Pie for Breakfast and the Curse of Progress
A traveling salesman stops at a Vermont hotel for breakfast. He tests breakfast options and the waitress reveals a playful menu describing open-face, criss-cross and lily ered apple dishes. The piece ends with the humor of progress and misused measuring cups.
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Vermont
Happily Married Mistress Is Involved in Scandal
A fragment notes a conversation about Sapphira Yassum and a fear-stricken husband, suggesting a domestic dispute or scandal surrounding a married woman and her spouse. The text hints at social tension and marital strain within a community.
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Sapphira
Yassum
Relief for Aliens and Barkley Nomination Talk
A column rails at relief for aliens and immigration abuses while lampooning paroled criminals and Alben Barkley as a 1940 presidential candidate. It mocks California policy, Nazi influence abroad, and jokes about Barkley heading the Interior. The piece uses satirical tone to critique political and social issues of the era.
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Anta Monica
Calif
Madame Perkins
California
Alcatraz
Uncle Sam
Germany
Hitler
Hiter
Barkley
Senate
Alben Barkley
Paducah
Republic
Congress
Alben
Patrick Henry
McCracken
Indian Bureau
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