The Terror Stricken Hermit and the Wildcat Tale
Casper Stupin of Hoboken recounts a fear filled night on a dark Florida road in 1934. A wildcat and a shotgun wielding hermit threaten his escape before a police dog and CCC lieutenant return him to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ello
Casper Stupin
Hoboken
N. J
Casper
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army of Youth and Peace
Company 262
CCC Camp
Fla
Sebring
Florida
CCC
Jessie Owens
Shoe Tossing Traditions Across Ages
The essay traces shoe tossing from ancient land deeds to marriage rites. Ancient Israelites signified ownership by placing a sandal on land. Anglo-Saxons adopted it in weddings with the father passing a shoe to the groom. Over time a tap became a toss as parental responsibility shifted.
Practical and Practicable Definitions in Everyday Use
The text explains practical means suitable for actual conditions and proven useful. It contrasts practicable with impracticable, noting real steps to stop a boat leak and the gap between theory and real execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Evangeline
Joan
Etiquette guidance on invitations and greetings prompts
The column covers how to order invitations for multiple hosts and suggests using concise lines or formal wording. It also explains inviting engaged partners, hosting a housewarming, proper greeting phrases for Mrs Brown and Mary, handshakes in parties, and handling when no servant answers the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Mrs. Post
Miss Brown
Star Dust Star Dust
Virginia Vale reports on fashion and film, noting Loretta Young, Olivia de Havilland, Garbo, and Dietrich. It covers costume changes, New York purchases, and upcoming roles, plus TV radio figures like Tony Wons and the industry’s shifting star power.
Lights of New York gains and tunnel plans headline
The Hudson river vehicular tunnel linking New York and Weehawken opens soon with 8218 feet length and 75 feet depth center. Twin one way tubes, 74.8 million dollar project plus 10 million on Jersey side. Parking schemes debated as mid town traffic rises. Grant's tomb dedication noted with peace quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
New York
Weehawken
N. J
Holland Tunnel
Hudson River
Jersey
Palisades
Tenth Avenue
Thirty-ninth Street
Mid-Town
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Household Tips From The Era On Fabric and Care
Velvet seams are pressed with one person holding each end and the iron run on the wrong side. Brassware should soak in hot soapy water with soda then scrub and rinse before drying. Sugar improves certain cooked vegetables flavors. Bananas ripen in a paper bag in a dark closet. Do not hang mirrors where they glare. protect the back from light and water.
Advertising Boosts U.S. Manufacturing Over Six Decades
In 1869 advertising was rare and U.S. manufactured product value stood at 3.39 billion dollars. By adding demand through advertising, the value grew to 70.43 billion dollars over about 60 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bones of Mastodon May Send Boy to University
In Michigan near Assyria Center 20 miles from Battle Creek, a mastodon fossil, aged at least 25 000 years, was found by Hughes farm folk. University of Michigan paleontology experts recovered the bones after local ownership was clarified. A sign promising “Mastodon ten cents a look” drew crowds and $78 in one day as Hughes plans to sell the fossil to a museum and fund his son Robert’s university tuition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
George M. Ehlers
University Museum of Paleontology
Hughes
Assyria Center
Battle Creek
Hastings
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Haoyd Gibbons
Adventurers’ Club
Floyd Gibbons
Remily Posté
Emily Post
Sara
Jack Brown
Blank Athletic Club
Mary and
Sara Brown
John Brown
Virginia Vale
Madeleine Carroll
Loretta Young
Miss Carroll
Paris
Walter Wanger
Hollywood
Loretta
Ilona Massey
Rosalie
Alice Frost
Frances Farmer
Tony Wons
Bob Burns
Garbo
Deitrich
Angel
Napoleon
Walewska
Fred Astaire
Joan Fontaine
Katherine Hepburn
Charlie McCarthy
Edgar Bergen
Irene Dunne
Universal
Madame Curie
Constance Bennett
Alfalfa Sweizer
Ken Murray
al Jolson
Ann Sothern
Bonnie Lake
Kate Smith
Western Newspaper Union
Lights of
L. L. Stevenson
Seventy-second
Dyckman Street
Canal Street
Dyckman
New York Central Railroad
Grant
Riverside Drive
Placi
Shelley
Bia
Laden
Spurgeon
Nujol
Stance Inc
Vost Lesses
Martin Jacklin
Calif
Central Sales
Palmer
Chicago, Il
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