Lehman Directs New York Flood Relief Effort
Federal and state relief agencies and the Red Cross unite across five states to fight disease and hunger amid floods that have killed more than fifty and caused about 30 million dollars in damage. Gov. Lehman takes personal charge with 20,000 relief workers in devastated New York as medical teams rush in and guards deliver supplies to isolated towns.
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Albany
Red Cross
Herbert H. Lehman
New York
National Guard
Finger Lakes
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Susquehanna
Towanda
Debunker on Native Terminology Papoose Debate
John Harvey Farbay argues Indian mothers do not use papoose for children, noting it is an Algonquian term used by few. He says the word spread mainly through white writers and was rarely heard among most Indigenous people.
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Public Letser. Inc
Treasure Island Scouts Rescued After River Incident
About 352 Boy Scouts and leaders camping at Treasure Island near Trenton NJ were rescued after a river incident. Roughly 50 additional boys were involved in the emergency, with all parties reported safe.
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Delaware River
Treasure Island
Trenton
Island flood toll and city orders amid water crisis
The Delaware River floods north of Trenton with two drownings and an estimated 300000 dollars in damage. In Hornell New York officials imposed near martial law to curb disease and Mayor Leon F Wheatley ordered police to detain racketeers trying to corner drinking water.
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Rotary Island
Trenton
Delaware
New Jersey
New England
Hornell
Leon F Wheatley
Health column letters show gender interest split and quirks
The piece notes letters received last year for a health column, estimating about twice as many from women as men, with half of women’s letters advocating for men. It weaves in anecdotes about a doctor, a shirt, and odd laws, ending with Connecticut blue laws restricting Sabbath activities.
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Magazins
Ol’ Doc Brady
Connecticut
Will Rogers on roads and patriotism in wartime analogy
Beverly Hills letter from Will Rogers jokes about Mussolini waiting for a dry day to wage war, praising good roads. He quips that chambers of commerce could promote roads to avoid wartime layoffs and remains patriotic in rain or shine. He muses on the Absynian king and League of Nations dues.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Chambers of Commerce
League of Nations
Fairbanks Plans Return to Hollywood Films
Douglas Fairbanks Sr will quit globe trotting and settle in Hollywood to start production on his first locally made film in four years. United Artists, of which he is a part owner, announced he will return January 1 to begin work.
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Hollywood
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr
Caroline
United Artists Picture Corporation
Doug
Real estate transfers in Cedar Rapids area records
Property transfers involve Anna Pohorsky to Henry and Libbie Blazek as joint tenants. John Steinbeck to David Nederhiser. Nederhiser variants to Steinbeck and Griffin. and J F Hepker to Fred J Rabe. Transfers note nominal consideration and recording dates in 1935 Cedar Rapids deeds.
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Anna Pohorsky
Henry
Libbie Blazek
Cooper and Crissmans
Cedar Rapids
John P. Steinbeck
David
Georgia Nederhiser
Dean's
J F Hepker
Fred J
Mary A Rabe
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Targeting Kidney Health
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a diuretic to flush kidneys and reduce bladder irritation. It urges readers to buy the product for relief from nocturnal urine, burning, backache, and cramps, noting a 35 cent price and origin from Haarlem, Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
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Chicago
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Will Rogers
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the Maytag Company
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