New pianist leaves after brief tenure
A Birmingham Age-Herald item recalls a short lived engagement by a pianist in a cinema who quit saying he could not “prostitute his intellect” by watching films while people died on screen. The manager notes he would have likely played jazz selections.
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Thad
Munrager
Birmingham Age-Herald
Visiting Statesman Probes Currency Shortage
Comrade Ivan Offulltch cites industrial unrest as the cause of a currency shortage. He notes counterfeiters have gone on strike and demand a daily wage in gold.
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Ivan Offulltch
Hammered plan would ease clamor and shield our domes
A compact statement argues for fewer voices and more roofs, suggesting the hammer wielder should be used to build homes for people. The idea frames practical construction as a remedy for noise and shelter needs.
Homely Hero Cast Sparks On Set In Film Fun
Photoplay chatter notes a director defending a homely character played by the company’s handsomest man. The star’s fiancé and a rival suitor both vie for affection as camerawork and development transform appearances. Film Fun provides the quip.
Not the Kind for’ Present Crisia Ends in a Family Stir
A daughter teases a college professor amid family doubts about a match. Mr Subbubs derides the union citing a genealogical tree and questions of economic practicality, joking about burning wood for coal.
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Crisia
Mr. Subbubs
Precocious Baby Thoughts Echo Across Boroughs
A playful exchange recalls a baby starting to think soon after arrival. Flatbush jokes about timing while Bensonhurst notes the first week in the house prompts floor pacing.
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Flatbush
Bensonhurst
Accounted For A Patchwork Of Student Remarks
A dialogue fragment shows students venting about professor pay and parental support for money. The exchange hints at social attitudes and generational tensions as quotes touch on money, status, and behavior.
Propinquity Dialogue Sparks Trust Debate
A fragment shows two women debating trust in a man with a third urging caution about closeness. The terse exchange hints at social dynamics and suspicion, with the dialogue reflecting themes of proximity and judgment.
Reason Enough Film Fun Quip Sparks Seating Dispute
A lighthearted remark about a movie star entering a venue and being moved from a window seat reflects on service quirks. The playful exchange suggests a minor incident in a film industry context. No serious outcome is reported.
Remarkable African Journey Reveals Cures and Customs
The Rev. John Roscoe, ethnologist from Thetford, Scotland? Norfolk, returns with notes on herbs curing malaria, native poisons, fetishes, and ceremonies. He traveled on foot and bicycle for Royal Society research funded by Sir Peter McKie, detailing tribes who live on milk, bamboo tips, or flesh of the dead, and a royal king’s 4000 year pageant.
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John Roscoe
Thetford
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Royal Society
Peter McKie
Indias
Bunyoro
Holies
Drops 30 Feet After 100 Foot Rope Slide
Middletown New York Theodore Flobush an employee of Custodis Chimney company fell 80 feet while sliding a rope from the top of a 180 foot smokestack of Public Service corporation. He was stunned but not seriously injured and later resumed work after a rest.
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Theodore Flobush
Custodis Chimney Company of
New York
Hobush
Machinist Receives Lost Money After Year
Charles Hatch of Catasauga Pa a machinist who advertised for lost funds finally got a letter with 35 dollars found and used in an emergency plus 2 dollars interest. The writer remained anonymous and Hatch has no clue to the finder’s identity.
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Charles Hatch
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Home Building Encourages Thrift and National Stability
The article argues increased home ownership and building will curb social evils, promote saving, and stabilize character in citizens. It cites Roosevelt on thrift, warns about housing shortages and urban disease, and urges continued support for the home ownership movement to foster a better national life.
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Washington
Hhu
Theodore Roosevelt
Amercan
Typhus Sweeps Soviet Russia Reported
New York Over eight million typhus cases are reported in Soviet Russia with mortality up to fifty percent in some communities. A Jewish medical unit in Poland is mentioned in a public report released by the American Jewish Relief Committee.
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Soviet Russia
New York
Soead
Poland
American Jewish Relief Committee
The Girl Who Wears Dan Lums and the Sleep Habits of Elephants
A fragment describes a social scene with a self apologizing girl on the floor and a silent partner dancing in pain while seated between intervals. It notes owls with vertical eye screens to block daylight and remarks that elephants sleep upright for about five hours of a twenty four, avoiding lying down.
Florida Sunshine a Season of Quirky Sayings
A Florida Sunsh ine snippet features aphorisms on marriage freedom and domestic life. The piece ponders aging furniture shifts from sofa to porch swing and the quirks of men and love. It weaves humorous reflections on sanity and social roles.
Lions and Tigers Rest After Sleepy Cat Stretch
Cats of the lion and tiger family lie flat and motionless, their muscles twitching as they wake. The behavior suggests they are light sleepers and highly responsive to movement around them.
Philosophy Snippets Show Subtle Persuasion and Social Snags
A collection of aphorisms on persuasion manners and social behavior. Observations compare influence to compulsion and hint at curiosity about virtue vanity distance and Rhode Island life. The lines touch on romance admiration and self perception with playful wit.
Run Down Health Ad Promotes Blood Remedy S S S
An old health advertisement warns that being run down signals a disordered system and urges immediate action with a vegetable tonic, S S S, claiming it cleanses impurities. It targets general readers with a period voice and promotes a blood remedy as a preventive measure against illness.
Ingredi ents of remorse Vary, fright Leads Share of Guilt
A fragmented line from a poetry or prose piece notes that seventy five percent of remorse ingredients is often fear or fright. The snippet hints at emotional components and psychological framing within a literary context.
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It
Date unknown ad promoting Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root claiming many people have kidney trouble unseen. It notes insurance examiners see kidney disease cause many declines and offers a 10 cent sample bottle by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with reference to this newspaper.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Late Steve in Lua Work Case Report
A warehouse manager confronts Steve for habitual lateness and poor responses. The exchange shows the manager pressing Steve about his routine and prior wake times as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
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Steve
Amy Lad
Los Angeles Times
Refrain Request in Playful Dialogue Between Dora and Jack
A playful exchange features Dora asking for a song with a refrain and Jack obliging with a request for a refrain. The dialogue centers on musical prompting and clever wordplay among the speakers.
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Jack
Dra
Mrs Hicks Relieved By Four Eatonic Tablets
Mrs. G. P. Hicks reports relief after taking four Eatonic tablets for stomach upset. The ad promotes Eatonic tablets to ease indigestion gas sour stomach and acid stomach with after meal use and low box price.
Just Matter of Deduction and a Town Horse Tale
Richard Bennett recalls a tale of a town citizen who offered a five dollar reward for a shabby one eyed horse. A nineteen year old with a harelip guides the horse to the door, and the owner asks him to claim another reward if he reveals where the horse would go. The youth’s sly reply confirms the narrative. Kansas City Star.
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Richard Bennett
Bennett
Kansas City Star
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