Lights and Loneliness in New York City Anecdotes
A New York actress complains about blasting from a nearby lot and a fake investigator scams her, while locals note improving business. Amagansett elms tale recalls a shipwrecked cargo of elm trees used for Central Park shade. John J. McGraw’s health improves with lighter duties. Diana Thorne’s attempt to borrow a cat ends in two days of taming and a two week escape from the feline model.
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Rcom
New York
Central Park
East Hampton
Bridgehampton
Amagansett
John J. McGraw
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
McGraw
Diana Thorne
Sixth Avenue
Miss Thorne
Bell Syndicate
WNT
How It Started 46 Memo of This Expression
The note memoranda origin appears in a Bell Syndicate item explaining how the phrase memo or memorandum arose from Latin memoro meaning to remember. It reflects casual requests to office staff to write down reminders so as not to forget.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Many American Women Are Adrift in Paris
Several hundred young American women, aged twenty to thirty, live in Paris by their wits or small home incomes. They frequent Bohemian hubs like the Dome and the Select in the Latin Quarter, watching for familiar faces but largely living as artistic nomads.
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Paris
Amelia Earhart
America
Dome
Latin Quarter
Proposed Marine Junkyard in Trenton Endorsed by Engineer
Victor Gelineau, an engineer, recommended establishing a marine junkyard in Trenton to break up abandoned vessels. The proposal aims to create a site for disposal and recycling of derelict ships and boats.
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Marine
Trenton
Victor Gelineau
Escaped Monkey Haunts Pier Near New York Dockworkers
A monkey that escaped from the steamer Pennsylvania a month ago roams Pier 60 in the North river, snatching lunches from longshoremen. Customs officers and pier police have failed to capture the creature as it avoids traps and mocks their efforts.
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North Dakota
Killdeer
New York
Pier 60
North River
Pennsylvania
Farmer uncovers $1000 in moldy pail near Pail Center
Ed Brozowska, a local farmer near Pail Center Line Michigan, laid a concrete floor in his chicken house and discovered a shop pail containing $1000 in currency, some moldy but negotiable, yielding a profit for his effort.
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Center Line
Mich
Ed Brozowska
Near Here
Brozowska
Cheerio Chapters and Manners for All the Children
A digest of etiquette notes edited by Dorothy Edmonds outlines gentlefolk customs from chivalry days. It covers: men walking on street side, leading a lady, hats removed when greeting, ladies rising for elders, hosting hospitality, and allowing women to initiate handshakes.
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Dorothy Edmonds
Clever Letters Puzzle Reveals Household Object Build
Readers can cut out outlined letters from the page and assemble them to form common household objects. When correctly placed the letters spell the object's purpose and complete its shape, turning a simple puzzle into a functional model.
Kitchen Cabinet Seasonable Foods Casserole and Loaf Dishes
A regional culinary notice presents several baked dishes: a layered casserole with potatoes corn tomatoes and peas topped with seasoned meatballs. a liver loaf using calf’s liver parsley onions milk eggs and flour. a salmon loaf with salmon crackers milk lemon juice and eggs. eggs in ramekins with tomato sauce cheese and bread crumbs. and a slow baked rice pudding with milk sugar raisins and spice.
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Western Newspaper Union
TIME S CHANGE
The headless horseman line prompts discussion of modern driving habits. A commentator jokes about preferring literary imagery while noting people still drive cars with reckless or unconventional styles.
Food and household tips from old issue
Old advice covers soaking dried fruits overnight to plump them, using raw ammonia to remove paint spots on doors with caution, and melting chocolate slowly in a pan or oven. It also suggests sharpening scissors by rubbing on coarse sandpaper.
New Patents Reflect Social Condition Trend
Washington reports new social condition trends seen in patent office filings. Despite a 12 percent drop in total applications, there is a clear rise in requests for patents on air conditioning and refrigeration, oil burners, automobiles, alloys, electric clocks, and devices to improve railroad travel.
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Washington
Patent Office
Fire Chief Visits Sick Boy in Denver Hospital Thriller
Basil Lasker an eleven year old patient at a Denver children’s hospital received a rare thrill when Fire Chief John Healy made a personal visit. The chief let Basil try on a large fire helmet, a moment that capped five years spent in a four bed ward while Denver tire engines roared nearby providing the boy with his greatest excitement.
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Denver
Denver Children’s Hospital
Basil Lasker
Belen
John Healy
Hit
Basil
Nose Gone, Mate Twits Her, She Cuts His Off Nose Gone
In Lahore, India a wife cuts off her husband’s nose after he taunted her about her disfigurement. The court treats male and female offenses differently with harsher penalties for women. The tale recalls a prior incident where a man cut a sweetheart’s nose and the couple reconciled, with the woman proposing marriage.
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Lahore
India
Brown Learns From Memory Teacher Says Professor
A memory teacher is cited as guiding Brown in learning. The speaker notes Brown should heed the lessons, recalling a past game where Brown forgot about twenty strokes. The remark implies Brown struggles with consistency at the table.
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Brown
Confused Montrose Woman Uses 1864 Confederate Note
A Montrose woman attempted to pay multiple local merchants with a $40 Confederate bill from 1864. It was rejected until one shopkeeper identified it as a worthless curio. The merchant finally accepted it and gave the woman cash for the small purchase short of the bill’s value.
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Colorado
Montrose
Colo
Excessive Taxes Cut Down Autos in Finland
Finnish automobile organizations warn the number of private cars in Finland fell by over 30 percent in a year due to high taxes. They urge the government to reduce customs duties on automobiles and lower levies such as the gasoline tax to encourage car usage.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Pennsylvania Leads in Farm Forest Planting in 1931
Pennsylvania topped the nation in farm forest planting in 1931, with the state department of forests reporting 6 million trees planted on farm forests. National total was 25.5 million. New York followed with 4.8 million and Ohio with 1.743 million.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Forests
United States
New York
Ohio
Bayer Aspirin Promises Instant Headache Relief
Advertisement touts Genuine Bayer Aspirin as instantly dissolving in the stomach and providing relief from headaches neuralgia and rheumatic pains within minutes. It stresses seeking the Genuine Bayer mark on boxes and a Bayer cross stamp on tablets to ensure safety for the heart.
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Bayer Laboratories
Bayer
Crooked rail line and witty quips from era papers
A collection of snips notes on the New York Ontario and Western railroad’s crooked route through New York and Pennsylvania, highlighting extreme curves and steep grades at Youngs Gap. The item adds humorous captions and past era jokes about fish markets and barber shop chatter.
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United States
New York, Ontario & Western
New York State
Pennsylvania
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin praised by Illinois doctor
A fifty year Pratt County record praises Dr W B Caldwell for his Syrup Pepsin used to ease infant stomachs and bowels. The ad extols the product as gentle and delicious for children and also recommends it for adults with sluggish or bilious digestion. It claims universal drugstore availability and urges readers to taste it.
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Pratt County
W. B. Caldwell
Illinois
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Gulf
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Young’s Gap
Washington Star
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