The Fable of the Desecrated Village
A comic piece satirizing Comaville as Eli Furbison turns a pasture into a 9 hole golf course. Residents split into factions, social rules clash with a club’s rising pretensions, and a moral crowns the tale: even a punk game earns fresh air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf Archiitect
Walter Hagen
Agriculturists
Henrys
Scott
Comaville
Main Street
Ziegfeld
Jalil
Greens Committee
House
Comaville Country Club
Furbison
Comfort in Footwear a Marriage Blessing
Anne Morgan recalls a Newport tea anecdote aboutMil lly noting marriage alters footwear choices. The chat highlights how a bride swaps chic heels for comfortable shoes signaling new domestic ease and contentment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Morgan
Newport
Milly
Strand
Curious penguins on the bleak Antarctic coast
The article portrays penguins as slow on land yet swift in water on the stormy Antarctic coast. They move singly or in pairs across snow, walk like people on snowshoes, cannot fly, and confront humans with curiosity and wonder as they inhabit lonely outposts of the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antarctic
Earth
Alloys Improve Fish Canneries Machinery
A new fish canning machine uses corrosion resistant alloys to avoid contaminating fish. All parts in contact with fish are nickel cast iron, while frames and major cast parts use nickel copper chromium iron alloy.
Navy Vessel Inventory and Status in the United States Navy
The United States Navy lists 15 battleships 8 heavy cruisers 10 light cruisers and 3 aircraft carriers along with 260 destroyers 81 submarines 4 minelayers 25 patrol vessels and 24 submarine chaser patrol vessels. Many smaller ships are out of commission or in reserve status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Navy
United States Navy
Notable Horse Desertion Across Polish Markets
Farmers in Poland abandon costly horses near Warsaw and other districts. One horse sold for 50 cents while another was exchanged for a man's cap. In some cases owners unable to sell leave horses deserted in market places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Warsaw
Onion Lovers and Foes Taste Guide from Mrs. Pennell
A culinary note outlines onion praise and varied uses from Mrs. Pennell’s Guide for the Greedy. It surveys onion friendly dishes and recipes such as orange onion salad and creamed fried onions, while noting some households avoid onions and hide onion juice in sauces.
Onions in many ways a cook’s best friend
A reader comments on cooking onions in many forms from baked glazed small onions to stuffed large onions served with stock. The piece notes methods for frying creamed onions, smothered onions for steak and liver, and hints at consumer tastes and menu variety.
New York's Actors Dinner Club Breaks Social Barriers
Beverley Bayne leads a party at the Hotel Great Northern as the Actors' Dinner club offers a shared meal to all. Jenny Wren, a former Metropolitan Opera dancer, serves patrons while unemployed actors mingle with stars like Herbert Rawlinson, Leon Errol, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Conway Tearle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley Bayne
Actors
Hotel Great Northern
Fifty-seventh Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Jenny Wren
Metropolitan Opera House Ballet
Alie
Herbert Rawlinson
Leon Errol
Funny Legs
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Conway Tearle
Dinner at Eight and Broadway Charms in 1933
A nostalgia filled report notes actors from the Dinner club performing a lively, all-star show with Leon Errol spoofing a drunken letter and Sophia Tucker singing. The piece contrasts Broadway opulence with rail terminal bustle and a hint of romance fading in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adele Rowland
Sophia Tucker
Actors’ Dinner Club
Leon Errol
Miss Skinner
Paris
Grizzly Scatters Chipmunk as Berry Harvest Favors Bear
An old verse depicts a hungry grizzly chasing a chipmunk from a canyon spur. The bear shifts strategy and finds berries by a spring, choosing plant food over the failed hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chipmunk
Mister Bear
Grizzly
Conspiracy of Silence in the Press History
The piece discusses how press attention can amplify a name or, conversely, how a coordinated silence can erase a figure from public notice. It cites a half century old English scandal where newspapers agreed not to cover disclosures, illustrating the power of media silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Pall Mall Gazette
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Foxy Customer Seeks Slivered Tool Handles for Loan
A shopper asks for a rake and a hoe with blade handles containing slivers and plans to borrow them. The clerk notes the request for a “fancy” tool and discusses loan options.
Fish Weather Foolproof Rain Gauge Warns Napa Rancher
In Napa California Theodore Arighi a rancher says his goldfish forecast weather by surfacing in the pond signaling rain within hours. He claims this method has rarely failed and offers a simple aid for farmers to judge upcoming storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napa
Calif
Theodore Arighi
Arighi
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GEO
NCIS
Smithers
Eli Furbison
Florida
Eli
Mr. Furbison
No. 7
Rubes
Goliath
David
Samson
Delilah
Oz Burlig
Cyrus
Cynthia
Macon
Akron
Zeppelin
Ohio
Alger H. Dresel
Bermuda
Plymouth Rock
New York TR
Alter Jmball
Western Newspaper Union
Broadway
Ninety Fourth Street
Big Four
Grand Central Terminal
Albany
New York
Raiilroad
American Animals
Fr. Wolland
WNU Service
South Africa
William F. E. Gurley
Walker Museum
University of Chicago
Paul C. Miller
Karoo Desert
Jean Newton
Foxy
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