The Major's Chastenings
A lively 1931 Meclure Newspaper Syndicate piece centers on Mella, her schemes, and the Major as he resists entanglements. Mella schemes to bend Billy Beverley to Joey Dancy, while the Major frets, derides her plans, and faces the prospect of being kept by Mella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meclure Newspaper Syndicate
Mella
Mela
Ella
Martha Elinor
Mela-Mella
Elior Jamiieson
Alftily
Ellott Gore Jamieson
Amiifor
Joey
Billy
Dancy
Daney Piazza
Jovy
Melly
Vin
Hiva
Agy
Pune
Jose Son
Merla
Joey Panes
Clara Barton Memorial School Landmark in Bordentown
Clara Barton, famed educator and Red Cross founder, faced initial skepticism in Bordentown New Jersey before her six pupil start grew into an educational landmark. The Red Cross funded the building purchase while the site remained uncaptured by the organization and Burlington county teachers preserved the interior faithfully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bordentown
N. J
Clara Barton
Dwightstown
Red Cross
America
Burlington County
Miss Barton
French view on American wastefulness sparks debate
Louis Thomas reports for Capper's Weekly that French critics see Americans as gamblers who chase quick wealth, producing widespread wastefulness. He cites war cooperation profits, a lack of steady income, and a culture of lavish spending, with even women lacking domestic discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Thomas
Capper
The
Opinion
Thomas
Saya Hows
Europe
Flying grain sowing airplane promises vast field coverage
A New York Sun description details a flying grain sower plane that plants an 86 foot wide strip at 40 mph. Seeds are expelled by air pressure through a perforated tube. a thin stream of lime or fertilizer outlines the field. Capacity reaches 610 acres in six hours, vastly outpacing manual drilling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
New York Sun
Inaugural Loud Speaker Makes Speech Reach Vast Crowd
Washington crowds heard the inaugural address via a hidden Bell system device that amplified the President elects voice to a distant half mile. The setup, designed by Bell laboratories and used by Chesapeake and Potomac and AT&T, required a large team to operate the transformers amplifiers and speakers beneath the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Capitol Building
Bell Telephone System
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Laboratories
Capitol
Indians All Of Same Race Say Doctor Monson
Dr Frederick Monson of New York and Pasadena argues that all American aborigines share one race from Hudson Bay to Alaska to the southern tip. He cites regional types from Maine to the West and Mexico as variations formed by diet and environment, noting Eskimos differ in nose shape and skin oiliness. He warns white treatment of red men has been harsh since Plymouth Rock.
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Hudson Bay
Alaska
Frederick Monsen
New York
Pasadena
Monson
Maine
America
Doctor Monson
Mexico
Plymouth Rock
Wireless Waves Fire Oil Wells Origins Explained
Reported oil well fires have puzzled investigators as sites sit deserted. Desdemona Tex man St M McLiain proposes fires are caused by wireless waves interacting with metal in derricks. He notes multiple fires occurring without human action and offers a provocative theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. M. McLiain
Desdemona
Tex
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Denton Journal
Mw.vin Sen
Jornson
Elvin & Johnson
Beverley
Lown
Jamie Son
Billy Beverley
Bly
Joey Dancy
Mello
Nore
Harding
Short & Company
Mullin’s Home Store
Wilmington
Caroline County
Burrsville Hardware Store
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville
Maryland
Nisi
J. Thomas Frampton
J. Jerome Frampton
Co-Partners, Trading Ag
J. T. Frampton & Son
Henry Collins Et al
Orphans’ Court
Equity
R. E
Calvert C. Merriken
Richard T. West
Elisha H. Harper
William J. Shawn
J. Howard Pastorfield
Register of Wills
Fordson
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Denton Auto Company
W. P. Canros
B. R. Kater
P. R. Fisher
Charles B. Harrison
John H. Collins
Bessie N. Collina
Circuit Court
Lawrence B. Towers
True Co
Thomas J. Daffin
Margaret W. Daffin
A. D
Lawrence
Towers
State Road
Denton
Greensboro
George E. Culver
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
WM. Pepper Constable
Maryland Trust
Baltimore
Elkton
ST. Paul
DR. J. Pred Emerson
Denis Brown
Rennett
International Stocking Mills
Norristown
D.R. Johnston
Twin City
Shannahan & Wrightson Hardware Co
Twin City Tractors
the Peoples Bank
Henry T. Nuttle
Prest
T. F. Johnson
F. R. Camper
Continental Life Insurance Co
Wilmington, Delaware
Baby Shop
Goldsboro Street
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