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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1932
Page
9
Sophie Tucker finished The Last of the Red Hot Mammas at the Palace theater when a backstage blaze erupted from a floor lamp short circuit. More than 1700 patrons fled into Times Square as four people were injured and Bill Robinson fled the stage.
An old advertising blurb claims Hill's Cascara Quinine will knock a cold in hours. Take two tablets and follow box directions. if it fails, you pay nothing. The ad emphasizes a scientific formula to end colds quickly and cheap, with a money back guarantee.
Ellen and Larry drift through a scorching Coney Island Sunday with Ellen supporting her family. He lends her a dress, they flirt amid rides and sideshows, share meals on a hotel roof, and drift toward deeper feelings as the day ends with a time cue about to be spoken.
Ellen and Larry share a late evening on a hotel roof after a mistaken plan to join Dreamland. He buys her dances to appease Salomon and tensions rise as their moment ends with restrained longing and an unresolved parting.
Tulsa golfer Ray Fike watched his iron shot from the fairway rebound off a tree and strike a rabbit dead between the eyes at a local course. The incident left players discussing the unlikely hazard on the fairway.
A playful exchange shows a wife listing many concerns while the husband welcomes discussion about desires and missing things, reflecting domestic humor from Berlin.
Delegations from foreign fur houses attend the Second Soviet Fur Auction in Leningrad on March 1 to bid on a vast Russian supply. Last year 67 buyers, led by 19 from the United States, purchased about 95 percent of furs offered, with total sales around 1.384 million dollars. The annual auction lists large volumes of squirrel, ermine, fox, lamb, lynx, and more while allowing 15 percent down, with letters of credit accepted.
A newspaper summary notes that more than 47,000 women are currently employed in United States banks, reflecting a significant presence of female workers in the banking sector.
An announced device converts ordinary newspaper type into Braille for readers. A crank-operated machine feeds letters under light and marks duplicates in Braille for easy tactile reading.
A dialogue from Notenkraker presents a ciphered exchange about a ledger. An inventor asks what he invents and answers excises for not the rent, hinting at clever legal or financial devices embedded in a playful puzzle.
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