Lights of New York After Trumbull
Columnist recalls Francis Wallace a former Knute Rockne publicist now back from Hollywood with Stadium likely to become a film. He notes William Slavins McNutt wrote the continuity and Richard Arien may star. A lighthearted tale includes Arlen and Howland, a streetcar of anecdotes, a levity about a cop and a road trip to a speakeasy ending with a comical domestic caper.
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Francis Wallace
Knute Rockne
Noves
Hollywood
William Slavins McNutt
Richard Arien
Wallace
Arien
Royal Flying Corps
Dick Arlen
Jobyna Howland
Housekeeping
Arlen
No Mercy for Alien Smugglers Ring Exposed
United States authorities vow to prosecute a large smuggling ring based in Canada that over eight years moved at least 104 aliens annually into the United States for sums from 10 to 9000 dollars and later coerced victims. Nineteen arrests include three government clerks a lawyer and a victim.
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Washington
United States
Mammoth Ring
Canada
Ateast
Crimaipals
Henry Roe Cloud and Allies in Turbulent Times
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Henry Roe Cloud, Loy Veight, and M. Owen Adlerik in a discussion about upper and old pois. The readable fragments imply a historical or biographical context with incomplete names and unclear events.
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Ika
M. Owen Adlerik
Pois
Ois
Leaves Bare in Dental Care Tips from Fruit Juices
An excerpt advises using orange juice to reduce dental bills and prevent decay. It praises organic acids in citrus as pleasant and appetite friendly for growing girls. Suggestions include marmalade from citrus, lemon juice with salt as dentifrice, and brushing after meals and at night. Ripened bananas are recommended for lunches and as a nutritious option.
Coal cinders for heat and frosting tip from 1931
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union item shares practical home hints. It explains sifting and storing cinders for kitchen heat, the method to extinguish dust, and how to use saved eye whites to whip a light frosting. It also suggests rolling doilies around a covered cardboard tube to prevent wrinkles.
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Western Newspaper Union
Town Seeks to Distance Itself from Billy the Kid Legend
Silver City residents and the Silver City Independent argue that Billy the Kid was a minor local figure who did little harm. They recount that he merely broke into a Chinese laundry one night, was jailed, escaped via a chimney, and never returned to the town.
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Silver City
N. M
Billy the Kid
Bily
Billy
Independent
The Children’s Corner Puzzle Piano Note Guide
A playful explanation of piano keys, noting white keys as letter names and black keys as sharps and flats. The text describes sharp names being above flat names on the picture and invites readers to solve the puzzle by locating the middle of the plane image to find the real answer.
The Bart Song Note Reading Guide
Instructional note explains finding a note with a symbol over it first in the picture then on the piano. It guides playing up the keyboard watch reaching the symbol with two lines. It directs starting The Bart Song on that note and using the chart to read across from left to right with pauses indicated by commas and noting if notes have one or two lines.
How to Make a Plant Protector a SEA
Dick plans a spring garden with tomatoes radishes and lettuce. He builds a plant protector frame from thin wood strips and uses small holes drilled in side strips for nails as he works.
How It Started
The piece notes that the phrase to rule with a rod of iron stems from the Bible, appearing in Psalms and Revelation, reflecting historical use to describe strict governance and discipline. cites long-standing usage across languages and origins in the biblical text.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Century Old Water Mill Still Working in South Moscow
A century old water mill on the Wolf River half a mile from town center is operated Saturdays by owner W. Ll. Pearce. Farmers from miles around bring grain to be ground into flour, making it one of the few remaining mills of its type in the South.
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Moscow
Tenn
Wolf River
W. Ll. Pearce
Primitive garden device and weapons reuse tale
A fragment describes a crude garden frame using a box and eye hook to tilt a container, planned as a height adjustable device for a garden project. The text also notes a report from Kaifeng, Henan, where ancient Chinese idols of brass and iron are being melted into swords for modern warfare, with local leaders approving the use.
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Kaifeng
Henan
Phillips Milk of Magnesia antacid and dental magnesia ad
Four STOMACH Four STOMACH UST a tasteless dose of Phillips Milk of Magnesia in water. That is an alkali, effective yet harmless. It has been the standard antacid for 50 years. One spoonful will neutralize at once many times its volume in acid. It is the right way, the quick, pleasant and efficient way to kill all the excess acid. The stomach becomes sweet, the pain departs. You are happy again in five minutes. on't depend on crude methods. Employ the best way yet evolved in all the years of searching. That is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. Be sure to set the genuine. he ideal dentifrice for clean teeth and healthy gums is Phillips' Dental Magnesia, a superior tooth paste that safeguards against acid mouth.
New Caddie Delights In It But Not The Bag
On his first day as a caddie the boy expresses enthusiasm for It while grumbling about carrying the bag. The employer asks his opinion and the youth replies he is crazy about It, except for the load he must bear.
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Weekly
Scotsman
Suited Him Curves Back as He Speaks of Style
A brief quarrel or exchange recalls a remark about curves and fashion. The dialogue features a speaker named Joe reacting to a comment about oblong women and curves returning in style. The exchange hints at gendered body image discourse and social attitudes of the era.
Important Change in Bessie Blowitt’s Marital and Career Status
Bessie Blowitt is described as married and a wage-earner no longer. The reply restates the change as a wage-burner instead of wage-earner. The dialogue highlights a shift in her employment status.
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Bessie Blowitt
Kruschen Salts Promises Fat Loss for Women
Advertisement touts Kruschen Salts as a fat loss aid for women worldwide. Daily morning dosage of half a teaspoon in hot water claimed to reduce fat and boost energy, with a money back guarantee. The pitch notes improved eyes, skin, vitality, and a slimmer figure, urging readers to buy an 85 cent bottle lasting four weeks from drug stores.
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