The Singing Fool follows Al Stone and Molly Winton
In 1928 New York club life, waiter turned composer Al Stone earns fame and marries Molly Winton. They have son Junior, but Molly elopes with John Perry while Al fights for access to his child. Al pursues Junior to a park meeting, amid risk and emotion, as Perry schemes.
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Blackie Joe
New York
Molly Winton
Winger
Molly
Junior
John Percy
Cline
Rambo
Broadway
Just
France
Perry
John
Pat
96Th Street
Billy Cline
Billy
al Stone
Womaan
Junior and Father Meet With Unspoken Heartache
In a tense moment AL and Junior share a quiet exchange beside a car as a burse-maid watches, both sensing trouble in the Stone family. Junior comforts his father with a solemn promise of memory and love, while AL struggles to confess his longing to be with him. A sudden editorial interlude then shifts to a wartime-era health ad urging mothers to worm infants with Vermifuge and M er's Worm Powders.
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Ith Street
Molly
Junior
Daddy
Phillips Magnesia Told As Best Antacid For Fifty Years
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as the tasteless, effective standard antacid for fifty years among physicians. It promises rapid neutralization of excess acid, a pleasant sensation, and restored stomach comfort, urging readers to obtain genuine Phillips Milk of Magnesia with full directions at any drugstore.
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le Phillips
Phillips
Indian Language Study Suggests Navajo Links with Hare Indians
Dr. F. K. Li, a Chicago scholar of comparative philology, reports a definite language connection between the Hare Indians of Chipewyan and Fort Good Hope in Canada and the Navajo of Arizona. Li, of Chinese parentage, spent three years studying Hare dialects and camped with the tribes near Fort Chipewyan and Fort Good Hope, though he expresses no particular admiration for the Hare Indian language itself.
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Chipewyan
Fort Good Hope
Arizona
F. K. Li
University of Chicago
Canada
Arund Fort Chipewyan
Washable Outer Garments Urged for Men by Professor Hill
Professor Leonard Hill told a conference of the Sanitary Inspectors' Association that washable suits would be a valuable reform for men. He noted women have trimmed clothing to two or three pounds, while men still wear three to four times that weight.
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Leonard Hill
The
Sanitary Inspectors’ Association
Australian scientist debuts device to revive seemingly dead
At the Sydney Medical Congress an Australian scientist unveils a needle device that stimulates heart muscles with electricity to revive the seemingly dead. The report links life to electric energy and notes progress in mapping neural and metabolic processes, suggesting future advances may alter humanity’s understanding of life. Vancouver Sun.
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Vancouver Sun
Booking the Lads and the Seaside Train Question
A teacher explains booking as it relates to rail tickets. A pupil named Dowser, inattentive, is challenged about what a father must do to take a seat on a train for a seaside day trip. The boy answers with a witty, unintended punchline about pawning tools.
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Raiway
Dowser
Transformation of foreign composer names in English speech
The article notes how foreign musicians and composers lose dignity when Anglicized. Verdi becomes Joseph Green, Wagner Cartwright, Bach Brook, Weber Weaver, and others such as Strauss Nosegay. Handel means trade, Haydn heath er, and Him mel heaven. Loewe lion. Cherubini a cherub. Rossini a small red one. Schumann cobbler. Schonberg mountain. Tits Mattei becomes Timothy Matthews unless the bearer is English.
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Guiseppe Verdi
Joseph Green
Wagner
Cartwright
Bach
Brook
Weber
Weaver
Strauss
Straus
Germany
Handel
Haydn
Loewe
Cherubini
Rossini
Schumann
Schonberg
Tits Mattei
Timothy Matthews
Guard the Children From Autumn Colds
The fall brings sudden temperature shifts and child illnesses. Baby's Own Tablets are urged as a preventive and relief, described as a gentle laxative that keeps bowels and stomach clear. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
British Census Maps and Count Details in 1931 England and Wales
The article describes 1931 census planning with maps covering every street and 50 areas each led by a census chief to ensure complete counts including travellers and lodging houses. It notes the form reaches every dwelling institution and facility to extract data on living conditions and population. Saskatoon section growth noted with two homes daily and urban land sales totaling over 113 thousand dollars from 470 lot sales.
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Ntant
England
Wales
Will Exhibit At Royal Show In Toronto
Saskatchewan plans a livestock exhibit at the Royal Show in Toronto with about 50 head of horses six cattle a carload of sheep and eight carloads of hogs J G Robertson livestock commissioner says plus poultry exhibits will be shown overall the province aims to showcase its farming stock at the event.
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Saskatchewan
Toronto
J. G Robertson
Canada transforms waste lands into wealth says Financial Post
The Financial Post notes the Dominion Government plans to breed reindeer in barren lands, transforming unproductive areas into wealth for Canadians. The Arctic tundra, once wasting, is envisioned as a reserve food supply, while the western mountains rise as a major tourist region.
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Dominion
Canada
Northand
Canadian
Pacific
Arctic
Financial Post
Minard's Liniment Relieves Stiffness
Alberta Telephone System reports over 2300 miles of new lines laid this year by the province's telephone service. Water glass is produced by heating sand and sodium carbonate together.
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Minard
Alberta
Empress Hotel Will Add 260 Room Wing by Christmas
Officials report the Exupress Hotel expansion to Victorian winter resort fame. A 260 room wing of the Empress Hotel is slated for completion before Christmas likely by December 15, bringing greater capacity to the resort and signaling continued growth in Victoria as a winter destination.
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Victoria
Empress Hotel
One Little Beam Bright Sun Reflected in Cheerful Living
A devotional note from Lydia M. Child urges readers to brighten others with cheerful conduct. Avoid gloom and share warmth inspired by faith, reminding that even small acts lift spirits and ease life’s burdens.
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Lydia M. Child
Giant British airship A-101 wins airworthiness amid 300 mile test
Britain grants airworthiness to the dirigible A-101 the world's largest after a 300 mile flight. Experts say the trip was economical in gas use and dispels earlier navigability fears. Anticipation grows for the R-100 sister ship as oil wells in Turner Valley operate with 29 producing wells and 1,110 workers earning about 250 thousand dollars monthly.
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Great Britain
Dirigible
Turner Valley
Increase Port Facilities
City authorities of New Westminster seek to deepen the deep sea ship channel from the city to the sea to accommodate any Pacific vessel. The proposal aims to boost harbor capacity and trade efficiency by enabling larger ships to dock at the port.
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New Westminster
Pacific
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Royal Show
Ewan
Cy Herlt
Inard
Holloway
Tyler
Lydia E. Pinkham
Deleena
Tniom Street
North Down
New Brunswick
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