Presidential Poll Booms Nation-Wide
Nation wide Presidential straw vote via weekly newspapers aims to capture small town and rural sentiment in a 1936 election year. Non-partisan poll shows past accuracy within 59 percent of official returns and 3.5 percent in 1932. Readers urged to vote, clip, and mail ballots to Maryland and New York poll centers for nationwide tabulation.
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America
New York
Journal
Autocaster Service
Borah
Landon
Idaho
Roosevelt
Maryland
Caroline County
Straw Vote
Show Boat and Hearts Divided At Dentonia Theatre
In a busy Dentonia Theatre week, Show Boat returns to London sets, while Hearts Divided features Dick Powell with Miss Davies. The program includes Hot Money a Warner Bros. comedy, plus political polling discussions by the Democratic National Committee official Charles Michelson’s critique of Farm Journal and Liberty League influenced straw votes and media manipulation.
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London
Universal
Irene Dunne
Dentonia Theatre
Dick Powell
Fearts
Harry Warren
al Dubin
Marion Davies
Baltimore
Washington
Paris
Miss Davies
Jerome Bonaparte
Napoleon
My Kingdom
Powell
America
Louisiana
Betsy Patterson
Warner Bros
William Jacobs
Better Business Bureau
Farm Journal
Joseph N. Pew
Sun Oil Company
Pew
duPont Liberty League
Wallace
Landon
Mr. Pew
Roosevelt
Liberty
Liberty League
Charles Michelson
Democratic National Committee
Echoes of Show Boat Across Stages and Years
Echoes trace Show Boat from Edna Ferber novel to Kern and Hammerstein musical. Starting in 1926 Broadway run, then London 1928 29 eight months road tour, revived in New York for eight more performances. The piece surveys the long life of the production and its touring history.
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Edna Ferber
Kern-Hammerstein
Broadway
London
New York
Forecasting the Election Through Straw Votes
The piece discusses the use of straw votes and sample balloting to forecast the presidential outcome. It notes radio broadcasts may share public opinion trends but stresses methods should reflect an honest forecasting purpose rather than precise prediction.
School health check for a child starting school
A doctor advises a six year old preparing for school to be in top health. He checks vaccination status for smallpox diphtheria and notes the need for protection by September. The mother confirms prior vaccines and the doctor stresses still assessing overall readiness.
Health advice from a doctor about preventing illness in school
A physician counsels a mother on protecting Bobby from infections and health risks at school. He stresses eye and hearing checks, proper dental care, pupil lighting, and a robust home routine. He urges parental activism with the PTA to improve classroom lighting and school policies, and endorses keeping contagious children home.
After School Guidance From Mc Calls Magazine
The passage advises allowing a child to sleep in his own bed, supervise home study in a well lit room, protect eyesight at home as at school, and regularly visit an oculist. It likens a parent to a coach, offering reassurance after injuries to shins or self-esteem.
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McCall’s Magazine
Scarcity of Elementary Teachers Predicted in Maryland
The Maryland State Department of Education warns of a projected shortage of about 300 elementary teachers over the next four years. It cites 184 teachers placed in 1934-35 and 195 in 1935-36, plus limited college enrollment and faculty constraints at Salisbury State Teachers College, which plans to admit 150 freshmen to reach its largest enrollment yet.
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State Department of Education
Maryland
State Teachers College
Salisbury
Auditor's Order Nisi in Caroline equity case
In Caroline County Circuit Court equity No 3350 Chy the Auditor's Report filed in the proceedings is ordered ratified and confirmed unless unleasond cause is shown within three weeks from August 22 1936. A copy of this order must be published in a Caroline county newspaper for two successive weeks before August 31 1996. Clerk T Clayton Horsey. True Copy-Teat
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Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
T. Clayton Horsey
Notice of responsibility for marital debts
I hereby give notice that I will be responsible for no bills contracted by my wife Mollie E. Scott who had left me without just cause. (8-22 14) W. E. Scott, Denton, Md.
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Mollie E. Scott
Salisbury College offers work scholarships for teachers
The article notes Salisbury College’s strong enrollment, with 200 in 1935-36 and about $3,000 in New York A funds for work scholarships. It highlights efforts to provide homes for work in lieu of room or board and a total annual cost of 316 dollars for all expenses. Two thirds of 1936 graduates already secured county teaching positions, while some three-year grads pursue further degree work.
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N.Y. A
Salisbury College
County School of Maryland
Four Year Graduates With Placements Of Each
Flora Hawkins Harford Jump Raymond Talbot Keesee Maine Montgomery Lawless Bernice Caroline Lusby Annie Prince George s Oland Charlotte Montgomery Pruitt Dorothy Worcester Four Year Graduates With Placements Of Each Carey Madalyn Sleward Carolyn Worcester Hales Eileen Dorchester Potts Ethel Frederick Todd Ruth Prince George s White Martha Montgomery County
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Carey
Madalyn
Sleward County
Fvans
Carolyn
Worcester County
Hales
Eileen
Dorchester County
Potts
Ethel
Frederick County
Todd
Ruth
Prince George's County
White
Martha
Montgomery County
Leftovers Verdable Casserole Recipe
A vintage kitchen instruction for a layered casserole called Verdable. It lists ingredients: hard cooked eggs carrots flour milk salt butter spinach and cheese. Directions note making a white sauce, then layering vegetables and eggs, and baking at 400 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.
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Arkansas
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Rosevelt
Eciloes
Ridgely Theatre News
Tim McCoy
Dad
Jones Family
Fox
Ridgely Theatre
Jones
the Ridgely
Raft
Dolores Harrymore
George Raft
Dolores Costello Barrymore
Ida Lupino
Reginald Owen
James Gleason
Lynne Overman
Richard “Skeets” Gallagher
Edgar Kennedy
Shirley
Shirley Temple
Michael Whalen
Cess
Bobby
Auditor's Order
Nisi
Calvert C. Merriken
Annette Boland
Frank Boland
W. E. Scott
Denton, Md
ESSO
Essolene
Ssolene
Standard
OIL
Tyna
OF New
Copr
Faso, Inc
Jersey
Adams
Rebecca
Prince George’s Co
Burns
Harriet
Drechsler
Clotilde
Carroll County
Greig
Ellen
Sultana Brand
Sultana Noodles
Bel Early Mante
HEINZ
California
WILLE
A & P Food
A&p
Nectar
Mayfair Tea
Nutley
United States
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Dean Lundquist
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