The 28 Horse Runaway Harvester Safe But Damaged
George Dowd recalls a July 1913 Idaho Falls incident where a steam valve blast sent a 28 horse harvester into a wild run. Cylinders shattered, flying steel ripped the platform, striking Dowd’s leg, yet he clung on as the repairman closed in and halted the wreck.
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Ello
George H. Dowd
Bronx
N. Y
George
Europe
George Dowd
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Harvester
WIN Service
Vast Dutch East Indies span resembles North American reach
The Dutch East Indies cover a vast equatorial belt from north Sumatra to New Guinea, comparable in size to the United States and extending 3,000 miles from Sabang to Merauke. About 52 million people live there among groups like the Moluccas and Celebes, ranging from primitive to highly civilized.
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Dutch East Indies
New York
San Francisco
Mississippi
Maine
Florida
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Sumatra
New Guinea
Papua
Equator
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Malay Archipelago
Australia
Asia
Sabang
Star Dust Charlie Is Taken Down
Star Dust Charlie is toppled as politics push back against the orchestra leaders. Virginia Vale reports on events shaping the local cultural scene and leadership changes in the music group.
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Charlie
Notable New York Radio Scene and Hollywood Shifts
The piece surveys New York chatter over Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen, noting exclusive access and social snubs. It highlights Ann Sheridan’s ascent, Dick Powell’s Warner Brothers departure, Katherine Hepburn’s Philadelphia Story venture, Russ Morgan’s rise from coal mining to orchestra leader, and radio censorship trends as the FCC tightens rules on content and advertising.
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EOPLE
New York
Charlie McCarthy
Charlie
Edgar Bergen
Bergen
Katherine Hepburn
Philadelphia Story
Miss Hepburn
Seed Germination Tips For Dry Weather
An expert from the Ferry Seed Breeding Station outlines steps to insure germination in dry conditions. Prepare dry soil by thorough watering before planting and avoid planting in wet mud. too much rain can rot seeds. Gilbert Bentley also notes specific seed coatings to nick or soak and recommends soaking certain seeds 12 hours prior to planting.
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Gilbert Bentley
Ferry
Job
Ferry- Morse Seed Co
Detroit
San Francisco
Patterned dresses and spring patterns from Barbara Bell
The notice promotes Barbara Bell Spring-Summer Pattern Book and two dress designs No 1721 and No 1670 with sizes and fabric needs. It highlights high waistlines, button front frock style for daily wear, fabric suggestions, and instructions to order patterns from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Embroidery Lesson Inspires Nine Year OldMary Ann
Ruth Wyeth Spears recounts a grandmotherly tradition where a nine year old Mary Ann learned hand embroidery during rainy afternoons. A blue gingham piece with coin outlines produced two lively flower clusters framed beside an old mirror. Books with complete stitching lessons and a free crazypatch leaflet offer are described with address for ordering.
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Ary Ann
Mary Ann
Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
And of All Things Hitched to a Milk Cart
A young man, recently at a party, drove home intoxicated and swerved toward a milk cart. The cart driver dodged him. the car halted suddenly. The drunk, with surprising dignity, asked the driver if he could wash the idea of driving that sophisticated horse from his mind.
World’s Fair attracts big-name bands to New York
The item notes that major bands will converge in New York for the World’s Fair. It also mentions Joan Crawford selecting South America for a future vacation and a humorous aside about Bing Crosby impacting a Topeka lawyer’s arrest for speeding.
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New York
Joan Crawford
South America
Bing Crosby
Topeka
Bing
Presidents and capitals in early U.S. history
The text notes John Adams as the first to use Washington D C as the capital in 1880 and links James Knox Polk as the only Speaker of the House to become President. It lists six presidents who died in office Harrison Taylor Lincoln Garfield McKinley Harding and mentions Garfield as a delegate in 1880. Washington is described as elected without opposition.
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John Adams
Washington
James Knox Polk
William Henry Harrison
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William MacKinley
Warren G. Harding
Crossing the road dangers in 1937 traffic deaths
The National Safety Council reports in Accident Facts 1938 that 85 percent of the 7 250 pedestrians killed in city traffic in 1937 were struck while crossing the road. About 2 900 died fatally while crossing streets between intersections and 3 260 at intersections.
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National Safety Council
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Adventurers’ Club
Virginia Vale
Ann Sheridan
Dick Powell
Warner Brothers
Ann
Russ Morgan
Nanticoke
Scranton
John Phillip Sousa
Victor Herbert
Federal Communications Commission
Tatiern Department
Sentine
America
U. S
Josiah W. Bailey
BY Ruth Wyeth Spears
I Western Newsn
Cer Union
Plant Ferry’s
Bill ¢Aie Finn
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