One Rich Man Only Gasoline Is King War Scenarios Loom
Arthur Brisbane surveys wealth, oil strategy, and global power shifts. He notes a lone American with income above five million, government tax limits, and the fragile balance of nations from Mussolini to Japan and Russia. The column blends satire with current fears about oil, war, and monopoly.
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Borah
Lloyd George
Gagoline
Mussolini
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Bassett Jones
New York
Island
Nantucket
Lightfoot the Deer Fleeing Hunters in Green Forest
A deer named Lightfoot hides from hunters and hounds in the Green Forest. Startled by gunfire and baying hounds, he senses peril with each passing moment. He bolts through trees as the chase tightens, fearing capture or worse.
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Lightfoot
Green Forest
Bowser the
Reddy
Pique Buttons Highlight Virginia Reid Street Frock
Virginia Reid wears a black wool crepe street frock trimmed with clever pique buttons. The waffle-weave corded buttons feature pique wings and match the muffler collar. The one piece design gives a jacketlike back, paired with a ribbed black crepe peaked hat.
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Virginia Reid
Leprosy Colony at Carville Described in U S
The only leprosy facility in the United States is the United States Leprosarium at Carville Louisiana. A woman faces a man in a metaphorical game as the text hints at hidden cards and strategy.
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U. S
United States
Carville, la
Entertaining with paper napkins and light refreshments
A Western Newspaper Union notice offers practical tips for hosting informal tea. It highlights using large heavy paper napkins to replace linen, the personal touch of monogrammed papers, and a variety of sandwiches, small cookies, and cream puffs. It also suggests potato nests fried basket shapes for serving with savory fillings and complements the menu with hot cocoa.
A School for Dreaming and Learning, Aims of Schooling
A poem urging a school to blend labor, play, romance, glamour, and history while fostering both true learning and seeming. It envisions a place for dreaming alongside heroism and creative minds, presenting schooling as a seed for many books to read and much endeavor, led by inspiration and service.
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France
Heroes
Shelleys
Neroa
Douglas Matloch
Iwnu Service
The Upside Down Match Box Trick Revealed
A magician performs a trick with an ordinary match box placed upside down on the left palm. The drawer is slid forward and flesh-pinching in the base of the fingers creates a rising and sinking effect. The right hand then opens the drawer and takes the box away.
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WNN Service
Seek Help Beyond Thought for Life’s Guidance
The text argues thinking alone cannot guide life and urges seeking help beyond thought. It notes mental activity is only part of vital life and that thinking can stop prematurely. It emphasizes there is justification to pursue guidance beyond thinking to avoid confusion.
Danish Postage Stamps Feature Fairy Tale Century
Danish post office issues stamps celebrating Hans Christian Andersen on his hundredth birth anniversary. The stamp set depicts the tale of the little match girl as it appears in book illustrations, conveying a poignant Christmas story through familiar imagery from the tale.
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Hans Anderson
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Japan
Elizabeth
Lamont du Pont
Eneland
Walter C. Teagle
Standard MN
New Jersey
Teagle
John ID. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Walter Teagle
Georgetown
British Guiana
Roosevelt Selassie Caleb
Roosevelt
Halle Belassie
Russia
Vladivostok
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Wnou Service
By Thornton W. Burgess
Laman
Cook Book
Goofy Gertie
Western Newspaper Union
Bell Syndicate
By Douglas Malloch
SRY
Ponjay Harrah
Public Ledger, Inc
London
Home Makers’ Club of
Atlanta
Otoseal
Warmuth
San
Gadsel Gales Co
E. 74Th St
Chicago
Een Kemps
Rabe Dyke
Huteo Hel
Mich
Select Inc
23Rd St
Long Island City
N. Y
WIU
Glens Eis
Far
Doans
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