Fearful Catastrophe II Mile High Edifice Is Built By DANIEL P WILES
New York builders weigh a two thousand foot tower as a possible postwar project but geologists and aldermen warn the earth cannot bear the strain. Estimates show a 2000 foot height would impose about 546000 tons of load on the crust, risking collapse without new materials or designs.
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Daniel P. Wiles
New York
Mother Earth
Chicago
Totham
Manhattan
Greater
Gothan
Motherarth
New York Board of Aldermen
America
Paia
Globe trotting by label and the fake world traveler trend
A London portmanteau label scheme offers fake globe trotting for 50 cents a trip. Buyers paste labels from destinations such as Hong Kong Hobart Paris and Monte Carlo on trunks for a spoof travel experience. Vendors in London Paris and Strand say fully labeled bags sell for two weeks at 250 and 60 to 75 cents weekly. It attracts attention from boarding houses and summer resorts and gives a sense of prestige.
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London
Hongkong
Hobart
New Zealand
Paris
Rome
Monte Carlo
England
Nice
Cannes
Rhine
Strand
Fiddle Shaped Church Vane Stands Above Great Gonerby
A Great Gonerby church near Grantham features a large metal vane shaped like a fiddle and bow. The ornate weathercock came from a peasant who earned a modest living as a street musician, later prospering abroad and funding the church with a condition that his old fiddle be mounted atop the building.
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Great Britain
Great Gonerby
Grantham
Far West
A Bird's Vanity Amuses Guests Amid Tariff Debate
In a lawn gathering three men argue over tariff revision while a canary perched beside a mirror becomes the distraction. The bird stares at itself, mimics vanity, and draws chuckles as the discussion swirls with references to anti injunction planks and equality of opportunity.
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Yellow Dog
Miss Allen
Salome
The Great White Way Honeymoon Climb Incident
A couple on their honeymoon climbed a peak and spotted a long white streak stretching toward their hotel below. They guessed it might be a large hotel overtaking them as they pressed onward.
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Schnapfelgapfen
Spitzent Peak
Hlaven
Household Reform for Plain Living and High Thinking
Reform pledges to overhaul domestic life and social order. It calls for breaking up caste, redefining domestic service, and aligning vocation with personal conscience and love. Authorship is attributed to Emearzon, reflecting a domestic reformist stance.
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Emearzon
Practical Fashions Misses Semi Princess Dress Pattern
Misses Semi Princess Pattern No 2511 offers a tall slim girl dress with Dutch or high neck and long or short sleeves. It details tuck placement for a broad-shouldered look, suitable fabrics from cotton crepe to woolen materials, and yardage for sizes 14 to 17. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name address and pattern number. STREET AND NO.
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Pattern Department
LADIES CIRCULAR DRAWERS PATTERN DETAILS
Pattern No 25389 opens circular open drawers for summer wear. Eight sizes 22 to 36 inch waists. material needs for 26 waist include yardages for 36 and 42 inch widths plus edging and insertion. may be made in cambric nann sook batiste jaconet or Persian lawn with ruffles or embroidery edging. instruction notes to send name, address, size, and pattern number to Pattern Department.
Phrase of the Philosopher of Jolly on Red Rag Target
The quote emphasizes diverse methods to achieve results but claims the red rag reliably hits the bullseye. It presents a witty take attributed to a playful thinker dubbed the Philosopher of Jolly. The remark foregrounds a metaphor about focus and provocation in aiming at a goal.
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Jolly
Why He Wanted to Know in the Night
A pawnbroker sleeps when a furious knock raps his door. He peers from the window and asks what is wrong. The knocker insists, demanding to come down and learn the time from the pawnbroker in a terse exchange.
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