Mules Shape a Town Tale in Columbia Tennessee
A column from 1935 extols Columbia Tennessee as the world’s largest street mule market. It highlights mule prosperity, the April livestock show with 1500 animals, and local ties to historic figures while a film crew plans in Old Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Tennessee
President Polk
U.S
Pop Geers
Andrew Johnson
Hal Pointer
Direct
Wall Street
Maiden Lane
N.Y
Mule Street
Kentucky
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Major Chinese tongs in the United States
The On Leong, the largest tong in the United States, includes wealthy merchants in its local chapters. Other major tongs are the Hip Sing, Ming Gai Hong and Hoy On, with the latter two claiming histories over two thousand years. Tong houses operate in San Francisco New York and Chicago. The Hip Sing resembles a labor union merging merchants association chamber of commerce church fraternal society city council judge and jury and public school functions.
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United States
On Leong
Hip Sing
Ming Gai Hong
Hoy On
San Francisco
New York
Chicago
Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Judge and Jury
Thoughts on New York Figures and Nightlife Reflections
A 1935 column surveys New York curiosities and public figures from the era. It riffs on celebrities, pretenders, and city life, noting droll likenesses, theatres, magazines, and the Dunbar National Bank while musing on culture and modern urban myths.
Strong Appeal in Braided Rag Rug
Braided rugs appeal to rug makers for simplicity and no tools but lack durability vs crochet. The Pin Wheel rug measures 35 inches, uses about 4 pounds of cotton rag material, and features a black center with white eight section design. Instructions describe cutting strips 144 inches wide, folding edges, braiding with three strips per row, and sewing rows with color changes over 26 rows. Send 15 cents to Rug Department for book No. 25 detailing 26 braided and crochet rugs with full instructions from Home Craft Co. Dept C, 19th and St Louis Ave, St. Louis MO. Include a stamped return envelope.
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Home Craft CO
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Avenue
St. Louis
Canaries Stir Dorothy With Curious Question
A brief scene shows Dorothy at home with a canary, noting a cage of bright green birds and asking her mother if the canaries are ripe. The quip hints at a child's playful misinterpretation of animal attributes during a tea visit.
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Dorothy
Mummie
How's your boy Josh doin' in government work
A neighbor asks about Josh and Farmer Corntessel jokes that he has a government job but cannot tell if it pays for work or not. The lighthearted rural exchange plays on political satire.
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Beverly Hills
Supreme Court
World Court
Russia
Massilini
Youraguay
Longitas
Staten Island
Franklyn D Roosevelt
U.S. Treasury
Irvin Cobb
Kentucky
Tennesse
Missouri
Josh
Farmer Corntessel
Ile
Brown Ends Smoking Battle With a Strong Warning
A man declares to authority figure Brown that he must quit tobacco or he will die within six months. Brown retorts that his wife, twice as effective and dangerous as a doctor, will ensure compliance.
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Brown
Jones
The Invoices Decide The Shopping At Home
A domestic quip features Mrs. Peck gently retorting to her husband that his voice in buying is limited to receiving the invoice, playfully underscoring the wife’s control over household purchases.
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Mr. Peck
Mrs. Peck
Witty exchange between a couple on fashion and optics
Humorous remark contrasts memory of fashion with a jab about glasses. The exchange showcases light banter over style and perception, reflecting social humor about dress length and eyewear in a casual dialogue.
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Dashiell Hammett
W. J. Bryan
Heywood Broun
Mickey Neilan
Hollywood
Empire Tower
Edwin Markham
Santa Claus
Carl van Vechten
Fatty
Cole Porter
France
Jack Dempsey
Sid Solomon
Cardini
Herbert Swope
Lloyd George
Dolores
Broadway
Nick Kenney
Babe Ruth
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Fifth Avenue
Helen Gould
Vanderbilt
A Hawkins
Belgrave Square
Social Tattle
Col. Mann
Mann
Rascal
Times Square
Atlanta
Madison Square
Longacre
Doane Powell
Clifton Webb
Noel Coward
Alfred Lunt
Dudley Field Malone
Frank Sullivan
Harlem
Dunbar National
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Keats
Dunbar
Dayton
McNaught Syndicates, Inc
Clark
Humorist Magazine
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