Marathon of endurance feats defined a quirky era
A retrospective on 1920s and 1930s endurance contests shows Americans pursuing bizarre records from long dance marathons to flagpole sitting. Notable efforts include Alma Cummings dancing 27 to 100 hours, Shipwreck Kelly atop a pole for 12 days, and various feats across cities with prizes and growing publicity.
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Atmerdean Hiastery
Mars
Sallie Rope
Negress
Kansas City
John Hinsin
New York City
Val Menges
Dan Henderson
Jonesboro
C. S. Carter
Groton
W. I. G. Meyers
Alma Cummings
Brok
California
Viola Pompey
Eleurace Dunn
Los Angeles
Ocean Park
Kelly
Newark
N. J
Bill Willisins
Hondo
Texas
Pikes Peak
L. R. Rose
Rule
Galveston
New York
H. P. Williams
Champaign
H. B. Schmidt
Relty
Baltimore
Avon W. Foreman
Willie Wentworth
Simeon Stytites
Belle Plaine
Iowa
James Parks
The Christian Home: Pleasing God in Our Home
A synthetic study of the ancient references on the home as a divine institution. Makers of the home are the married pair. divorce is viewed as sin except under the fallen state. Topics cover ideal marriage, family duties, the place of God's Word, early training, Christ as guest, and mutual duties within the household.
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Tim
Duke
God
Matt. Vas
Christ
Nazareth
Timothy
Primitive sun dance by Fort Hall Indians sparks denouncement
Spokane Spokesman Review quotes a harsh editorial belittling Fort Hall Indians in Idaho. It mocks their sun dance, describes scant clothing, and argues civilized whites would seek spectacle and profit through prolonged dancing contests.
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Focatello
Idaho
Fort Hall
United States
Spokane
Wash
Spokesman-Review
1928 Foreign Financing Peaks in U.S. History
The sentence notes that 1928 marked the second largest year for foreign financing in the United States, indicating a peak period of international investment and lending activity during the late 1920s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Faith Prayer for Strength in Hard Times
The message urges reliance on faith during misery and sin, stating that any burden can be faced with increased faith. It emphasizes that nothing is impossible to faith and calls for spiritual resolve through prayer.
A Daily Thought About Love's Paradise on Earth
A fragment expresses that the core of a loving heart makes the world feel like paradise on earth, portraying love as a source of deep joy and radiant feeling. The line hints at a contemplative, intimate tone about affection's restorative power.
Arizona fair draws full state representation in Phoenix
The twenty fifth annual Arizona fair in Phoenix marks the first time every county and state section is represented. Oil prospects expand near Chambers as QO L Hart and R G Scanlon lease 56 000 acres for drilling though no commercial oil shows yet.
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Arizona
Phoenix
QO. L. Hart
R. G. Scanlon
Chambers
Ariz
Garvie L. Womble
T. A. Alford
Rue Chrisman
Roswell
New Mexico
Estancia
Encino
Lucy
Mountainair
Torrance County
Woman praises Vegetable Compound for renewed health
Mrs Exca Ricmargos of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania says she was run down with fatigue and loss of appetite. After eight bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and similar tablets she began to improve and can now eat again. She offers to answer letters about the medicine.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Chautauqua St. N. &S
Pittsburgh, Pa
Birth control advocate Mildred Mattison ends Kansas City lecture with joke
The Detroit Free Press quotes Mra Mildred Melville Mattison recounting a childhood friend George Jones who boasted of eleven children. She joked about his large family saying he had gone stork mad after meeting her in Cincinnati.
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Mildred Melville Mattison
Kansas City
George Jones
Cincinnati
George
Milly
Detroit Free Press
Reason Enough Sap-Why did they bury the cap tain at sea
Head-Because he was dead.
Not So Good for Florist as Old Customers Marry
A florist notes business declines as longtime customers settle down. The comment highlights social shift causing fewer repeat clients and suggests a picky market in local commerce.
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Peanut
Cortese
Calif
Warisker
Elmo Scott Watson
Maryland
P Or Fitzwater
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
South West
U.S. Employment Service
U. S. Department of Labor
Denver
Clovis
Carlsbad
Bernalillo
Lea
Yuma
Flagstaff
McNary
Ajo
Stewart Mountain
Superior
Hassayampa
Tucson
Santa Fe
Woodsel Moore
Jack Douglas
Raymond Nakiskik
Gordon Sewyer
Doan
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