Small town columnist reveals aid to dying wife for serial reading
Dudley Chamberlain of Marietta Ohio tells how the Ladies Home Journal advanced the galley proofs of Melville Goodwin U S A to aid his dying wife Julia. The couple planned to read seven installments over seven months as she battles cancer.
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Columbus
Dudley Chamberlain
Julia
Melville Goodwin
U.S. A
Chamberlain
Columbus Citizen Today
Ladies Home Journal
Nice Journal
Marietta
Will
Cerlain
Crean
Gun-Toting Deputy Prefers Slingshot in Canyon Town
Lanky Bill, a handy man with a pistol and multiple FBI shooting match records, favors a slingshot for fun. He can split a rattler or splat a rat at 50 paces, noting the game’s curiosity and that a lead ball thud won’t deter critters.
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Canyon Town
Bill
FBI
Genial Stranger Buys Wrong Beer at Tavern
A distributor attempts to push a new beer brand into a tavern. He invites customers to sample and orders the bartender to pour it, only to learn the brand is unavailable. The distributor remains good humored as the incident unfolds. Roy W. Richardson, an FBI agent, is mentioned entering Richardson's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Richard Acsoes
Richardson
FBI
Enrollees Learn By Correspondence Across Wide Spectrum
The University division reports a busy year of correspondence study with enrollees from far flung areas. Students include a polio victim recuperating at home, a state inmate earning degree credit, an airline stewardess, public school teachers, housewives, and military personnel from Army Navy Air Force and Marines. Many study under government contracts and VA funding while immigrants also enroll for citizenship courses.
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Chapel Hill
of Correspondence Inn Ee
Carol
Acro
Mary
L. Gob
U. & Sth
Miss Cobb
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marinees
United States Armed Forces Institute
Veterans Administration
U. S
Wind Unit Opens New Space Vistas
In Berkeley a university wind tunnel studies the 80 to 200 km above earth. It achieves speeds up to 950 miles per hour in a small stainless steel tube. Naval and Air Research funds supported the project. The tunnel simulates high altitude conditions beyond ordinary wind tunnels. Meanwhile steel firms buy saplings from farmers to stir molten steel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Unier of Cain
Berkeley
Naval and Air Research
Sci
Vienna’s Dial In a Day of Odd Local Calls
A quirky Vienna record of odd call traffic includes listeners dialing for prayers taxicabs weather signals and even tuning tones for instruments. The piece notes callers unintentionally reach various city services and shops while a daily dinner recipe and stock tickers surface in the chatter.
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Vienna
Prater
Alte Hof
Presons
Rare First Edition of The Boston News-Letter Found in Utah
A likely fourth copy of the first U.S. newspaper, The Boston News-Letter, was found in Salt Lake City by Belt Daily, a 78-year-old son of a pioneer family. The edition is dated 1704 and its provenance links to a family wagon journey across the plains. Prof. Quintus C. Wilson noted the piece would fetch high value from collectors, even if not an original copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Boston News-Letter
United States
Belt Daily
Utah
Ley
Plains
Illinois
Quintus C. Wilson
Hard man to beat Brockton worker kept on job at 82
Ernest L. Jenkins, 82, has worked as a sorter at a Brockton shoe plant for 61 years. He continues to work each day without glasses, showing remarkable longevity and dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brockton
Mass
Ernest L. Jenkins
French Fashion of the 1820s Two Waistcoats Formal Dress
Correctly dressed Frenchmen of the 1820s wore two waistcoats on formal occasions a vest of white pique over one of black velvet in the velvet edge rolling over the white.
Athlete's Foot Causes and New Treatment
The article explains athlete's foot as the common foot itch infection often caused by irritants and neglect. It notes recurrence after apparent cure, typical toe involvement, and spread to the sole, with brief mention of a new non irritant treatment zinc andecyclenate in powder and ointment form that clears up in three to four weeks.
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King
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Waum
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North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Bureau of Corres
Pondence
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Bureau
Dr. W. McKee
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