A Long Swim Money Flows West In 1935 Outlook
Abridged weekly essay notes a shift in the money tide from East to West, cites wheat and cotton farmers as beneficiaries, and questions long term prosperity. It references 1929 stock caution, speculative bets like Lucky Smith on $5 bills, and remarks by George Russell on rural American life. It forecasts Pacific war games and Byrd expedition minerals, plus dust storms in Kansas and soil cover ideas.
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Lake Superior
Lake of Superior
Middle West
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
London Bridge
Mel Smith
Lucky” Smith
Los Angeles
True Ghost Stories
A brief public ledger note presents enduring tales of haunting and spectral sightings. It introduces readers to reported apparitions, eerie whispers, and unexplained phenomena framed as traditional urban legends.
Baseball in Japan Shapes A Long American Influence
Henry Chauncey profiles Japan as a fervent baseball culture since 1889, noting early American teachers, frequent exchanges with U.S. colleges, and major league presence. He highlights Kobe Osaka drills, year round training, and Japan’s rapid adoption and refinement of the game.
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Henry Chauncey
Literary Digest
Babe Ruth
Japan
Far East
America
Waseda University
West Coast
Stanford
Palo Alto
California
Washington
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Keio
Waseda
McGraw and Comiskey
Orient
Kelo
New York Giants
Arthur Joseph Sehiefer
Fuller W. Thompson
Kobe
United States
Kobe-Osaka
Ghost stories and a haunted house grill a writer's tale
Rita Weiman recalls a near-miss ghost story about an electrician who dies by his own hand after ostracism for serving as an executioner. Percy Crosby recounts his childhood haunting by a real ghost seen under a kitchen table. Both pieces explore fear, storytelling, and memory.
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Rita Weiman
John Hulbert
Auburn
Sing Sing
Soins
Hulbert
Percy Crosby
Dogs learn meaning of words, Hamburg scientist reports
Hamburg's Dr Emmanuel Sarris reports dogs learn word meanings and respond to their names, studied indoors with breeds like German shepherds. The dispatch notes dogs distinguish vowel sounds, with examples from hunt clubs and names such as Buckshot and Drummer among hounds.
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Hamburg
Emmanuel Sarris
Institute For Environmental Research
Paris
Haris
Aris
Doctor Sarris
Hound
Maryland
Virginia
Ringwood
Dashwood
Music
Baltimore Evening Sun
Left Handedness Affects Development Says Dr Macalister
Dr Charles J Macalister of Liverpool Hospital argues in the Lancet that a left handed child may become right handed and risk stammering. He notes apes and monkeys show no handedness. humans uniquely discriminate hands due to one brain hemisphere's dominance. If the right side is more active, the person becomes left handed, and vice versa.
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Charles J. Macalister
Liverpool Hospital
Lancet
London
Doctor Macalister
In Retrospect Many of One's Good Times
A reflective column argues that many so called good times fade to memory, suggesting nostalgia outshines present pleasure and questions what truly counts as happiness. The piece considers how past moments become idealized in memory.
Amicable Child Memorial Near Grant’s Tomb
A long neglected grave near Grant’s Tomb on Riverside Drive marks the burial of St. Clair Pollock who died July 15, 1797 at age five. The inscription describes the child as amiable and notes a request to transfer the enclosure with the marble monument to the boundary owner.
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Riverside Drive
Grant
Fifth Avenue
St. Clair Pollock
George Pollock
Marble Urn Set for Monument Rendered in Estate Quote
Fragment from a 19th or early 20th century obituary or tribute discusses preserving a portion of an estate, keeping it enclosed and sacred. A white marble funeral urn is prepared for placement on a monument, intended to enhance beauty and memorial significance.
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New York Sun
Spinach limits and alternatives for kids meals
Dr. Walter H. Eddy in Good Housekeeping notes spinach provides iron and vitamins A B C but other green vegetables offer similar nutrients. He suggests serving a variety to avoid monotony and to tailor amounts to match spinach content.
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Walter H. Eddy
Good Housekeeping
Dr Pierce’s Favorite easel sold by druggists
A brief note indicates Dr Pierce’s Favorite easel is sold by druggists in tablet or liquid form. The text references weak women and strong alcohol in an unclear context but presents the product as a medicinal or patent remedy offered for sale.
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Dr. Pierce
Composition of Universe by Dr Karl T Compton
The Literary Digest cites MIT president Dr Karl T Compton stating the universe is built of electricity with 99.95 percent positive and the remainder negative. This summary notes the described cosmic composition as presented by the MIT leader.
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Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Literary Digest
Norfolk Farmers War on Lark Over Crop Damage
Farmers near Norfolk England declare a campaign against the lark classed as a pest under the Wild Birds Protection Act. The Norfolk Agricultural Committee excludes the bird from the new order to defend wheat and other crops from damage.
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Lark
Shelley
Schubert
Norfolk
England
Norfolk Agricultural Committee
Collapse Reveals Ancient Brick Tunnel in Sheffield
A brick-lined tunnel six feet high ten feet wide and about ten feet below the road surface, believed over a century old, collapsed in Sheffield while workmen prepared foundations for a garage.
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Sheffield
England
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George W. Russell
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Oriental
Pacific Ocean
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Tokyo
Russia
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South Pole
Marie Byrd Land
Byrd
Kansas
Agricultural Department
Northwest
Moscow
Sergei Mirov
King Featurea Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Public Ledger, Inc
Bayer
Metropolitan Grand Opera
New York
Wheel One
Pyamy
Geraldine Farrar
NBC
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