Way Back When a Memoir of Pred MacMurray and John Manefield
A reminiscence recounts Pred MacMurray born in Rackakee in 1908 and his ascent from Wisconsin boyhood to a Paramount contract in Hollywood, tracing early family hardship, schooling, and entry into film. It also hints at John Manefield’s life from England to New York writing poetry and novels, marking a backdrop of personal struggle and ambition.
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Aimes
Pred MacMurray
Rackakee
Beaver Dam
Wis
Tin
of Rees
Pred
Carroll College
Fred
Hollyood
Calif
Baer
MacMurray
California
Cleans
York City
Paramount
Hollywood
Picturen
Romantis
Tatler
Sreduns
Jol Marofild
England
Laiburn
New York City
Luke O'Connor
Yonkers
Firestone
Ezetone
Stone Auto Supply & Ber
Pew Piretae
Nile Crocodile Duel: Bardonia Man Survives Attack
George Dorste of Bardonia Rockland County, aboard a Nile River steamer in 1912, outswam a crocodile after spotting it near the ship. A native on the pier hurled a wooden piece that distracted the predator, allowing Dorste to reach the dock safely as the crocodile vanished.
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Floyd Gibbons
Bailiwick
George C. Dorste
Bardonia
Rockland County
Egypt
George
Nile River
Nie
Medinet el Faiyum
George Amony
Harikon
George Dorste
Hage Piace
Warep
Geos
Elements for plant growth and French communes described
The text lists essential plant nutrients including hydrogen oxygen nitrogen phosphorus potassium iron and sulfur noting potassium and phosphorus nitrogen needed in larger quantities for plant life and starch production from carbon dioxide. It then describes France as divided into communes, over 10 000 in number with varying populations and governed by elected officials under the 1884 municipal code.
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France
Paris
Bermuda Opens Regular Air Service Link to United States
The National Geographic Society bulletin notes Bermuda's new regular passenger air service with the United States expands the island's role as a health and yachting center and a stepping stone on transatlantic routes. It mentions current routes via Pan American and British Imperial Airways, and highlights navigational aids improving access from the US, Canada, and England. The piece also notes Bermuda's hotels, shops, a perfume factory, and new steel bridge linking St David's and St George's amid rising agro exports.
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United States
Bermuda
Atlantic
Nays & Bullet
National Geographic Secciety
Vernatile Bermudy
Portlanh
Ington
N. Yi
Hamilton
Pan ‘American Airways
British Imperial Airways
Atlantic Ocean
Iina
Canada
England
Nny
Rams
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Jeanne
Mac Murray
Thas Munufield
Poten Weil
Lavniton
Gall Water Hallands
Joly Manefeld
Ringeara
John Manefeld
Shila
Wcamp
Adventurers’ Club
Envie
Chace
Hwa
Hiei
Msingee
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