Paris Missouri author recalls wild Elsa Maxwell parties
ARY MARGARET Mc BRIDE recalls crazy parties by Elsa Maxwell in the December Cosmopolitan hosting luncheons in the subway tea on a gallery in an excavation supper in a wine cellar and a pool party. She says the all night bunking parties back home in Paris Missouri gave the greatest kick. Subscribe to The Harper Herald.
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Ary
Margaret McBride
Elsa Maxwell
Miss McBride
Paris
Missouri
Flight at Midnight and Our Leading Citizen at Palace
The listing promotes two features at the Palace: Flight at Midnight starring Gene Autry with Smiley Burnette and a London-set tale of saving an old airport, plus Our Leading Citizen featuring Bob Burns as a lawyer mediator in a 1930s city strike and romance subplot with Susan Hayward.
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Man Autry
Palace Theatre
Champion
Montana
Gene
S. S
Smiley Burnete
Tooge
Simely
Phil Regan
Roscoe Turner
Bob Burns
America
Bob
Susan Hayward
Joseph Allen, Jr
Gene Lockhart
Charles Bickford
Ginger Rogers Stars in Fifth Avenue Girl Farce
Ginger Rogers delivers a riotous performance as an unemployed young woman hired to reform a pampered Fifth Avenue clan led by Walter Connolly. The comedy follows two romances and a second honeymoon as the family learns to value the guest in a string of uproarious scenes.
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Ginger Rogers
Fifth Avenue
Comedienne
Walter Connolly
Miss Rogers
Witness Vanishes Crime Club Stage Adaption
The eighth Crime Club mystery is adapted from James Ronald with a strong cast. Edmund Lowes and Wendy Barre star in leading roles in this production based on the original novel.
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James Ronald
Edmund Lowes
Wendy Barre
Biographical sketch of S. L. Brodie and family roots
Stephen Louis Brodie born 1849 in Fayetteville Arkansas moved through Kentucky Texas and Tennessee before settling in Fredericksburg Texas. He married Mary Neal Davis in 1873 and defied doctors by living to age 90 with tuberculosis. Survived by wife’s passing in 1934 and children T K Carr Louis E Laura Alfred Wallace Archie plus ten grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral by Rev P M Burton at Beckmann’s with interment in city cemetery.
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Dr. Brodie
de Hampton
Yorktown
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Kentucky
North Carolina
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Feyetteville
Ark
California
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Jimmy
Louis
Nashville
Tenn
Brodies
Texas
Weatherford
Austin
Brenham
Mary Neal Davis
Virginia
S. L. Brodie
Sewing Machine Company
Fredericksburg
Frederiksburg
T. K. Carr
Louis E
Laura
Alfred
Temple
Wallace
Corpus Christi
Archie Brodie
Lifespan of Herman Grobe Touched by Pioneering Texas Years
Herman Grobe was born May 3 1858 in Guadalupe county and died November 12 1939 near Fredericksburg at age 81. The family faced hardship after his father was murdered by Indians in 1862 and his mother raised eight children through Civil War era struggles. He worked in Fort Clark and in New Mexico and Arizona between 1878 and 1886 before returning to Gillespie county to farm the land where he lived.
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Herman Grobe
Guadalupe County
Fredericksburg
Gillespie County
Fort Clark
New Mexico
Arizona
Vanderbilts Long Sought Prestige Says Writer
The 1877 death of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt left a 105 million fortune, most to son William Henry Vanderbilt to maintain the Vanderbilt railroad empire. Cornelius Vanderbilt III received 5 million, the rest to widow and seven daughters. Cornelius Jeremiah contested the will, claiming insanity and influence by others. The family resolved disputes, expanded social standing on Fifth Avenue, and noted a golden wedding anniversary in 1989 with survivors including Bertha Grobe and several children and relatives. Funeral services were held November 12, 1989.
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Commodore
Chelly Knickerbocker
William Henry Vanderbilt
New York Central
Vanderbilt Road
William Henry
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Cornelius Jeremiah
Maria Kissam
William
Upper Fifth Avenue
Young Aviatrix Jackie Cochran Wins Cosmopolite Honor
Jacqueline Cochran rose from orphaned beginnings and early circus dreams to become a premier woman pilot. She learned to fly in three weeks, earned a private license, and in 1938 won the Bendix Derby from California to Cleveland, then set a women’s transcontinental record.
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Percy Waxman
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Miss Cochran
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Cleveland
Bendix
N. J
Mildew Remedies And Domestic Paint Tips From 1910s Guide
Practical notes advise reducing linseed oil and increasing turpentine to retard mildew on painted surfaces. Mercury compounds are cited as mildew suppressants with a strong warning about their toxicity. Steps include washing affected areas with sodium or potassium phosphite solution, and restoring paint with a specified formula using white lead, linseed oil, and turpentine.
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Sarang Oar
Smallpox Vaccination Urged in Texas by Health Officer
In Austin Texas Dr George W Cox State Health Officer reports smallpox cost Texans thousands since 1980 and 10 764 cases were recorded 1930 1938 with more likely unreported. He cites lack of vaccination as main cause urging parents to vaccinate now to prevent epidemics and save time money and lives.
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Texas
Geo. W. Cox
State Health Department
Former Red Leader Exposes U S Communist Ties
Ben Gitlow former secretary and leader of the US Communist Party exposes its operations in the United States claiming Moscow funded networks and subversive activities. He cites money flows and figures to support warnings of a Russian despotism if the party gains power.
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Bar Browder
Funda
New York
Browder
Aug Alberthal 86 Dies After Long Life in Gillette County
August Alberthal aged 86 died Tuesday night. Born October 15 1853 in Gillespie county son of early settlers Peter Alberthal. Survived by daughters Mrs Galen Ebert and Mrs Hugo Wahrmund of Los Angeles and Mrs John C Barker who died earlier. Funeral Thursday at Schaetter with Rev O Lindenberg. Interment city cemetery.
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Gillespie County
Peter Alberthal
Mary Fahrnhorst
Rosa Maier
Anna
Galen Ebert
Olga
Hugo Wahrmund
Los Angeles
Cal
John C. Barker
Henry
Herman Alberthal
John Durst
O. Lindenberg
Schaetter
War and The Hog Business
Economists from the U S Department of Agriculture foresee higher hog prices and rising hog production as the war impacts pork and lard supplies. Domestic demand, beef and mutton supplies, and shifts in exports and imports shape a potential price rise amid increasing hog numbers.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
E. M. Regenbrecht
Texas A. and
M. Extension Service
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United States
Germany
Alec Templeton In San Antonio
Blind British pianist Alec Templeton comes to San Antonio for the opening concert of the newly formed Symphony Orchestra on Friday November 24. Critics from Chicago and Detroit hail his rare musicianship and showmanship turning formal concerts into lively events with standing room only crowds. Tickets are at the Municipal Auditorium box office.
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San Antone
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Svophnony Orche
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Chicago Tribune
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Alec Templeton
Tinee
Detroit Evening Times
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Symphony Society
San Antonio
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