Fame by feats and stunts: a tour through quick notoriety
A lively survey lists diverse paths to fame from radical stunts to pageant titles. Highlights include Ernest Vincent Wright writing a 50000 word novel without the letter e, Dr. Thomas H. Staggers stacking 3585 matches on a beer bottle, and Jackson Whitlow fasting 53 days. It also notes Louis Waynai and a giant Bible, chin golf champions, and a parade of queens and remarkable families, all illustrating how quickly publicity arrives in modern times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Staggers
Cleveland
Ohio
Dr. Staggers
Jackson Whitlow
Stooping Oak
Tenn
Tanner
Minneapolis
California
A. H. Wiseman
Los Angeles
Terrence MacSwiney
Louis Waynai
Tennessee
Eunice Winstead
Charlie Johns
Inez Swanson
Feng Yu-Hsiang the Christian warlord of China
Big bulbous General Feng Yu-Hsiang, longtime anti-Japanese figure, is described as devout a fighter and reformer. The piece notes his rise, revolt episodes, retirement stints, and spiritual retreats on Tai Shan, where he studied Confucian classics and ran a private university with seven teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Feng Yu-Hsiang
China
Gwe
Japan
Japanese Tientsin Concession
Chiang Kai-shek
Feng
Chiang
National Military Council
Chaohsien
Anhwei
Peking
Mary Morrill
Maine
Miss Morrill
T’ai Shan
Chou
Sacred
Morrill
Fun with cross stitched towels pattern 5858
Pattern 5858 offers transfer motifs for six designs average 6 by 7 inches ideal for dyeing towels with cotton floss. Includes material needs color suggestions and stitch illustrations. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY for this pattern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Stop Liquor Habit Remedy Ad
An advertisement offers a quick relief liquor habit remedy saying patients can obtain treatment by sending $3 or writing for a pamphlet. The notice instructs mailing in a plain wrapper to Standard Products, Box 5862, Metropolitan Sta., Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Metropolitan Sta
Los Angeles
Safe to Learn It Said By C C Coiton
A compact quotation attributed to C C Coiton emphasizing that learning remains safe even from adversaries while giving caution about instructing friends. The note frames learning as a universal value with limited risk, contrasting enemies and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Coiton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmo Scott Watson
United States
Joe Dokes
Emerson
Ernest Vincent Wright
J. O. Whipple, Jr
Princeton University
Whipple
Thomas H.staggers
Bete
Calif
Abagail Leffingwell
Warren Rapelje
San Gabriel
San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce
Commerce
Kennard E. Goldsmith
Portsmouth
N. H
Child Bride
Edna Mae Potter
Reva Whitcomb
New York State
Rochester
NRA
Fred C. Perkins
Doris Harrison
Bartow, Fla
Florida
Winter Haven
Kalita Humphreys
Galveston
Texas
Ellen Harkonen
Pelkie
Mich
Michigan
Muriel Wolfson
Lakewood
N. J
Mitzie
Greene
Miami University
Oxford
Missouri
House of Representatives
Kansas
America
Emperor Norton
Woodlawn
San Francisco
Joshua Norton
Mexico
Mark M. Sanderson
East Ellsworth, Wis
Sacred Mount
Krona Oh Meat Ads
Nature
Dean's
Leggat Hotel
Heart of Beata Loe District
Shatner
Roy
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