Rock Bottom Found Aboard Empress Of Tasmania
On the Empress of Tasmania Julia Devers and Allan confront marital strain amid quarrels on a voyage. A helpless boy and a Russian suitor trigger a rescue when the child falls overboard as a shark circles. Allan dives in to save them, and Julia realizes their marriage has reached rock bottom.
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Tasmania
Juliaers
Vel
Julia
Husan
Tommy Ley
Allan
Tommy
Litzyke
Sulla
Ian
England
Pper
Julia Devers
Russia
Rock Bottom
Weary Waldron tarred and feathered in stage gag
A comic ruse ends with Weary Waldron tarred and feathered at the Goldbrick theater after being promised $25. The leading lady falls ill, delaying the stunt to the next night, while a half man half ostrich figure is spotted fleeing along the countryside.
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Weary Waldron
Main Street
Post Office
Waldron
Goldbrick
Detroit Free Press
Friday Funeral Jest Echoes Twain Gossip
A humorous tale recalls a friend of Mark Twain borrowing a coat to attend a funeral, joking that the uncle would have a failed funeral. On a London tram near Clapham Road a corduroyed traveler jokes about many funerals that day, declaring burial on a Friday unlucky.
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Mark Twain
Clapham Road
London
Measuring Rainfall and Wind Speed Instruments
Rainfall is measured with a funnel designed gauge where the catch area is forty times the stem area so a rainfall of one fortieth inch reads as one inch. The wind velocity instrument uses a pinwheel similar to a speedometer to indicate speed.
Resourceful Barber Promises Tonic For Hair Growth
A barber, noted for his baldness, advises a customer to buy a hair tonic. He warns hair may thin and insists consistent use prevents baldness. The customer plans a remark but the barber quips he wishes the tonic existed when his own hair was thick.
Knitted Silk Blouses and Semi-Dress Sweaters Featured
Fashion writer Julia Bottomley surveys 1934 trends in knitted silk blouses for semi dress and formal wear. She notes Parisian influence, tunic blouses, overblouses in rich fabrics, and vivid color themes like henna and powder blue, with brushed wool and boucle textures shaping outdoor coats and accessories.
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Paris
Missouri crops lag as cool September slows maturity
Federal State Crop Reporting Bureau says Missouri corn matured 78 percent of normal with an average yield of 27 bushels per acre totaling 182 493 000 bushels on 6 759 000 planted acres. October 1 maturity stood at 64 percent versus 83 last year. Northwestern counties lag. southern Missouri nearer full maturity.
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BE. A. Logan
Jewell Mayes
Federal State Crop Reporting Bureau
Jefferson City
Missouri
Socialist Party
Socialist-Labor Party
Prohibition
Liberal Party
Frisco
Springfield
Ozark Region
Fishing and lying around in the country joke
The Boston Transcript quotes a quip about country life where one person says they are “fishing and lying around” and another corrects to “fishing and lying around” in a light amused tone.
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Boston Transcript
Beekeeper Says Bees Die Without Companionship
A German entomologist claims bees and similar insects perish if deprived of company. He states a bee must have companionship or die within five days, regardless of honey stores.
Romans Relied on Charcoal for Heat in Ancient Times
The article explains that ancient Romans used charcoal almost exclusively as fuel. It notes charcoal was burned in open pans without grates or flues, providing economical heat for living rooms and baths.
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Doubleday, Page & Co
Mary of
Ecru
Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Missouri News Nuggets
Pearl Helms
de Soto
Frida
North Railroad Bridge
Bonne Terre
Raymond Aubuchon
Betty Jane
Joe Davidson
Kirksville
L. E. Witcraft
Gordon O. White
Fulton
Henry Fombelle
Sedalia
R. L Thompson
Dr. C. Morrow
Dunklin County
Cape Girardeau
Chester Gregson
Campbell
Morrow
St. Louis
Memphis
Edw
Swan
Leavenworth
William Berkbegler
Friedham
Cape Girardeau County
Virgil Belote
Poplar Bluff
J. M.vance
Vance
Beulah Bank
Oscar G. Steininger
Kansas City
Jackson County
St. Louis County
Maryville
Charles A. Lee
John C. Townsend
Belmont
Mississippi
Townsend
Tarkic Rairoad
David Rankin
W. D. Francis
Boone County
Easley
Boonville
United States
W. E. Miller
Cora L. Bagby
Fayette
Democratic Central Committee
Howard County
David Bagby
St. Louis County Gas Company
E. H. Lewis
del Craigen
Ray Hildebrand
Mexico
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