River Road Perils After Night Patrol in 1926
Jim McDermott recalls a near fatal crash on a dark River road while patrolling for contraband liquor in 1926. Roscoe Doane and a convoy of Army officers rescued them as a car hit their stalled roadster. Jim spent three weeks recovering with a wrenched back.
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Ello
Niagara Falls
River Road
Jim McDermott
New York City
Jim
Immigration Border Patrol
Tonawanda
N. Y
Buffalo
Roscoe Doane
Roscoe
Fix
Erie Canal
Fort Niagara
Western Newspaper Union
New Propane Refrigeration System Devised for Transport
Dr. Peter Schlumbohm of New York describes a propane based refrigeration cycle in a journal of the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers. The system uses propane as refrigerant and then burns it in a small gas motor to drive the unit, offering automatic cooling on trucks trains and boats without electric power, with a one ton per hour capacity costing about five cents per hour to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Schlumbohm
New York
American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
Virginia Yale Scouts Eye Graduates Elbow Room for Grant
Virginia Yale reports on the WBust competition revealing a stam bust percent winner and Yale scouts eyeing graduates like Grant for elbow room in next season.
Talent hunt names Virginia Vale and Robert Stanton noted
Jesse Lasky launches a nation wide talent search with a named girl Virginia Vale and a named boy Robert Stanton amid praise and bemusement over name theft. Hollywood shifts to casual screen tests for graduates as major studios scout pretties while veteran stars like Freddie Bartholomew fade and James Stewart rises.
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Jesse Lasky
Virginia Vale
Robert Stanton
Around the House: Handy Laundry and Restoration Tips
The column offers practical home hacks. Brighten silver with hot water and ammonia, store dried beef in a covered glass jar, recondition sponges with vinegar and water, fix loose casters with wax, reuse velvet scraps for chamois, adjust high windows by looping drapery, add borax to wash water for tea towels, and let wallpaper rolls rest on the basement floor to reduce brittleness before hanging.
Angels Wash Their Faces sequel teased in article
Captain Fury shown at World of Tomorrow in New York sparks casual remark that Angels Wash Their Faces could follow as a sequel. Notes Mickey Rooney heads to England for A Yank at Eton and Jack Benny’s Man About Town may boost musical film interest.
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Marshalls
Peggy
Jack
Kay
Daddy
Preacher
Captain Fury
New York
Altered Medicine and Comedic Exchange on a Chicago Street
A doctor changes Tommy's medicine to tablets not pills and the boy protests wanting pills. A joking exchange follows about a joint account with a henpecked husband. A Chicago passerby asks a youth for Lincoln Park, and is told he may go once but must never ask again.
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Tommy
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Lincoln Park
Untold romance ends with irony between Christy and Frank
Christy confesses potential happiness with other girls, but Frank notes they could be happier yet choose not to pursue them. The exchange hints at a tangled relationship where affection clashes with choice.
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Christy
Frank
The Lamb Questions Sheep’s Wisdom in Father Dialogue
A playful exchange unfolds with a child asking if sheep are the dullest animals and the father affirming in a concise pastoral moment. The vignette centers on a father son moment about animal intelligence and rustic life.
Sweet Revenge Driving Lesson Gone Wrong
A wife learns to handle a tricky traffic problem with her husband as the imagined driver. He seizes the moment to test her composure by instructing her to act as if he were the one driving. The anecdote pivots on quick thinking under pressure.
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Jesson
Hubby
Drawn work scarves inspire quick home decor changes
A reader describes transforming outdated white linen scarves with turquoise and other colors to match a turquoise themed dining room. The piece explains a simple drawn work technique, hemming, and edge whipping. It promotes two sewing books by Mrs. Spears and offers patchwork leaflets with an order address in Chicago.
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Adventurers’ Club
Stam Wbust
Virginia
Yale
Scouts Eye Graduates
Grant
Freddie Bartholomew
Metro
James Stewart
Hollywood
Wesley Barry
Monogram Pictures
George Hicks
NBC
England
Hicks
Cecil B. DeMille
Cary Grant
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Lincoln
Nebraska
Schimmel Service
The
Capitol
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