Radio Announcers and Critics Shape Early Air Culture
The piece surveys progress in radio announcing since broadcasting began five years earlier, noting New York University courses for radio voice training, inventoried skills, and the need for announcers to project authority. It recounts a misstep by a novice on air, applauds seasoned performers, and cites Shaw’s radio reception as a cautionary note on broadcasting taste.
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Great” ‘Britain
Dourse
Tommy Foe
Rudyard
Avérrenrath
R. Werrenrath
New York University
National
New York Herald-Tribune
Sors
Hazard
Eaeaeet
Mr. B
George Bernard Shaw
Voltaire
New York, Herald-Tribune
London
Shaw
Shawn
Surprising Visit and Harsh Dining in Early Times
The fragment recalls a royal visit to a hospital and contrasts it with a stark 19th century diet. It describes meals from Sunday to Saturday, noting bread and butter, beef broth, and porridge, with little vegetables and recurring hunger. It adds a remark on vitamins as then unknown and a system of moving families to make shoes for a year.
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Royery
Whipping the Cat in Colonial Shoemaking Apprenticeships
An apprentice who completed his term of service in the shoemaking trade began his own business in a fashion described as whipping the cat a common colonial practice. The excerpt notes the formal start of independent work after apprenticeship.
Marionate Old Mystery From Jagged OCR Fragments
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled names and phrase fragments likely referencing Mesopotamia and boys but lacks clear events or identities. This record notes unreadable lines and uncertain context without decisive persons or organizations.
Algiers guide reveals price rises in wartime
A Kansas City Star report quotes a man in Algiers describing paying for three Arab women of ages nineteen, fifteen and a half, and fourteen next month. He links the high prices to the war and claims to have paid about $2.50, under $4, and not less than $10 respectively.
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Bill White
Algiers
Kansas City Star
French Professor Claims Change Keeps Living Beings Young
A French professor states that living beings must have change to stay young. He notes they need ample change to remain comfortable on earth.
Posthumous History of Italy Published Long After Guicciardini Die
Francesco Guicciardini died in 1540. The first volume of his History of Italy appeared in 1661, more than two decades after his death. The late publication marked a notable posthumous achievement for the Italian historian.
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Italy
Francesco Guicciardini
Guicciardini
Advertisement notices and offers from 1920s distributors
A mosaic of classified promotion notices. Includes offers for advertising distribution in Noblesville Indiana, a Dr Goudys liniment remedy, requests for greeting card samples from Lexington Avenue New York, and multiple seller and agent recruitment notices. Mentions Waterloo Iowa Curtis Wisconsin and Norfolk Virginia with vague farm for sale or trade listings and a United States postal notice code W. N. U. CHICAGO No. 34 1926.
Acclaimed Geese Roam Wide Wheat Fields In Oregon
Copper's Weekly reports migratory wild geese halted in Oregon wheat fields on their northward flight. A Manitoba bound bus driver was forced to stop as flocks collided with his windshield. Fifty acres of wheat stubble lay untouched as geese ignored travelers.
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Copper’s Weekly
Oregon
John Hirus
Manitoba
Speyer Hosts World’s Oldest Wine Exhibit in Museum
In Speyer along the Rhine, gallons of exceedingly old wine sit unused. A wine museum displays artifacts from the ancient industry including a 1,600 year old Roman flask. The exhibit highlights the historical significance and age of the wine collection.
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Speyer
Rhine
Quote on modern world by H. M. Dubose at dinner
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph quotes Chase Bishop H. M. Dubose saying at a San Francisco dinner that an army of boys chasing butterflies, bald heads and wrinkles, and turning butterflies into banknotes creates a panorama of the modern world.
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H. M. Dubose
San Francisco
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Roaring Noise From Stomach After Ox Tongue Dinner
A quirky medical note reports a patient hearing a loud roar in the stomach after eating ox tongue. The doctor attributes the sound to digestive activity and asks for further observation.
Danger of Typhoid in Vacation Season
Public health warns that rising typhoid cases align with growing car travel. Illinois health officials urge individuals to safeguard food and water while touring. Vaccination offers protection and cleanliness remains essential during the tourist season.
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Illinois Department of ‘Public Health
Vaan
Hygela Magazine
French Baby Premiums Expand under New Population Law
The new law increases child allowances to 8360 francs per child after the third for families with four or more children under thirteen. It also provides for widows and widowers, with a five child widow receiving 1800 francs, about 360 dollars under pre war standards.
Merely That Patron in Barber Chair
A terse exchange unfolds with a barber noting acquaintance with Judy who has just passed away. The dialogue hints at a personal link and a somber mood surrounding the event.
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Barber
Judy
Has to Pile It On New York Dial System
A reader reports difficulties with the new telephone dial system in New York City. The user claims he must threaten an operator to obtain a number, alleging he has broken arms and a phobia, and may harm himself if help is refused. This description reflects frustration with the dialing process and perceived harassment.
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New York City
St. Vitus
Midnight Sunrise Pilgrimage at North Cape Gathers Indigenes
On June 24 at midnight 800 Ligheaste Indians ascend North Cape to worship the midnight sun with flowers and fire. Brahmin Rat Gopuldas, ex minister to Baroda’s Maharajah, leads pilgrims yearly invoking the sun as symbol of the eternal deity, remarking a rule that works both ways but often fails.
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North Cape
Rat Gopuldas
Baroda
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