Jury Duty Boosts Civic Duty in Good Citizen Series
The article promotes jury service as a cornerstone of democratic justice. It outlines grand and petit juries, civil trials, and coroner juries, and previews Chapter 2 of Good Citizen from the American Heritage Foundation. The piece invites readers to obtain the booklet by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Commonwealth
American Heritage Foundation
East 45Th Street
New York
N. Y
Inez Fani Massey
Top Secret
Ilona
Rosalie
Last Week's 40 List 42 Toil 43 Cherished Animals 45 Alcoholic Beverage
A compact listing item hints at a quiz or puzzle feature titled Last Week's 40 with entries numbered 42 to 45. The clues reference toil cherished animals and an alcoholic beverage, suggesting a playful round of cross clues or a word puzzle.
Windmill scheme shocks Mapleridge residents
In Mapleridge the famed 1935 wind storm inspires Silas Kent to sell his damaged windmill to the town. A humorous misfire turns serious as residents rally, a court order looms, and J Allan Brown offers $1500 for the relic, prompting Kent to brace for a costly fight before a dramatic turn of fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapleridge
Silas Kent
Silas
New England
Asa Gardeners
Asa
Asa Gardener
J. Allan Brown
Boston
Mass
Mapleridge Agag
S. Kent
J. Allen Brown
St Kent’s
Si Kent
Bert Englewood
Sara
J. Allen
Radioactive golf ball and Geiger counter hype
A satirical piece derides a proposed nonloseable radioactive golf ball with an embedded Geiger counter priced around 25 dollars. It imagines a future of radar pin shots and squeaky gadgets while recounting how losing balls shaped golfing culture and ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Ohio
Uncle Charlie and the Crumbling Bakery Scheme
In New York on Delancey Street Uncle Charlie and Schultz feud with rival baker Dunkelmeyer over hidden dough and deceit. Charlie devises a public relations plan using a basement trap and a cage inside Schultz’s pantry to reveal metal filings in rolls, drawing crowds and restoring customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schultz
Dunkelmeyer
Frieda
Charlie
Delancey Street
Champs Elysees
East Side
Charley
Welcome pattern ad for crochet towels and scarf
An advertisement invites readers to create a matched towel and scarf set using crochet and embroidery work. Pattern 7100 offers five motifs sized 5x11 inches with crochet directions. Send 20 cents, name, address, and pattern number to receive instructions.
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Ly Chance
U.S. Justice At Work
Monkey
the Fiction Corner
Citi
Golf Instructors of
America
Elmer Twitchell
Peter Dwight
Oscar Wing
Luther Carr
Wilbur Reeves
Seoul
National Committee For Traffic Safety
Mommer
Erhard
Dian
Re Lavalle
Erica
State Department
Italy
Lavalle
Broadway
Main Street
Uncle Charlie
Machiavelli
By Billy Rose
Dunkelmi
Billy Rose
Bartstein
Battstein
Durstein
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Chicago
Ill
Old Chelsea Station
van Camp
van Camp’s
van Camp's
Gajoy
Kellogg’s
C. F. Moeser
San Diego
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