Beery Describes Break Into Movies and Career Rise
Noah Beery recalls humble Ozarks origins and failed beginnings in Kansas City and New York before breaking into Cecil B. DeMille’s Joan of Arc. He details auditions, loaned outfits, a heavy armor role, and securing a contract with Lasky after a studio setback and a producer’s support.
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Noah Beery
Ozarks
Jesse James
Kansas City
New York
Oscar Hammerstein
London
Los Angeles
Noah, Jr
Hollywood
Cecil de Mille
Joan of Arc
de Mille
Mr. de Mille
Fanny Ward
Pasadena
Reicher
Milton E. Hoffman
Hoffman
Mae Murray
Lasky
Columbia
David
Funny Nose Lets Short Tail Seek Beetles With Style
Peter Rabbit muses on Short Tail the Shrew’s long nose and playful antics. Short Tail explains his nose helps him hunt and hides in tunnels, while he follows a beetle by scent rather than sight. The tale blends humor with animal character observations from Thornton Burgess.
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Peter
Short-Tail
Miner
Shadow
Peter Rabbit
Tail
Short- Tail
Miner the Mole
Bowser the
Hound
Reddy Fox
T. W. Burgess
WNN Service
Kroners Boners From Exam Papers
A quirky collection of humorous student lines touches on natural selection Paine Nile and cinema. The notes parody common sense and religious divisions while lampooning Western film actors and hygiene. The item is attributed to Bell Syndicate WNU Service from 1933.
Liberty Beyond Reach in New York Harbor Tale
A 1933 Bell Syndicate WNU Service piece explores the meaning of liberty through a parable about a woman in the New York harbor, reflecting era views on freedom and gender.
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New York Harbor
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Core of Quietness Says Gilkey on Living Well
James Gordon Gilkey recommends keeping a core of quietness at the center of our being as essential to good living. He argues that if this calm is achieved, other secrets of life become unnecessary.
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James Gordon Gilkey
Inner sanctuary of quiet in a world of strain
A meditation on maintaining an inner sanctuary of quiet and calm amid ongoing strife and pressure. The writer notes this inner steadiness has been achieved and is being practiced, highlighting its immediate soothing effect.
Mrs. Vare's Putting Methods
A WP/ WNU piece describes Glenna Collett Vare improving her golf with a slow smooth backswing and eyes on the ball. It notes safety first putting, distance judgment on slopes, and aiming over a direct path to the hole to keep the ball within a foot of the cup if it does not drop.
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Glenna Collett Vare
When School Is Over
Poem reflects on graduates facing lifelong learning beyond formal schooling. It contrasts the belief that education ends with exams with the reality that life itself becomes a continual school. The speaker urges self-reliance to solve future problems.
Core of quietness powers leadership and poise
The passage argues that a few people with a core of quietness command themselves and others, remaining unshaken by pressure like a rock. It praises calm leadership, especially noting its importance for women as those who comfort and guide a stressed family. Bell Syndicate 1983 WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Easy for grownups hard for children a teaching note
The text argues children struggle to tie shoes and learn behaviors while adults must demonstrate patience and consistent practice. By modeling gentle speech and proper manners, adults create an atmosphere that makes tasks feel possible and encourages the child to persevere until self sufficiency emerges.
The Contrary Child and How to Help Him
A guide for managing stubborn children by separating fear from anger. It advises calm patience, avoiding scolding, and using strategic distraction and gentle guidance to release a child from fear and foster cooperation. When needed, contain without anger and use water to cool a tantrum. act with self control.
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Bell Syndie
Trail of tragedy from royal tomb described by Oxford researchers
The Imperial Forestry Institute at Oxford examined wood from Tutankhamen’s shrines. The tests failed due to a broken beaker and an exploding apparatus. Howard Carter’s 1922 tomb discovery and a series of deaths among colleagues sparked superstition, though Carter dismissed links to the tomb opening.
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Imperial Forestry Institute At
Oxford
Tutankhamen
Egypt
Tutankahmen
Howard Carter
Thebes
Valley of the Kings
Interar
Carnarvon
Carter
Lord Carnarvon
London
Buy American Dinner in Philadelphia Sparks Patriotism
A Philadelphia dinner themed on American heritage featured George Washington imagery and colonial hats and hatchets for atmosphere. The display caused embarrassment when a hat inside out revealed a Made In Japan label and similar hats and hatchets bore the same trademark, provoking consternation.
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Philadelphia
George Washington
Japan
Montreal Herald
Cure for eczema relief in child via Cuticura products
Mrs J K Thompson of Energy Texas reports eczema broke out on her child s head neck and back causing burning itching and sleeplessness. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment two cakes and two boxes the child healed. Adv for Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum 25c to 50c from Potter Drug & Chemical Corp Makden Mass.
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J. K. Thompson
Energy
Texas
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Makden
Mass
Adv
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Fion
Hal C. Herman
Hildren’s Story
Thornton W. Burgess
Dora
Bel! Syndicate
Kroners
Thomas Paine
Harikari
South America
Frank H. Brumby
Augusta
Los Angeles Harbor
Papa
Jean Newton
Ness
Metedeconk River
New Jersey
Glenna Colle
Eve
Mrs. Vare
Douglas Malloch
Ecz
Cuthura
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