How I Broke Into The Movies
A first person reminiscence by Hal C. Herman on breaking into Hollywood. He recalls early work with Sam Goldwyn and Rex Beach, starring in Greek comedies, failures and perseverance, then moves to Hal Roach and later Sam Rork projects. He highlights being an ex-Follies performer and offers blunt career advice with humor.
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Hollywood
Rex Beach
Sam Goldwyn
Mr. Goldwyn
Eminent Authors
Romeo
Goldwyn’s
Hal Roach
Sam Rork
Barrymore
WNN
Suggestions for Preparing Meats by Edith M Barper
A weekly Q and A covers roasting meat with searing at high heat before finishing at 350F. Uncovered basting freshens flavor for tender cuts while tougher ones benefit from covered self basters. Curry and garlic use should be restrained to taste. stewed chicken yields curry options. The piece ends mid sentence after a dinner visit.
Veal Paprika and Savory Menu From 1933 Labor Day Dinner
A reminiscence describes a 1933 supper for ten featuring veal paprika with browned butter, garlic, cream, and paprika, served with rolled rice and asparagus. The article also notes a dessert of vanilla ice cream, a mixed spring vegetable salad, frizzled beef, cabbage salad, rolls, and coffee.
Arthur Rankin linked to Barrymore Drews Davenports in theater line
Arthur Rankin is described as a nephew of the Barrymore family and a descendant of the Drews and Davenports, historic names in American theater, tracing a notable acting lineage.
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Arthur Rankin
Barrymore
Drews and Davenports
Good Stimulant Echoes Mountain Air Revival
A brief adlike exchange recalls mountain air restoring strength, with one speaker noting three weeks there left them able to pay bills without quivering. The fragment hints at a wellness or travel anecdote reflecting the era’s attitude toward health retreats.
Persistency and gadgets in tales of the seven million
A columnist recounts anecdotes of persistent business leaders gifting wafers to executives, chasing cigars through stores, and a manufacturer teaching civility to an ill used taxicab driver. He closes with a Toledo inventor’s bell that demands a coin, preventing canvassers and beggars from ringing.
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Arette
Toledo
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Then the Fun Began Secret Society Organized This Afternoon
Two spouses recall organizing a secret society in the afternoon conversation. The wife questions its longevity while the husband asks if it will last through the night. The exchange reveals a playful domestic moment.
Dessert and Ice Cream Recipes from 1933 Bell Syndicate
A collection of directions for Fruit Whip Vanilla Ice Cream Coffee Ice Cream and Burnt Almond Ice Cream. Steps include beating egg whites whipping cream folding in fruit or nuts and freezing as part of a home kitchen guide from 1933.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Color as Bull Color No Effect on Bull Reaction
The statement notes that red does not have any special significance in provoking bulls. any color waved before a bull yields no greater effect than others. It treats color as irrelevant to bull behavior.
The Water Company Scolding Sparks Widespread Stocking
A finacial district businessman orders his secretary to buy a favorite wafer, compiles a list of failed shops, and sends a telegram to the wafer maker's president. The next day the firm apologizes and all nearby stores stock the wafer, yet the man makes no purchases.
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Financial District
Financial
Water Concern
Corporation
Contested Spokane Will Clarifies Swedish Word Och
In Spokane Washington a probate case over Claes Andrew’s handwritten will centered on whether the Swedish word och meaning and or ave meaning of altered the number of heirs. The court ruled the will read och granting eight heirs the benefit instead of seven.
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Spokane, Wash
Claes Andrew
Old Sayings Explain More Kicks Than Ha’pence
Readers discuss origin of the proverb you will get more kicks than ha'pence for that and note it describes a thankless job where effort goes unrewarded or punished. The phrase recalls performing monkeys whose rewards were few and blows many.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Man With Picnic Munches Through Meals
In Waterloo Iowa Guy Chevins a 406 pound express depot manager and self described largest member of the American Legion plans a between meals feast. His order reads like a family picnic cherry pie two bottles of milk four sandwiches four glasses of water and a quart and a half of peaches. He is forty two and wears size 14 shoes and he enjoys eating.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Butt
Guy Chevins
Chevins
American Legion
Salad First Becomes National Meal Trend
The article notes a shift in U S dining as the California salads first custom spreads eastward. It highlights hotels and restaurants driving adoption from the South to the East Coast and credits Mrs Curtis B Dall with promoting the trend this summer. It also observes salads first appealing to men and children and enabling decorative presentations.
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United States
California
Seaboard
South
East
Curtis B. Dall
Roosevelt
White House
Face a Sight with Painful Eruptions
L W Cushman of Warrenville Conn reports a three year skin eruption case that finally improved after using Cutcura Soap and Ointment. He states two weeks reduced lesions and three weeks healed. Advertisement notes soap 25c ointment 25c and 50c talcum 25c with free sample, from Cutcura Laboratories Dept R Malden Mass.
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L. W. Cushman
Warrenville
Conn
Cuttcura Laboratories
Dept. R
Malden
Mass
Ady
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New York
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Cig
Chicago
Burlington System
Denver
Burlington
BY Jean Newton
Word
American Animals
Marten
Sable
P. F. Volland Co
Cutiura
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.Y
Ad Dak
Kruschen
Peterman
ANT Food
WIU
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