Hope Diamond shooter becomes Bronx marble legend
A group of Upper Bronx youths gather for a marble championship with a prized shooter named the Hope Diamond. The tale traces its mythic past from Rhode Island origins to Whitey Wizcoczki and Charlie Hersch, ending as a lone Riverdale competitor steps forward to claim it.
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242Nd Street
Bronx
Triborough Bridge
Spuyten Duyvil
Hope
Chepachet
Rhode Island
Hymie Michernick
Nells
Riverdale
Striking Portrait In Brief Fiction Corner Scene
A mysterious Pancho Ortegn a draws quiet attention in a sweltering Cano saloon where a reader’s calm gaze contrasts with urban heat and rumors of head hunting. Narrator Juan hints at deeper intrigue behind the calm surface, prompting curiosity about Ortegn as the story unfolds.
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Pancho Ortegna
Cano
Cabeillo
Ortegnn
Juan
Eee
Ortegna
The Price Mystery of Heads and Shrinking Rituals
Juan explains Ecuadorian penalties for possessing a head while Pancho Ortegna, a scientist, investigates the shrinking practice. He travels among tribes facing hostile retribution and mysterious disappearances as he seeks the proper ingredients and methods behind the ritual.
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Juan
Pancho Ortegna
Matty
Pancho
The Shrunken Head and the Hope Diamond Shooter
An eccentric tale follows two men who meet at Cabello’s while a frightened bystander recalls Pancho Ortega. A sensational game ball called the Hope Diamond dazzles players then winds up in a hospital with Whitey Wizcoczki, a boy with broken ribs.
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Ire Sondergaard
Whitey Wizcoczki
Harlem
Harry Winston
Hope
Harry
Albert
Jackie
Hymie Michernick
Michernick
Sheltered many a care and a morning wake
A speaker recalls guarding others from harm until a moment of awakening comes by a shining note and nature's touch. The scene shifts as birds, grasses, dew, and a lark lift spirits, then the cares vanish, leaving the speaker to begin anew in quiet confusion and resolve.
Actor Corn Dall Featured in Film Debut and Rope Fame
Inez Gerhard notes Corn Dall's breakthrough in his first film The Corn Is Green and his noted turn in Rope. She praises his early sympathetic role in Deadly to the Female for United Artists, while acknowledging no overnight success and his long apprenticeship in the craft.
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Alfred Hitchcock
United’ Artists
Mirror Mind: Fascination With Older Women and Career Change
The article discusses fascination with older women as rooted in a man’s desire to be mothered, noting Beaconsfield as a counterexample and warning that childish love needs hinder life and marriage. It also argues class is defined by belonging and work, not birth, and advises seeking new jobs when growth stops, except for those whose primary interest lies elsewhere.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Benjamin Disraeli
Emotional Disturbances Linked to Asthma Causes
A WWI and WWII insight shows emotional disturbances trigger asthma in many cases, not just allergies. Doctors find nervous tension often outweighs allergy, suggesting patients manage anxiety to prevent attacks while treating nasal and throat defects.
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al Association
Hardie
Health Notes on Patient Communication and Stomach Symptoms
Fragmented health note discusses patient mood appetite and stomach discomfort. Mentions physician guidance and the need for individualized care in understanding digestive symptoms.
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Broadway
Main Street
Billy Rose
Charlie Hersch
Whitey
Diameskacter
Wizcoczki
Grink
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Cabelio's
Cabello
Pancho Ortegual
Cabelo
Grace Noll Crowell
China
Leeli Lofelay
Father Stin
Shiela
Uae
Betel Eet
Inez Gerhard
Richard Centers
Lawrence Gould
BY Don Moore
U.S
Eero
Marjoe Gortner
James W. Gorton
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