Studio visits with twinkling stars in radio firmament
Friendship Town debuts on NBC WJZ coast to coast with Edwin Whitney Don Carney Pick Malone Pat Paget Virginia Gardiner Edith Spencer and Harry Salter leading a cast through scenes at a drug store academy of music garage and opera house Local politics romance and weekly vocal numbers headline the program.
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Friendship Town
WJZ
Edwin Whitney
Don Carney
Pick Malone
Pat Paget
Virginia Gardiner
Edith Spencer
Harry Salter
Academy of Music
Frank Luther
Social Bellwethera Newedd
Mrs. Newedd laments inability to save money, blaming neighbors for constant expenses they cannot afford. Tit-Bits notes the recurring social pressure and financial strain in communal living.
Epsom Salt History Traced to 17th Century Spas
The piece notes magnesium sulfate aged to Epsom salt from England's Epsom spa around 1640 and Seldlitz salt from Germany, linked by Hoffmann's discovery of magnesium sulfate in Seldlitz waters. It ends with a humorous exchange about a drowned cat in a newsroom banter.
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Spa
Epsom Spa
England
Charles H. LaWall
Friedrich Hoffman
Seldlitz Spring
Germany
Epsom
Seldlitz
Faith Is the Soul Going Out of Itself for All Its Wants
A fragmentary quotation appears from a Boston source debating faith and humor. The line contrasts sitting down on jokes with a remark that people would react if there were any point to them, framed as a reflection on faith as self-offering.
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Boston
Chinese Pirates Defy Law In South China Seas
Long article describes piracy by South China bands based near Bias Bay, their tactics, and kidnapping. It notes foreign ships seized yearly and British and Chinese authorities struggle to curb the raids while maintaining sovereignty.
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South China
Captain Kidds
Bias Bay
Hongkong
Blas Bay
South
So long English phrase traced to Whitechapel corruption
The piece discusses So long as a British provincialism adopted in the United States via English of the Victorian era. VY. Readding Ware notes England's habit of Anglicizing foreign expressions and cites So long as a Jewish selah origin in Whitechapel as the source.
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United States
VY. Readding Ware
England
Whitechapel
London
Divorce Suit Details Filed in Middlesex Probate Court
Saul Lafestein of Framingham and Marlboro accuses wife Esther in Middlesex Probate Court of tearing his straw hat into many pieces, breaking his tie and shirt, striking him with a broom, rocking him, hurling hot water, threatening death, slashing car upholstery, and hindering his business.
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Middlesex
Saul Lafestein
Framingham
Marlboro
Esther
Boston Herald
Rembrandt Piece Said to Bear Second Artist Additions
Glasgow reports that Rembrandt's The Man in Armour shows traces of a second artist's work added about a century ago. The painting, valued over $500,000, is in Holland undergoing restorations for canvas cracks. Sir Joshua Reynolds once owned the work before its Glasgow-Government transfer.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Man In Armour
Rembrandt
Holland
Art Galleries Committee
Glasgow Corporation
Joshua Reynolds
One or the Other Blinks Joke Exchange in Enquirer
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip compares spouses and drivers in a light exchange. The aside questions whether a wife is a good driver and notes other drivers and a playful line about Mother Nature being praised.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Court rules crying baby cruelty in Shoreditch case
Judge Cluer sides with parents against landlord alleging cruel neglect. Jury hears tenant hid baby and allowed infant to cry for extended periods. Court rejects claim that crying teaches singing and emphasizes care for the infant.
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Shoreditch
England
Cluer
England’s Oldest Clock At Peterborough Cathedral Tale
The article notes Peterborough Cathedral houses the oldest clock, erected 611 years ago. It lacks a dial and is wound daily by a large wooden wheel raising a heavy lead weight. The clock’s hourly strike uses an 80 pound hammer striking the tenor bell 200 feet above.
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Thas
Peterborough
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