Adventurous Americans and Remarkable Feats Across Empires
A profile of Marius Van de Weghe a Chicago scientist and former Moroccan spahi knighted for bravery. Tales include James Harden-Hickey’s Trinidad kingdom and Maj Robert Stobo’s daring escapes from Canada to the St Lawrence River and back to Allied hands.
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Marius van de Weghe
Chicago
Marius
Qouissam
Algouite Cherifien
Morocco
van ‘de Weghe
van de Weghe
Hovpin
Sergeant York
Robert Stobo
Canada
Stobo
Washington
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Western Newspaper Union
Bolero Ensemble And Backless Play Suit Designs
Barbara Bell Spring Summer pattern book offers No 1557 backless play suit and No 1731 bolero dress with princess skirt in sizes 12 to 20. Materials listed, yardage required, and ricrac or ribbon trims noted. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago for patterns.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker ,Dr
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Safety council finds drivers peak at age 20
The National Safety Council reports that automobile drivers reach peak skill after 20 but drivers under 20 have the highest accident rate. Rates decline steadily to about 50 then rise sharply.
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National Safety Council
the Council
Gardeners Learn Size Matters In Vegetable Quality
Tips in Gardeners explain older practice of letting vegetables grow large reduces quality. Harold N. Coulter notes higher yields often mean poorer taste with crops like tomatoes, while many vegetables taste better when not fully grown. Regular planting and frequent sowing help maintain eating sizes. Saving flower seeds is less common as cross pollination yields inferior, untrue flowers.
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Harold N. Coulter
Ferry
Answers to the Roaring Forties Oddities and Facts
A Q and A style piece answers mysteries from geography to science. It covers New York streets between Fortieth and Fiftieth, Helen of Troy, Walter Johnson’s pitching speed, the Moon’s locked face, thief versus robber, Queen Mary oil use, Sicilian origins, and Empire State Building sway with a 1938 storm example.
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Walter Johnson
Empire State Building
New York
Fortieth
Fiftieth
Times Square
Helen of Troy
Remington Arms Co
Sicily
Italy
How children's tastes shift with growth
A mother remarks on changing favorites as children age. She notes Mary once loved dolls but now loves soldiers, while Johnny once liked soldiers and now chases painted dolls, illustrating evolving preferences as kids grow.
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Johnny
Mary
Plate Break Confusion In Domestic Mischief
Betty explains to her mother that she threw down a towel and found the plate in her other hand, revealing a humorous household mishap and the cause of the break.
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Betty
She Named It Noisily in a Kitchen Mishap
A maid complains to her mistress about a cake darkened beyond instructions and the culprit admits it is one of her own cre mar tions in a humorous kitchen mishap caption.
To Oblige Him Play Demand Sparks Quick Acquiescence
A theater producer agreed to stage a play after a terse exchange urging performance. The request challenged the producer to search a wastepaper basket for the playwright's manuscript, prompting a swift commitment to production.
Flakes Griddle Cakes From Favorite Recipe of the Week
A recipe for Flakes Griddle Cakes uses sifted flour baking powder salt sugar eggs milk Grape Nuts Flakes and melted butter. Mix dry ingredients sift again then whisk eggs with milk and add to flour until smooth. Stir in flakes and butter, cook on a hot greased griddle, serve with maple syrup. Makes about two dozen cakes.
Lights Out Shopper Candelabra Query
Floorwalker directs shopper to basement for canned goods and shows elevator to the left, noting the candelabra is likely misplaced in transit. The brief exchange captures a busy store interaction with prompt directions.
Reading Quietly Sparks Forgotten Family Clue
In a terse exchange a parent dismisses a child while the other recalls a line about a last station. A side remark hints at a lost reference connected to Mrs Bigwig and an odd set of initiated spoons used to prove prior work there.
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Mrs. Bigwig
Judge Trades Jests Over Law Book Inquiry
A judge visits a brilliant lawyer friend and leaves a law-book on the desk. The lawyer’s clerk is told to return it and the lawyer jokes about asking the judge what he meant by bringing a law-book. The judge retorts by asking how the lawyer knew it was a law-book.
Good Counsel Advice From Ben Jonson
A Ben Jonson quote notes no man is free from error if he relies only on his own judgment. Even the wise can err without external counsel, and those taught only by themselves become their own fools.
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Ben Jonson
Household Tips from Around the House
A column of practical home hints covers keeping cream fresh in cold water with a basin, pressing by overnight roll, adding height to rooms with striped wallpaper, keeping chocolate from fat bloom, mopping linoleum with an oil soaked mop, keeping doughnuts warm, removing stains with a pumice stone, using washing blue for glassware, dissolving soap before washing white silk, and washing chamois to keep silver bright.
Prisoner Seeks Long Sentence Matching Status
A prisoner before the bar asks for a sentence commensurate with his life of significance. The judge dryly notes the preference for lengthy terms and imposes ten years.
Piles and Fistula Treatment Request Ad
An advertisement from McCleary Clinic invites patients with piles or fistula to contribute for a 124 page book and extensive reference list of former patients, located at 185 Elms Blvd Excelsior Springs Missouri.
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McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Burke quote on unemployment and private employers
A quotation from U. S. Senator Edward R. Burke argues private employers should be encouraged to expand and hire, aiming to cut unemployment from 11 million to three or four million. The fragment reflects a policy position advocating job creation in the private sector.
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U. S
Edward R. Burke
Humble and Just Thy Sum of Duty Motto
A short exhortation quotes a line urging humility and justice. The text presents a classical moral motto with religious or philosophical overtones. It emphasizes inner virtue as a guide for conduct.
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James I
Standard Oil Company
James Harden-Hickey
Brazil
South Atlantic
Barracouta
le Triboulet
Paris
France
el Paso
Texas
James Harden- Hickey
Audacious
Bolero Ensemble
Jimmy
Jerry
K Post
Hoban
Taousur
Bar
Ferry's
Ferry-Morse Seed Co
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Detroit
San Francisco
New York City
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Fifth Avenue
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