Strange remark from Dame Ethel Smyth about a music doctor
Dame Ethel Smyth famed composer and conductor once joked during an afternoon lecture about a male colleague with Mus Doc title struggling to lower a sunlit window shade. She quipped that it was odd for a doctor of music to be unable to manage a common cord.
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Ethel Smyth
Light musings on life finance and auctions from New York
A collection of anecdotes and reflections on health diets weight loss menus at diners with calorie counts a banker’s memory and social etiquette a golf course obstacle a locomotive executive a humorous auction tale about hooked rugs and antique gold coins including a British flag rug priced at 3.50 and a California gold coin sale fetching 7500.
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California
Bell Syndicate
Spanish Prisoner Prefers Prison Life in Lockup
Miguel Bunello, 32, arrested for disorderly conduct, refused to answer questions and praised prison life. He attacked guards while being moved to his cell to secure a longer stay beyond the original offense.
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Alicnte
Spain
Miguel Bunello
Baelle
The Fired Firemen Kick the Engine Out
Lyndhurst New Jersey firemen who own the firehouse refuse to accept mayor Horace Bogle’s three chosen drivers. The regular force rejects the mayor’s picks and proclaims if they do not like his men they do not like him, and threaten to leave with their apparatus.
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Lyndhurst
N. J
Horace Bogle
Bogle
Washington Holds To Old Art Ideals In Capital Plan
Washington clings to Roman domes and Greek columns as New York trends toward pyramidal forms. A $50,000,000 public building program progresses with projects like Agriculture, Commerce, and Justice facilities, plus the Arlington Memorial Bridge nearing completion at $14,000,000 to link Lincoln Memorial and Arlington estate.
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New York
Fine Arts Commission
Pierre Charles L’'Enfant
Versailles
Louis XIV
le Notre
Congress
Commission of Fine Arts
George Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Government Printing Office
Department of Labor
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
National Archives
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Potomac River
Lincoln Memorial
Arlington Estate
North
South
Georgetown
Drivers Held for Drink Must Walk Chalk Line
In Lynn Massachusetts police headquarters a two inch wide chalk line runs the length of a room to test sobriety. Drunk drivers brought to court will walk the line before a jury of police officers. if they follow it closely they are judged not guilty, otherwise they face the judge.
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Lynn
Mass
Andover
Renew Courtship of 50 Years Ago
Wilfred Fort Wayne Indiana recalls a half century love story. Frank Wilson courted Mary EB Christie before Wilson went to India as a missionary. Christie became a teacher. Wilson recovered her address via the Post Office. They plan marriage. she is seventy six and he eighty two.
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Wilfred Fort Wayne
Ind
Frank Wilson
Mary EB. Christie
India
Miss Christie
Wilson
Post Office Department
A Family Doctor’s Laxative Is Best
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the safe laxative for all ages. It claims modern lab supervision, adherence to the original prescription, and wide reliance by millions, noting it as the world's best selling laxative.
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Dr. Caldwell
One Cent a Day Insurance Ad in Kansas City
An insurance ad promotes accident coverage at one cent per day from the National Protective Insurance Association. Benefits run from 100 dollars a month for 12 years to 1500 dollars at death, with a yearly premium of 3.65 dollars. Over 135,000 policies already in force. open to men women and children over ten. no medical exam required. To inspect, send name age address beneficiary and relationship in a request to 1085 Scarritt Bldg Kansas City Missouri. after review you may return or pay 3.65 to start a year policy.
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Kansas City
National Protective Insurance Association
Scarritt
Texas Lady's Life Takes New Turn
Mrs Lawen Clooney cafe manager in San Antonio says she woke daily with headaches until she tried Nature's Remedy NR Tablets. She credits relief to the tablets and notes widespread use, with druggists recommending them for sour stomach indigestion and rheumatism. Each box costs 25 cents.
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