The Story Tellers and Gossip in the Cosmopolitan Scene
The piece surveys humor prose and gossip in New York from Wodehouse to Cosmopolitan, mocking sensationalism and spotlighting figures like William Allen White James W Barrett and H Allen Smith. It weaves quips about Hollywood talent scouts and Berlin politics with wry street anecdotes and famous quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satevepost
Wodehouse
Willkie
Reader’s Digest
William Allen White
James W. Barrett
Joseph Pulitzer
H. Allen Smith
New York
Joe Schwagie
Fred Phlebby
Rabbit Fever Open Season Warns Hunters And Workers
Open season for wild cottontails begins and a Tularemia outbreak is described. Risks target handlers who skin or dress diseased rabbits with conjunctival and typhoidal forms, incubation around three days, symptoms include fever and chills, and recovery can take months though deaths are rare.
Eye weeping as symptom in disease assessment
The saying notes that voluntary eye watering is a good sign in disease, while involuntary tearing indicates a negative development. It frames lachrymation as a potential diagnostic cue with contrasting implications based on control.
Question Box on hiccoughs and brittle nails explained
Reader questions to Dr Nathan S Davis III in Winnetka Illinois elicit causes of recurrent hiccoughs including diaphragm irritation gall bladder disease pleurisy stomach trouble emotional disturbances and toxins. Nail brittleness often results from nail polish contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan S. Davis III
Winnetka
Ill
Susan Hayward Signs Ray Robbins Foster to Film Debut
Susan Hayward, rising film star, acts as talent scout and agent. Dining in New Orleans she meets trumpet player Ray Robbins from Chuck Foster's band and helps him break into Hollywood with a cafe debut after arranging a contract. Robbins is known as Foster in real life.
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New York
Horatio Alger Jr
Marvin Schenck
Sixth Avenue
Schenck
MGM
Broadway
Hollywood
Jim Wittlig
Sam
Movieland
Susan Hayward
New Orleans
Chuck Foster
Los Angeles
Susan
Ray Robbins
Foster
Hollywood Stars Parade at Barber Shop Revels
A look at film legends like Ed mond O'Brien Ruth Warrick and Orson Welles associates shows their glare at a busy barber chair. Update notes recount Harold Lockwood’s widow and Joel McCrea’s farming profits as part of a bigger shift in Hollywood’s postwar finances and careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Taylor
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Bob Young
Jimmy Stewart
Jim Adamson
Metro
Inceville
Hollywood
Harold Lockwood
Paramount
Joel McCrea
Sewing Circle pattern offers versatile fall wardrobe
Sewing Circle promotes Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1477-B for a dart fitted jerkin plain gored skirt and convertible blouse. Sizes 12 to 20 with busts 30 to 38, fabric yardages listed. Order from Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1324 311 W. Wacker Dr Chicago. send 15 cents with order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Camel Cigarettes Holiday Gift Package Promotes Smoking
A local ad touts a house shaped Camel Cigarettes gift containing four flat fifties or one regular carton. The festive package includes a gift card and requires no wrapping, targeting Christmas shoppers with America’s favorite brand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Adlerika Advertisement Promises Relief From Constipation
Over 50 The ad warns of constipation and gas from aging and habits. It touts Adlerika as a remedy that attracts moisture to soften wastes and aid comfortable bowel action. It claims the product leaves bowels refreshed and clean and urges trying it when discomfort threatens. Druggists carry Adlerika.
Worthy History and the History of Free Nations
Quote about history emphasizing that only free nations have worthy history while despotic eras are mere anecdotes. Attributed to Cham fort.
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Park Central
Cocoanut Grove
Man About Town
Henry Youngman
Berlin
Youngman
Germany
Jean Sablon
Carnegie Hall
Robert Quillen
Osborne Enterprise
Anon
Ed Howe
Marjorie B. Greenbie
Tulare
California
United States
Australia
Chile
England
France
Sweden
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
RKO
Edmond O’brien
Ruth Warrick
God
Orson Welles
Inez Cooper
Hedy Lamarr
Miss Cooper
Shadow of the
Thin Man
Mrs. North
Married
Madeline Lee
Genevieve Blue
Amos and
Andy
Rosalind Russell
Brook
Faith
Greenberg
Ank Greenberg
Hank
Grantland Rice
Florida
Red Sox
Detroit
Boston
Walter Briggs
Tom Yawkey
Tiger
Tigers
Lank Hank
Stave
Joe Cronin
Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Jimmy Foxx
Cronin
The
Miami
Arizona
Texas
Louisiana
Ben Hogan
Ben
Craig Wood
Sammy Snead
Chicago
Smith Brothers
Smith Bros
Mark
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Curtiss
Bill Ward
Navy
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