Air as Principal Element of Earth in 1900s View
In a New York Herald Tribune excerpt, air is described as the principal element and vast atmospheric ocean. It notes 499.00 travelers by air yearly, 20,000 American passengers carried, and the Wrights' 1902 heavy flight success. The piece argues humanity now lives more in air than soil, urging airmindedness and trust in this new reality.
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Wrights
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Elisee Reclus
New York Herald-Tribune
Real Courtesy in English Aristocratic Household Ties
A peer’s daughter’s lady’s maid marries, and the noble mother attends the wedding at St George's Church Hanover Square. The mistress lends her Rolls Royce to the servant, while she follows by taxi, a striking gesture of genuine consideration within old English households.
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Rolls Royce
England
St. George's Church
Hanover Square
London
Mayfair
New General Anaesthetic From Divinyl Oxide Purification
University of California medical school staff announce a new general anaesthetic created by purifying divinyl oxide. The compound is longer lasting and shows fewer objectionable pathological effects, marking a potential advancement in anesthesia practice.
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University of California Medical School
Bride Quips on Cook Lesson Gone Wrong
A lighthearted witticism about marriage and cooking. The bride recalls her husband promised a surprise if she learned to cook, she took lessons and he dismissed their cook.
Discovery dates reveal great explorers, Pele Mele says
In Paris Pele Mele notes that listing the dates of all major discoveries underscores progress and history. The remark frames how timelines mark human achievement and the sequence of exploration.
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Paris
Base Of Officer’s Smuggled Whiskey Cat Trick
A ship’s second officer hides a ship cat in a suitcase to smuggle Scotch ashore. He is halted by a customs guard who demands to see the bag. The cat escapes back to the ship, but the officer retakes whiskey in the suitcase and exits again aboard. He quips that the son of a gun won’t get away next time.
Mistake Was Slight Slip Turns Sermon Into Lawyer Joke
A preacher and a lawyer ride a tale about slips of the tongue during a sermon. The preacher says the devil is the father of lawyers by misstatement, and both agree a slight mistake should be ignored and moved on.
German Monks Rebuild Medieval English Abbey
German Benedictine monks in the Devonsnurg Valley have rebuilt Buc fast Abbey in Ashburton England from ruins dating to the eighth century. Over twenty six years they worked in relay crews of six without outside help and will consecrate the restored grey and yellow stone monastery next August.
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Bucfast
Ashburton
England
Devonsnurg
Dom. Anson- Venter
Tries To Set Example For High Endeavor Leaders
A business leader argues that true progress comes from personal example rather than coercion. He notes that mistakes are inevitable and that self-imposed high standards inspire others more effectively than nagging.
TV Still Not Practical Despite Advances and Limits
The Federal Radio Commission notes substantial improvements in image quality and detail yet says visual broadcasting remains impractical for wide commercial use in the United States. Frequencies are scarce, limiting the number of stations that can operate without interference.
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United States Federal Radio Commission
Commission
Wives Still Expensive In Northern Transvaal
Despite the global price slump, prices for native wives remain high in Northern Transvaal. An attractive wife can still be bought for 12 cattle and a poorer one for eight, with instalment plans unchanged for cattle deliveries to keep the wife in kraal.
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Northern
Transvaal
Bavarian Government Gifts Railway to Private Operator
Bavaria offers a railway with stations and rolling stock free of charge and pledges $2,500 annually to the operator. The government says the line cannot pay its way yet remains open to draw tourists and holidaymakers to the country.
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Bavaria
Sunshades Protect Young Trees At Berlin Railway Station
Near Berlin Germany a row of young trees at a railway station is shielded by large sunshades of close woven netting on wooden frames. The shade structures guard the saplings from noon sun and the trees are reported to have shown unusually rapid growth under protection.
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Berlin
Germany
Salmon Rich in Vitamin D Highlights Dietary Sources
Statement notes salmon meat as a vitamin D source alongside eggs and dairy. It remarks on daily grain price rises as a key cereal market story framing consumer headlines.
Advertising Board Reports 1932 Dollar Stronger Demand
The Advertising Federation of North America announces a survey showing the 1932 advertising dollar will yield better results than in the past two years. Gilbert T. Hodges cites depleted personal goods, thin dealer stocks, improved credit, and price recovery as factors. A check of 102 large companies links higher profits to increased advertising in 1930 versus 1929. Hodges notes recovery in seventy large cities where heavy newspaper advertising prevails.
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Board of Directors
The
Advertising Federation of North America
Gilbert T. Hodges
Hodges
Not Consider Russia Over Wheat Markets Says Walter Allen
Walter Allen of London and director of Spillers Milling Co says Russia has oversold wheat and will not be a factor this season. He cites poor spring crop quality and believes Russian sales will not trouble producers further this year.
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Soviet
Russia
Walter Allen
London
England
Spillers Milling Co
Mr. Allen
Startler strawberry bred after fifteen years work
A new strawberry variety named Startler, developed by two British Columbia horticulturists over fifteen years, is generating high expectations.
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British Columbia
Famous Bonesetter Dead at 76
John D. Reese known as Bonesetter died of a heart attack in Youngstown Ohio at age 76. Born a steel worker in Wales he learned bone setting from a Welsh healer and came to the United States in 1887 rising to a renowned healer with notable patients including David Lloyd George Gene Tunney Ty Cobb Will Rogers and Fred Stone. The Ohio Legislature granted him legal authority to practice by 1900.
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John Reese
John D
Bonesetter
Reese
Youngstown
Ohio
Wales
United States
Pittsburgh
David Lloyd George
Gene Tunney
Ty Cobb
Will Rogers
Fred Stone
Canada joins new Postal Union of the Americas and Spain
Canada, with the United States, Spain and Latin American nations, adopts a postal convention to take effect in March. Delegates from the Pan American Postal Congress in Madrid approved freer transit among signatories, with each country applying domestic rates, and the United States reserving a 50 percent rate rise to Latin America. The union’s name changes from Pan American Postal Union to Postal Union of the Americas and Spain.
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Canada
United States
Spain
Brown
Washington
Pan American Postal Congress
Madrid
Latin America
Pan American Postal Union
Postal Union of the Americas
I Don't See Why You Hate Parties Elmer
A light Arkansas anecdote tells of a young couple preparing for a party. The husband finishes dressing and the wife, approving him, notes he looks good in shoes.
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Arkansas
Elmer
Canada Turbine Installation Reaches 6.13 Million HP
The Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau reports Canada’s total turbine installation as 6,125,000 horsepower on January 1, 1930, about 14 percent of the permissible installation of the known water power resources of the Dominion.
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Canada
Dominion Water Power and Hydrometric Bureau
Department of the Interior
Durminion
Total solar eclipse to cross Canada on August 31 1932
The Dominion Observatory reports a rare total solar eclipse visible in Canada on August 31 1932. The last total eclipse occurred in 1925 and the next across Canada is not until 1954.
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Canada
Dominion Observatory
Department of the Interior
Printing press started for Winnipeg Free Press in Toronto
A new printing press for the Winnipeg Free Press was activated by pulling a lever in Toronto West ward Hoe, marking a modernization step for the newspaper's production facilities.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Toronto
Tribute to England from Baltimore Sun economist
R. M Anderson Jr of Chase National Bank lauds England as a global economic pillar. He credits London with leadership in crisis, timely credit, and mobilizing assets, and notes the U S remains reliant on London's long experience despite postwar shifts.
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England
Baltimore Sun
R. M Anderson, Jr
Chase National Bank
London
Russia Faces Wheat Crop Failure and Machinery Delays
An Illinois machinery instructor reports Russia's 1931 wheat crop is a failure due to ill prepared farm equipment. He notes machinery arrived late and was badly handled, and Russian farmers resist repairs. A Detroit industrialist, fresh from the Soviet Union, agrees on broader machinery issues and casts doubt on the five year plan's reality.
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Russia
Detroit
Don't Lose Your Driver's License In 1981 Wardrobe Tips
A dated caution advises against leaving a driver's license in pants pockets car or bag. It suggests securing the license in a rubber bag hanging around the neck on a steel rope beneath the shirt, likening it to a wartime tin tag.
Fat Man’s Death and Moving Gaffe Highlight Odd Obituary
Block and tackle used by six movers hired by an undertaker to lift 632 pound Charles Bush in a 408 pound casket. Bush, a Los Angeles fat man contest runner up, died of fatty degeneration of the heart. An eclipse broadcast and a quip about universal broadcasting follow.
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Charles Bush
Los Angeles
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