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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1929
Page
5
A concise year in review lists deaths of Thomas Hardy and Chauncey Depew, Lindbergh and Haldeman Stinson flights, Amelia Earhart crossing the Atlantic, Zeppeline voyages, and the 1928 campaign culminating with Hoover's election. It notes Mexico's Obregon, Tunney’s retirement, and the Porto Rico hurricane impact among other notable happenings.
famous film idol Fred Thomson died in California following an operation. His widow Frances Marion, renowned scenario writer, survives him. Earlier in life Thomson was an ordained preacher before entering the movies.
Charlie Fry, musical director of the Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, argues Americans prefer music translated into their own rhythm. He cites record crowds and asserts America now has a distinctive native music, with many popular tunes likely to become classics. Fry predicts a lasting foil to European works.
A humor column notes a rooster eyeing an ostrich and delivering a cheeky line to ladies. Amid playful banter a wife asks for a marriage answer while a man hesitates. The piece closes with a wry comment about Wall Street dangers beyond traffic.
Hugo Bezdek, director of athletics and head football coach at Pennsylvania State College, was chosen president of the National Association of Football Coaches at its annual New Orleans meeting. He previously served as vice president.
Bobbie and Billie Bunny imitate golf under Mister Jay Bird guidance in a moonlit tale. A nut becomes the ball as they practice chipping toward a tree hole, while Mrs. Squirrel later cracks the nut and joins the woodland golf whim.
A jumble of light notes, jokes, and social snippets ranges from a man praising a fire rescuer with a poem to a Russian couple’s rapid marriage and divorce, alleged film career stunts, and various quips about politics, marriage laws, and famous figures.
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