Bernie Survives as Trap Door Pit Caves In
Bernie describes lying in a hidden pit beneath a slab of granite with a trap door. He dug with an iron spike as rain water filled the space, working for 14 hours to free himself by crawling out at 4 a.m. Sunday, saved by Courage and Patience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard F. Engelberger
Cheops
Bernard Engelberger
Bernie
Bernie's Fault and He'll Be the First To Namie
Altman
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Manhattan Island
Living Tomb
WNU
Colonial Furniture Work of the Earliest Settlers
A survey of colonial furniture origins shows three stylistic roots from Dutch English and French influences. Duncan Phyfe emerged in New York around 1784, producing 1795 to 1830 pieces equal to European designers, with the lyre backed chair as a hallmark.
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New York
New England
Virginia
Louisiana
Indianapolis News
Monel
New -York
America
Duncan Phyfe
Phyfe
Facial oil glands persist longer than hand glands
The article notes that facial oil glands stay active many years longer than hand glands due to extra fatty tissue on the face. As hands grow leaner with age, fat decreases and natural oil production drops, reducing skin suppleness.
Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The poem Concord Hymn by Ralph Waldo Emerson was sung at the completion of the Bunker Bill monument in 1836. It features the famous lines Here once the embattled farmers stood and fired the shot heard round the world.
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Ralph Waldo. Emerson
Bunker Bill
Stars and Films Dominate Talk in Movie World
Industry veteran A H Blank notes popular on screen stars. He cites Will Rogers Shirley Temple Clark Gable Mae West Norma Shearer Bing Crosby Claudette Colbert Myrna Loy Joan Crawford and Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers as top draws. Critics favor Laughton Colbert Garbo Gable Temple Hayes. Also mentions Captain Blood star Errol Flynn and radio correction on Buck Rogers airing.
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A. H. Blank
Wil Rogers
Shirley Temple
Clark Gable
Mae West
Norma. Shearer
Bing Crosby
Claudette Colbert
Myrna Loy
Joan Crawford
Fred Astaire _ Gable
Ginger Rogers
Charles Laughton
George Arliss
Leslie Howard
Norma Shearer
Greta Garbo
Will Rogers
Helen Hayes
Shirley
James Dunn
Santa Claus
Hollywood
Pitcairn Island
New York
Santa Anita
Doctor Pressman
Franchot Tone
Fred Astaire
Crocheted Potholders in a Lantern Design
Potholders in red green and yellow lantern motifs are crocheted from heavy cotton. Each 6 inch holder uses the same design with color reversals for effect. No padding needed. Pattern No 732 mailed for 10 cents. complete kit 40 cents from Home Craft Co Dept B St. Louis Mo. Include a stamped addressed envelope.
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Address Home Craft Co
Dept. B
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Wrigley Co Announces Employee Pension Plan
The Wm. Wrigley Jr. company introduces a pension plan effective immediately for over 1,300 employees. Contributions are split fifty fifty between company and employees, with retirement set at age sixty-five.
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Wrigley Co
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
Wrigley
Dare and Dare Again Maxim of Fortune
The text presents a maxim urging relentless daring to shape one's fortune. It claims attacking is the secret and that persistent daring will yield, while failure only invites another bold attempt.
Household Tips From The Era
A collection of practical hints on cooking broiled steak with toasted bread, cleaning colored fabrics, lemon juice to remove matches marks, fern care with ammonia, making indestructible garden labels, gelatin colorants, plant room temperature guidance, cake icing tricks, and separating wedged glassware.
Useless Knowledge Prompt Briefs
A fragmentary note argues that knowledge has limited value unless it sparks evolution of thought. It questions hoarding ideas and emphasizes applying insight to growth and change. No clear event or individuals are named.
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Floyd Gibbons
Bernie Ever
Virginia Vale
RKO
Paramount
Ann Dvorak
Warner Brothers
Captain Blood
Errol Flynn
Mr. Flynn
Ronald Colman
Steve Trumbull
Indiana
Public Enemy No. 1
Buck Rogers
CBS
Middle West
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Guy Lombardo
Eddie Cantor
Major Bowes
Twentieth Century-Fox
Reginald Denny
Colleen Moore
Weeterti Newspaper Union
Clark
Howeonm
Associated Newspapers
K. Heck
Ninth-Chester Bildg
Cleveland
Youlle
Rene
Malien
Mass
Rene Aoe
John
DR. Ripley
Postum
Cripren
General Foods
Tesa
S.r
Gawasal Focds
Battle Creek
Mich
W.N.Y
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