Authority
Puzzle clues centered on a renowned bird expert with cross references to anatomy terms, measurements, and common nouns, forming a themed crossword grid across horizontal and vertical entries. The puzzle includes notes on common birding terms, objects, and titles, plus a final answer related to the Birds of The Birds of context.
Make Family Outing Picnic For Mother Too
A writer urges practical picnics for mothers detailing a sample menu for breakfast lunch and dinner and offering portions guidance. He notes fresh air and care-free minds aid appetite and provides yield calculations for bread butter chicken lobster salad lemonade and cakes to feed groups of twenty to twenty four.
Miring Raisins and Food Preservation Tips
Instructional notes on preheating dried fruits to keep them from sinking in cakes or puddings and cautions about flour dipping. Additional guidance covers aging candies for steadier burns and storing waxed candies. A science check notes fleas can transmit typhus fever.
Restoration of the old four per cent PWA loan rate
Secretary Ickes announced restoring the four per cent interest rate for PWA loans to states and communities under the $4 billion program to attract private capital. The move follows a May 24 rate cut to three per cent and a shift in federal donations to 45 percent. The change aims to spur grant eligibility for creditworthy communities while preserving private funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Ickes
Washington
Roosevelt
Advisory
Grace and Individuality in Frock Pattern Ad
Fashion notice for a sheer cotton dress with cape sleeves and yoke design, listing fabric options and pattern details. Includes Style No. 3313 with sizes 16 through 44 bust and yardage, price for pattern, and address to order from The Athens Messenger Pattern Department in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Pattern Department
Fifth Ave
New York
Mark of the Vampire and Doubting Thomas At Majestic and Fox
The Majestic Theater opens with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Mark of the Vampire a horror detective drama featuring Bela Lugosi Lionel Barrymore and Carol Borland. Will Rogers stars in Doubting Thomas at Fox with Alison Skipworth and Mary Boland among others in a reimagined stage classic film adaptation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bela Lugosi
Lionel Barrymore
Lip
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Majestic Theater
Professor Zelen
Count Mora
Carol Borland
Luna
Holmes Herbert
James Bradbury, Jr
Elizabeth Allan
Henry Wadsworth
Fedor
Lionel Atwill
Jean Hersholt
Baron Otto
Donald Meek
Jessie Ralph
Leila Bennett
Ivan Simpson
Guy Endore
Paris
Babouk
Bernard Schubert
Alison Skipworth
Mrs. Pampinelli
Savoy Theater
Asbury Park
Miss Skipworth
Fox Film Studio
Thomas
Take Things Easy Dont Rush Your Vacation Sports
Alicia Hart advises careful vacation pacing for girls to gain rest and health. Start with 12 hours sleep first night, then eight hours daily, avoid overdoing swimming tennis and golf, and pace activities. Limit sun exposure in week one and include simple beauty routines to enhance skin and hair during holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
The Stars4 By Genevieve Child Birth Reflections
A fragment notes a child born with agreeable nature yet hints at caution about backwardness and self-effacement while considering reasoned growth and temperament.
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Fenner
Graci
Ann
Gallipolis
Cliff
Albert
Captain Reynolds
Huntington
Olive Roberts Barton
Famed Bird Authority
Charles Goodyear
Mary E. Dague
China
Edmund Lowe
Fox
Lowe
McLagren
Marjorie Ra Rice
Charles Bickforg
Rumann
Raoul Walsh
Alicia Hart
Loder
Victor McLaglen
Marjorie Rambeau
Charles Bickford
Florence
Rice
The
Genevieve
Popeye
Charlie Chase
Gues
Rey
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