Call on Brains for Support in Russian Proletarian Arts
An essay discusses how intellectuals align with or resist state propaganda in Russia, noting that revolution transforms artistry into propaganda. It cites Max Eastman and Karl Radek, predicting a shift from uniforms to freer expression and contrasting American literature's lag under Puritan and Materialist norms.
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Russia
Somerset Maugham
Max Eastman
Karl Radek
Moscow
Radek
Mufti
America
Washington Post
New Cathode Ray Device Aids Sea Collision Prevention
A luminous compass display shows the location and direction of ships within ten miles on foggy nights. Operated by radio signals from other vessels every twenty seconds, the chart allows pilots to adjust courses at a glance, reducing collision danger.
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Collier’s Weekly
Why Liquid Laxatives Are Back in Favor
A period sees renewed favor for liquid laxatives as a natural, adjustable dose aids gentle bowel movement without kidney irritation. Senna is highlighted as a natural laxative and Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is cited as a liquid laxative relying on senna for gentle relief.
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Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell
War Clouds Over Europe and Southern Planter Meaning
A reader asks what a Southern Planter is. the response defines it as an undertaker who operates only in the South. Another letter queries social change over 25 years, answered with a quip about marriage into and divorce from Society. A taxi driver from the East, not a cowboy, is misidentified by a train conductor in Arizona.
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Vlanter
L. Puptl
Mr. Wynn
I. M. A. Climber
Arizona
Associated Newspapers
WNN
Thorn-Tree Horror Report In Old Orchard
Peter Burgess tells of a thorn tree bearing a strange assortment of prey including three grasshoppers a moth two caterpillars a lizard a mouse and a young sparrow all impaled. Skimmer the Swallow explains the hoarded storehouse of Butcher the Shrike in a tale of instinct and survival.
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Peter
Johnny Chuck
Johnny
Skimmer the Swallow
Skimmer
Pete
T W. Burgess
WNN Service
First Top Hat Wearer John Hetherington 1797 London
John Hetherington allegedly created a stir in London in 1797 by wearing a tall shiny hat in a public street. He was arrested for disturbing the peace as crowds reacted to this striking headpiece.
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John Hetherington
London
McClure
WNU Service
Through a Woman’s Eyes: The Legacy of Uncle Joe Otvos
Dr Joseph Otvos known as Uncle Joe in Budapest lived 78 years and spent 48 as a prison doctor. He cared for thousands of inmates with love rather than gain, earning reverence from both officials and ex criminals who wept at his open grave. His true measure was humanity, not medical fame or wealth.
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Joe
Budapest
Uncle Joe
Joseph Otvos
Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Question Box By ED WYNN The Perfect Fool
A reader asks about a married woman who sleeps with cats. an answer suggests Mrs Katz. A citizen asks why a city ferry area lacks a bridge. the reply jokes about people crossing. A child in fourth grade mentions writing a story about a Southern topic.
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ED Wynn
Mr. Wynn
You Are Awake in Every Room of My Life
A poet mirrors on a loved one present in memory and heart. The speaker declares the beloved remains everywhere in every room, chair, mirror, and book as a comforting light and guiding friend through life’s stairs, absent yet constant.
Boston Banana Cream Pie and Banana Pulp Pancakes
Step by step directions mix tapioca custard with milk and eggs, fold in vanilla and lemon, layer with bananas, then bake a Boston style banana cream pie. Include a banana pancake batter with flour, baking powder, egg, milk and butter, cook on a griddle and serve with currant jelly. Western Newspaper Union.
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Boston
Western Newspaper Union
Banana Whip and Banana Tapioca Cream From Mottier
A recipe note describes Banana Whip using mashed bananas sugar lemon juice vanilla salt and whipped cream. It also begins Banana Tapioca Cream with directions to peel and scrape three bananas for a fruit based custard dessert.
Radio Soloist Drowns Out Forty In Orchestra
A radio soloist makes enough noise with a single instrument to drown out the other forty pieces of the orchestra, according to ionic Irene.
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Ionic Irene
Old tricks lure victims to easy money schemes
A United Press dispatch from Salt Lake City warns that con artists using familiar methods target travelers at railroad depots in the Intermountain region. Tales of betting schemes and coin matching games led a farmer, an Ogden youth, and others to part with cash, with police intervention ending the schemes.
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United Press
Salt Lake City
Banco
Intermountain
Barnum
Ogden
Seram
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I Duce
Europe
West
Pkeatien Mussolini
Italy
Bologna
Italo Balbo
l-Duce
Thornton W. Burgess
Pop
Lean
WNU
Jean Newton
Mrs. Katz
Mrs. Sippe
Mottier
Girugag SP
CEN
New Jersey
Phillips
Phillips Milk of
Magnesia
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