Boston Censors and Senate Spin in 1930s era column
National Advertising Representative details appear before a Boston censorship piece listing banned works by Wells Russell and Hemingway among others. The essay critiques Boston’s role as literary censor and contrasts it with the Senate’s filibuster tendencies and parliamentary delays in a Hoover era context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
HG Wells
Bertrand Russell
Count Keyserling
Conrad Aiken
Teodore Drelaer
Sherwood Anderson
St. John Erving
Ernest Heminway
May Sincair
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair Lewis
Game of Correct English Excerpt by W L Gordon cha rts quiz items
Language exercise list asks about sentence correction pronunciation spelling and word choice from a 19th century style guide. It includes questions on punctuation misused words and homophones with parts of speech and fill in the blanks. Answers to yesterday's exercises reveal terms like amendment chatter and hostility along with examples and corrupted OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E.r. T.t
Two Entéles and the Space Between Them
Problem from a 1910s newspaper asks for the area between the centers of two 20 ft diameter circles placed so each center touches the other. The rest of the fragment notes the death of Dr. Snodgrass, Meadville’s oldest practicing physician, aged 71, after illness, survived by his widow and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Snodgrass
Meadville
Tory
New UW Brakeshie Company Forms with Officers
Twenty years ago a news brief reports the formation of the UW Brakeshie Company with officers President Louis Atinthes Vice President Elmers P. Mavis Searstary Treasurer J B Austin General Manager J J Ressler and a directors group. The firm sought a plant at Walton New York to obtain immediate orders while the Corsy plant is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brakeshie Company
Louis Atinthes
Elmers P. Mavis-Searstary
J.B Austin
J. J. Ressler
Hie
John SB Reiltings
Sheffield area looting minstrelsy rehearsals and warehouse thefts
Readable items describe rehearsals for a Veterans of Foreign Wars minstrel show in Sheffield led by Charles Hoffmaster at the VFW home on West Washington street. Also noted: federal investigation into a 100 case whiskey stock at a warehouse on 10th and Gerren streets, with Mrs Munson and her husband implicated, and calls for disabled veteran jobs and broader compensation reform in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
U.S
10Th
Gerren
Monuy
Grave Munson
West
J Street
Jethlan Sram
Munson
Wis
Archie W. Thompson Post
Veterans of Foreign Wave
Charles Hoffmaster
West Washington Street
Washington, D.C
National Legislative Committee
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Edwin S. Bettelein
Ehaire
V. Flw. Legislative Committee
Local Society Notes and Property Transactions Highlight Evening
Mra Judson Carnellie entertained the Cule Leaf Club at her home on N Genter Street. Gordon and Son purchased gray Perederon horses. The Raymond Mfg Co. bought stock, machinery, and equipment of Box Mix Co. spring department and moved to Hust Church Street. Rolland Van Tassell moving to Wm Brown place. Jackman returns to his farm. A postal card shower honored Mrs J A Loste on her 71st birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Judson Carnellie
Hey Home
N. Genter Street
Gordon and Son
Benverdany
Raymond Mfg. Co
Box Mix. Co
Hays
Shedr
Hust Church Street
Rolland Vani'Tassell
Corwin Jackman
Fragmented historical quiz prompts on monarchy and geography
A garbled set of questions asks which English monarch had the longest reign which island gained independence via the Spanish American War what is the weight of a carat which city is the oldest in the world and what is Seward's Folly also mentions Thomas Yafterson in a jumbled format.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Thomas Yafterson
Changes Announced At Titusville PRR Offices
A number of changes were announced at the Titusville offices of the PRR yesterday, including the transfer of Supervisor May Ian Jones to serve as assistant to the division engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Ian J. Jones
Vote on Jones bill tomorrow in House action
Washington edition reports the House rules committee favored the Jones bill setting a maximum five year sentence and an $11,000 fine for violation of prohibition laws. The measure is expected to be brought up for consideration tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Hamworth
P. RK
Milioh Cildwell
Mali
Mbou Lown
Becauke
Cromwell
Texas
Amarien
San Angelo
Tex
Cromyel
Shefield
Ruben Calt
New York
Sheffield
Williamssport
Ateer
Hucke
Washington
Hajiss Rules Committee
House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Corry
South Street
A. D. Colegrove
Arthur Colegroves
National
Fred Kimball
Shiedoth St
Chicago
Carabor of
Coens
United States Senate
Congress
Hoover
Senate
Feller
Taritt
W. L. Gordon
Journal
Carl Cranwell
Warren
Tel
Ca Cromwell
New Mexico
Arizona
Scott
Erie County
Veterans Post
Walter Scott
Ice County
Washington, J. G
Veterans Bureau
U. 3
Congressinhal
Veteran Bureau
Worldar Service
Algahiitien
J. A. Loste
Pat Abul
Newhouse “Shoehouse
Jones Bill
Unites Presa
Wade
North Center Street
Cretonnes
Gretonnes
H. Cretonnnes
J. A. Lanston
United Press Hamisburg
Sti
Sémivel
Lewis
Guover
Delaware County
Toy
Fisher Loday
Way
Just
Frank C. Chapin & Sons
North Center St
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!