Counterfeit Money Lesson From an Embarrassing Exchange
A customer recalling a counterfeit incident notes how clerks test bills by lighting and folding. He contrasts a lynch era tale with modern bank handling, stressing that customers should avoid shaming others and that banks deal with bogus currency discreetly and properly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Hangman's Tree
Roosevelt and critics weigh on Rooseveltian policies
The piece reflects on newspaper treatment of Coley Blease's remarks and the administration's response. It contrasts Napoleon's cautious rise with Franklin D. Roosevelt's perceived luck, noting the favorable breaks aiding his office and suggesting skepticism about relying on luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coley Blease
Mr. Roosevelt
North Carolina Must End Liquor Fetish to Focus on Real Issues
An editorial argues the 1936 North Carolina gubernatorial race is skewed by liquor politics. It calls for a special session of the General Assembly and Governor Ehringhaus to implement statewide liquor control or county option, to restore sound governance and address tax fairness and public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Ehringhaus
Motherland of England travel diary by Tom Alderman Sykes
The writer recalls sailing from New York to Southampton aboard the Georgie and touring Devon and Plymouth. He notes Americans in England, reflects on Anglo American ties, and describes preserved medieval sites like Stoke Gabriel and Buckfast Abbey with plans to complete restoration by 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Georgie
Southampton
England
Belfast
Irth
Ireland
Plymouth
Pilgrim Father
Sir Walter Raleigh
Admiral Drake
Soale
Torquay
Devon
America
North Carolina
Brisham
William of Orange
Stoke Gabriel
Old Plymouth
Sexton
Buckfast
Tate
Gery Abbey
After Thoughts Getting the Pension
A columnist reflects on Social Security pensions for the elderly in High Point. He remembers John Stack, who sought a pension before his death, and laments the hardship of aging while praising relief measures and hopeful future security. The piece mixes personal memory with literary allusions and local nods to upcoming sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
High Point
John Stack
John
Relief Administration
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Dr. Holmes
Cappy Ricks and Modern Marvels Parade Through Headlines
A collage of topics from early science fads to book notices, including Willard's freezing ideas, coinage debates, and theater reviews. Notable names appear such as Kyne's Cappy Ricks, Jean d'Remusat, Sheila Fitzgerald, Muriel Rukeyser, and Stephen Vincent Benet, with mentions of Willard, Simkhovitch, and Peruvian honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Vincent Benet
Yale Series of
Muriel Rukeyser
Miss Rukeyser
New York City
Vassar
Columbia
Roosevelt School of the Air
New Theater
Smith A Sylvan Interlude as Cabell’s Next Novel
Publishers Robert M. McBride & Company announce Smith A Sylvan Interlude as Branch Cabell’s forthcoming novel. Cabell has completed the manuscript and the book is set to appear in early fall, marking his second work since he dropped the name James.
Katharine Brush Extends Abroad Stay Through August
Author Katharine Brush prolongs her stay overseas and plans return in August. Her latest book Don't Ever Leave Me continues selling well and garners strong reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katharine Brush
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. P. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Sammett A. Cecil
Mer Edwards
National
Walter F. Hester
Holt McPherson
John Mebane
Carriere Pot
Fc Peegtentestman
Gertred
D. C
Rats Special
Rew York
CNG
Sia Fae Geipuia
Karen City
Atlanta
San Francisco
Cai
Dallas
Ance
Tom Alderman Sykes
Erier
the &P
Ieling
Joe Rawley
Enterprise
Old Widicombe
Ccatch
Wimbledon
Norman Ficher
Leicester
Northampton
Adams
By Jack Field
Worcester
Mass
Mary A. Parker
Watertown
State Hospital
Congress
Illinois
Colorado
Washington
Missouri
Monicker
Simkhovitch
Mexico
Solipada
Dr. Willard
Jekal
Stein
Aaron Stein
New York Post
By Betty and
Peter B. Kyne
H. C., Kinsey
Blue Star Navigation Company
Ricks Lumber and Logging Company
Cappy Ricks
Mr. Kyne
John Skinner
Astoria
Cappy
Lawrence Riley
Samuel French
Hollywood
Struthers
Carole Arden
Spansious
Carole
Mr. Tuttle
Brock Pemberton
Henry Miller
B. M
John Cecil Holm
Abbot
Samuel ii
Erwin Trowbridge
Clarence Dobbins
Trowbridge
Erwin
Pepe
Clarence
Broadway
Alex Yokel
Playhouse
New En City
JEAN & @REMUSAT
Boston
Meadow
Ean T. d'Remusat
France
Tiffany Thayer
Knut Hameun
Modern Library
Paul Gauguin
Bertil Becker
Luigi Pirandello
EB. P. Dutton
Sheila Fitzgerald
Hungary
Budapest
Mise Fitegerald
London
Sheila Fitegerald
Maeve O'Callaghan
Philipp Ainsworth Means
Andes
Peru
Oscar Benavides
Order of the Sun of
Simon de Bolivar
Mr. Means
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Americas
Carribbean
Spain
Antoinette Spitzer
Macaulay
Brooklyn
Miss Spitzer
Judith
Brentano
William J. Gibson
English Book Guild
J. B. Lippincott Company