Indians Still Hold to Primitive Fears in Smoky Mountains
Washington reports Dr. Francs M. Olbrechts study of Cherokee medical beliefs in North Carolina. Supernatural beings like the two little red men and the little people shape fear, disease, and kinship in Cherokee life, with ghosts haunting homesick travelers and guiding rifts between worlds.
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Washington, D. C
Great Smoky Mountains
North Carolina
Frans M. Qolbrechts
Smithgonian Institution
Olbrechts
Witches and Wizardry Among Cherokee Beliefs
The text describes Cherokee explanations of witches and wizards as living humans with supernatural powers. Witches harm as an inherent wicked trait and drain life from victims, leading to behavior such as becoming invisible and hovering near the ill.
Witches and Carbon Dioxide Treatment Details
The article describes beliefs about witches, their forms, and methods to ward them off including tobacco dust readings and shooting with hair-wrapped bullets. It then notes British researchers' infantile studies using carbon dioxide and oxygen gas mixtures to treat various cold related ailments, administered via gas mask or tent.
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Olbrechts
Paying One's Debts
Thomas Arkle Clark recounts Allen who borrowed to maintain a lifestyle in college. He marries, moves away due to illness and debt, returns only with a strained plan to resume schooling as he faces a poor job and mounting bills. The piece warns about financial discipline and consequences of debt.
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Allen
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Warn Borrowers to Respect Private Library Books
An English writer who is also an artist issues friendly warnings to book lovers about not returning volumes with damage. The piece advises borrowers to announce carelessness, to use protective covers, and to record loans with names and dates to honor the mutual courtesy of lending and borrowing books.
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Bell Syndicate
Wwnu
Carbon dioxide for whooping cough gains notice
London reports a carbon dioxide cure for whooping cough in children. The treatment, praised as epoch making, shortened months to ten years of coughing to four days and a week, with claims it may lower pneumonia bronchitis and influenza cases among children.
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London
Harley Street
Duce's Bright Son Chooses Education Over Debts
In a 1933 Western Newspaper Union note, Duce's Bright Son declares he must pursue schooling to support his wife and repay debts later. He accepts debt hardship for now, believes education will lead to future work and a favorable recommendation, though he concedes he prioritizes self-interest over creditors.
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Western Newspaper Union
Wood for Telegraph Poles
Special wood is needed for tele graph wire poles. Cedar cypress chestnut and fir are among the best.
Monte Parke Emerges as New American Jockey Sensation
Sensation of Turf Monte Parke of the famous jockey family rises as the riding sensation on American tracks. He aims for the 1938 American jockey championship and seeks to lift the Parke name to a higher level of skill than Burley and Ivan Parke achieved years ago.
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Monte Parke
Burley
Ivan Parke
Monte
Duck Rescue Confirmed by City Duck
In Charleston West Virginia the police were informed of a drowning bantam rooster rescue by a duck. Owner R B Mayes demonstrated by tossing Jiggs into a water near Bill the duck. Bill grabbed Jiggs by the wing and towed the rooster ashore, an act officers verified.
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Charleston
W. Va
R. B. Mayes
Mayes
Bill
Fingerprints Prove Fast Proof In LAPD Case
Los Angeles detectives led by Detective Lieut. N S Hopkins use a cross filing system to identify suspects from more than 250 000 prints in minutes. A bandit was identified in under two minutes from prints taken a decade earlier after a gun battle with Detective Lieut Jack Malena.
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Lieut. N. S. Hopkins
Los Angeles
Jack Malena
Hopkins
Quick relief method for colds with Bayer Aspirin tablets
A claimed universal cold cure uses Bayer Aspirin tablets dissolved in warm water every few hours. It promises fast throat relief and near instant action, advising readers to ensure genuine Bayer products are purchased in boxes of 12, 24, or 100 at drug stores.
Miss M Ratner’s 35 Pound Fat Loss Endorsed
Brooklyn nurse Miss M Ratner reports four months of Kruschen use led to a 35 pound loss and improved health. Ad copy urges safe weight loss with a half teaspoon daily in hot water and a 4 week bottle cost with money back guarantee.
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M. Ratner
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kruschen
Ruschen
America
Advertising as Essential to Business Growth
The piece asserts advertising is vital to business and compares it to rain for crops. It urges readers to learn how to apply advertising effectively to improve merchandising success.
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