From piano student to Hollywood actor in Hal C. Herman memoir
The author recounts early dreams of concert piano and dentistry, his move to Hollywood, endless auditions, and eventual casting by Rex Ingram. He describes pivotal roles in The Prisoner of Zenda and other films, then notes shifting to acting fame over music teaching.
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Y Motuer
Hollywood
Hollywood Community Theater
Rex Ingram
Metro
Ingram
Rupert of Hentzau
Zenda
Helen Hayes
Mary Brian Began as Commercial Artist Turned Actress
Mary Brian born in Corsicana Texas moved with family to Los Angeles to pursue art then entered film after winning a beauty contest. She was chosen by director Herbert Brenon for Wendy in Peter Pan and later starred in The Street of Forgotten Men and many other titles including The Royal Family of Broadway Homicide Squad and The Virginian.
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Mary Brian
Corsicana
Texas
Gary Cooper
Los Angeles
Brians
Mary
Brian
Albert Kaufman
Grauman
Metropolitan Theater
Herbert Brenon
Wendy
Peter Pan
Varsity
Virginian
Lights and Lifestyles of Stage Folk in New York
A collage of entertainment notes recounts Jemsu An acto near studio life and a nervous wife installing iron bars at night. It also recalls Ernest Lawford praising Nat Goodwine, Lasky family arts, Elsie Scheffler Payne life masks, Reinald Werrenrath hobbies and tastes, Greta Garbo and clams, all from 1933 Bell Syndicate material.
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Reinald Werrenrath
Mr. Werrenrath
Greta Garbo
Bell Syndicate
WNU
An Appetizing Vegetable Menu
A 1933 Bell Syndicate WwNU Service cooking piece outlines a vegetable dinner as a staple with guidance on contrasts in flavor color and texture. It lists combinations and center vegetables, offers cooking tips and cautions against overcooking and soda.
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Bell Syndicate
Wwnu
Why women button from right to left in clothing
From ancient times to today, women fasten garments from right to left while men button from left to right. The shift traces to women carrying infants in their right arm, leaving their left to fasten clothes. Buttons and buttonholes later reinforced this pattern.
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Milady
Bell Syndicate
WNU Servica
Art Praise From Father On Son's Career
A father comments on his son's art, praising his progression and skill. He notes his son has no peer in his particular line and excels at drawing checks, drawing them beautifully.
Odd Household Tips From A Worried Neighbour
A column offers practical kitchen and laundry hints. Dried bacon in omelets adds flavor, bacon scraps repurposed. avoid starching linens, iron after damp folding. Peel potatoes then soak in sugar water to prevent browning, finish in fresh boil. Salt water lightly near end. rust on nickel lifts with vinegar and salt.
U S War Vet Inherits French Chateau To Live In
Charles M. Zeigler of St. Louis has moved his family to a French chateau he inherited from Adolphe Bonnet, a World War era friendship. The estate near Ardage south of Pacis includes a house and 50 acres. Zeigler, an insurance man, says he will stay “for the duration of the war mood, at least,” and aims to build a business abroad.
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St. Louis
Charles M. Zeigler
France
Zeigler
Adolphe Bonnet
Ardage
Pacis
Moose in Winter and Spring The Horns Return
A playful poem describes the bull moose migrating south in winter and tanning a thick coat. It notes the beard under the chin and antlers like rocking chairs. In summer the moose grazes and digs for lily roots, shedding and regrowing horns with the seasons.
Old Friend Conversation About Night Reading Habits
An exchange recalls reading fiction at night once, contrasted with now listening to a husband each evening. The dialogue highlights shifts in companionship and leisure routines.
Controlling the Poultry Louse in Farm Flocks
Extension poultryman R B Gray outlines symptoms of poultry lice infestation in chicks and mature birds, its impact on egg yield and weight, and treatment options. Nicotine sulphate applied to roosts is one traditional control, with a second application after eight to ten days to kill newly hatched lice.
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R. B. Gray
Extension Poultryman
Ohio State University
WNU
Give Chicks Plenty of Room in Brooder House
O C Ufford, extension poultryman for Colorado Agricultural College, urges a large brooder house with space for no more than three chicks per square foot. He notes heat, air flow, and sunlight are vital, and the structure must be easy to clean for effective disinfection.
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O. C. Ufford
Colorado Agricultural College
How to Warm a Cold Poultry House With Simple Roof Mod
Prairie Farmer outlines a low cost method to transform cold damp monitor poultry houses into warm dry spaces. Remove top windows and raise the south roof to create a two slope gable roof. Raise the entire side as a unit, splice rafters, then reattach top windows in the south wall to form nearly full glass. Install stringers six feet above the floor, add a 12 to 18 inch oats straw layer, and fit vents or roof ventilators in the gable ends.
Feather tests for sexing young chickens
At six weeks old sexing larger breeds is hard. Methods include plucking tail feathers to inspect shape for cockerels or pullets, and lifting by the neck to observe leg drop versus drawn-in legs.
Nest eggs not valuable in modern poultry keeping
A poultry authority quoted by the Montreal Herald says nest eggs are not valuable. Hens in properly fed flocks with ample nests lay well, and the key to obtaining eggs is good feed and care rather than relying on nest eggs.
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Montreal Herald
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Hal C. Herman
By Ramon Novarro
Ramon Novarre
Cleveland
Outer Space
Ernest Loebell
German Interplanetary Society of
Berlin
C. W. St. Clair
Loebell
Lights of
New York
Jemsu
Acto
Ernest Lawford
Sir Henry Irving
Nat Goodwin
Sir Henry
Nit Goodwine
Jesse L. Lasky
Movig Picture Fame
Bessie Lasky
Paris
London
Newark Museum
Mojave Desert
Lasky
Jesse Lasky, Jr
Elsie Scheffler Payne
Franklin P. Adams
Rosamond Pinchot
Glenn Anders
Francis Lederer
Walter Lippmann
Frieda Inescourt
Dorothy Stickney
Adrian Iselin
Groucho Marx
Groucho
Edith M. Barber
Jean Newton
Associated Newspapers
U. S
Chateau
American Animals
P. F. Volland
Guardians of Peace
United States Navy
Pacific Coast
Far East
Cafornia
China
U. S. Dstroyer Crowninshield
California
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