Bowery Tales from New York’s Rough Edge to Coney Island Glow
A wanderer recounts Bowery life linking its rough image to a modern social scene at a Y M C A mission where poets and radicals mingle with transients. Coney Island awakens for spring with paint crews and new rides while the hot dog legacy earns fame and a $60,000 offer for a renowned dispenser. The piece also notes a new dance called the swigg with South American flair and Broadway connections to Vincent Lopez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
South America
Havana
Broadway
Vincent Lopez
Forest Week Promotes Conservation Amid Growing Timber Loss
The piece notes American Forest Week as a government endorsed effort to publicize conservation. It cites forest land decline from 5.2 trillion to 1.6 trillion feet of wood, urges timber growing, and warns against wasteful fires and cigarette butt disposal in pine needles.
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Ington
Sks
Morris Chair Industr
United States
Canada
Harding
Forest Service
Phew
Virgin Forest
Anniversary Sale Opens Monday at Popular Women’s Store
Sam Babel of the firm announced that the second anniversary sale at Label's on Manatee Avenue begins Monday and runs the full week. The store has been checked and prices in every department have been reduced for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Label’s
Manatee Avenue
Sam Babel
Obituary Dr Serena Andrews Perry Dies at 81
Dr. Serena Andrews Perry, 81, died at 4 30 Saturday morning after a lingering illness. A winter visitor to Bradenton for 25 years, she is survived by a brother S D Andrews of Hubert Iowa and sister-in-law Dora Andrews. Funeral services at Turner Funeral Home at 4 this afternoon with Rev E H Jennings and Rev George E White officiating. Interment in Dew Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serena Perry
Serena Andrews Perry
Bradenton
S. D. Andrews
Hubert
Iowa
Dora Andrews
Turner Funeral Home
E. H. Jennings
George E. White
Dew Cemetery
Rita Jackson Infant Daughter of D. Jackson Family
Rita Jackson is described as the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. 0. Jackson, of a local household. The brief notice records the birth as a community milestone without additional details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Jackson
Mrs. D. 0. Jackson
Hills of Kentucky filming on Kern River nearly injures actress
During a Warner Bros production on location at Kern River California the Hills of Kentucky scene with Rin Tin Tin and Tom Santschi capsized a raft. Dorothy Dwan was swept from the raft while swimming to shore and pulled back by fellow swimmers as director Howard Bretherton called for a rope.
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Warner Bros
Hills of Kentucky
Rin-Tin- Tin
Wallace Theatre
Kern River
California
Rinty
Tom Santschi
Santschi
Dorothy Dwan
Miss Dwan
Howard Bretherton
Mrs Matthews Hurt in Ellenton Collision
Mrs. W. F. Matthews was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when her car collided with another near Ellenton. She was rushed to Christine Roof Memorial Hospital and reported resting comfortably. The crash occurred as she turned from Ellenton Packing into the Tamiami Trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Matthews
Christine Roof Memorial Hospital
Wakeman
Bradenton
Attractive Bill At Airdome Today
Harold Bundy once the Honey Bunch Company, who performed fifteen weeks at Victory in Tampa, is featured at the Airdome theater in Saraso. Facts and Follies is the day’s program title with Billy Leroy in the lead, plus regular feature pictures and comedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Bundy
Honey Bunch Company
Victory
Tampa
Airdome
Saraso
Billy Leroy
Local man dies Saturday and funeral set
Bradenton resident died Saturday morning at 9 30. The body was laid to rest Saturday afternoon at 4 in Fogartyville cemetery. Turner Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradenton
Fogartyville
Turner Funeral Home
Urge Passage Board Measure in Florida Legislature
H. G. Gumprecht of the Manatee County Sub Citrus Exchange highlights a Senate and House bill to protect Florida agriculture. The proposal would form a state plant board and plant commissioner, inspect nurseries, eradicate citrus canker and honey bee diseases, and control pests amid a Supreme Court ruling affecting the Florida plant act. He urges agriculturists to inform lawmakers and press for passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Gumprecht
Manatee County
Bradentown
U. S. Supreme Court
Gumprecht
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T. D. Hayes Elect. Co
13Th St
Palace Theatre
Herald
Roy A. Parker
Mazda Lamps
Manatee Ave
Barrington Furniture Company
Twelfth St
Main
Bradenton Auto Top Co
Turner St
Coldak
Physicians and Surgeons’ Exchange
Nurses Registry
McElroy-Dunn Drug Co
Penn Cash Grocery
Fogarty Bros. Transfer
Kentucky Ave
The
Studebaker
Buick
E. H. Case
R. F. Robinson
Fairview Ave
Brunswick Phono
Bradentown Furn. Co
E. Manatee Ave
McMullen’s Drug Store
Bradenton, Fla
Carnegie Library
Bradenton Sales Company
Gradenton
Florida
Palmetto Sheet Metal Works
Myrtle St
Cilbert Swan
New York
the Bowery
Bowery
Oper
Manhattan
Borde
Knog
Rodney Dutcher
the Wallace
Merwer Bree
Mrs. Matthews
Tallant & Groff Fashion Center
Good Roads
Deen.yarborough Co., Inc
Road Construction and General Contracting
Bradenton Bank Building
Bredenton
Bradenton Hardware Co
First National Bank
Manatee
Andy
Little Chester
Henrietta
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