Tom Sims Says Any Kiss Sparks Anger and Other Tidbits
A collage of quips and observations from 1928 includes Tom Sims on kissing, a note about 60 Chinese jailed in New York, Sing Sing prison slang, small town employment woes, Berlin smoking cars, a misused word, a man shooting his wife over her bobbed hair, London building a giant reservoir, an aviator hitting 300 mph, broadmindedness dangers, shallow brooks, and autos killing two people per hour in the United States. The piece closes with reflections on counting life’s many items.
Puzzle Sign On Ford’s Menu Cards Confuses Diners At Sixth and Clack
A drawing on Ford's Restaurant menu cards at Sixth and Clack streets prompts readers to interpret a sign. The note contrasts a past answer about the Colorado railroad and humorously explains halving the digits 888 by drawing a center line, leaving three zeros above and below.
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Clack Streets
Colorado Railroad
Betroth Children to Reform Their Ways in Rome
In Rome a revival of arranging marriages for girls as young as 16 and 17 and their teen husbands resurfaces. Patrician parents fear for the new liberty given to youths and cite no divorce in Italy as a simplifying factor, with foreign influence from America and England noted.
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Little Joe Regrets If We Could Go Around Each Time
A fragmented line from a casual note expresses wishful thinking about repeatedly facing challenges.
Plans for nationwide adult education outlined
Omaha Nebraska September 28 AP Plans for adult education led by James J Tigert national commissioner of education were reviewed by the board of managers of the National Congress of Parent Teachers associations The plan provides committees in each state to work with education librarians and PTA officers to survey adult education demand and outline non credit reading courses
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Parent Teachers’ Association
Bank Robber Foiled by Woman Assistant Cashier
In Altoona Pennsylvania an armed masked youth attempted a First National Bank of Williamsburg hold up. Miss Emily Tlatterson, the assistant cashier, caught him off guard and covered him with a mistol. The youth fled in a car as the woman fired, her bullets going wild.
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Emily Tlatterson
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