Absent minded professors rivaled by real life misadventures
The humor column compares the absent minded professor to real cases. Charles Kradak of Port Keree takes his boy on a Philadelphia trip and misses the return train. Raymond Bentie, preparing for marriage, wanders into a church wedding, joins the ceremony, then congratulates the couple and departs, leading to a second wedding with his bride arriving with a minister. The piece notes such feigned absent mindedness exists in life.
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Foltis
New York ‘Tribune
Charles Kradak
Port Ke
Roy
Philadelphia
Fctiow
Real
Ite
Alaska Women Surpass Men in Growing Settlement Trend
An Eucentes Research Association report cited by the Syracuse Herald notes Alaska’s population shifting toward family settlement. Across 1900 to 1920 the male to female ratio declined from 1958.9 to 168.5 per 100, and age-group ratios show progression toward stabilization with 804.5 to 100 in forty plus, 108.1 in twenty-nine to fifty-nine, and 1007 in under twenty, signaling fewer nomadic singles and more family settlers arriving.
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Alaska
Eucentes Research Association
Northern Territory
Ywlance
Tuidus
Syracuse Herald
First Library Duty and a Cranky Patron
A library evening duty turns awkward as a patron mocks a novice librarian over a requested book. The chief librarian’s disapproving gaze lingers, revealing the sting of judgment in the Chicago Tribune excerpt.
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Chicago ‘Tribune
Speeding crackdown blocks road near Nor’easter bar
Cant Best Thi Barrie, the town official of Nor Aas, Mase, enforces the antloped ordinance with a roadside patrol. A police brother stands by a signal to warn speeding drivers to stop. a man with a fed mower aids enforcement. A belt of short spikes across the highway is noted but no one has yet past it.
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Barrie
Nore
Land of Queer Beasts Australia Noted for Odd Mammals
The land is famed for peculiar fauna where familiar mammals are scarce and marsupials fill the void. Humorous large marsupials replace many forms found elsewhere, a phenomenon not seen outside Australia and resembling American opossums in uniqueness.
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Australia
America
Symbol of Russian Tragedy in Soviet Housing
Eleanor Franklin Egan humorously describes a bourgeoisea stove made from salvaged sheet iron as a symbol of Soviet hardship. The device heats, cooks, and fuels conversation while poor homes smoke and endure bitter winters, illustrating a tragedy in modern Russia with stark irony.
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Eleanor Franklin Egan
Saturday Evening Post
Soviet Russia
Russia
Forced to Give Up Harem and the Turkish Change
A discussion on how poverty war and social shifts press Turkish women toward freedom. Education world movements and the need to sustain families drive new labor participation, while traditional male resistance wanes under fiscal strain and wartime demands. Mrs Gould observes a Lakewood family scene with sharp irony.
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Dreness
Bessie Beatty
Century Magazine
Chemicals From Corn Cobs Cut Furfural Cost
Department of Agriculture chemists report new methods to extract furfural from corncobs cutting production costs. Furfural, used in resins, varnishes, inks, and printing plates, could drop to about ten cents per pound from corn cobs, which yield the highest furfural among common agricultural sources. Bulletin notes commercial potential and economic impact.
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Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture Bulletin
Visitor admires church monument as cleaner jokes about cleaning faces
A visitor in an ancient church admires effigies of knight and dame with children, and the cleaner jokes he has washed their faces when a duster was all expected. Birds travel far as many species undertake 4,000 mile migrations each season, a humbling note on feathered travelers.
Ellenboro News Highlights School and Social Visits
William Bland, a Boiling Springs student, spent the weekend with his parents. Mrs. H G Withrow visited her parents. C L Harrill and D J Maurice fished in Bridgewater Friday and Saturday. Nan Blanton returned from Washington DC. Mrs C H Blanton goes to Rutherford Hospital for an operation. Friends wish D B Harrill a speedy recovery. Mrs Joe Gettings of Apex visits sister Mrs C F Gold.
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Llenboro
William Bland
Boiling Springs
Messrs
C. L. Harrill
D. J. Maurice
Bridgewater
Nan Blanton
Washington, D. C
C. H. Blanton
Rutherford Hospital
Mrs
Joe Gettings
Apex, N. C
Mrs. C. F. Gold
West End Notes Selections Of Local Social News
Mrs Laurette May of Henrietta spent the week end with her mother Mrs W G Trout. Mrs J L Stroup returned to Shelby after visiting her daughter Mrs C H Grose. Born to Mr and Mrs James Trout on Thursday Oct 19 a boy. Mrs D C Cole and baby of Cliffside spent last week with Mrs Alpha Cole. Mr H L Hyder home from Charlotte for the week end. Mr Rathmell Baker left for Florida for the winter. Mr Joseph Robinson and family visited King's Mountain Saturday with Mr Phillips Robinson.
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Laurette May
Henrietta
W. G. Trout
J. L. Stroup
Shelby
C. H. Grose
James Trout
D. C. Cole
Baby
Cliffside
Alpha Cole
H. L. Hyder
Charlotte
Rathmell Baker
Florida
Joseph Robinson
King’s Mountain
Phillips Robinson
Rutherford County Sheriff Candidate Announcement
A Republican candidate for Rutherford County Sheriff asks voters to seek divine guidance before voting. He pledges honesty and asks every voter to pray for guidance at the polls and to accept the election outcome calmly.
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Rutherford County
Forest City dog bites lead to livestock loss warning
Mr. J. 8. Carpenter of Forest City Route 3 reports a mule and two cows lost last week after rabid dog bites. Local mad dog scares have been frequent, prompting a warning to dog owners to keep their pets close. Then B. B. Doggett urges readers to buy a Ford and spend the difference.
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Carpenter
Forest City
Route 3
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