FABLES IN SLANG DICTATE RISE OF BENNY FLICKER
A satirical tale by George Ade follows Benny Flicker from Bascom Center to wealth as he patents a clever machine. His wife Tessie and he become the Idle Rich, hosting lavish parties while their children study in private school. The piece ends with a moral on high taxes.
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Old Columbia
Jim
Ocean
City
Howells
Tarkington
Bascom Center
Odd Fellows
Benny
Tessie
Building and Loan Association
Ben
Newton
Apple
Watt
Paris
Healy Ford
Elizabeth
Benjamin
Benjamin Flicker
B. Sturtevant Flicker
Father Noah
Rural public enemy: chicken thieves spur Illinois action
Illinois farmers banded together after a Will county murder to curb rural thefts. Gangs stole poultry cattle and tools across the state prompting tighter alarmed farms and a proposed universal livestock and poultry branding system to identify stolen goods. The campaign reduced crime by forty percent in the state.
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Joliet
Will County
John Blivernicht
Eugene Shilcut
Tennessee
Chicago
Illinois
Clarence Roth
Champaign County
Ross C. Saunders
State Agriculture Department
Saunders
Indiana
Farm Magazine
Middle West
Western Newspaper Union
Si Thinks and Other Briefs From a Nation in Motion
A collage of satirical comments and observations on politics, taxes, and public figures. The piece mocks campaigns, strong names, and press prowess, contrasting lively rhetoric with calls for dated American spirit and controversial memorials.
Street Scenes in Siam Portray Mixed Costumes and Courtesy
Street scenes in Siam show a blend of Chinese and Malayan dress with women wrapping sarongs as trousers. The Siamese are described as courteous and gracious, forming a continuous panorama of intriguing pictures.
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Siam
Valliant Is the Word for Carrie Loses to Irene Dunne
Gloria Swanson hoped to return as Carrie in Valiant Is the Word for Carrie at Paramount but Irene Dunne won the role. Fred Astaire pens another song while Fred MacMurray battles a dust storm throat. James Cagney hides in New York hotels under his wife’s name. John Charles Thomas barred from broadcasting by the FCC under Good-night Mother ban.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Swanson
Carrie
Paramount
Irene Dunne
Fred Astaire
Fred MacMurray
Texas Ranger
Margaret Sullavan
Henry Fonda
James Cagney
New York
John Charles Thomas
Federal Communications Commission
Railcar popularity surges in France speeds reach records
The railcar or automotrice rises as a top rapid passenger transport in France with frequent speed records. Jean Buzzatti drove a Bugatti railcar from Strasbourg to Paris in 3 hours 31 minutes at 89.4 mph, while 75 Bugatti railcars operate on the system. Jean Bugatti sees railcars as valuable for swift transit.
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France
M. Jean Buzatti
Strasbourg
Paris
M. Jean Bugatti
Londog Sunday Observer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bell Syndicate
George Ade
van Be
William C. Utley
Inspector Saunders
Walter L. McLaughlin
South Bend
Ind
Ill
Virginia Valex
Ant
Hal Mohr
Captain Blood
Hollywood
Hobo
Darkey
Breen
Iowa
Ginger Rogers
Lew Ayres
Ginger
Mr. Ayres
Charlies Boyer
Merie Oberon
Marlene Dietrich
Garbo
Walewska
Camille
NBC
Parks Johnson
Jerry Belcher
Harry Conn
Jack Benny
Jack
Pacific Coast
RKO
Sammy Mydash
Radio City Music Hall
Parkyakarkus
Eddie Cantor
Illlinois
Ollywood
Calif
Bryan
Rence
J. Edgar
Ord
Warsaw
Marian Zyndram Kosciakowski
Poland
Felicyan Slawogskladkowski
Lee
Jackson
Post Office Department
Boston
Irvin
Cobb
WNDU
Irvin S. Cobb
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