Mountaineer Refuses Medical Aid After Snake Bite Faithful Hesitates Treatment
A 24 year old mountaineer Walter Mills nursed a swollen arm after a rattlesnake bite, insisting on divine healing and rejecting medical aid at a Holiness church near Narrows Virginia. He had earlier bitten himself with a copperhead to demonstrate faith. The scene unfolds in a mountain settlement where services are held five nights weekly.
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Clendening Hollow
Little Holinece Church
Walter Mills
Southwest
Virginia
Narrows
Mills
St Joseph GENUINE PURE ASPIRIN ad claims largest seller at 10c
A vintage advertisement proclaims the world's largest seller of St Joseph GENUINE PURE ASPIRIN at ten cents with guarantee of dependability.
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St. Joseph
Careless Drivers Threaten Record
Chicago dispatch notes American motorists continued a 19 month decline in motor deaths through May but May 1939 nearly matched May 1938 with 2330 fatalities. Rural highway deaths rose four percent while urban deaths fell eleven percent.
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Chicago
National Safety Council Ss
Quote on repeating risky bite incident with faith reference
A speaker recalls a risky bite last summer and says he would do it again if God tells him to. The remark blends danger acceptance with religious conviction and hints at a personal stance toward risk and obedience.
How to Turn Nerves Into Vitality and Poise
A self help note advises nervous people to act decisively and stay active. It suggests brisk walks or calling a friend to release tension, and recommends expanding interests with new activities like games to channel energy into vitality and calm decision making. It promotes a booklet by a well known nerve specialist.
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Helen
Senate Okays WPA Art Projects with spending cap
The Senate approved a continuation of the federal theater and WPA art projects with a strict limit on funds tonight. At Sen Wagner’s urging it set $13,000,000 for art projects, down from about $25,000,000 spent in the current fiscal year.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Theater
Wagner
D.-N.y
Of Interest To Women Q and A on jelly fruits and agoraphobia
Answers note which fruits provide pectin and acid for jelly such as tart apples currants crab apples gooseberries quince ripe berries loganberries grapes and plums. Agoraphobia is a morbid fear of open places meaning fear of the market place. Green outer leaves of cabbage and lettuce are vitamin rich and edible after washing and shredding.
How to Avoid and Over come Nervous Troubles booklet offer
An advertisement requests 15 cents in coins for a booklet titled How to Avoid and Over come Nervous Troubles. Readers are instructed to mail to The Gazette Home Institute at 109 West 19th Street, New York, with plain name, address, and booklet title.
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Gazette
Home Institute
West 19Th Street
New York
N. Y
Shriners Install New Potentate In Baltimore Ceremony
Six foot two hundred ten pound Walter D. Cline of Texas was installed as imperial potentate, succeeding A A D Rahn of Minneapolis, during the Shrinedom convention in Baltimore. William Heim of Philadelphia won outer guard, and George Oldendorf of Missouri became deputy imperial potentate with a 1951 succession planned. Weather gloomy but spirits high as 12 000 uniformed nobles marched in a night parade.
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Baltimore
Shrinedom
Philadelphia
Husky Walter D. Cline
Wichita Falls
Tex
A. A. D. Rahn
Minneapolis
Memphis
Tenn
Imperial Outer Guard
National Council
William Heim
Harold Lloyd
John Zink
Shrine Imperial
Outer Guard
George F. Olendorf
Springfield
Imperial
Cline
Heim
Texas
Lone Star State
Rotary International
Ostend
Belgium
Albert
Order of Leopold
de Molay
Boy Scouts
Imperial Council
Fisherman dentist case: Mrs Naegeli to fix toothaches
In Cheyenne Wyoming Dr Floyd Naegeli often fishes for trout. His wife Mrs Naegeli with two sons took a dentist license exam to help when he is away fishing. The doctor is the only dentist in Jackson population 700.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Floyd C. Naegeli
Police link stair theft to mistaken address in Columbia
Police in Columbia investigate theft report after a frantic homeowner says someone stole 1,000 pounds of iron stairs. Investigators found workers had been sent to remove stairs at a wrong residence.
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Columbia
Worken
Take it from Tifft a man with no first name 61 years
Dover New Hampshire June 28 Tifft has lived without a first name for 61 years yet he still receives mail addressed to him by his surname only.
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Dover
N. H
Tifft
Poison Ivy Cure Ad from Potterfield’s Drug Store
An old classified ad promotes Gates Special Poison Ivy Lotion sold at Potterfield’s Drug Store. It claims the product kills poison ivy in two applications and urges readers to purchase for relief.
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Potterfield
Gates
Tifft Chooses No First Name For Personal Identity
Tifft explains his father disliked his own name Alan and let him pick his own. He says he grew up without a first name and has never felt the need to adopt one. His farm home is listed at Tifft Road in Dover NN.
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Tifft
Tifft-Top
Tifft Road
Dover
Alanson
Windsors Plan Visits to England
The London Evening Standard reports Duke and Duchess of Windsor plan several visits to England. Randolph Churchill states the decision is considered and not rushed, with care to avoid embarrassing anyone, given the complexities of returning to British soil.
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London
INS
The
London Evening Standard
Randolph Churchill
British Admiralty
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
England
Churchill
Cycle Rides Week to Run Across England and Wales
A Cyclist's Good Fellowship Week will be held in Britain with cycle rides conducted from every town and district in England and Wales. The event promotes unity and active sport across local communities and national participation.
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Britain
England
Wales
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