Funny Goggles and Backward Fish Tales from Old West
A 1934 column blends a tall tale about Al Gotlieb and J-R ranch steers fattened by green and blue goggles with a humorous Grand Canyon fishing anecdote. Jim Hawkins, a guide, describes backward-spitting fish and a tobacco-spiked method to catch them, delivering a folksy panorama of Western life.
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Oklahoma
al Gotlieb
J-R Ranch
J-R
Kansas City
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Colorado
Jim Hawkins
How to Catch a Whiffenpoof
A humorous urban legend explains a fanciful method to catch a whiffenpoof in Florida lakes. It details odd steps using peanuts, rope, a mortar, a rowboat and a 2 by 4, ending with the creature’s death by mortarification.
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Florida
Jack Worthington
Lake Wales
Highlander
Western Newspaper Union
China Porcelain History and Types
The article explains the origin of the term china for porcelain and notes its Far Eastern roots. It describes hard paste porcelain from kaolin and feldspar with a glaze and a clear ring, and contrasts soft paste porcelain as a European imitation with softer fracture.
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China
Europe
Far East
1946 Auto Promises Air Conditioned Six Tire Car
A Chicago era feature on a futuristic 1946 car by Austin M. Wolf predicts an air conditioned, self inflating six tire design with two fuel tanks and self filling battery. The cross country concept envisions a tear shaped auto with two front and four rear tires and a simple dashboard.
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Austin M. Wolf
Society of Automotive Engineers
Detroit
Postum Free Week Offer From Postum Company
Readers may request a full week’s supply of Postum free by writing to the Postum Company. The health drink offer appears in another part of the paper and invites new subscribers to obtain a week’s supply at no cost.
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Postum Company
Sheep-Shearing Oak at Arlington National Cemetery
The historic sheep-shearing oak in Arlington Virginia is a famed 300 year old tree. It marked the shearing of an imported merino flock owned by George Washington Parke Custis on the Arlington plantation.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Virginia
Arlington Plantation
George Washington Parke Custis
Bayer Aspirin Promotes Safe Pain Relief
Warning against unproven preparations for headaches and rheumatic pains. The text extols Genuine Bayer Aspirin as safe, fast acting, and widely proven, urging patients to ask for Bayer Aspirin by name at drugstores.
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Furnist
By C. M. Payne
Wunney
Finney
Ted O'Loughlin
Sarge
NEAH
Finney Shield No.3
Freezi
Jimmie
Adamson
By O. Jacobsson
Wrigley’s
EU Ay Vag
Fred Harman
Wrigley's
Gluyas Williams
Baby
Mach
Rim
Phe Beletlyndicats
Tnc
Barby
Nene
Waves Rubbers
Tall Tales
Frank E. Hagan
Elmo Scott Watson
Bayer Aspirin
W. Polvar CO
Hemingford, Neb
Houston
Galveston
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