Pleasant Memories Quiz From An Illustrated Gift List
A nostalgic recall quiz from a vintage illustrated magazine asks readers to identify famous entertainers and terms from early 20th century entertainment. Questions cover Nell Brinkley’s The Brinkley Girl, vaudeville stars, a famed radio caster with a white eye patch, Bun Fon Derby, Mr Gallagher duets, Outcault strip characters, Theda Bara and Clara Bow, The one piece bathing suit, and the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair attractions.
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Aahee
Treasury and Guardian
Leta
Feen
4& Tc
Theda Gan
Clara Kimball Young
Clara Bow
Olga Patrova
Yerma Talmadge
Elinor Glyn
Max
Miss Glyn
Brooklyn Angwe
Annette K
Chicago
Sally
Who was the man besieged by fame and fortune
The passage recalls a public figure whose son gained notoriety weeks earlier, receiving millions of unsolicited letters and telegrams, thousands of gifts, and offers of employment. It notes the flood of requests for aid from many claiming to be his kin, marriage proposals, and a film deal offer. The text contrasts sensational nightlife anecdotes with pop culture trivia and asks who he was, citing figures and dramatic anecdotes from that era.
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Vero
Teovie
Marriege
Chad Buford Knightly Rivalry in Little Shepherd
In a reminiscence about the novel Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come readers recall Chad Buford and his companions jousting as knights on billy-goose to win a lady's favor.
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Kingdom Come
Chad Buford
Tair
North Carolina Trip Echoes in Wolfehouse Tour
Baytown writer AL Mellinger recalls a North Carolina journey visiting the Thomas Wolfe and Eliza Gant history trail in Asheville. The tour weaves through Wolfe’s boyhood haunts, Mrs Pert’s boarding house, and the eerie relics of a literary era as guides reveal scenes from Wolfe’s life and the Gant family saga amid old rooms and chalky stonework.
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AL Melinger
North Carolina
Wolfe
Eliza Gant
Thomas Wolfe
Dixieland
Harry Golden
Esso
Asheville
Charlotte
Mr. Wheaton
Jpelaw
Hugh Barton
Eugene Gant
Helen
Carolina
Gants
TV Quiz Tops Miss America Night On Baytown TV
The Miss America pageant and NBCs Saturday night lineup drew viewers with a quiz styled like The $64,000 Question. Miss Michigan won with two distinct traits, while Ben Feit and guards faced tension. The Tall Man Western followed, and Nixon appeared on Meet the Press, delivering a mixed picture of TV and politics.
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Cyntdta Lowry
Ben Feit
NBC
Barry Sullivan
Billy the Kid
James Stewart
Clu Gulager
Richard M. Nixon
Jack Paar
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Edaurance
Texas
Guinan
New York
Russ Colombe
Ginger
Bing Crosby
Billy
Baytown
Gant
Kovar
York
Philco
East Texas
Baytown Sun
sUay
Michigan
Bert Parks
Douglas Edwards
Security Council
Pat Garrett
Double Stantson
Galveston
Armour
Shank
NO. Va
Topco
Comet Cleanser
Evert
Cascade
Kirk
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