Things I Never Knew About the Phone Book
Walter Winchell highlights the quirky world of phone books and phone manners. He recalls famous scenes from stage and screen, notes long distance rates, and riffs on the personalities who use and serve from the lines.
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Madame Modjeska
Cuse
Luise Rainer
Laurette Taylor
Idn G. Robinson
Greater
New York
Manhattan
Brooklyn
The
Bronx
Queens
Staten Island
What did the Homestead Act provide in 1862
The Homestead Act, signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, granted 160 acres of public land to settlers who met residency and cultivation requirements, aiming to promote westward expansion and home ownership. The act encouraged settlement and development of western territories by offering free land to applicants who improved and inhabited the property for a required period.
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Abraham Lincoln
Hints on Etiquette and Horoscope Advice Column
A vintage style notes page offers prompts on etiquette thanking promptly, whispers of Shakespearean wisdom, and a brief horoscope urging generosity and affection. It includes a one minute test with questions about a duck species and a 160 acre farming homestead for qualified citizens.
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U. S
Tragic Car Stall In Ditch Sparks Fire Fatality
In Albuquerque a car driven by Ernest Benjamin stalled in a ditch at night. A friend tried to help by striking a match and an oil spill ignited, fatally injuring Benjamin while Milton Grande, assistant fire chief, said there was little chance of rescue.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Ernest Benjamin
Milton Grande
Benjamin
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer
A reader facing a large crossword puzzle with numbered across and down clues including Hindu city and various word meanings. The list spans common terms such as seed coat pineap ple and gar ment, plus utilities like storehouse for ammunition and civet animal references.
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Tim
Donald Duck
Air Lady
Blondie
Daisy
DAIS
Mandrake
Snuffy
Carl Seely
Balitis
Lone Ranger
Er's Dam
Palooka
Beany Bogart
Japan
Philly
Buzz Sawyer
Buz
Franco
Franco Dear
MR. Sawyer
Etta Kett
Burke Winfield
Mickey Finn
Miss Tite
Mickey
Phil
Guard
Walter Winchell
Weather Information Girls
Time Information Girls
Astor
Roosevelt
Joplin
Prince Albert
Seattle
Washington
Lower Manhattan Isle
New Orleans
Louisville
San Francisco
Bay
Hick's
5Th Ave
Grantland Rice
Marc Chagall
Francine Larrimore
Cers Nelle Fisher
Beatrice Kraft
Rosalyn Tureck
Frieda Hempel
Moss Hart
Margaret Webster
Dorothy Kilgallen
Bernice Parks
Jerome Robbins
Publicity Service
Tenier
City of
Superman
North Pole
Canada
Shakespeare
Othrs
Scott
Leibnitz
King Pmt
YALE
BY Rj.scott
Kimberley
Diamond Mines
Eugene Sheffer
Horizontal
Monkshood
Sun
Rational
Ardor
Pennsylvania
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Barney Baxter
Baxter
Gus
Barney
Cupie Snyde
Slug Brannick
Cupie
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