The Operatic Milkmaid and Miss Talley in Farm Dreams
A Corry Evening Journal item reviews the operatic star Miss Talley, 22, and her stated farming ambitions. It muses on whether her grand opera career will continue or shift to farming, joking about her knowledge of farm life and the era’s farm questions as Congress considers agricultural policy.
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Mucion
Pat U
Bob Miss Tally
Talley
Schumann-Heink
Misa
Bassle
Congress
Miss Talley
Talkie and Stage Speak On Their Roles in Film History
Prominent New York producer Al Woolf predicts a temporary shift toward talkies as many legit stage actors move to sound films. He believes talkies will help finance, then return actors to live theatre, as both forms coexist with evolving audience preferences and improved sound.
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al Woolf
New York
Trues
Tilkin
Radio makes polar travel safer says Stefansson
Stefansson cites radio as the greatest change in polar exploration. He notes explorers such as Amundsen Byrd and Dyokt now communicate daily with civilisation, reducing total isolation while dangers and arduous work remain. He recalls the early fourteenth year ago when polar expeditions were cut off from the world for months.
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Stefansson
Will Rogers
Will
Dyokt
Amundsen
North Pole
Byrd
Hallmark Ability Missing From Concealed Speech
The fragment hints at a critique of clearness and truthfulness in communication, noting a lack of openness and frankness. It mentions seeking a mime of certainty and veracity, suggesting a philosophical or literary argument on honest expression and reliability.
Gulliver Financial Warning by Col Ayres on Inflation Risks
Col Leon ard P Ayres warns that high interest rates, inflated credit, and booming stock prices reflect a fragile reserve system. He notes banks borrow from the Federal Reserve to make loans, driving up securities holdings and risking widespread disaster unless banking principles are restored.
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Col
Leonard P. Ayres
Federal Reserve
Ayres Gays
Somme
Content Bank
Btn
Twenty Years Ago as Taken From Journal Files 1909
The article notes a 1909 wedding at St Thomas church with George Hamburger and Grace Mangan wed by Rev Bather Tracy. They plan to reside at 121 West Pleasant Street after a wedding trip. It covers social events including Mozark Club hosting, a gift presentation, a warehouse project, Old Home Week buttons, a granite shower for Lu Lu Triscuit engagement, and J J Ressler moving to Beebe. It mentions a banquet planned for Congressman Arthur L Bates in Meadville to honor his service.
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George Hamburger
Mass Grace Mangan
St. ‘Thomas’ Church
Bather Tracy
Weat Pleasaint Street
Fragmented historical quiz text miscues from 19th century paper
A garbled OCR snippet presents mixed trivia questions and stray phrases. It references William Henry Harrison and Judas, hints at incandescence and milk, and notes a severe wind event with economic losses in Erie and Cleveland. The fragmentary items lack coherent narrative or complete facts.
Ruffians Beat Kane Youths Over Cigarettes At Gas Station
State police seek three men after two Kane youths Eugene Sailer 19 and Emile Peterson 18 were assaulted at a Johnsonburg Ridgway road gas station drive while smoking pipes. Sailer thrown to ground, beaten. Peterson also injured. Attackers fled without taking money. description available, arrests hoped.
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Kane
Dlay
Johnsonburg
Eugéne Sailer
Emile Peterson
Saller
Johnsonburg-Ridgway
Sailer
Petersson
Alling
Manheld as Rum Runner Near Warren Street
Richard K Moynihan was stopped by police at Institute and Harrison streets in Warren Fa after a confrontation with John Setita. Moynihan allegedly carried a gallon can of grain alcohol hidden with liquor beneath his belt. Setita was charged with transporting liquor and intoxication.
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Tameliaws
APTS
Orcs
Richard K. Moynihan
Coast Guard Rushes Aid to Rudderless Freighter
Two cutters battled high winds and a snowstorm as they sped to help the freighter Westhiks, crippled in a 60 mile gale near Charges Shoals and Cape Satie. The ship, carrying 48 crew, was said to be in immediate danger with no sign of the storm abating.
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Hoston
Coast Guard
Cape Satie
A Clock Problem on When It Corrects Itself
A clock loses or gains time and is set correctly at noon. It will be right again after a number of days determined by the rate of gain or loss. The explanation for Saturday’s problem involves subtracting 16 from 20, dividing by 4, and multiplying by 5 to reach the correct interval.
Digest of oddities and book notices from Ripley to Bryan
A New York report surveys curiosities from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not to Howard W. Haggard’s Devils Drugs and Doctora and a profile of William Jennings Bryan. It notes Werner’s Bryn and reactions from Mormons and others. Also mentions Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey selling well in Hungary.
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Paul W. White
United Press Star
New York
Howard W. Haggard
M. D
Hasper
Europe
Lesa
Storsph Hergeshelmer
Saya
Ifa Gin
Thornton Wilder
Bridge of San Luis Rey
Ene
Hungary
Ten Best Sellers Fiction 4 Storm House and More Listings
An eclectic list highlights best selling fiction and non fiction titles with prices from major publishers. It notes Storm House by itathle Norris at Doubleday-Doran and other works by Sedgwick Lewis Diméne Simon and Schuster Houghton Mifflin Knopf Scribners and more. The piece also mentions various literary figures and personal tidbits about book activity and translations.
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Journal
Storm House
Itathle
Norris
Doubleday-Doran
Hester
Anne
Sedgwick
Houghton-Mullin
Dodsworth
Sinclair Lewis
Harcourt-Brade
van Dine
Scribmers
Will Tames
Scribners
Man severely injured by oil unit belt accident
Suba April 22 reports Lee Marvin age 30, manager of Messer Oil, Bolivar, treated at Mountain Clinic Olean in serious condition after clothes caught on a power shaft near a pumping unit. He suffered a fractured skull, neck lacerations, jaw and scalp injuries and multiple bruises. Julian Burdick age 50, president of West Penn Steel, was found dead at his Pittsburgh home reportedly from heart trouble.
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Suba
Caugh
Lee Marvin
Messer Oil Company
Bolivar
Olean
Marvin
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Ata Ebil
Mozark Club
Clmrence Rogers
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Dora Wal
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Lulu Triscuit
Elgin
Bert Watfong
Wayne
J.J. Ressler
Manufactus Erst Association
Arthur L. Bates
Meadville
Hill
William Henry Harrison
Tuthey
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Cleveland
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James Graham
London
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Lausanne
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Bryan
Christ
Bloses
Simon and Schuster
Joan Lowell
Simon and Sehste Y
Emnest Dimnéet
Robert L. Ripley
Joseph Hergesheimer
Knopf
C. Boni
Budapest
Donald Ogden Stewart
Father Willliam
William Brown Meloney
Marcel Schwab
Columbia
Russell Neale
Hobby House
Ruth Raphael
Neale
Louis Untermeyer
Sirvin Cobb
Paducah
Dawn Powell
New Yorke
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
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