Farmer Claims Royal Descent From Hastings Era
Berden, England farmer Thomas W Goodwin claims direct kin to Earl Godwin and King Harold, tracing lineage to the Anglo Saxon era. He and his wife live in a thatched cottage 40 miles from London with three children and modest earnings while relatives in the United States are unknown.
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Berden
Fennland
Harold
Thomas W Goodwin
Hastings
Wiliam the Conqueror
Goodwin
Earl Goodwin
Heer
Tindbyhood
London
Cyril
Aved Eisht
Jost
Deora Trek
Owell
Mike
Sea-Going Showboat Holds Itself Unique
Elizabeth City readers learn of the James Adams Floating Theater, a deep sea saltwater showboat with a 26 member company and 700 seats. It insists on no publicity and performs traditional melodrama with clean themes to appeal to small towns along the Atlantic coast and Chesapeake Bay.
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Elizabeth City
Mississippi
Ohio River
Atlantic
Virginia
North Carolina
Cape Counties
Chesapeake Bay
James Adams Floating Theater Company
He Ought to Be Rome
A fragmented OCR note cites a family aided by Mussolini under a “patriotic service” program to secure a home at low rent, mentioning four sets of twins and a twenty elight bus in unclear context. Names and precise details are unreadable.
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Rome
Siyzhnera Hruseht
Mussolini
Knows His Eels Albiny Sold Worthwhile Catch
Albiny resident Fred Hanson of Jersey City NJ sells eels he gathered from the Hudson River for 100 dollars. The buyer is unnamed, and the article notes Hanson’s expertise with locally caught fish.
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Albiny
Fred Hanson
Jersey
New Society Pottery Fad Reveals Prominent Women
In New York a social fad centers on pottery making as many women of prominence embrace the craft. An observer notes that many influential figures live a double life as potters, reshaping their public personas through clay and studio work.
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New York
Jis UN Society
Senate Snuff Tradition Rules the Chamber
The Senate preserves its snuff custom with two small black boxes beside the vice president’s dais. Despite decline in use since the Civil War era, pages ensure fresh powder while many urge removal. The majority resists, arguing the practice is a preserved Senate tradition.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Airplane Halts Stampede of Wild Reindeer Herd
Eskimo herders on the Kuskokwim near Bethel faced 4000 stampeding reindeer and possible losses as calves and yearlings were crushed. An airplane from Nome swooped in, steering the leaders to move the herd back toward home corrals while locals fled in fear.
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Alaska
Kuskokwim
Bethel
Nome
Princeton seniors vote Harvard as favorite women’s college
Seniors at Princeton, with about seventy members, voted Harvard as the favorite women’s college next to Smith and Vassar, reflecting campus opinion among the Class of 1952.
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Princeton
Smith and
Vassar
Harvard
White Ants Wreak Destruction in Missouri City
Kansas City reports termite invasions damaging floors and supports as O C Murphy promotes fumigation with calcium cyanide. He cites termites as among North America’s most destructive insects, noting outbreaks in San Francisco, Los Angeles, St. Louis, and other cities.
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Murphy
Kansas City
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Public
San Francisco
North America
Pasadena
Washington
St. Louis
Cleve
New York
Troston
Julian
Neb
Mr. Murphy
Suzanne Lenglen Becomes Stamp Collector in St. Cloud
Suzanne Lenglen, famed tennis player, has become a philatelist in St. Cloud France. She used prize money earned in the United States to buy stamps, totaling about $4,000 in four days with assistance from Mr. Baldwin.
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St. Cloud
France
Suzanne Lenglen
Old fashion kitchen tips from a 1927 recipe column
A Western Newspaper Union column presents practical kitchen ideas and dishes. It covers nut omelets and savory carrot tomato dishes, stuffed green peppers with rice and nuts, baked hash from roast beef and potatoes, Appetizing Breakfast Eggs, fruit gems, Maryland Chicken, Fried Chicken Southern Style, Deviled Chicken Legs with a spiced paste, Pineapple Cheese and Nut Salad, Peanut Brownies, and Tomatoes Stuffed With Sweetbreads.
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Maryland
Leap Year Reckoning and the Georgian Calendar
The 1928 leap year follows the Gregorian rule of 97 leap years in 400 years. Century years are not leap years unless divisible by 400, so 1600 and 2000 qualify while 1700, 1800, and 1900 do not.
Time to Part Phillips and His Wife
A witty dialogue from Hardware Age notes the happy union of Time to Part Phillips and his wife. When Mrs Jones learns a friend sues for divorce she asks about his absent mindedness. The retort recalls a nadir when he shook down the player plane and burned a music roll in the furnace.
Bat Like Airplane Emerges From Parisian Inventor Work
Parisian inventor unveils a bat shaped aircraft with large flaglike wings and bat like silhouette. Bleklot engines power the craft with vertical fuel tanks circling the narrow cabin from which the pilot steers, presenting a novel aviation design.
Bell-Ans Halts Indigestion With Safe Relief
Advertisement promotes Bell Ans for indigestion relief citing over 50 years of use. Claims to ease gas belching heartburn nausea and headache and notes availability in drug stores or via free samples from Bell Co Orangeburg NY.
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BELL
Nothing to Flag Her Down Ardath Learns Punctuation
Ardath, age five, is taught that a period ends a sentence but he fails to grasp pauses. At dinner, he chatters without notice of breaks until his mother asks why he does not stop talking. He replies he does not see any periods.
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Ardath
Sea Elephants Shrinking Off California Coast
In 1912 estimated to be only 1 percent of former numbers off Guadalupe Island. A San Diego expedition recently found the herd at 450. Mexican government undertakes best efforts to preserve the species.
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California
Guadalupe
San Diego
Government of
Mexico
Delng Ts
Correct Classification He Remember You Were No Spring Chicken
Dialogue exchanges reveal a cheeky marital remark where one partner reminds the other of age and status, and the response reinforces a playful, affectionate tone about being a Foose prior to marriage. The exchange centers on self‑deprecating humor and ongoing companionship.
Not on Time He Is Your Watch on Tune
A terse exchange shows a flapper boasting payment in cash for a watch, challenging timing and propriety in a clipped street-speech vignette. The fragment hints at urban slang and a quick, candid confrontation reflecting Prohibition era chatter.
Questionable Wisdom and Moral Judgments in Brief Jots
A fragmented editorial-style passage pairs a joke about detours with aphorisms on trust and judgment. It contrasts a quip about distance with cautions about believing compliments from a woman and about judging a man by his aims, reflecting dated social attitudes.
Tree Preserved in Ice Found in Alaska Glacier
A Canadian government expedition uncovered a spruce tree preserved in ice in a North American glacier in Alaska. The tree, estimated to be hundreds of thousands of years old, was about 124 years old when the glacier enveloped it.
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Alaska
His Predicament Mrs Downing Questions Insomnia Remedy
In a wartime style exchange the husband explains his insomnia and his plan to stay awake until the doctor arrives. The wife chides him about bathing his head in cold water as a remedy. The dialogue centers on concern and practical attempts to cope with sleeplessness.
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Rena
the Doctor
Toledo
Ohio
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