California Mojave Gold Rush Hits Peak With Major Strike
Mojave California witnesses a new gold rush as the Silver Queen claim attracts international attention. George Holmes and Bruce Minnard found the ledge in 1933, later joined by Virgil Dew. town interest soars while South African syndicates place multi million dollar options. Experts warn casual prospectors this hunt favors seasoned miners.
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Mojave
Calif
California
George Holmes
University of Southern California
Holmes
Bruce Minnard
Minnard
Virgil Dew
Dew
Cy Townsend
Townsend
Old Goldfield
Key Pittman
Nevada
George Wingfield
Walter Trent
Tasker L. Oddie
Jim Butler
Tonopah
al Myers
South Africa
Holmes’ Silver Queen
Sun Spots Promise Era of Prosperity
Dr Albert J Newlin director of the Ricard Memorial Observatory at the University of Santa Clara forecast eleven years of intensified solar activity bringing fertility and general prosperity after sun spot observations. Dr Oreates Caldwell of the American Museum of New York supported the view.
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San Jose
Calif
Albert J. Newlin
Ricard Memorial Observatory
University of Santa Clara
Newlin
Oreates Caldwell
American Museum of New York
Columbus Brought Oranges to America
Columbus imported orange seeds on his second voyage in 1493 and planted America’s first orange orchard at Isabella in the island of Hispaniola, according to a New York City markets survey.
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New York
Christopher Columbus
America
New York City
Philadelphia Lottery History Ties to War Efforts and Public Works
The article chronicles Philadelphia’s early lottery era from 1753 to Revolutionary War times. It references Franklin’s association to fund defenses, public works like churches and a lighthouse, and 1791 turnpike funding. It notes modern shifts to illicit number rackets in the city.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Congress
Trinity Church
Oxford
New Jersey College
Princeton University
Cape Henlopen
Delaware
Philadelphia and
Lancaster
Lame and Velvet by Cherie Nicholas shows Paris gown
Bruyere of Paris crafts a delightful evening ensemble in metal cloth and velvet. The monk like silhouette features a cord tassel girdle and a sparkling lame dress with a gold and red palette. Velvet cape in golden tones blends with a square gold buckle at the throat.
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Bruyere
Paris
Taxi Over Ocean 18 Hour Service Promised by Hutchinson
New York reports a plan for an eighteen hour personal express service to London by George Hutchinson and his Flying Hutchinsons. He hopes to beat major transatlantic lines with a low wing monoplane and 700 horsepower Cyclone engine. Hutchinson aims for regular landings at Harbor Grace Newfoundland and Galway Ireland, carrying 600 pounds payload at 88 cents an ounce, and earning about ten thousand dollars per trip.
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New York
London
George Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Los Angeles
England
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Galway
Ireland
Cash Not Angels Calls Preacher From Old Post
Rev. Homer Lewis Sheffer resigns after seven years to move to Spokane to restart a church. He cites the church’s dire financial situation and says money is speaking in thunderous tones and he must answer its call.
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Cash
Angels
Oklahoma City
Homer Lewis Sheffer
Sheffer
Spokane
Wash
Portraits and People From a Life in Letters
Personal reminiscences feature life like portraits of Theodore Dreiser Ben Ali Haggin and Dorothy Hall among others. The narrator recalls editors actors and publishers including Myron Herrick Ogden Goelet and G. K. Chesterton and shares memories of New York and Dallas culture and dining spots.
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New York
Weyman Adams
Theodore Dreiser
Ben Ali Haggin
Harrison Williams
Joseph Hergesheimer
Helen Gould
Avenue
Quotations on Writers Styles and Personalities from 1935 Commentary
A collage of opinions on writers actors and public figures. Mentions Henry Mencken Sinclair Lewis Viola Brothers Shore Ethel Merman Libby Holman and Jack Doyle among others. Reflects on stage personalities fashion privacy and cultural life of the era.
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Lake Como
Madison Square
Ed Wynn
Psst
Libby Holman
Ethel Merman
Jack Doyle
Gelett Burgess
Paris
George Arliss
Stanford and Alabama football clash in Rose Bowl reminiscence
A Beverly Hills columnist recalls the Rose Bowl and the Stanford Alabama game. He praises Alabama’s defense and notes Stanford’s pass attempts, while reflecting on postgame reactions and current political and economic debates shaping the nation. The piece ends with a coffeehouse tone about future Congressional sessions and public sentiment.
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Beverly Hills
Stanford
Alabama
Roosevelt to Receive Lump Sum for New Social Security Program
The President will get a large four billion dollar sum to shift from doles to real jobs as he works on a social security plan in the White House. The plan includes unemployment insurance and old age pensions funded by payrolls, aiming to cover national security as well.
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Roosevelt
holMering
Senate
McNaengh's Syndicate, Inc
Congress
White House
Europe
Asia
Bruno Hauptmann
Standish Hartman
Flemington Stone Works
Hauptmann Jair
Hauptmann
Automatic gate eye to stop prison contraband
A Joliet jailer recounts an automatic electric eye at the gate that detects metal on entering inmates. It flashed when a trusted inmate carried a metal item, prompting a search and discovery of a metal shoehorn. The system aims to prevent prisoners' friends from introducing weapons or tools.
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Joliet
End of Prohibition Fails to Deliver on Promises
The article notes continued bootlegging despite reform, with two thirds of whisky still bootlegged and associated health harms. It discusses federal bottle seizures to curb illegal refilling, the high cost of public debt, a retiree in Colorado politics, and the AAA seeking broad farm control and relocation funds.
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Uncle Sam
New York City
King Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Skunk Profile Describes Diet and Features
The United States Bureau of Biological Survey details the skunk diet including grasshoppers crickets beetles mice and rats and occasionally birds. It notes skunks avoid human areas but may raid chicken houses and are threatened by wolves coyotes foxes badgers and owls. Descriptions cover color pattern markings stripe width tail fur and typical weight range of five to ten pounds.
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United States Bureau of Biological Survey
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Lame and Velvet
Cherie Nicholas
Ocean
Greenland
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Sirius
Pandora
Coast Guard
Miami
Fla
George Jean Nathan
Myron Herrick
Ogden Goelet
Boulevardier
Anthony Drexel
Frank Harris
Arthur Samuels
G. K. Chesterton
A. C. Blumenthal
Dorothy Hall
Helen Lyndh
Axel Winner-Gren
Kansas City
Rockefeller
St. Louis
Martin Cox
Winona
Dallas
Texas
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Teriiory
Phil Baker
Ben Bernie
Will Mahoney
Dayton, O
Herald
Shanleys
Carillon
Viola Brothers Shore
Rubinofft
Henry Mencken
James M. Barrie
Sinclair Lewis
Thyra Sumter Winslow
William Curley
Gloria Vanderbilt
Kin Hubbard
Ted Cook
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Howard Chandler Christy
McNang’s Syndicate, Inc
Howell
Hutson
House of Representatives
Brisbane
United States
Harry MacCracken
Colorado
MacCracken
AAA
Skunk
Phillips
Magnesia
Doan
WNU
Weaver
Si St
Sioux Falls
Owl
Pierce
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