Explorer Dr Clyde Fisher keeps hope for contact with Mars
In New York Dr Clyde Fisher, famed Hayden Planetarium curator and popularizer of science, continues efforts to contact Mars near its closest approach since 1924. He and his wife Te Ata, a Chickasaw lecturer, embody a life shaped by exploration and education across the Americas.
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York
Mars
Clyde Fisher
American Museum of Natural History
Fisher
Te Ata
Bearer of
Amateur Astronomers Association
Carveth Wells
Lapland
Metropolis
Hayden Planetarium
Three Rivers
New York
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Bill Terry
Giants
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
Rogers Hornsby
Nap Lajoie
Ty Cobb
Comedy Stars And Wideworld Radio Notes
A roundup covers Stan Laurel shoes shaping his screen gait and humor in A Chump at Oxford. Star John Hubbard rises after Hollywood start. Orson Welles prepares Heart of Darkness project. Don Ameche family names and Rudy Vallee ends long radio run. Wayne King returns October. Beryl Mercer obituary. Iturbi to premiere Johnny Green piano concerto for Elizabeth at Carnegie Hall.
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Stan Laurel
Charlie Chaplin
Laurel
Wayne King
King
Beryl Mercer
Johnny Green
Elizabeth
Jose Iturbi
Carnegie Hall
Johnny
Betty Furness
Union
Be Courteous Your Children Will Respond
A brief admonition on teaching courage and confidence from infancy. It argues parental appeals to reason and full consideration help develop fear control and respectful behavior in children.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Philip and Bobbie Miss School Brave Overnight Walk
Philip six and Bobbie miss school on a cold November morning. They follow streetcar tracks home when doors are locked, then reach Bobbie’s house with help from Philip’s calm problem solving. Their mothers praise Philip’s self reliance and thoughtful parenting.
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Philip
University
Stoon
Bobbie
Brother
Robbie
The Open Sesame of Provence
Amy Oakley recounts in The Heart of Provence how Daudet’s mill, restored and opened to the public, drew crowds who could not afford tickets yet whispered the word Musician to gain free admission.
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Provence
France
Amy Oakley
Daudet
Cutwork That Turns Linens to Treasures
Learn easy cutwork using buttonhole stitch to decorate tea cloths scarves and towels. Pattern 6331 offers 16 motifs from small to large on natural linen or pastels with white or color stitching. Send 15 cents, name address pattern number to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W 14th St New York NY.
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Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for Malaria Relief
Promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as effective against malaria and fever. Claims to contain tasteless quinidine and iron and to relieve chills quickly. Notes it is pleasant to take and suitable for children, sold at drugstores with a larger size offering better value.
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Grove
Evenildren
Wealthy soil left uncultivated grows rank weeds
A short aphorism notes that soil rich in nutrients, if neglected, yields invasive and troublesome weeds rather than crops, underscoring the need for cultivation to realize value.
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Plutarch
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