Cantonians Still Superstitious Amid Enlightened Education
Maud M Howelis notes Cantonians’ enduring beliefs in luck and omens. The essay surveys Friday the Thirteenth myths, mirrors and breaking, black cats, horseshoes, salt, dreams, and age old superstitions linked to daily life, weather, births, and barber poles.
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Maud M. Howelis
Kentucky
McKinley High School
Mountaineer
Canton
Napoleon
France
Josephine
Christ
Eve
Paradise
Epirita
Judas
Atlanta City Employes Push Union Led Pay Increases
Firemen gain 35 a month raising annual citywide fire salaries to 117000, with total union backed increases totaling 700000. The drive includes a 15 percent boost for officials earning 1200 to 3000 and higher for those above 3000. Teachers unresolved as union plans next move.
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Atlanta
Millard Feruson
Canton Daily News
Kirya Atlanta
Alto Othe
Confession of Murder Reported in Fort Worth
F M Snow of Stephensville Texas confessed to killing his 19 year old stepson Bernie Conley on a road near the Snow home nine miles south of Stephensville after long questioning. Conley’s body was found last Thursday hanging by the head from a basement rafter in an abandoned house. Snow was arrested and brought to Fort Worth for safe keeping.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Ruany
F. M. Snow
Stephensville
Bernie Conley
Snow
Tom Hickman
Conley
Common sayings in schoolchild verses and superstitions
The passage recalls folk rhymes about hay loads and wishes, mentioning a white horse and a traditional country school child verse. It notes these phrases are widespread and appear in many places.
Prince Wil helm of Sweden may star in Kinangozie film
Universal City reports the script Kinangozie has been submitted and is under consideration. The Swedish stage version drew instant success at the Royal Theater Stockholm and ran for several seasons.
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Universal City
Universal
Prince Wilhelm
Sweden
Kinangozi
Royal Theater
Stockholm
Stars' makeup chief Cecil Holland signs with MGM
Cecil Holland, noted for creating screen complexions for major stars, has been signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as makeup artist and is already at work.
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Cecil Holland
Metro-Goldwyn Mayer
Film Shown to Newspaper Men From Giant Plane
A motion picture was shown to a party of newspapermen in a Sikorsky plane cruising high above Roosevelt Field Long Island. The musical score was broadcast from the Gimbel Brothers Station and received by passengers’ receivers.
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Sikorsky
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Gimbel Brothers
Von Stroheim Signs With Famous Players-Lasky
Eric Von Stroheim signs to join the Famous Players-Lasky organization as director and star at the end of his current contract. The move cements his role in upcoming productions and aligns with the studio's plans for high profile performances.
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von Stroheim
Eric von Stroheim
Famous Players-Lasky
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Remington Typewriter Company
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Dressner
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