American Guide Preview Reveals Oddities and Lincoln Beard Fact
Washington reports the government unveils an early look at the American Guide, a six volume WPA reference with geography and history. It includes notes on Mark Twain’s opened mail, a Virginia dispatch to a druggist, and Grace Bedell urging Lincoln to grow a beard.
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Washington
Government Today
Lincoln
Hell-for-certain Creek
Kentucky
Works Progress Administration
Missouri
Mark Twain
Mrs. Clemens
S. L
Samuel L. Clemens
Twain
Virginia
Martha Washington
Alexandria
Mr. Stabler
Michigan
Grace Bedell
Westfield
N. Y
Abraham Lincoln
the Liberator
The Unknown Human Race and Serene Reflections
A physician of European birth with a metropolitan practice reflects on immortality and ignorance. He cites Alexis Carrel's Man the Unknown and the biblical plea Forgive them for they know not. The dialogue explores faith science and humility amid a mutual friend's passing during the tercentenary of Har- referenced events.
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Alexis Carrel
Next Week’s Movies at Dickinson and Nearby Theaters
A crowded slate of screenings at Dickinson Theater and Granada, Varsity, and other houses list Marie dress star pairings and revival runs. Herbert Marshall Ruth Whit Simon star in Girls Born Thurs Friday Saturday while Fredric March Warner Texter Janet Irymore June Lang appear in The Apes to Glory at Granada.
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Fredric March
June Lang
Warner Baxter
Lionel Barrymore
Micol
Vba Telin Law
Patee Theater
Travis i Bengal Teer
Robert Clop
Tunet Gstyiar
Simahawn Girl
Gretarn
Sierard Jack
Jayhawk Theater
Carroll
Murphy
Crabbe
Unknown Man Is Still the Enigma of Life
The essay discusses how even learned savants cannot explain human body mind and spirit yet warn of humanity’s ignorance of intelligence origins. It cites Carrel on eye development and moral beauty as civilization’s basis while noting modern man’s reduced mystical and religious expression and a call to humility before the unknown.
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Carrel
Pather
General Features Syndicate
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues Mixed
A scrambled cross word puzzle fragment lists numerous across and down clues with varied word lengths and partial entries, including terms like Widen an opening, Act of kindness, Retained, Senseless, Paradise, and many others, interleaved with letter-number markers and partial names. The readable portion suggests a typical newspaper puzzle page with clue strings and scattered letters, lacking coherent article context or complete solutions.
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Tors Sue
Martinique
California
Paradise
Flashes of Life from Local Pages
An Honest Man and a misquoted dairy ad from Delaware. A Geneva couple’s naming mix up prompts a wife’s first name mystery in a directory query. A Waverly golf tale ends with a sharp slice toward Sayre, Pa.
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Geneva
N.Y
Directory
Waverly
Edmund Burke
Shepard Hills Country Club
No. 9
Fairway
Peggy Helme
Sayre
Spiders Invade Grade School Prompting Holiday Closure
A school fell prey to a literal flood of black widow spiders prompting authorities to close and fumigate the building for safety. Also reported: dog Buster, a churchgoing shepherd, died after chasing a rock into traffic. In Omaha, a divorce case revealed discrepancies about a husband’s earnings and past marriages, with Judge Rhoades granting a decree.
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Lusk
Wye
Pup Broadus
Mont
Buster
Spencer Ames
Omaha
Neb
Victoria Ryan
John
Herbert Rhoades
The Leopard Man and Piebal d Skin Medical Note
A circus advertisement promotes the “leopard man” with piebald skin, diagnosed as acquired leucoderma or vitiligo. The piece explains patchy milky white skin with darker borders that may spread, commonly on face neck hands, sometimes trunk and limbs, and possible hair depigmentation. No cure exists. UV light, medications, or dyes may help appearance. Monday-Fever Treatment of Venereal Disease
White House denies alien group support story
Washington Sept 19 The White House issued a sharply worded statement denying a plan by a notorious newspaper owner to suggest President Roosevelt accepts support from alien organizations hostile to the American government The secretary Stephen T Early said the articles are malicious and aimed to mislead the public after Roosevelt returned to the White House from Harvard University’s tercentenary and attended to Mrs Roosevelt who is ill
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Stephen T. Early
Harvard University
Grippe
Poor Pa by Claude Callan reveals a witty Betty tale
A fragment outlines Betty and her suitor joking about a refrigerator as a matchmaker. The piece references public statements about President Roosevelt and his stance on foreign influence, noting Mrs. Roosevelt's modest improvement and the President's pending departure.
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Claude Callan
Hyde Park Woman Depends on Condition for Return
A Hyde Park resident awaited recovery of a sick condition, with family noting she may be unavailable until Monday night before she can travel, affecting plans and arrangements.
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Hyde Park
Stone earns acting honors in My American Wife at Dickinson
Fred Stone steals the spotlight in the Dickinson engagement of My American Wife starring Ann Sothern and Francis Lederer. Stone plays a wealthy westerner opposing his granddaughter's marriage to a European count as the film moves briskly with witty dialogue and comic困entertainment.
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Fred Stone
the Dickinson
Ann Sothern
Francis Lederer
Stone
Miss Sothern
Lederer
Eleanor Powell's Mother Breaks In On Dancing Shoes
The fragment mentions Eleanor Powell and her mother breaking in her daughter's dancing shoes. It notes a news reel an animated cartoon and a surprisingly good comedy in a program. It references a count and family pressure involving a wife mother-in-law and a business college training.
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Eleanor Powell
Eleanor
aTcad Oes Scamplaatsia
Lawrence Business College
Adv
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Little Theatre OF
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Marshall
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Irving Cummings
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March OF Time
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