Flying hoax and April Fool pranks across history
The piece recounts a Germany linked aviation hoax showing a man flying with bell devices and rotors, then details England's 1860 Tower of London White Lions washing hoax and London April Fools mischief. It includes a Los Angeles joke about a taxpayer and a New York taxi yarn later debunked.
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Germany
Erich Kocher
Berlin
Hitler
London
Tower OF London
White Gate
Tower Hill
England
New York
Los Angeles
California
Junk Yard
Are Parents Obligated for Children's Visits
A reader asks about hospitality toward friends' parents visiting a college student who travels home often. The advice: encourage inviting the girls home during longer recesses or between terms and ask the student what hospitality she expects.
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New York
The Moral Issue in the Drink Problem
A church lesson argues liquor is a moral issue not just a social one. It cites Romans 13 and Galatians 5 to condemn drunkenness, calling for Holy Spirit powered renewal and turning people to Jesus Christ to resist the drink temptation.
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Federal
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Brewers’ Journal
Trio of Patterns Promises Easy Sew Your Own Fashions
The column promotes three Barbara Bell patterns for women’s slip and dress designs with simple, repeatable styles in various fabrics. It highlights pattern numbers 1389 1988 and 1392, sizes and yardage, and offers the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book via mail order from Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Barbara Bell
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Proverbial Reflection on Living Each Day Fully
A pithy maxim asserts every day is a small life and should be lived as if it were the last. It warns against wasting time and reckless spending of days, calling such behavior dangerous and desperate.
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Mary
Jim
Bob
Father
Bishop Hall
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Philadelphia
Virginia Jones
Mrs. Post
Milady
New Pattern Book
Femily Post
Emily Post
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Wincharger Corporation
Sioux City
Iowa
Hila
Ramee
By Fred Neher
Weher
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