What to Seal in Cornerstone in 1950
A mock list of items to seal in a 1950 cornerstone includes a Congressional Record, a $20 gold piece, a pay check, a New York telephone directory, a G-string and lynching cord, a Mule Train record, Thurber Is Sex Necessary, Time magazine with Mark III, Ellis Island immigration photo, a U N building photo, a voting booth model, a Kinsey Report, a hydrogen balloon, and a Picasso print.
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Europe
Asia
New York
Frankie Laine
James Thurber
Ellis Island
U. N
First Avenue
Picasso
By the Light of the Years
The speaker reflects on lessons learned with time as a guide. They compare growing wiser to reading, noting that external darkness is not as deep as it seems and that searching can reveal small, steady light. The tone is contemplative and intimate.
Crazy Enough to Write Scenarios in Hollywood
Aaron Jordan quits his Chicago ad job to pursue movie writing with wife Sally in Hollywood. After months without pay they nearly exhaust savings, having only almost sold four scripts. A shop accident interrupts a pivotal moment as they face the looming need to return home.
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Aaron Jordan
Chicago
Sally
Aaron
Hollywood
Joe Neal
Jordans
Almost a Mistake Chains of Insurance and a Job Offer
Aaron plans to claim a finger cut as serious to collect insurance. The adjuster arrives and questions the lie. The investors offer Aaron a dialogue writer job at $250 to start, near $300, which he and Sally eagerly accept.
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Aaron
Sally
Jackson
Hollywood Stars Weigh Choices as Corey Passes Roles
The piece notes actor Corey passing on Lana Turner opposite roles in A Life of Her Own and choosing Thelma Jordan for Paramount. Ray Milland inherits Corey's declined role at MGM while Corey fronts The Life of Her Own and other projects. Cary Grant's real home project echoes movie plot as Betsy Drake oversees redecorating and rebuilding.
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Thelma Jordan
Lana Turner
New York
Ray Milland
Corey
M-G-M
Paramount
Cary Grant
Mr. Blandings
Betsy Drake
Jiob
Crossword Puzzle Across Begone Store Cover Clue List
Across clues include a weight allowance a weight and many short terms for objects people and actions. Down clues feature periodic occurrences Native American nations exits letters and chemical symbolTa clues form a compact puzzle with standard crosswords style clues.
Last Week's Puzzling Clues and Names Gathered
A fragment listing cryptic crossword style hints appears. Items mention Hurl and Monkey from South America and a girl's name with a naval term Astern, plus a No reference. The incomplete set hints at a themed puzzle or wordplay batch from a newspaper page.
Widow Corrects Funeral Misinfo At Odd Service
A widow, grieving for her late husband, attends a funeral and hears the preacher extol the deceased as a model husband. She quietly nudges her son to inspect the coffin and jokes they may have attended the wrong service.
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Jimmy
Swallows and Martins Seek House on Pattern ad
When purple Martins and swallows go house hunting they would enjoy this eighteen room mansion with painted brick chimneys cut-out wooden shrubbery balconies and broom stick pillars. Complete directions on pattern S24. Price 25c. Address your order to Workshop Pattern Service.
Hadacol Supports Textile Workers On The Job
Textile mills in the Carolinas run day and night with Hadacol aiding workers stay productive. Case stories tell how Hadacol’s five B vitamins and four minerals helped Barnhardt of Cannon Mills Kannapolis and Earnhardt and Poole of Salisbury return to work, regain appetite, sleep well, and improve digestion. The ad promotes Hadacol in liquid form with a money back guarantee and price details for trial and family sizes.
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Carolinas
Hadacol
Kannapolis
N. C
Salisbury
Jay W. Barnhardt
Cannon Mills
Mr. Barnhardt
Mr. Earnhardt
Earnhardt
Maggie H. Poole
Caroline Avenue
LeBlanc Corporation
Lafayette
Louisiana
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Broadway
Main Street
By Billy Rose
Billy Rose
Time Magazine
Harvard
Norbert Wiener
Grace Noll Crowell
Pacific Coast Studios
Pacific Coast
Aron
Staci Hannel
Inez Gerhard
Endell Corey
Metro
Elizabeth Taylor
Good Samaritan
Church World Service, Inc
Religious Overseas Relief Agency
Wendell Corey
Tion
Thrash
Am. Ind
Sym
Rugged Mountain
Bedford Hills
Martin
Mrs. Poole
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