Four Escorts and a Wallrus: Helen’s Prom Night
Helen Proctor faces a social scramble as four escorts vie for her attention at a junior college women’s prom. Harold Granger, Walter Drew, Ned Stevens, and Tom’s friend Bob King converge, each with hidden motives, ending with Bob’s sudden love and a resolved, chaotic romance behind the scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy McNair
Helen Proctor
Tilden College
Helen
Harold Granger
Harold
Walter Drew
Walter
Ned Stevens
Ned
Daisy
Bob King
Tom
Bob
The
Blue Heron
Blue Aeron
Eelen
Lato
Canada Finds Gold in Fish Off Atlantic and Pacific Coasts
Canada reports gold in fish caught off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The year 1929 total catch weighed 1,024,221,000 pounds with a value of $26,170,350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canafla
Atlantic and
Pacific Ocean
Oster Merely Jocular in Famous Suggestion
Sir William Oster born Bond Head Ontario July 12 1849 died Oxford England December 29 1919. Educated Trinity Toronto McGill Montreal studied medicine in London Leipsic Vienna. From 1889 to 1904 he was professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. He joked about stopping work at age 60 and Trollope’s idea of college and chloroform.
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Oster
Sir William Oster
Bondhead
Ontario
Canada
Oxford
England
Trinity College
Toronto
McGill University
Montreal
London
Leipsig
Vienna
He S
Johna Hopkins’ University
Baltimore
Anthony Trollope
Mementoes of Watt Revealed in South Kensington Museum
James Watt’s garret workshop, housed in his Birmingham home and shut for thirty years after his death, is preserved in the Science Museum at South Kensington. A 1858 pamphlet recounts the opening, with ashes in the grate and coal in the scuttle. Minerals, chemicals, and dusty remnants reflect Watt’s pursuits and the passage of time.
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James Watt
Greenock
Scotland
Birmingham
England
Science Museum
South Kensington
Watt
Samuel Smiles
Mathematical Dog Story From Islington
Dr William Moodie recounts a retriever that could perform arithmetic for the National Council for Mental Hygiene. The dog barked the correct number of times to answers such as square root of nine and sums like two plus three, with observers unsure of any signal from the master.
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William Moodie
Islington
England
National Council For Mental Hygiene
Doctor Moodie
California condor bones found in distant cavern
Evidence shows the California condor ranged far east of its current habitat. In Conkling cavern, New Mexico, about 100 bird bones were recovered, including a California condor identified by Dr. Hildegarde Howard of the Los Angeles Museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Conkling Cavern
N. M
Hildegrade Howard
Los Angeles Museum
Victory Four Year Old Adapts Speech To Handkerchief
Young Dorothy, four, struggles with English, favoring a simpler word. During a social gathering she insists on saying hankerfish when discussing the item, declaring she will not say me anymore and will speak like an adult.
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Dorothy
Access to Library of Congress Books Limited to Officials
The general public cannot draw books from the Library of Congress. Privilege is limited to congressmen, public office holders and select researchers. Interlibrary loans allow access via the borrower’s public library, with consultation only on site.
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Library of Congress
Proverbs Considered Reflects Speech From Country and Town
In Ernest Weekly's Atlantic Monthly essay, Proverbs Considered, the old countrybred speech is praised for its substance while the young urban talk is criticized as thin and full of cheap cinema slang. The piece cites Lord Chesterfield's view that a national proverb clashes with breeding, and notes the speaker's sleep in a grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Chesterfield
Ernest Weekly
Atlantic Monthly
The Salem Witchcraft Delusion and Its Origins
An account of the Salem witchcraft episode tracing its origins to Puritan fears, the 1692 trials, and the three women blamed for the girls strange behavior. It notes the lack of fair defense, the mass hysteria, and the eventual realization of the delusion’s baselessness.
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Massachusetts
Samuel Parris
Elizabeth
Abigail Williams
England
Tituba
Goody Osborn
Sarah Grand
Griggs
Satan
Salem
Wheeler Syndicate
Penitent Returns Stolen Goose After Priest Refusal
A dialogue recalls Balzac style humor as a penitent admits stealing a farm goose. The priest directs restitution, but the thief offers the bird to the owner who refuses. The tale ends with the penitent keeping the goose, as the priest had advised. Hummel, Hamburg.
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Balzac
Penitent
Hummel
Hamburg
Storms Reach High But Stick Low in Air Show Sky Span
Recent meteorological notes indicate storms disturb only the denser air within seven miles of the earth. The storm tops seldom exceed half a mile, allowing many aircraft to pass above or through. Storms can span up to a thousand square miles in width, with sprawling, dangerous outbreaks.
Local social notes from Washington Township Indiana
Washington Township residents and visitors are listed with kinfolk visits and church attendance. Several names appear including Byron Frick, Paul McIntire, Josiah Fisher, Margaret Crooks, Hellen Rankin, and J A Fisher among others. Josiah Fisher suffered a wagon accident last Monday when a team spooked by Mr Boyer caused the front wheel to run over his right leg and ankle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Frick
Indiana
Paul McIntire
Sagamore
Howard McCausland
Josiah Fisher
J. &. Bilystone and Sons
Roy
Glenn
Margaret Crooks
B. H. Fitzgerald
Nettle Fitzgerald
M. J. Boyer
Walter Harman
Sara and
Ethel
J. A. Fisher
J. B. Orr
Mr. Boyer
Mr. Fisher
Carl Miter
J. 5. Blystone
Rochester Mills Social Notes Dated Week
Rochester Mills, Mr and Mrs Ira Drummond of Johnstown were town callers during the week. Mr and Mrs Philip McClain of Ernest visited with Mrs Margret Gray. Mrs C W Warner of Punxsutawney stayed with relatives. Mr and Mrs C C Moore of Glen Campbell and Mr and Mrs Evrette Moore of Indiana visited their parents Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charlie Galentine welcomed a son on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Carnahan of Indiana spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs T M Gilparrie. Mr and Mrs Lisle Elder and family spent Saturday in Indiana. Mr and Mrs Ivan Miller and son Rouwland of Indiana spent Friday with Lisle Elder. Wayne Elder visits aunt Mrs Ira Drummond in Johnstown for a few weeks. Some detours not paved with good intentions. Florente Meruld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Miller
Indiana
Bryan Miller
J. N. Frick
Ruth
Near Atwood
Leroy Bush
Edna Hamilton
Ambrose
J. A. Park
Josiah Pisher
Lutheran Church At
Harmony Grove Lutheran Church
Florence Park
WA. Fisher
Dayton
M. J. Raver
Clete. Fisher
J. A. Fisher
Joly Russell
Joel Fisher
Mira
Ralph Pragh
Bryan Orr
Ira Drummond
Johnstown
Philip McClain
Ernest
Margret Gray
C. W. Warner
Punxsutawney
C. C. Moore
Glen Campbell
Everette Moore
Charlie Galentine
Carnahan
T. M. Gilparrie
Ivan Miller
Rouwland
Lisle Eler
Wayne Elder
Florente Meruld
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Pennsylvania
Associated
Western
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Associated System
Associated Gas and Electric Securities Company Incorporated
Buchheit
Buchheit Bros
Penna
Washington Township
Rochester Mills
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