Be Yourself in a World of Rules Moral from a Busy Corner
An illustrated sketch follows Reuben Glue a tired typist type on a city corner as a policeman interrupts his showy costume. The piece lampoons social labels and youth fashions via a dialogue among a tired businessman a flapper a Sheik and others. The narrator observes life and ends with a moral about authenticity.
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Reuben Glue
Pig Settlement
Tolks
Rutabaga Center
Phwat
Sears-Roebuck
Hayseed
State Guard
Majolica Ware First Produced in Majorca
The term majolica traces to Majorca where early lusterware pieces were imported to Italy in the fifteenth century. It originally named Italian luster-ware with a siliceous glaze and metallic sheen, later covering enamel-decorated wares and mezza-majolica, and today broadens to include much glazed ceramic decoration.
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Majorca
Italy
Rare Moa Eggs Found in Auckland Museum Gift
Two moa eggs were donated to the Auckland Museum prized as exceptional due to rarity as only six other moa eggs are known. The eggs were discovered with moa skeletons many years ago, reflecting ancient New Zealand fauna long before European contact.
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New Zealand
Auckland
Chinese Flood Barrier Feat Brings Swift Earthworks
An engineering milestone in China, built in little more than a year, adds earth large enough to form a wall three feet high and three feet wide circling the globe four times. The project aims to prevent a recurrence of the 1931 floods that killed millions and left many destitute.
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China
Last General Gordon Siege Notes Sold to Lord Bute
A set of what are believed to be the final siege notes issued and signed by General Gordon during the Khartoum siege were purchased recently by Lord Bute of Edinburgh. The gray slips, bearing Arabic value markings and Gordon’s signature, were newly discovered.
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Khartoum
Gordon
Lord Bute
Edinburgh
Scotland
Dessert Crust Tricks and Meringue Tips Revealed
A reader asks about tender fluffy meringue and cracker crust pies. Tips cover sugar and browning temperature, graham cracker and vanilla wafer crusts, and using condensed milk in fillings. Exact crust recipes include vanilla wafer crust and Graham Cracker Pastry with bake times at 300 degrees.
Correct Guess From a Witty Exchange
A dialogue fragment features a man noting his father spent a fortune on the boy. The response counters with the quip that the boy himself did the spending, highlighting a humorous misunderstanding.
Actor Hopper recalls past theater highs and vows purity
The article profiles a veteran actor recounting a life in theater from Hazel Kirke in 1894 to modern debates over smut and confidential acting. He condemns smut, defends acting as an art, and recalls Leadville’s 1894 road tour with vivid memories of a bustling city and a champagne supper.
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Casey
Ocean
Modern School of
Hopper
Hazel Kirke
Leadville
Colo
The
Brick Exchange
Lemon Strawberry Vanilla Wafer Pie
Recipe combines lemon juice eggs and milk with sliced strawberries folded in. Fill vanilla wafer crust, top with stiffly beaten egg whites and sugar, bake at 325 degrees F until brown, chill before serving. For a lemon version use three lemons juice.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
My Neighbor Vy V Says Baking Tips Are Shared
Advice on substitutions and kitchen practices notes baking powder amounts equating to eggs and reversing cleaning order for milk tumblers. The fragment references scarce eggs and washing steps to avoid milk residue.
DeWolf Hopper At Seventy Five Reaches Fifty Four Years On Stage
The veteran actor DeWolf Hopper, age seventy five, speaks from the Lambs Club about his long career. He recalls two missed shows in a 54 year span and notes his favorite roles like Old Bill in The Better Ole and his hit Wang. He recounts a 41,000 crowd in Atlantic City and humorous bets, songs, and anecdotes from fans and colleagues.
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DeWolf Hopper
Lambs Club
Talbot Champney
Criterion Comedy Company
Bill
Ole
Wang
Atlantic City
Sticks To His Perch Bird Joke Headlines
The exchange depicts a playful scene with Ted noting Tom’s out on a lark and Bill confirming it was a bird of a time. The dialogue hints at a lighthearted moment about a pet or bird related mischief.
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Ted
Tom
Bill
The Game of Basketball Its History and Growth
The article traces basketball as a major college sport alongside baseball football and track. It notes swift thinking and coordination as key. mentions its spread to women in schools. credits the YMCA college in Springfield Massachusetts and Dr Luther Gulick with initiating the idea. records James Naismith as the restorer of the rules and regulations that define modern play.
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Y. M. C. A. College
Springfield
Mass
Luther HL Gulick
New York
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Classical conductor who is rightly deaf in rehearsal
Jack Denny recalls a renowned conductor who was deaf and insisted on ultra soft passages. During a rehearsal he repeatedly orders softer playing, then stops the musicians and proclaims it fine. He finally declares a trifle softer to be just right.
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Roxbury
Mass
Spalpeen
Honolulu
Rome
Bobby
Society of
Hopper
Casey
Jack Denny
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Lands Bought With Trade Netted $60 000
In King county Washington Cicero Brown traded a horse in 1872 for 70 acres of land. The land later sold for $60,000. The story emerges from the will of Mrs Harriet Guise now before the court.
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Seattle
Wash
Cicero Brown
Brown
King County
Harriet Guise
Musk Ox Poem Learnings from Arctic Night
The poem describes musk oxen in the Arctic with long coats and squat bodies. It notes their short legs and hair that drags in snow. It contrasts long Arctic nights with bright summer, and mentions herd behavior protecting from wolves and the challenge of bedtime.
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Arctic
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GEO
Cal Wagner
Sandusky
Ann Pennington
Edith M. Barber
Graham Cracker Pastry
Associated Newspapers
Bermuda
St. George
St. George’s Day
Vy v
Lights of
A&tressor
Mr. Hopper
Harold Titus
Main Street
Washington
Jim
Congress
Georgie Price
Toscannini
Sticks
George Washington
Senate
Jim Preston
Preston
E. A. Halsey
Jean Newton
American Animals
Wolland Company
WNU Service
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