Vaudeville on Video Falls Short of the Real Thing
An Chicago column critiques early television's attempt to recreate vaudeville noting weak emcees, lack of stagecraft, and overreliance on gimmicks. It contrasts TV acts with genuine vaudeville memory, highlighting lighting panels, routine acts, and a perilous Chinese tightrope routine as a reminder of the live thrill.
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Chicago
Eddie Cantor
Milton Berle
Georgie Price
Ed Sullivan
Nick
Chris
Poor PA Ma Comforts Grandma Davis in Sad Times
A fragment recalls a caregiver named PA Ma tending to Grandma Davis during her sorrow and notes a willingness to provide comfort when the granddaughter faced distress.
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Grandma Davis
Signals and declarer notice in a bridge hand
Oswald Jacoby explains how careful signaling by East with the deuce of clubs revealed vital information to declarer. West opened spades, South led clubs, and through precise play South secured the contract by sensing East's signal and exploiting Diamond and club returns to force the defense.
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Walter Bonyan
Brooklyn
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South
Dummy
Doctors Say Comics Aid in Teaching the Young
A physician argues in the Journal of Pediatrics that comics are valuable educational tools. They entertain and teach accident prevention, public affairs, inventions, social history, and counter prejudice. Comics reach both genders and adults, with millions sold monthly in the United States. Violence rarely unsettles children and heroes’ language remains unproblematic. Reading interest in literature may rise, despite some distraction from coursework. Kids typically outgrow comics as they mature and adults read for amusement.
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Journal of Pediatrics
Comes
United States Army
United States
Buffalo Horns Longest Reported for Buffaloes and More Facts
Questions and answers cover animal horns, Everest film footage, origins of the private eye term, and early female aviation milestones. Topics include buffalo horn lengths, the Everest ascent final shot at high altitude, Allan Pinkerton’s eye emblem, Argus inspiration, and first licensed women pilots such as Raymonde de Laroche and Harriet Quimby with brief costume notes.
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Allan Pinkerton
Chicago
United States
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Helene Dutrieux
Explore Your Mind Answers by Albert Edward Wigg am
Question No 1 emphasizes early bonding and skin to skin contact after birth for healthier growth and personality. Question No 2 notes lawyers say women lie less often than men though they begin lying when they start, with awareness of the court. Question No 3 promotes a booklet on managing emotions and includes delivery details and payment by 15 cents coin.
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A. Es Wigeam
Notable early executive budgeting in Maryland
Maryland was among the first states to adopt an executive budget to control state finances, per the Encyclopedia Britannica. The piece also notes remarks on the Mor mon tabernacle acoustics in Salt Lake City, stating a pin dropped at one end can be heard 250 feet away.
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Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Utah
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