A Glamorous Way To Go Broke
A Broadway producer envisions a topical musical South Dakota with Hollywood names and a comic all girl band as investors, while a high over New York apartment crowd of about two dozen speculators pump $250 to $50,000 or more into Broadway’s bright risk.
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New York
Central Park
East Side
South Dakota
Embroidery pattern sale and Broadway financial woes
Pattern 564 embroidery transfer offered for thirty five cents incl goods for boys and girls. Separately the article notes Broadway's grim 1959 60 season with 49 flops out of 62 plays losing about 3.4 million while hits may gain profits. producers cite rising costs and space competition as key factors.
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Laura Wheeler
Eighteenth St
New Toronto
Merrill Lynch
Morosco
League of New York Theaters
Actors Equity Union
League
Broadway
Lillian Hellman
Brodaway
SEC
Fred Coe
the Miracle Worker
Coe
Miracle Worker
Cee
Saratoga
Castor oil foot treatment and old remedies discussed
A Hartford Courant note cites a Toronto foot specialist recommending castor oil rubbed into the feet with cotton socks to treat spots and sleeplessness advice. The piece also mentions native herbs, rauwolfia roots, and a New York reading association's debate on symbolic reasoning versus reading comprehension.
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Toronto
Gandhi
Tree of Heaven and Two Books in a Ginger Farm Column
A reader recalls a failed attempt with ailanthus trees bought for shade and notes their neighbor’s taller example. The piece also praises two books Black Moses by Jessie L Beattie and Folk Medicine by D C Jarvis, detailing the latter’s honey and apple cider vinegar remedy and castor oil uses.
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Ailanthus
Black Moses
Jessie L. Beattie
Josiah Henson
Uncle Tom
Josiah
Henson
Canada
Chatham
England
Queen Victoria
Dresden
D. C. Jarvis
M.D
Vermont
Two Piece Dress Pattern 4963 for Women
Pattern for a two piece dress ideal for daily wear or vacation. Includes a curved smart jacket silhouette with printed directions. Sizes 36 to 48 with yardage details and order form to Anne Adams in New Toronto Ontario.
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Siyle
Anne Adams
Eighteenth St
New Toronto
Reading Today Is Harder Than In Noah Webster’s Era
A discussion compares past and present reading, noting reading comprehension hinges on interpreting written language. The text argues modern methods add complexity to decoding, contrasting with Webster’s era of primitive reading defined as extracting sense from characters.
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Yesteryear
Noah Webster
Modern Etiquette Q and A on Thank You Notes and Announcements
A Q and A on proper etiquette covers sending a bread and butter note after weekend visits, wedding announcements from the bride's home, and whether to write social letters in pencil. It stresses timely thank you notes, announcing from the bride's relatives home, and apologizing if writing in pencil is necessary.
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Frien
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