How I Became a Movie Actor in Broadway to Hollywood
A Baltimore youth pursues acting from junior stages to Broadway and fame in Hollywood. He details early rejections, signing with Samuel Goldwyn, roles in Flaming Youth Flea's Angels and a five year First National contract, and a lesson that perseverance follows even when "breaks" seem gone.
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Manta
Baltimore
New York
Flayers
United States
Broadway
Jeanne Tagles
Juvenue
Flaming Youth
First National Company
Flea
Howe About Your Servants and the Law
In a column by ED HOWE the piece muses on the burden of services surrounding the average citizen from birth to death. It argues lawyers and courts foster quarrels, cites a Kansas judge who resolved a dispute in minutes, and laments the pursuit of notoriety over usefulness.
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District Court
Bell
WNU
Frogs of Louisiana and Their Life Cycle in Nature
The article explains frog farming and the life cycle from eggs to adults, noting how eggs swell, the tadpole stage with gills and beaklike mouth, and metamorphosis into frogs. It covers hatching timelines, growth, hibernation, and notes regional diversity and historical beliefs about amphibians.
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National Geographic
Washington
D. C
WNN Service
Louisiana
Jamaica
Aristotle
Utah Legislature Debates Jobs Relief and Tax Plans
Utah lawmakers consider multiple measures to aid unemployment and relief funding. Proposals include a two year 2 mill county tax, a state emergency commission with 1.57 million in scrip warrants, and tax relief for farm operators. A child labor bill strengthens enforcement and local control. The house backs a memorial for a Wayne County monument while beer and telephone tax plans fail.
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Utah
Senate
House
George Fi. Dern
Washington
Committee of Nine
B. W. Musser
Salt Lake
Industrial Commission
Congress
Wayne County
United State
Tax Commission
State Land Board
Titegents
University of Utah
Utah State Agricultural College
State Board of
G. J. BR
J. KR
U. of U
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Board of Regents
California Syrup of Figs Heads to Restore Appetite
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a pure vegetable laxative for children. It claims the product improves appetite, color, weight, and spirits without disturbing bowels, warning buyers to seek the genuine bottled product clearly marked California.
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California
United States
Theater Draw For French Revolution Echoes
The article notes how during the revolutionary era French citizens flocked nightly to theaters to laugh at comedies and shed quiet tears for fanciful sorrows, as a distraction from the day’s brutalities.
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Kansas City Times
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