Self Made Men Endure Beyond the Era’s Shift
Cyrus H. K. Curtis built a publishing empire from three cents and shaped a era of self made men alongside Carnegie and Ford. The piece argues true achievement succeeds beyond wealth, insisting leaders like Homer and Wilson were self made in influence, not fortune, and cautions against equating money with merit.
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Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Ladies’ Home Journal
Saturday Evening Post
Carnegie
Steel
Harriman
Ford
Homer
Socrates
Shakespeare
Woodrow Wilson
Ideas That Spark Real Progress
The writer argues thinking builds real value. He notes many never have ideas of their own, while a single strong idea can surpass countless ordinary efforts. Brains must be driven to produce results, and widespread idleness wastes potential.
Noise drains the ear in city life and calls for relief
Ear specialists warn city noise keeps the ear in constant vibration and rest is virtually impossible. They propose a sound proof room to provide utter inactivity for the ear, noting that nocturnal periods of rest seem as remote as a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
Uncommon Sense: Fight Trouble and Rebuild
John Blake urges readers to meet trouble head on rather than flee. He says quitting is worse, urges grit, planning, and action to restore life and happiness, noting hard luck tests all but the strong persevere and triumph through effort.
The Glee Club By George Elliston Wedding Ring
The speaker, who never valued gems, now wears a wedding band and feels heritage’s warmth. Eve’s legend inspired the design as the speaker reflects on custom and beauty in this steadfast symbol.
Ingenue and Rough Soubrette Stage Fright Exchange
The Ingenue recalls stage fright while performing. The Rough Soubrette mentions a sister act with a partner who suffered from stage fright.
Howell and Powell Exchange Suggestive Adages
A brief exchange highlights self-reliance with Howell asserting do it yourself as best, while Powell quips that no helper ever lies without making a mess. The dialogue reflects pragmatic humor on messes and personal effort.
Bride to Be Riffs on Marriage and Wealth Joke
A ribbing note to friends in a social column jokes that the groom Mr Gotrox’s fortune lies in realty and vows she did not marry for money, highlighting wedding plans and social wit.
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Mr. Gotrox
Gertie’s Voice Closer to Silence Through Sandpaper Question
A quirky dialogue questions whether sanding down Gertie’s voice would finish it. It frames the idea as a playful, candid inquiry into sound and speech.
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Gertie
Report Card Provokes Fatherly Warmth Warning
Dialogue captures a student Willie awaiting a zero on a report card and predicts his father will respond with a warm, possibly chastising reaction. The exchange highlights parental concern and child anxiety in a classroom snapshot.
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Willie
Beggar Seeks Aid Across Fraternal and Religious Lines
A playful 1933 Bell Syndicate comic strip presents a beggar asking passersby from various fraternal orders and churches to help. The dialogue humorously notes belonging to none yet urging unity and aid across groups.
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Mason
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Odd Advice and Social Snippets From a Historical Column
A selection of lines praises canine pills for malaria in South America and claims English roads are longer due to poorer roads. It notes coolies as good people vacationing in the mountains and criticizes others for staring as if in church, reflecting dated social commentary.
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South America
Beer Legalization Shifts Politics and Prohibition Debate
The piece reveals undisclosed 1933 views on beer legalization influencing Hoover and Roosevelt camps. It cites Mable Willebrandt urging mild beer legalization to aid Hoover electorally, and notes wet advocates’ fears of repeal effects. Florida and Alabama examples show rising beer tax impact and shifting public opinion toward repeal.
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Washington
Ry Department
Additio
Hoover
Curtis
Roosevelt
Garner
Allon
Mable Walker Willebrandt
al Smith
Congress
Mr. Hoover
United States
Raymond Benjamin
California
Walter H .Newton
Walter F. Brown
Ogden L. Mills
Miss Willebrandt
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Ce Democrats
Jim Roosevelt
Treasuries
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William D. Upshaw
Upshaw
Maryland
Ciry
Diver breaks neck in shallow river dive near Quin's Bridge
Charles Jones, 16, suffered a fracture of the neck when he dove into shallow water at Quin's Bridge on the Bogue Chitto river near McComb Mississippi Sunday. Physicians said he had slight chances to recover.
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McComb
Charles Jones
Quin’s Bridge
Bogue Chitto River
Here
Agriculture Sets Basis for Majority of Ecuador Living
Ninety percent of Ecuadorians rely on agriculture for livelihood in some measure, highlighting farming as the nation’s economic backbone and sustenance source.
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Ecuador
Hambone's Meditations by J. P. Alley
A brief column notes a humorous take on social chatter with J. P. Alley authored humor in the Hambone's Meditations series. The piece reflects light satire and local gossip style.
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Hambone’s Meditations
J. P. Alley
Actress Tells Reason She Got Off Her Train Near Los Angeles
Helen Lee Worthing former Ziegfeld Follies star explains she left an eastbound train near Pasadena to avoid being sent away by her ex husband Eugene C Nelson a negro physician She says she still loves him but her mind is being questioned and she wants her belongings and a conference with her lawyer and doctor.
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Los Angeles
Helen Lee Worthing
Ziegfeld
Los Angles
Eugene C. Nelson
Nelson
Pasadena
Miss Worthing
Families head to Cooper Wells as fire crews work at Monroe well
Sixteen years ago on June 19 1917 Mr and Mrs S Masur and children and Mr and Mrs Herman Masur and children left for a ten day stay in Cooper Wells Mississippi. L Milton King of St Louis returns home after visiting his parents Moise and Alma King. At Monroe the Smith base burning well crews build shields and deploy a large pump and hoses to keep water away from the casing as debris is cleared tomorrow before attempting to extinguish the blaze with hazardous materials. Olive Lee Myatt and Mildred Dorothy Morton visit Eveport with Mrs R O Kilgore.
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Herman Masur
Cooper Wells
Miss
L. Milton King
St. Louis
Moise King
Alma King
Smith Base
Monroe
Olive Lee Myatt
Mildred
Dorothy Morton
Eveport
Radio Program Schedule for June 19 Across Networks
NBC WEAF CBS WABC and regional stations list daytime to late night programs. Includes The Goldbergs serial, Shown concerts, Orchestras, Skits, and live coast to coast schedule with times and station groups.
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Nbc-Weaf
Burton Holmes
The
Goldbergs
Ortiz Tirado
Orches
Ferde Grofe
Gypsies
Goldman Band
Morgan L. Eastman
Irving Ose
Jack Denny
Hollywood Stars
Alr
Richard Cole
Orch
Sic
Grofe Orches
WABC
Sokoloff Plans Music Hill Summer Concerts in Connecticut
Nicolai Sokoloff aims to lead eighteen summer concerts in his Fairfield county yard dubbed Music hill 60 miles from New York with a full symphony and guest soloists. The project draws regional artists writers and old families while highlighting Sokoloff's long path from violinist to conductor of the New York orchestra.
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New York
Nicolai Sokoloff
Fairfield County
Connecticut
Sokoloff
Andrews
Russia
Yale School of Music
Boston Symphony
San Francisco Philharmonic
France
Cleveland Orchestra
New York Orchestra
Marion Telva
Mario Chamlee
Ruth Breton
Jacques Gordon
World War Era Auto Aviation Plans and Production
The article notes Japan's plan to build its first Nagoya plant producing 120 cars with growth in following years. It cites 1933 U S auto production near 2 million units and Soviet wheat sowing by air. world auto output 1932 at 1,979,250 with 69.3 percent in the United States.
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Japan
Nagoya
United States
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