Molly Burnham’s Marriage Proposal Rejected on Broadway
Molly Burnham, a successful Broadway playwright, asks fiancé Jack Wells to marry her but he declines. He says he can’t be Mister Molly Burnham and money and fame have altered their paths. Molly leaves the restaurant distraught as the city moves on.
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Molly Burnham
Jack Wells
Molly
Jack
Bob Newton
Red Flynn
Bob
Jedn O
New York
Flatbush
Mister Molly Burnham
Rita
Planning a Home Why Not This Quixotic House
Chicago readers are shown a far out home concept by Fuller who proposes a 6000 pound six room house built as an airplane like structure. Made with casein walls a central duralumin mast and inflatable floors it can be sold by the pound at 50 cents. It features a mall of conveniences including a grill gun range ice box and dishwasher.
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Jof Love
NEA
Chicago
Richard B. Fuller
Fuller
The Library Visit Sparks a Lover’s Tale
A woman, moved by tragic love stories of Isolde and Tristram and Beatrice, reads about lovers who suffered heartbreak. She gathers books at the library and, reading by lamplight, is interrupted by Red at her door in a scene poised to continue.
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Jack
Molly Darlin
Rita
Isolde
Tristram
Dante
Beatrice
Paola
Francesca
Antony
Cleopatra
Abelard
Heloise
Red
The Woman's Day and the Permanent Wave Craze
A 14 year old girl and the family discuss the new permanent wave trend affecting hair from childhood to adulthood. The author rebukes the craze while admitting personal misgivings, joking about aging and the bite of modern beauty standards.
A Personal Diary on Permanents and Hair Fashion
The narrator recalls trying a permanent wave despite warnings and returns to observe family jokes as generations look back. She notes barber misgivings and society’s evolving views on beauty while anticipating a holiday season with hair still in wave.
What Price Peerage And Honors Costs In Britain
London columns note that attaining peerage or knighthood carries steep costs. Orders like the Garter and Bath require about 3 549 in mantles jewels and related regalia. Sir Douglas Haig would have paid 4 600 if not for fee waivers.
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London
Garter
Bath
St. Patrick
Douglas Haig
Infinite universe measured by Dr Silberstein
Dr Ludwig Silberstein told the American Physical Society he measured the universe using Einstein velocity theory. His calculations yield a radius of 32 500,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles, more than 35 million Earth radii.
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New York
Ludwig Silberstein
American Physical Society
Einstein
Shortest Air Mail Route Proposed Across North Atlantic
The plan envisions a new air mail corridor between the Belle Isle straits on Newfoundland’s north coast and Vancouver on the Pacific coast of Canada, creating the briefest European to Orient route in the near future.
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Europe
Orient
Straits of Belle Isle
Newfoundland
Vncouver
Canada
Pacific
Lee's Laxative and Cathartic Compound Ad
An advertisement touts Lee's Laxative and Cathartic Compound as a permanent relief for gas in the stomach and bowels. It claims to ease gnawing stomach pain, anxiety and heart palpitations, bloating, and cold limbs by preventing gas interference with circulation. Available at Mann Drug Stores in High Point, North Carolina.
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Lee
Mann Drug Stores
High Point
N. C
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Hetella
Marcel
Carrie Nation
Jezebel the Witch
Endor
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Netherlands
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Bread American Bacerizs Company
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